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- First responders prepare for the worst
- Robots work on Louisiana oil leak
- Former Oilers quarterback charged with DWI in Bryan wreck
- India, Pakistan take fight to Afghanistan
- No deal yet on financial overhaul
- Texas A&M police arrest two in thefts at Rec Center
- Obama, Biden call for big changes to mining industry
- Child abuse registries are flawed
- Most stranded by ash to be home Monday
- Dallas newspaper delivery man slain
- GOP may start work on cost controls for health care
- Texas tries to ease backlog of food stamp requests
- Fish kills from algae top 110,000 in 2 Texas lakes
- Poison feared after Afghan girls fall ill
- Activists ask Obama to fight new law
- Cardinal pledges full abuse investigation
- Greece sure it will secure loans
- Estrogen Affects Prostate Cancer Risk
- Letters for April 26
- Okinawans want U.S. base off island
- Calendar
- Kent State creates walking tour of 1970 shootings
- Suicide Victims Lead Kids Down Same Path
- Thousands lose homes in slum fire
- THIRD & SHORT
| First responders prepare for the worst Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT What unfolded at a 52-acre facility in College Station over the weekend could be considered a dress rehearsal for a deadly catastrophe.But on this stage -- the Texas Engineering Extension Service's Disaster City facility near Easterwood Airport -- wh ... |
| Robots work on Louisiana oil leak Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- It could take hours or months to stop a 42,000-gallon-a-day oil leak polluting the Gulf of Mexico at the site of a wrecked drilling platform. Whether the environmental threat grows many times bigger depends on whether the oil company c ... |
| Former Oilers quarterback charged with DWI in Bryan wreck Posted: 26 Apr 2010 01:11 AM PDT Police said they arrested former Houston oilers quarterback Dan Pastorini on drunken driving charges after he rear-ended a vehicle in Bryan late Sunday. Pastorini, 60, of Houston, was jailed early Monday on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Br ... |
| India, Pakistan take fight to Afghanistan Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT KABUL -- Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.Th ... |
| No deal yet on financial overhaul Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- With no bipartisan deal on how to rein in Wall Street, Democrats stepped up their efforts Sunday to splinter unified Republican opposition to their sweeping regulatory overhaul.In a move that could attract support of at least two Republ ... |
| Texas A&M police arrest two in thefts at Rec Center Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:33 AM PDT Texas A&M University police said they arrested two men late Sunday after they were caught with several backpacks of items stolen at the Student Recreation Center.Bryan residents Skylar Jordan Burrell, 20, and Justin Lee Jackson, 22, were each cha ... |
| Obama, Biden call for big changes to mining industry Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT BECKLEY, W.Va. -- They lived and they died pursuing the American Dream, working in dangerous conditions underground to help keep the lights on across the country, a somber President Barack Obama said Sunday in a eulogy to the workers who died in the ... |
| Child abuse registries are flawed Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Combatting child abuse is a cause with universal support. Yet a push to create a national database of abusers, as authorized by Congress in 2006, is barely progressing as serious flaws come to light in the state-level registries that woul ... |
| Most stranded by ash to be home Monday Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT LONDON -- Most tourists stranded by the volcanic ash crisis will be home by Monday although thousands could be stuck for nearly another week, European airlines and government officials said.A week of airspace closures caused by ash spewed by Iceland' ... |
| Dallas newspaper delivery man slain Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:34 AM PDT DALLAS -- Dallas police say a newspaper delivery man has been found fatally shot in an apparent robbery attempt that turned deadly.Sgt. Bruce McDonald says the victim was killed early Monday while just doing his job.Nobody has been arrested.Police sa ... |
| GOP may start work on cost controls for health care Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- What's it going to cost me?That's the single biggest unanswered question about President Barack Obama's new health care overhaul law -- and its weak spot.Many experts believe the law falls short on taming costs, and that will force Cong ... |
| Texas tries to ease backlog of food stamp requests Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:59 AM PDT DALLAS -- Officials say the Texas food stamp program is digging out of trouble after it was swamped by hurricanes, a failed privatization effort and a cuts to the work force that handles claims.The most recent federal figures show that Texas processe ... |
| Fish kills from algae top 110,000 in 2 Texas lakes Posted: 26 Apr 2010 12:35 AM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas -- Biologists estimate that nearly 120,000 fish have died in two golden algae-infested Texas lakes, and local fishermen say pelicans are apparently flying hundreds of miles from the Gulf Coast to feed.At least 50,000 fish have died ... |
| Poison feared after Afghan girls fall ill Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT KABUL -- Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls have fallen ill in recent days after reporting a strange odor in their classrooms in northern Afghanistan, prompting an investigation into whether they were targeted by militants who oppose education for girls or ... |
| Activists ask Obama to fight new law Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT PHOENIX -- Civil rights activists called on President Barack Obama to fight a tough new Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants Sunday, promising to march in the streets and invite arrest by refusing to comply if the measure goes into effect.U.S. Re ... |
| Cardinal pledges full abuse investigation Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile -- A top Roman Catholic official in Chile acknowledged in a letter Sunday that he suspended an investigation into alleged abuses by a priest because he was looking for more evidence.But Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz assured pari ... |
| Greece sure it will secure loans Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A key Greek economic official expressed confidence Sunday that his country will be able to secure billions of dollars in emergency loans from European countries and the International Monetary Fund to avoid a crippling debt default.Greek ... |
| Estrogen Affects Prostate Cancer Risk Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:48 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A high level of one type of estrogen in a man's body might increase his risk of developing prostate cancer. At the same time, high levels of another kind -- the kind that fuels breast cancer -- might offer a protective benefit ... |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:05 PM PDT 5 p.m. Tuesday is the election letters deadline All letters concerning the May 8 city and school elections must reach The Eagle no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday. All letters in this election will run by May 4. Should there not be enough room to r ... |
| Okinawans want U.S. base off island Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT TOKYO -- Tens of thousands of Okinawan residents and leaders demanded a U.S. Marine base be moved off the island at a mass rally Sunday, inflamed by speculation the government may finally accept a plan to merely relocate it to another part of the sou ... |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT Mark your calendarsA dedication ceremony for the Brazos County Arboretum will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Arboretum, 2619 Texas 21 West in Bryan. Public is invited. www.brazosmg.com, send e-mail to brazosmg@ag.tamu.edu or call 823-0129.MondayCLUBSCol ... |
| Kent State creates walking tour of 1970 shootings Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:07 PM PDT KENT, Ohio -- Kent State University has created a walking tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ohio National Guard shootings that killed four students and injured nine others.The tour offers narration of seven relevant sites on the campus ... |
| Suicide Victims Lead Kids Down Same Path Posted: 25 Apr 2010 06:47 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Kids who lose a parent to suicide are dramatically more likely to take their own lives, according to what may be the largest-ever study on the topic to date. The report by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers appears in ... |
| Thousands lose homes in slum fire Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:09 PM PDT Associated PressMANILA, Philippines -- A huge fire sweeping through a shantytown outside the Philippine capital has destroyed about 300 houses and left about 7,000 people homeless.Metropolitan Manila Fire Marshal Pablito Cordeta says about 200 firetr ... |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2010 05:22 PM PDT HORSE RACINGLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Likely Kentucky Derby favorite Eskendereya is out of the Run for the Roses.Trainer Todd Pletcher said he's pulling the 3-year-old colt out of next weekend's Derby due to an "issue" in his left front leg.Eskendereya stam ... |
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