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- Let the sun shine
- Grant awarded for new industrial park
- BTU works to keep data private
- Polls open today for runoff elections
- Bryan officials investigate two weekend fires
- Biggest Aggie Ring Day ever set for Friday
- Bryan school board OKs plan that cuts $400,000
- Airport lease, curfew top Bryan agenda
- Lecture explores life, work of Mark Twain
- Candlelight vigil for Austin boy, 5, dead in yard
- Dental program to honor legislator
- Girl, 4, dies trampled by spooked horse in Houston
- Death may help Polish president's party
- March budget deficit declines
- Census: No evidence of GOP boycott
- Panel not ready to call recession
- Astronauts mark Apollo 13 anniversary
- Small Virginia paper wins Pulitzer
- O'Brien returns to TBS
- German tablet to rival iPad
- Personalized Treatment for Kidney Disease
- Smart Homes: Safe Seniors - Research Summary
- Letters for April 13
- Calendar
- Amnesia: Memories Forgotten, But Feelings Remain
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT Anna McBride (facing), 24, and Gretchen Williams, 23, enjoy the fair weather under the colorful cover of one of several large umbrellas outside The Lofts at Wolf Pen Creek in College Station on Monday. No rain is in the forecast for the next few days ... |
| Grant awarded for new industrial park Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT A $1.5 million federal grant awarded Monday to Bryan, Brazos County and the Research Valley Partnership is expected to help develop a light-industrial and manufacturing park in the city, officials said.U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards said the grant given by t ... |
| BTU works to keep data private Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT BTU's board of directors on Monday discussed implementing about a dozen procedures to protect competitive information they hand over to city staff after facing scrutiny over access to information they deem confidential. The proposed policies include ... |
| Polls open today for runoff elections Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportLocal candidates in Tuesday's runoffs have spent the past six weeks trying to convince voters that, this round, they are the best person for the job.They'll find out the outcome of their efforts late into the evening after polls clo ... |
| Bryan officials investigate two weekend fires Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:21 AM PDT Officials said on Monday that they were investigating two fires that damaged Bryan homes Saturday night, displacing one and injuring another.Lt. Gerald Burnett, an investigator with the fire marshal's office, said the first fire was reported at 5:47 ... |
| Biggest Aggie Ring Day ever set for Friday Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:52 AM PDT Texas A&M University on Friday will celebrate what officials said will be the largest Aggie Ring Day in the university's history -- an event that will include a marriage proposal and special presentations.The Association of Former Students is sch ... |
| Bryan school board OKs plan that cuts $400,000 Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT Bryan School Board members Monday approved a summer school plan that officials said will save the district about $400,000 compared to costs during the same period last year.Frances McArthur, deputy superintendent for Bryan schools, said administrator ... |
| Airport lease, curfew top Bryan agenda Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT The Bryan City Council on Tuesday is expected to consider renewing juvenile curfew hours and adopting a new tenant lease for Coulter Airfield.The city currently manages 36 leases at the airport off Texas 21, but many have expired and are in need of u ... |
| Lecture explores life, work of Mark Twain Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:04 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportJerome Loving, who holds the rank of Distinguished Professor of English, is scheduled Tuesday to give a lecture on "Mark Twain and the Springs of Humor" in the season finale of the University Distinguished Lecture Series at Texas A& ... |
| Candlelight vigil for Austin boy, 5, dead in yard Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:48 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Dozens of people turned out in Austin for a candlelight vigil for a dead 5-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a yard.Family and friends gathered Sunday night to remember Julian Salazar Solis.Autopsy results are pending.Inv ... |
| Dental program to honor legislator Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBlinn College's dental hygiene program will honor State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst on Tuesday for her efforts to improve Texans' dental care. The Republican from Brenham will receive the Legislator of the Year Award from the Texas Dental H ... |
| Girl, 4, dies trampled by spooked horse in Houston Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:47 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Houston police say an accident at a riding arena left a woman hurt and her 4-year-old daughter dead after both were thrown from a spooked horse.Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva on Monday identified the child who died as Samantha Sille ... |
| Death may help Polish president's party Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland -- Before the plane crash that killed him, President Lech Kaczynski was facing likely defeat in fall elections as voters turned away from his conservative message.But a surge of sympathy could bring a reprieve for his political movemen ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The federal budget deficit for March showed a dramatic decline Monday because of a much lower estimate by the Obama administration of how much the financial bailout program will ultimately cost.The Treasury Department said the March def ... |
| Census: No evidence of GOP boycott Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Census Bureau director Robert Groves said Monday he is heartened by the high level of participation so far in the 2010 census, with no indications that large numbers of conservatives were only partially filling out the form or boycottin ... |
| Panel not ready to call recession Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A panel of academics that dates the beginnings and ends of recessions isn't ready to declare just yet that this downturn ended.The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that although most barometers show improvements in the e ... |
| Astronauts mark Apollo 13 anniversary Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Surviving Apollo 13 astronauts and several flight directors reunited on Monday to remember a failed moon mission 40 years ago this week that they managed to turn into one of the greatest triumphs in the history of space exploration.Those w ... |
| Small Virginia paper wins Pulitzer Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The Bristol Herald Courier, a small paper in Appalachia, beat out journalism's powerhouses to win the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for uncovering a scandal in which Virginia landowners were deprived of millions in natural gas ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The late-night guessing game is over, with a startling twist: Conan O'Brien is choosing TBS as his future talk-show home.Expected to debut in November, the as-yet-untitled show will return O'Brien to the air after an absence that began in ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT BERLIN -- The German maker of a new tablet PC is setting out to rival Apple's iPad with the promise of even more technology such as a bigger screen, a webcam and USB ports.It is not, however, an "iPad killer" as it has been dubbed by some blogs but a ... |
| Personalized Treatment for Kidney Disease Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:47 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Genetic kidney diseases caused by a single defective gene represent one of the most robust diagnostic examples of personalized medicine, and this understanding brings researchers one step closer to eliminating one-size-fits-all ... |
| Smart Homes: Safe Seniors - Research Summary Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:36 PM PDT HOME ALONE: Thanks to advanced medical care and increased life expectancies, many more Americans are growing older. There are about 37 million people living in the United States who are over age 65, but as the population ages, there is also a growin ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT Bond issues should be used for stated purpose I agree with Chad Jones (Eagle, March 26) on the trees along Earl Rudder Freeway at University Drive, but have some comments to his observations. First I tried to find information on the projects. I ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:02 PM PDT TuesdayCLUBSBryan Noon Lions Club, 11:30 a.m. The Best Western Atrea, 1920 Austin's Colony Parkway, Bryan. 731-5300.Brazos County A&M Club luncheon, 11:45 a.m. Zachry Family Room, Clayton W. Williams Jr., Alumni Center. RSVP by 5 p.m. on Friday b ... |
| Amnesia: Memories Forgotten, But Feelings Remain Posted: 12 Apr 2010 06:46 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Even though a memory is forgotten, the feeling may still remain. A new scientific discovery brings with it implications for memory-stripping diseases like amnesia and Alzheimer's. In a study involving patients with damage to th ... |
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