Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A new kind of Cowboy

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Twenty-two-year-old center Brandon Lyman, a former varsity player for Ingleside High School, practices snaps with B-CS Cowboys quarterback Robert Lanier, 24, who played for A&M Consolidated, during Monday's practice in Anderson Park. The Cowboys ...

Lake Bryan boat crash sends 1 to jail

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

A 28-year-old man was released from jail Monday after police said he was intoxicated when he crashed his boat into another on Lake Bryan, sending three strangers to the emergency room. The Flynn resident was booked into jail around 10:30 p.m. Sunday ...

A&M shelves undie run idea

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Texas A&M is modernizing. It's more racially diverse than a generation ago. And the fall semester was the first with more freshmen women than men. But is it ready for the next giant leap to emulate peers such as the University of California at Lo ...

Couples dance for area's health

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe nonprofit Health For All Clinic raised at least $18,000 at a weekend fundraiser, but the donations still are rolling in. Local officials, educators, members of the media, business folk and more strutted their stuff on the dance ...

Oil rig fire injures 2 in Washington County

Posted: 03 May 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTwo workers remained hospitalized late Monday after an oil rig exploded in Washington County on Sunday. Burton Fire Chief Ronnie Stanley said the Texas Railroad Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are i ...

Woman charged with meth possession

Posted: 03 May 2010 02:32 AM PDT

Police said a call reporting a suspicious vehicle led to the arrest of a 27-year-old woman for methamphetamine possession in College Station early Monday.Catherine Suzanne Garza of Bryan was charged with possession of a controlled substance in an amo ...

2 hospitalized after oil rig blast

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTwo workers remained hospitalized late Monday after an oil rig exploded in Washington County on Sunday.Burton Fire Chief Ronnie Stanley said the Texas Railroad Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are inv ...

Police: 24-year-old wouldn't exit vehicle

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 24-year-old Bryan woman likely made a bad situation worse after she was arrested for refusing to get out of a vehicle when asked by police, officials said. College Station police officers said they received a disturbance call at 2 ...

Police: Man violated protective order

Posted: 03 May 2010 04:51 AM PDT

A 44-year-old man faces a felony charge after police said he was caught violating a protective order in Bryan Sunday.William Anthony Harper was charged with violation of a protective order with two or more previous convictions and public intoxication ...

Brucellosis case confirmed in area

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA case of an infectious disease called brucellosis has been confirmed in Brazos County, making it only the second such report in the past five years.Brazos County Health Department officials issued a warning Monday, saying that whil ...

Texting woman gets charged with DWI

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 22-year-old woman who police said drove her Volkswagen Beetle into a ditch over the weekend told authorities she did so because she was texting.College Station police officers said the woman said she didn't see the intersection of ...

U.S. has 5,113 nuclear warheads

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The United States has 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile and "several thousand" more retired warheads awaiting the junkpile, the Pentagon said Monday in an unprecedented accounting of a secretive arsenal born in the Cold War and no ...

Texas man pleads guilty in kids' drowning deaths

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:26 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- A 33-year-old father pleaded guilty Monday in the drunken driving deaths of five children, including three of his own, who drowned last year after he lost control of his car and veered into a rain-swollen ditch.Chanton Jenkins, of Houston, ...

Wal-Mart to pay $27.6M in California dumping case

Posted: 03 May 2010 07:25 AM PDT

SAN DIEGO -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $27.6 million to settle allegations that it improperly handled and dumped hazardous waste at stores across California in a case that led to changes in the retailer's practices nationwide, prosecutor ...

Clinton, Ahmadinejad trade barbs over nukes

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton engaged in a verbal nuclear exchange Monday on the U.N. stage, where nations gathered for a monthlong debate over the world's ultimate weapons.Speak ...

Gulf spill's effect will touch many industries

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- The calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn't just a mess for the people who live or work on the coast. If you drink coffee, eat shrimp, like bananas or plan to buy a new set of tires, you could end up paying more because of the ...

Arrest made in failed Times Square attack

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

A law enforcement official says a suspect in last weekend’s failed car bomb attack on Times Square has been taken into custody while trying to leave the country.The official spoke to The Associated Press early Tuesday on the condition of anonymity be ...

Nashville braces for more flooding

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Muddy waters poured over the banks of Nashville's swollen Cumberland River on Monday, spilling into Music City's historic downtown streets while rescuers using boats and Jet Skis plucked stranded residents away from their flooded ...

Outlook cautious despite spending

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Factories are churning out more goods. Consumers are spending. Government aid is fueling construction activity. But stagnant pay and weak hiring will likely restrain the economic rebound in coming months.That cautionary picture emerged ...

GM's Suburban turns 75

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

ARLINGTON -- The Chevrolet Suburban, the roomy choice of hunters, law enforcement agencies and soccer moms, celebrated its 75th anniversary Monday as the longest continuously produced vehicle in the U.S.The sport utility vehicle is only made at Gener ...

United in deal for Continental

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

United and Continental Airlines are counting on more business travelers -- not higher fares for vacationers -- to make their $3 billion merger pay.United CEO Glenn Tilton and Continental CEO Jeffery Smisek announced Monday that the nation's third- an ...

Letters for May 4

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Candidate has integrity, honesty I resided and worked in Brazos County for 36 years before moving to Wheelock about five years ago. My first working knowledge of Howard Hill began approximately 30 years ago when I was a reserve officer with the ...

Calendar

Posted: 03 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARSOn May 22, the first annual Rollin' in the Park Car, Truck and Bike show will be held in Central Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Food will be available for sale on site. Rollin' ...

SPORTS IN BRIEF

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:03 PM PDT

Virginia lacrosse player charged with murderCHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- A University of Virginia men's lacrosse player was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the death of a player on the women's lacrosse team.George Huguely, 22, of Chevy Chase, M ...

Diamondbacks beat up on Astros

Posted: 03 May 2010 06:03 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Cesar Valdez won his major league debut and Chris Snyder hit a three-run homer, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-1 victory over the slumping Houston Astros on Monday night.Chris Young had three hits and drove in three runs for the D ...

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