Thursday, April 8, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Runoff is heating up

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT

For months, the candidates in the Republican runoff for Congressional District 17 have focused their attacks on Chet Edwards, the Democratic incumbent whose seat they want. But now the Republican contestants have set their sights on each other, and a ...

Snook ready for Chilifest crowds

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Small changes are noticed each April that remind Snook residents that Chilifest is coming. First, there's a moderate increase in the number of people hanging out around the Starlight Ballroom -- an open-air pavilion that sits on 15 acres, said Consta ...

Turning trash into fashion

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

The Eagle Has Landed. That's what one teacher at Bryan Collegiate High School titled her homemade cocktail dress, which she crafted -- in a matter of 30 hours -- completely out of newspapers for the school's second annual Trashion Show earlier this w ...

Chicago gig aids pregnant teens

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Aggieland Pregnancy Outreach is hosting a concert in hopes of raising money that will benefit pregnant teens and young mothers in Brazos Valley. Chicago, the first band to include brass instruments with rock-and-roll music in the late 1960s, will pe ...

One killed, two injured in Robertson County wreck

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 01:26 AM PDT

One person was killed and two others were injured in Roberstson County Wednesday after a pickup crossed into oncoming traffic, officials said.My Tran, 34, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet pickup westbound on Texas 7 just east of Mile Post 610 around 12:3 ...

Funeral procession to affect CS traffic

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTraffic delays should be expected Friday in College Station as the funeral procession for Pat Barrett makes its way from Central Baptist Church to the Brayton Fire Training Field.Services are set to begin at 10 a.m. for Barrett, who ...

Man charged with breaking wife's arm

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 03:17 AM PDT

Police said they arrested a 36-year-old Bryan man Tuesday after he broke his wife's arm.Jeffrey Brian Arnett was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury.Police said they responded to a report of a disturbance at a hom ...

No one injured in apartment fire

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportSmoke could be seen for miles Wednesday evening as Bryan firefighters worked to extinguish a blaze at Avondale Apartments close to Texas Avenue.Bryan firefighters remained on scene late Wednesday in the 500 block of Avondale Drive b ...

Bryan reveals bands slated for Texas Reds

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe city of Bryan announced Wednesday that Karan Chavis and the Texas Twisters will take the stage for the fourth annual Texas Reds Steak and Grape Festival on June 18-19.The music starts at 7 p.m. on June 18. Entertainment will con ...

B-CS Habitat officials name interim leader

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportOfficials with the Bryan-College Station Habitat for Humanity announced Trish Burk will be stepping in for executive director Melanie Phillips on an interim basis. Phillips worked there for the past 22 months, but resigned recently ...

Perry: E-books the future in schools

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry proposed Wednesday that Texas abandon using traditional textbooks in public schools and replace them with computer technology."I don't see any reason in the world why we need to have textbooks in Texas in the next four year ...

Rebate program begins for Texas appliances

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 04:13 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texans have a new incentive to buy energy-efficient appliances.The state began accepting rebate reservations Wednesday for the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program, to purchase select Energy Star appliances.Texas is using $20 mill ...

CS development doesn't fit into city's master plan

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Sometimes, a proposed development has all the right elements and a solid business model.But if the old adage "location, location, location" is true, a development proposal that recently came before the College Station Planning & Zoning Commission ...

Officials: Jet restroom smoker caused bomb scare

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:48 AM PDT

DENVER -- An envoy from Qatar who authorities said grabbed a surreptitious smoke in a jetliner's bathroom and then joked about lighting his shoe on fire was released from custody after sparking a bomb scare and widespread alert that sent jet fighters ...

Texas country singer-songwriter's trial begins

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:30 AM PDT

WACO, Texas -- A man allegedly shot by Billy Joe Shaver outside a Waco-area bar in 2007 has testified in the aggravated assault trial of the Texas country singer-songwriter.Shaver's accused of shooting Billy Bryant Coker in the face outside the bar i ...

CS receives requests for new development

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:13 AM PDT

College Station officials received applications for new development this week. Southside Plaza submitted a preliminary plat for a general commercial lot on less than an acre at 4081 Texas 6 South. Pasler's Subdivision turned in a final plat for ...

Canceled gay-themed play heads to Fort Worth

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A student production of a play centered on a gay Christ-like figure that was canceled at a small-town campus will be staged in Fort Worth.The Terrence McNally play "Corpus Christi," which premiered in New York in 1998, will be st ...

Messina Hof to host 'Run Thru the Vines'

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 11:35 PM PDT

Messina Hof Winery and Resort will host the course for the 33rd Annual TAMU Roadrunner's "Run Thru the Vines" during Texas A&M Parents Weekend. The 5k and 10K Fun Run and Walk will be April 17 and benefit Aggie Habitat for Humanity and Texas A ...

Messina Hof to host 'Run Thru the Vines'

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 11:35 PM PDT

Messina Hof Winery and Resort will host the course for the 33rd Annual TAMU Roadrunner's "Run Thru the Vines" during Texas A&M Parents Weekend. The 5k and 10K Fun Run and Walk will be April 17 and benefit Aggie Habitat for Humanity and Texas A ...

GM ready to repay loan, may see profit

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:12 PM PDT

DETROIT -- General Motors Co., steadily returning to health after its near-collapse in 2009, said Tuesday it plans to pay off its government loans by June -- five years ahead of schedule -- and could report a profit as early as this year.GM said it l ...

Megan Fox protests school budget cuts with comedy

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:51 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Megan Fox and her sometime boyfriend, actor Brian Austin Green, are protesting California school budget cuts in a new video online.In a video posted Wednesday on the comic Web site FunnyorDie.com, Fox urges viewers to "call, write and ...

Rescuers' lungs aren't improving

Posted: 07 Apr 2010 05:10 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Most of the New York City firefighters and medics whose lungs were damaged by pulverized masonry and glass from the World Trade Center attacks are not improving as time goes by, according to a new study.The results are based on breathing ...

Antique cars rolling in for Texas Tour

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Antique cars from across Texas will be showcased Thursday through Sunday in College Station. The 57th annual Texas Tour, the state's oldest and largest gathering of antique, classic and collectible vehicles, will display as many as 150 vehicles at ...

Post Oak Mall hosts job fair on Tuesday

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:14 AM PDT

Officials are saying it's time to update resumes for the 2010 Job Fair on Tuesday. Bring resumes and dress to impress as more than 30 business will be in attendance and looking for potential employees, officials said. The free fair, open to the ...

Officials to survey local businesses

Posted: 08 Apr 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Community leaders, city and county employees and Chamber of Commerce members will visit with business owners and managers to "take their pulse" and ask how they can better meet their needs. Officials said they hope to provide awareness to business ...

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