| Aggies honored on stage Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT April Denise Beverly became the first person in her family to graduate from college after walking across the stage Friday at Texas A&M University.The 22-year-old animal science major said it was an honor to receive her degree with her family in t ... |
| Cadets recall 2 fallen Aggies Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Senior cadets can be tough on underclassmen, but late Thursday and early Friday, the seniors of B Company in Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets wrapped their arms around freshmen as they delivered the news that two of their own had died in a car crash ... |
| More testify in murder trial Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Two days before John Thuesen admitted to police that he shot and killed Rachel and Travis Joiner in their College Station home, he had an hourlong, regularly-scheduled meeting with his counselor at a Veterans Affairs clinic. He'd been seeing Theresa ... |
| Prom not so different from past Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT The dresses may be shorter, the dancing isn't quite the same -- to say the least -- and cummerbunds are definitely out, but some things about prom will never change. "It's a rite of passage," said Tiffany Fox, the A&M Consolidated sponsor of stud ... |
| Police search for suspicious woman Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBryan police are trying to locate a woman who attempted to talk to children on the playground at the St. Joseph Catholic School elementary campus this week.Police said the woman drove up to the playground on William Joel Bryan Parkw ... |
| Rainy day recreation Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Laura Pagels, a student at Texas A&M, picks up a basketball while playing hoops at Lions Park in College Station on a rainy Friday afternoon. ... |
| Does size of the Gulf spill matter? Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can't agree on either question.Some scientists who have studied a new video of the gusher estimate the leak could ... |
| More kids in foster care Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Department of Family and Protective Services will try to persuade more relatives of abused and neglected children in Texas to take in the youngsters as the foster care rolls grow.Commissioner Anne Heiligenstein, who testified before the ... |
| Troops fire on rioting protesters Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT BANGKOK -- Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.The c ... |
| Two oyster areas reopen in Gulf Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Louisiana health officials reopened two prime oyster areas Friday to give harvesters a chance to gather as many oysters as they can ahead of a Gulf of Mexico oil slick that has been spreading west from the Deepwater Horizon disas ... |
| Software glitch affected some defense systems Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT DENVER -- A software glitch in the military GPS network temporarily left some defense systems unable to lock onto locator signals from satellites in January, but the problem has been fixed, the Air Force said Friday.The Air Force declined to say how ... |
| Afghan offensive to face struggles of deadly terrain Posted: 14 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT LAKO KHEL, Afghanistan -- U.S. soldiers had just made it through a dense patch of vineyards to a cluster of abandoned mud compounds when the radio operator let out a shout: "Sir, we are about to be ambushed from three different locations!"The men ru ... |
| 'Law & Order' canceled by NBC Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The venerable police-courtroom drama Law & Order has been axed.NBC announced Friday that the show would end its historic 20-season run on May 24, with a season finale that was never meant to bring the saga to a close.The show starred ... |
| Cardinal has mixed record Posted: 14 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- In 1997, the Rev. John Conley walked into a dimly lit church rectory to find a disheveled boy standing there and someone else crawling out a back door. The boy told him he had been wrestling with the parish's head priest.Conley told ... |
| UT exhibit showcases Cronkite's career Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Walter Cronkite covered the birth of space exploration, John F. Kennedy's assassination and Watergate.Yet the reporter and television news anchor once known as the "Most Trusted Man in America" never forgot his roots. Shortly after he died ... |
| Congress close to deal to pay for tax cut extensions Posted: 14 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Congress is finally getting around to extending more than 50 popular tax breaks that expired at the end of last year, including money savers for homeowners, businesses and shoppers in states with no income tax. Lawmakers want to raise t ... |
| Faith calendar Posted: 14 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT Saturday* St. Joseph Catholic Church, 600 E. 26th St., in Bryan, will hold its third annual Blue Mass at 6 p.m. The Mass will honor of all living and deceased law enforcement, fire and emergency service personnel and will feature an honor guard and p ... |
| Letters for May 15 Posted: 14 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Bryan-College Station a wonderful place to live On April 24, upon leaving a meeting at the United Way building on Southwest Parkway, I inadvertently left my briefcase on the roof of my car's trunk as I loaded some materials into the car's ba ... |
| Calendar Posted: 14 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT SaturdayCLUBSPhotography club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com.EVENTSFifth annual Bob Whitten Memorial Golf Tournament, 7:30 a.m. Pecan Lakes Go ... |
| Blinn graduation moved indoors Posted: 14 May 2010 07:53 AM PDT Tonight's Blinn College commencement ceremony has been moved to the Brenham High School auditorium because of expected thunderstorms, officials said.The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. Directions to the Brenham High School campus are available at www.blinn ... |
| Third man convicted in CS robbery case Posted: 14 May 2010 05:20 AM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Brazos County jury on Thursday sentenced a Fort Worth man to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of aggravated robbery.Milton McLeod, 25, was convicted of robbing a man at Campus View Apartments in College Station in 2007. ... |
| SPORTS IN BRIEF Posted: 14 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT Rangers lose slugfest in Toronto; Astros fallTORONTO -- Aaron Hill, Travis Snider and Vernon Wells all hit three-run home runs and the Toronto Blue Jays outslugged the Texas Rangers for a wild 16-10 win on Friday.The Blue Jays pounded out 15 total hi ... |
| Third & Short Posted: 14 May 2010 05:31 PM PDT GOLFBell Micro LPGA Classic: MOBILE, Ala. -- Se Ri Pak shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Brittany Lincicome and Wendy Ward in the Bell Micro LPGA Classic.Pak, who opened on the 10th tee, had five birdies in a six-hole stretch ... |
No comments:
Post a Comment