Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Man dies in wreck

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Christopher Kuykendall, 26, of Grapevine died Tuesday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle on Democrat Road east of Bryan. Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Tommy Lyons said Kuykendall was traveling east on Oak Lake Road at a high ra ...

Bryan project approved

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

The Bryan City Council on Tuesday approved a development agreement with a company that plans to build a project that would include retail space, restaurants, offices, entertainment venues and, possibly, multi-family housing.When complete, the Highlan ...

2 TAMU grad students taken to hospital after incident

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Glass tubing used for an experiment in a Texas A&M lab became overpressurized and broke, sending two graduate students to the hospital, officials said Tuesday. The university sent a Code Maroon emergency notification at 10:50 a.m. â€" 11 minutes afte ...

Focus of trial shifts to facts

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Prosecutors spent the second day of a former Marine's capital murder trial presenting DNA evidence and describing the scene at the College Station home where two siblings in their 20s were fatally shot. Authorities will seek the death penalty if John ...

2 TAMU grad students taken to hospital after incident

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Glass tubing used for an experiment in a Texas A&M lab became overpressurized and broke, sending two graduate students to the hospital, officials said Tuesday. The university sent a Code Maroon emergency notification at 10:50 a.m. â€" 11 minutes afte ...

Law enforcement memorial to honor heroes

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Every year, law enforcement officers die in the line of duty.On Wednesday, a few hundred are expected to gather in College Station at an open-to-the-public event to honor those who died nationwide while serving during the past year. The 23rd annual L ...

Official investigate Cameron bar fire

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:35 AM PDT

Officials said they are investigating the cause of a fire that burned a Cameron bar late Monday, a day after the renters were evicted.Cameron Volunteer Fire Department Chief Henry Horelica said firefighters received a call around 10:50 p.m. reporting ...

Brenham police identify man who died in weekend wreck

Posted: 11 May 2010 02:18 AM PDT

Police said they believe alcohol was a contributing factor in the death of a 23-year-old man who died after his truck crashed into a charter bus in Brenham Saturday.Jose Denis Medrano-Alvarez was pronounced dead at the scene, Sgt. Daniel Gaskamp said ...

Libyan plane crash kills 96, Dutch boy survives

Posted: 12 May 2010 12:56 AM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya -- A Libyan plane crashed Wednesday on approach to Tripoli's airport, killing at least 96 people and leaving a field scattered with smoldering debris that included a large chunk of the tail painted with the airline's brightly colored l ...

Two grad students hurt in lab accident

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Two Texas A&M graduate students suffered minor injuries when glass tubing used for a lab experiment overpressurized and broke, officials said Tuesday. The Chemistry Annex building was evacuated for 45 minutes as authorities investigated the accid ...

Iola man accused of stealing four trucks

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 49-year-old Iola man was in jail Tuesday on charges of stealing four trucks worth $15,000.According to the police report, Tommy Lee Bartkowiak told a friend who was trying to sell the four trucks that he would take them to his lot ...

Bryan man charged with theft of father's pickup

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:32 AM PDT

A 39-year-old Bryan man was in jail on a felony charge Tuesday, accused of using his father's pickup without permission.Timothy Allen Cheney was charged Monday with theft of property from $20,000 to $100,000 from an elderly person.A Bryan officer sai ...

CS man accused of selling drugs from home

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:11 AM PDT

A 23-year-old College Station man faces three felony charges after police reported finding cocaine and other drugs in his home.Terry Dewing Allen Jr. was jailed Tuesday on a charge of manufacture or delivery of between four and 220 grams of a control ...

Registration open for CS youth basketball

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportBoys and girls from ages 10 to 18 can sign up from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday through May 28 at the Lincoln Recreation Center, 1000 Eleanor St.The cost is $65. The season runs from June 14 through July 29, and the games ...

Rock the Republic to return to Bryan

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportRock the Republic, a festival of bands, spoken-word poets and artists from across the state, will return to downtown Bryan in October.Event organizers said last year's inaugural "spectacle of sight and sound" drew 3,500 people over ...

Ready to serve

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Jason Bienski, the newly elected mayor of Bryan, is sworn into office by outgoing mayor Mark Conlee in the Bryan City Council chambers on Tuesday. ...

Straus: Texas must be creative with budget

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Republican Speaker Joe Straus told House budget writers Tuesday that they'll have to handle a state shortfall of at least $11 billion without new taxes, but he raised the possibility of unpaid furloughs and four-day workweeks for state work ...

Tornadoes kill 2 in Oklahoma

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

SEMINOLE, Okla. -- Days before deadly tornadoes raked the Plains, forecasters warned people big storms were on the way and that they would be large and powerful. Scientists even predicted almost to the hour when the twisters might strike.They were al ...

Execs grilled on Gulf oil spill

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Congress called BP and its drilling partners to account Tuesday for a "cascade of failures" behind the spreading Gulf oil spill, zeroing in on a crucial chain of events at the deep-sea wellhead just before an explosion consumed the rig ...

Drifting satellite could block shows

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:12 PM PDT

LONDON -- A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite's orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites' owners said Tue ...

Cameron named British prime minister

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT

LONDON -- David Cameron, the youthful leader who modernized the party of right-wing icon Margaret Thatcher, became prime minister Thursday after the resignation of Gordon Brown -- capping a gripping election saga that returns the Tories to government ...

U.S. reviews pace of Iraq pullout

Posted: 11 May 2010 05:02 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- American commanders, worried about increased violence in the wake of Iraq's inconclusive elections, are now reconsidering the pace of a major troop pullout this summer, U.S. officials said Tuesday.The withdrawal of the first major wave of ...

Dairy farmers flee California's regulations

Posted: 11 May 2010 04:25 AM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The number of dairies in California has plummeted by more than 500 in the past decade, with many moving to other states enticing them with promises of lower costs and simpler regulations.Eight states, ranging from Idaho to Iowa, ...

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