| Staying cool at work Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT If Monday seemed a little longer than normal, you weren't imagining it.The date is known as the first day of the summer in the northern hemisphere and marks when the rays of the sun directly strike one of two tropical latitude lines -- also known as ... |
| CS Councilman Larry Stewart dies Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT College Station Councilman Larry Stewart may have come off as quiet to those just getting to know him. To others, he was a passionate public servant who wasn't shy about letting his opinions be known.Regardless, friends and colleagues said that the m ... |
| CS Councilman Stewart dies in Africa Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:36 AM PDT College Station Councilman Larry Stewart died Monday morning after being hospitalized for several weeks in South Africa during a vacation, officials said. He was 67. Stewart, who served in Place 5, was there for a 10-day safari and was scheduled to ... |
| Woman accused of stabbing 18-year-old Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA College Station woman remained in Brazos County Jail late Monday after authorities said she stabbed an 18-year-old woman twice in the arm. Courtney Nicole Gray, 18, was arrested in the 2500 block of Dartmouth Street on Sunday afte ... |
| What's the real impact of the oil spill? Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill?A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective. Viewing it through some lenses, it isn't that huge. The Mississi ... |
| Ariz. wildfire near Flagstaff now at 10,000 acres Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:59 PM PDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Crews battling a 10,000-acre fire that has threatened hundreds of homes were sending planes Tuesday to learn the full scope of the blaze, which choked the skies with rolling clouds of smoke and sent flames high into the air.About ... |
| Police :CS woman struck man with car twice Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:41 AM PDT Police said a 24-year-old woman was jailed Tuesday on charges of striking a man with her car twice the night before in College Station.Charita Imari Marks of College Station was charged with aggravated assault of a family or household member.Police s ... |
| U.S. experts say ending wars is always messy Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT WEST POINT, N.Y. -- American wars usually begin with a bang, yet it's the endings that usually have long-lasting influences, a gathering of prominent military historians told West Point instructors who are training the next generation of Army officer ... |
| Supreme Court upholds anti-terror law Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court upheld the government's authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities.The court left intact a federal law that t ... |
| Gulf rig owner criticizes Obama's drilling halt Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- The owner of the drilling rig involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico criticized the U.S. government's six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the area Tuesday.On the sidelines of an oil conference in London, Transocean ... |
| Texas demographer warns of rising dropouts Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- A former head of the U.S. Census Bureau said Texas must do more to prepare preschool-age children before they enter kindergarten so they won't drop out later.Steve Murdock, the former state demographer, also said Texas needs to boost its gr ... |
| Bexar commissioner approves move to sue Texas AG Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:40 AM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- A Bexar County commissioner has voted in favor of the commission suing the Texas attorney general's office to overturn its order requiring him to make public some of his personal e-mails.The San Antonio Express News sought the release ... |
| 4 charged in Texas videotaped school beating Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:02 AM PDT HOUSTON-- A teacher and three other educators at a Houston charter school were charged Monday in connection with the videotaped beating of a 13-year-old boy who was attending the school.Teacher Sheri Lynn Davis, 40, was charged with injury to a chil ... |
| Police chief's son suspected in officer's death Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT LANCASTER -- A communitywide prayer vigil has been scheduled for Wednesday in the Dallas suburb where a police officer was slain for the first time -- allegedly by the son of the Dallas police chief.A Lancaster ministerial group is organizing the Wed ... |
| Neb. city votes to restrict illegal immigration Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:00 AM PDT FREMONT, Neb. -- This small Nebraska meatpacking town has joined Arizona at the center of a national debate about illegal immigration after voters approved a ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants, but an expected court challenge cou ... |
| WH crasher to join 'Housewives' Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT "I love to just make an entrance," declares one of the new "Real Housewives of D.C." on the show's debut episode, set to air in August.Quick, guess which one!Of course, that grimace-inducing line, given what we all know, comes from Michaele Salahi -- ... |
| Tips for bosses Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:48 AM PDT * Distribute workload evenly over the day and incorporate work-rest cycles for employees working in the heat.* Provide cool rest areas in hot work environments, setting the area's temperature to at least 76 degrees.* Keep water available always. Most ... |
| NTSB meets on bus crash that killed 7 in Arizona Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:01 AM PDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- National Transportation Safety Board officials were scheduled to meet Tuesday morning to determine what caused a tour bus crash last year that killed seven on a rural Arizona highway.The charter bus was carrying a group of Chinese ... |
| Trial set to open for rigger in NYC crane collapse Posted: 21 Jun 2010 11:59 PM PDT NEW YORK -- A New York City crane rigger is poised to go on trial on charges of causing one of the nation's deadliest crane accidents: a collapse that killed seven people.Opening statements are set for Tuesday in William Rapetti's trial. Rapetti has ... |
| NYC bomb suspect enters guilty plea Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing and left a sinister warning that unless the U.S. leaves Muslim lands alone, "we will be attac ... |
| WORLD CUP: Spaniards get back on track Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG -- David Villa scored two goals as Spain got its World Cup pursuit back on track with a 2-0 victory over Honduras on Monday.Villa beat three defenders in the 17th minute before goalkeeper Noel Valladares got a touch to the Spain striker' ... |
| Bruins in control at College World Series Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT OMAHA, Neb. -- Gerrit Cole struck out 13 and carried a one-hitter into the seventh inning, and Cody Regis and Jeff Gelalich homered to lead UCLA to a 6-3 victory over TCU in a winners' bracket game at the College World Series on Monday night.The win ... |
| Boy, what a treat: North Koreans allowed to watch 7-0 loss to Portugal Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:04 PM PDT CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- North Korea picked the wrong moment to allow its people to see a bit more of the outside world.The authoritarian regime was so proud of its soccer team in the World Cup that it allowed an unprecedented live broadcast back h ... |
| SPORTS IN BRIEF Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT Panthers' Smith breaks arm playing flag footballCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith will miss the start of training camp with a broken left forearm suffered while playing football.Flag football, that is.Smith was injured Sunday ... |
| Federer survives first-round match at Wimbledon Posted: 21 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT WIMBLEDON, England -- The situation was so unfamiliar to Roger Federer, so "uncomfortable," to use his term.On a surface he rules, at a tournament he owns, against an opponent he dominates, Federer found himself in serious trouble Monday: He dropped ... |
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