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- Fishing for luck
- A&M faculty votes to expand benefits
- Friend details teen's death
- Friend details teen's death
- Ben White bids duties farewell
- Prosecutor says jealous ex killed brother, sister
- Bryan principals approved
- Police identify fatal crash victim
- Tornadoes leave 5 dead in Oklahoma
- Co-defendant asserts Fifth in tot slaying
- Strait in 'Don't Mess with Texas' no-litter ad
- Underage slaughterhouse workers testify in Iowa
- Houston teacher on admin duty after videotaped beating
- Kagan would make history if confirmed
- Star and activist Lena Horne dies
- Jury to deliberate shooting of Texas ballplayer
- UT may see more layoffs as part of budget cuts
- Letters for May 11
- Calendar
- Kagan in '97 urged Clinton to ban late abortions
- Exchanges agree on market rules
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
- NBA: Magic, Lakers finish sweeps
- Trillion-dollar euro rescue won't solve low growth
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Texas A&M freshman Ben Schneider, 19, adds his bid of coins for good luck to the pile at the feet of the Sul Ross statue in front of the Academic Building on Monday. Every semester at finals time, pennies and sometimes dollars are placed under th ... |
| A&M faculty votes to expand benefits Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT The Texas A&M System should extend health benefits to employees' same-sex partners, the College Station campus' faculty senate said Monday. The senate approved in a voice vote -- only one of some 60 or more senators voted against it -- to ask the ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT Christopher Hutchson's friends called him "Big E" and said the 17-year-old reminded them of a big, goofy teddy bear.That's why it's so hard to understand what happened to him, his friends said. Hutchson died from a gunshot wound in a stranger's backy ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT Christopher Hutchson's friends called him "Big E" and said the 17-year-old reminded them of a big, goofy teddy bear.That's why it's so hard to understand what happened to him, his friends said. Hutchson died from a gunshot wound in a stranger's backy ... |
| Ben White bids duties farewell Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT College Station Mayor Ben White said Monday he's missed a lot of Texas A&M athletic games over the past three years and plans to make up for that.White said that while it's too early to tell what's in store for him as a former elected official, h ... |
| Prosecutor says jealous ex killed brother, sister Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT Prosecutors spent the first day of former Marine John Thuesen's capital murder trial describing the scene where two Texas A&M student siblings were found shot dead in their College Station home. Jared Hennigan, a Lufkin police officer who worked ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT Bryan school board trustees Monday approved the appointments of two new principals for the 2010-11 school year. Lane Buban will replace Paul Hord at Sam Rayburn Middle School, where Buban has been assistant principal since 2006, officials said. Buban ... |
| Police identify fatal crash victim Posted: 11 May 2010 12:07 AM PDT Bryan police said they identified the man who died when he was struck by a vehicle early Saturday as Albert Garza, 42, of Bryan. According to police, Garza was hit around 3 a.m. while crossing Texas 21 near Newton Street.Officials said he was pronoun ... |
| Tornadoes leave 5 dead in Oklahoma Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT NORMAN, Okla. -- Tornadoes ripped through the Southern Plains on Monday as storms that killed five people and injured dozens more blew cars off highways, toppled homes and sent baseball-size hail crashing through windshields.Oklahoma Department of Em ... |
| Co-defendant asserts Fifth in tot slaying Posted: 11 May 2010 01:19 AM PDT CONROE, Texas -- The co-defendant in the case surrounding the bludgeoning death of an east Texas toddler asserted her right against self-incrimination.Jessica Carson told a judge in Conroe on Monday that she would assert her Fifth Amendment right if ... |
| Strait in 'Don't Mess with Texas' no-litter ad Posted: 11 May 2010 01:20 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas-- A flip of his hand sends crumpled paper into a trash barrel as country music great George Strait is the latest celebrity in the "Don't Mess with Texas" no-litter campaign.The public service announcements began airing statewide Monday ... |
| Underage slaughterhouse workers testify in Iowa Posted: 11 May 2010 01:18 AM PDT WATERLOO, Iowa -- A former underage worker cried Monday while testifying she was exposed to harsh chemicals at an Iowa slaughterhouse where she and other teens worked 12 hours a day, six days a week.Yesenia Cordero Mendoza, now 18, was one of two for ... |
| Houston teacher on admin duty after videotaped beating Posted: 11 May 2010 01:16 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A Houston charter school has put a teacher on administrative duty after a videotape shows a student being slapped and kicked by the educator.Principal David Jones of Jamie's House Charter School says he reviewed the camera phone video shot ... |
| Kagan would make history if confirmed Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Introducing his Supreme Court nominee to the nation, President Barack Obama on Monday portrayed Elena Kagan as a guiding force for a fractured court and a champion of typical Americans. She would be the youngest justice on the court and ... |
| Star and activist Lena Horne dies Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive, signature song Stormy Weather and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92 ... |
| Jury to deliberate shooting of Texas ballplayer Posted: 11 May 2010 01:16 AM PDT HOUSTON -- The fate of a Houston-area police officer on trial for a 2008 shooting that sparked accusations of racial profiling will soon be in the hands of a jury.Closing arguments were set for Tuesday in the trial of Bellaire police Sgt. Jeffrey Cot ... |
| UT may see more layoffs as part of budget cuts Posted: 10 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The University of Texas has laid off 122 employees this year and could cut another 80 as part of a plan to trim $14.6 million, university officials said Monday.Of the workers laid off so far, 72 worked in administration, mostly in informati ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Elect politicians who have our best interests Chet Edwards' only claim to fame is the "pork" that he has brought to Texas A&M and the Waco VA Hospital. In this regard, he is the "supreme pork-meister." His justification is that these are wor ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT MARK YOUR CALENDARSThe Brazos Valley Elks Lodge #859 will be hosting the 4th Annual Chili Appreciation Society of America Chili Cook Off on May 22-23. The lodge is located behind the Old Triangle Bowling Alley just off Old College at 304 Mobile Avenu ... |
| Kagan in '97 urged Clinton to ban late abortions Posted: 11 May 2010 01:17 AM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- As a White House adviser in 1997, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan urged then-President Bill Clinton to support a ban on late-term abortions, a political compromise that put the administration at odds with abortion rights groups ... |
| Exchanges agree on market rules Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The leaders for major securities exchanges have agreed in principle to a uniform system of "circuit breakers" that would slow trading during periods of intense market volatility, Federal regulators said Monday.The heads of the biggest e ... |
| Posted: 10 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT Cowboys trade Carpenter to Rams for BarronST. LOUIS -- The Cowboys and Rams have swapped underachieving former first-round picks, with offensive tackle Alex Barron going to Dallas and linebacker Bobby Carpenter headed for St. Louis.Carpenter made onl ... |
| NBA: Magic, Lakers finish sweeps Posted: 10 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT ATLANTA -- The Orlando Magic are playing like a team that will settle for nothing less than its first NBA championship.Vince Carter scored 22 points to lead another dominating performance by the Magic, which finished off its second straight playoff s ... |
| Trillion-dollar euro rescue won't solve low growth Posted: 10 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT BRUSSELS -- A bold $1 trillion rescue by the European Union halted the slide of the euro on Monday and sent markets soaring worldwide in a gambit that may ultimately be seen as the moment Europe truly became a union.The sweeping cash injection was gr ... |
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