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- Not a day wasted
- Snake season is near
- Not so fast, teens
- Open house in Bryan for school volunteers
- Suspect in bomb plot on video
- Plan to plug leak will take a week
- Boston crews working on water supply
- Countries agree on $145B bailout for Greece
- Gaza blockade leaves Hamas officials short on cash
- Calif. immigrants' rights march ends in vandalism
- Storms leave 15 dead in Tennessee, Mississippi
- Young Tories: Diverse, but still Thatcherite
- Leaders to tackle computer security
- U.S. prison gangs aid drug traffickers
- Buyers on winning end of auto market
- Cap and gown manufacturers now offering 'green' options
- Oil in Gulf threatens livelihoods of many
- Soap star Helen Wagner dies at 91
- Obama touches on love, birth certificates at dinner
- Letters for May 3
- Calendar
- Obama pokes fun at McCain's maverick claim
- THIRD & SHORT
- Hawks beat Bucks
- Lakers beat Jazz
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Nine-year-old Alyssa Crocker of Bryan relaxes in the waters at Lake Bryan on Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of locals hit the lake to ski, tan, swim, boat, picnic in the shade and find relief from the summer-like heat. ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Warmer weather cues several changes -- some more welcome than others. Blooming wildflowers line the highways, eager homeowners spruce up their yards and snakes begin slithering out of hibernation. "Around May, when we finally start getting that consi ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Teenagers looking forward to getting their driver's license now can get revved up about more practice time. An additional 20 hours of behind-the-wheel training is required to complete the driver education course, which is required to obtain a license ... |
| Open house in Bryan for school volunteers Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportVolunteers in the Bryan school district are invited to attend an open house appreciation event Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.The come-and-go reception is scheduled to take place in the Rudder High School cafeteria, and entertainm ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square focused Sunday on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found.Police said the gasoline-and-propan ... |
| Plan to plug leak will take a week Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT VENICE, La. -- Federal officials shut down fishing from the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle on Sunday because of the uncontrolled gusher spewing massive amounts of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and the environmental disaster is still expect ... |
| Boston crews working on water supply Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Crews made faster-than-expected progress Sunday repairing a broken pipe that cut the clean water supply to 2 million Boston-area residents, prompting Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to urge schools ... |
| Countries agree on $145B bailout for Greece Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT BRUSSELS -- Finance ministers from the 16 countries that use the euro agreed Sunday to rescue Greece with $145 billion in loans over three years to keep it from defaulting on its debts.The loan package with the International Monetary Fund is also aim ... |
| Gaza blockade leaves Hamas officials short on cash Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas confirmed Sunday it is unable to pay thousands of government workers in full for a second straight month -- a new sign that the Islamic militants are caught in what may be the most serious cash crunch in three years of ... |
| Calif. immigrants' rights march ends in vandalism Posted: 02 May 2010 11:30 PM PDT SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Close to 20 businesses were damaged after what started as a peaceful immigrants' rights march in downtown Santa Cruz turned violent, requiring police to call other agencies for help, authorities said.Police spokesman Zach Friend ... |
| Storms leave 15 dead in Tennessee, Mississippi Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. รข€" Devastating thunderstorms slammed Tennessee and northern Mississippi over the weekend, killing at least 15 people, including five in Nashville, closing scores of highways, and leaving weeks of cleanup for thousands of residents who ... |
| Young Tories: Diverse, but still Thatcherite Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT PENRITH, England -- There's a feisty chick lit author, the Muslim son of a bus driver and a swashbuckling ex-diplomat who braved the Taliban to hike across Afghanistan alone.Conservative Party leader David Cameron's crop of new candidates are a group ... |
| Leaders to tackle computer security Posted: 02 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- As governments around the world amass armies of hackers to protect their countries' computer networks and possibly attack others, the idea of getting officials together to discuss shared threats such as cybercrime is challenging."You ... |
| U.S. prison gangs aid drug traffickers Posted: 02 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT EL PASO -- When Mexican drug traffickers need someone killed or kidnapped, or drugs distributed in the United States, they increasingly call on American subcontractors -- U.S.-based prison gangs that run criminal enterprises from behind bars, sometim ... |
| Buyers on winning end of auto market Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- If you're looking for a new car, the good news is it's a buyer's market. The better news is it could stay that way for a while.Automakers have ratcheted up sales promotions this spring, spurred by Toyota, which is trying to goose sales af ... |
| Cap and gown manufacturers now offering 'green' options Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT DURHAM, N.H. -- College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins.For years, eco-conscious campuses have been trying to reduce the environmental impact of commencement ceremonies by ... |
| Oil in Gulf threatens livelihoods of many Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT HOPEDALE, La. -- When Kenny LeFebvre is out of work, so are the two men who help him haul glistening blue crabs from the waters he's fished since he quit school at 14. So are his sister and brother-in-law, who sell him bait, buy back the catch, pack ... |
| Soap star Helen Wagner dies at 91 Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Actress Helen Wagner, who played mild-mannered Nancy Hughes on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns for more than a half-century and spoke its first words, has died at age 91.She died Saturday, said the show's New York-based production c ... |
| Obama touches on love, birth certificates at dinner Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Pearls of wisdom from President Barack Obama: Few things in life are harder to find and more important to keep than love."Well, love and a birth certificate," he quipped at Saturday's black-tie White House Correspondents' Association di ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT The best direction for city of College Station Another important election is facing College Station voters. We need to make our voices heard to ensure that we have concerned and caring government representatives. I urge you to cast your bal ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT MondayCLUBSCollege Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.EVENTSCitizens for Wellborn petition drive, 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 6 p.m. Dr. Halterman's Office, D.C. Health Center, 1605 Rock Prairie Road, No. 222. www.wellborntexas.com/home/S ... |
| Obama pokes fun at McCain's maverick claim Posted: 02 May 2010 11:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is poking fun at Sen. John McCain's claim he was not identified as a maverick.Obama quipped Saturday night at the White House correspondent's dinner that "we know what happens in Arizona when you don't have an ID. ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 06:07 PM PDT GOLFThe Crowns: Ryo Ishikawa shot a 12-under 58 -- the lowest score ever on a major tour -- to win The Crowns on Sunday for his seventh Japan Tour title.The 18-year-old Ishikawa tapped in for par on the par-4 18th after his 15-foot birdie try slid i ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 06:04 PM PDT ATLANTA -- With more than three minutes to go, the Atlanta Hawks began pulling their starters. Al Horford flapped his hands, egging on the already raucous crowd. Joe Johnson clapped for the fans, then dropped his head in what looked more like relief ... |
| Posted: 02 May 2010 06:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- While the Los Angeles Lakers' reserves haplessly gave away the lead early in the fourth quarter, the Utah Jazz celebrated every basket with increasing glee, spilling off their bench in anticipation of an upset.Even the Hollywood crowd ... |
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