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Golfing with Gary

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT

Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair gives a high five to Special Olympian Antwon Miles while leading a short golf clinic for the athletes at the seventh Annual Coach Blair Charities Celebrity Golf Classic at Traditions Club Friday. Proc ...

School hall monitor charged

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

A 45-year-old Bryan High School hall monitor was charged this week with having an improper relationship with an 18-year-old student.William C. Dickson Jr. started working for the district in 1998 and left in September 1999. He returned in 2003 and wa ...

Bryan school hires Bliss

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Seven years after resigning under pressure for lying about financially supporting a player who shot and killed a teammate, former Baylor coach Dave Bliss has been hired by a local private school. Allen Academy in Bryan hired Bliss this week as athlet ...

One battle after another

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

For most people, spending a week in a hospital undergoing chemotherapy sounds miserable. But Roy Gene Munse, co-host of the Morning Show on KORA-FM and a 30-year veteran at the station, has a different perspective. He said he'll be using the time to ...

Provost search to begin

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

The dean of Texas A&M's vet school and a distinguished professor will co-chair a national search for the university's No. 2 position, officials announced Friday. Eleanor Green, who has headed the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Scie ...

Voters head to the polls

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportVoters in Bryan and College Station will cast ballots for the cities' next mayor today.Bryan Mayor Pro Tem Jason Bienski faces business owner Mitch Morehead for the top elected seat in Bryan, while incumbent Ben White faces challeng ...

CS teen who hit pedestrians cited

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

An 18-year-old College Station man who hit and killed two pedestrians walking along Texas 21 in January was cited Friday for failure to maintain a single lane of traffic."This was a horrible tragic event, and the fact is, he just nodded off at the wh ...

Bryan man charged with sexual assault

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 24-year-old Bryan man was behind bars Friday, accused of having sex with a girl younger than 17.According to a police report, Cedric Nugent had sex with the girl multiple times in January 2009. The girl told her mother what happen ...

2 men face felony marijuana charges

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTwo 22-year-old College Station men are facing felony marijuana possession charges after police served a search warrant on their Oldenburg Lane home.Police reported finding more than seven ounces of marijuana in James Lee Wilkinson' ...

Man charged with DWI after crash

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 20-year-old College Station man was charged with driving while intoxicated Friday after he ran into a parked car on Holleman Drive, authorities said.Witnesses told police the man passed traffic by entering the oncoming lane in the ...

One giant leap

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Crockett Elementary fifth-grader Ezekial Offing leaps toward the sand pit Friday while competing in the boys long jump at the annual Fifth Grade Track Meet at Bryan High School. The event features traditional track and field competitions, along with ...

Market drop still unexplained

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Regulators and Wall Street officials went through millions of trades one by one Friday and canceled thousands as they sought to explain a record plunge in the stock market, undo damage and keep it from happening again.It wasn't clear how ...

Series of failures led to oil rig blast in Gulf

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before ...

NYC on edge after bombing is thwarted

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Police cleared the streets around Times Square on Friday and called in the bomb squad to dismantle what turned out to be a cooler full of water bottles. Earlier in the day, police were called in to check a suspicious package that turned ...

Pop culture affects parents' baby name choices

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Mom and Dad may be looking to popular vampire books and the first family for baby names: Cullen is on the rise for boys and Malia for girls. But Miley and Jonas are down, proving that acclaim can be fleeting.Isabella is now the top baby ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Saturday* St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th St., in Bryan, will hold a non-denominational taizé service at 6 p.m. The service will include music, Scripture and prayers. Sunday* First United Methodist Church, 506 E. 28th St., in Bryan, will h ...

Rasta Inmates spend years in isolation for long hair

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

JARRATT, Va. -- Kendall Gibson would seem to be one of Virginia's most dangerous prisoners.For more than 10 years he has lived in segregation at the Greensville Correctional Center, spending at least 23 hours every day in a cell the size of a gas st ...

German bishop faces abuse charge

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

BERLIN -- German officials said Friday that a preliminary investigation has been launched against Augsburg Bishop Walter Mixa, who offered Pope Benedict XVI his resignation already last month over allegations he physically abused minors.The daily Aug ...

Letters for May 8

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Concerned with lack of good taste with photo The article in the May 2 edition of The Eagle concerning the Brazos Animal Shelter was disturbing and heartbreaking. I fully share concern for the shelter and the plight of innocent, healthy anima ...

Calendar

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

SaturdayEVENTSSt. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church's annual Our Lady's Brunch, 9:30 a.m. to noon. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Theme: Following in Mary's footsteps: Becoming Women of Virtue. Features: Annie Karto, singer-songwriter and inspirati ...

Controversial coach hired at Allen Academy

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:06 AM PDT

Allen Academy recently announced hiring former Baylor Coach Dave Bliss, who resigned under fire after one of his player’s was shot and killed seven years ago. Bliss was hired this week as athletic director, dean of students and varsity men’s basketb ...

Ex-inmate with bad gums can sue over no toothpaste

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:48 PM PDT

DETROIT (AP) -- A dispute over toothpaste in prison is going back to court.A former Michigan inmate who says he was denied toothpaste for nearly a year while behind bars can sue, citing his right against cruel and unusual punishment.Jerry Flanory say ...

California teacher gets 2 years for sex with teenager

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:45 PM PDT

BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- A middle school teacher who stunned authorites and colleagues when she walked into a police station earlier this year and admitted to having a six-month affair with a 14-year-old former student was sentenced Friday to two year ...

Report: Women struggling despite recovery

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- They've called it the "Mancession" -- a recession that's affected men disproportionately, because of its brutal impact on male-dominated sectors like construction and manufacturing.But that term rings hollow to women like Sara Wade, an Il ...

Chimp attack victim discharged from Ohio hospital

Posted: 07 May 2010 06:35 AM PDT

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut woman who lost her hands and much of her face when she was mauled by a chimpanzee has moved from an Ohio hospital to a Boston-area assisted-living center, where she plans to continue rehabilitation and hopes for more ...

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