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- Up for an evening dip
- Legislators, legal experts back city in BTU dispute
- Slaying suspect called 'strange'
- It's official: Spill touched Texas waters
- Israel allowing most goods into Gaza
- Traffic cameras fall out of favor
- Carjacking victims assaulted, police say
- Agency admits to climate study errors
- No political party in Mexico is a clear winner
- Pushing back first bell helps teenagers
- Businesses surrender to draw of the World Cup
- Clinton criticizes Russian occupation
- Woman lives with corpses in her home
- Relief well is best hope to contain gusher in Gulf
- Sinking oil threatens future studies of Gulf shipwrecks
- Letters for July 6
- Calendar
- THIRD & SHORT
- Netherlands, Uruguay confident ahead of World Cup semifinals
- NBA ROUNDUP
- MLB: Rangers struggle again in loss to Indians
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
- Another crash-riddled stage at Tour de France
- Rangers will hold auction to sell team
- Student, music school get past a disability
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT Swimmers, backlit by the setting sun Monday at Lake Bryan, joined dozens who flocked to the lake to beat the heat. Tuesday's high is expected to be 92, but there's a chance of isolated storms. ... |
| Legislators, legal experts back city in BTU dispute Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Reportnews@theeagle.comLocal Texas legislators said they not only believe Bryan's city manager should have access to BTU's salary information and line-item budget, but the public should as well, despite a law that allows for the secrecy.S ... |
| Slaying suspect called 'strange' Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT By MATTHEW WATKINSmatthew.watkins@theealge.comTwo people testified Monday that they had two separate confrontations with a man whom they described as strange in the hours before their bartender friend was shot dead in his truck parked behind a club.B ... |
| It's official: Spill touched Texas waters Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT TEXAS CITY -- Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were confirmed Monday as the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.A Coast Guard official said it was possible the oil ... |
| Israel allowing most goods into Gaza Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT KEREM SHALOM CROSSING, Israel -- Israel is easing its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza to allow in virtually all consumer goods, but the new rules are unlikely to restore the territory's devastated economy or allow rebuilding of all that was destroyed in ... |
| Traffic cameras fall out of favor Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT DALLAS -- Public support for the use of red light cameras in Texas and across the country could be switching to yellow.Maine, Mississippi and Montana banned red light cameras last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Six ... |
| Carjacking victims assaulted, police say Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A man suspected of kidnapping two women from a Houston fast food restaurant and sexually assaulting them in a terrifying four-hour ordeal early Monday is in a hospital after he crashed their vehicle in a police chase, the sheriff's departm ... |
| Agency admits to climate study errors Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A leading Dutch environmental agency, taking the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal U.N. report on climate change, said Monday it has discovered more small mistakes and urged the ... |
| No political party in Mexico is a clear winner Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico -- After a Super Sunday of elections across Mexico that was widely seen as a test for the 2012 presidential race and the nation's future, the winner turns out to be -- well, not really anyone.President Felipe Calderon's party ... |
| Pushing back first bell helps teenagers Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Giving teens 30 extra minutes to start their school day leads to more alertness in class, better moods, less tardiness, and even healthier breakfasts, a small study found."The results were stunning. There's no other word to use," said Patr ... |
| Businesses surrender to draw of the World Cup Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT BERLIN -- Told they couldn't watch the World Cup on the job, Italian auto workers went on strike -- conveniently, a half hour before game time. German companies set up office viewing areas to keep employees from defecting on game days.And Brazil? Bra ... |
| Clinton criticizes Russian occupation Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT TBILISI, Georgia -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rebuked Russia on Monday for failing to live up to the cease-fire agreement it signed nearly two years ago to end the fighting in this small former Soviet state.She asserted that Russ ... |
| Woman lives with corpses in her home Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT WYALUSING, Pa. -- The 91-year-old widow lived by herself in a tumbledown house on a desolate country road. But she wasn't alone, not really, not as long as she could visit her husband and twin sister.No matter they were already dead. Jean Stevens sim ... |
| Relief well is best hope to contain gusher in Gulf Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT HOUSTON -- As engineers bore deeper into the seafloor toward the source of the oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC is growing more confident that the relief well it expects to complete in August will succeed where all previous efforts t ... |
| Sinking oil threatens future studies of Gulf shipwrecks Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT TIMBALIER ISLANDS, La. -- Not just flora and fauna are getting caked in oil. So is the Gulf of Mexico's barnacled history of pirates, sea battles and World War II shipwrecks.The Gulf is lined with wooden shipwrecks, American-Indian shell midden mound ... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT 'Freedom' reminded us of our many blessings How wonderful it would have been for everyone in our community to have enjoyed "Let Freedom Ring" Sunday night at Central Baptist Church. Those who were able to attend were reminded how blessed we are ... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT MARK YOUR CALENDARSAn Antique Show is scheduled for Friday through Sunday at the Brazos Center. Silver, china, glass, clocks, books, linen and jewelry will be for sale. Silver polishing also available. Three-day admission is $6. A raffle quilt from B ... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:19 PM PDT NHLDETROIT -- Retired hockey enforcer Bob Probert, who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks and struggled to overcome drinking problems, has died. He was 45.Probert was on a boat in Lake St. Clair with his wife, children and in-law ... |
| Netherlands, Uruguay confident ahead of World Cup semifinals Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:19 PM PDT CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- The World Cup turned sour for South America in the quarterfinals. Only one team from the continent advanced -- Uruguay, the least likely of all to make the final four.Yet here the Celeste are, ready to play the Netherlands ... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:19 PM PDT James shows up at camp, says nothing: AKRON, Ohio -- A pointed finger, smile, chuckle and head shake. That was all.If LeBron James has made up his mind, he's not saying so.The world must wait.The NBA's most wanted man offered no clues about his highl ... |
| MLB: Rangers struggle again in loss to Indians Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:17 PM PDT ARLINGTON -- Matt LaPorta hit a two-run homer, then later took an accidental elbow to the head and left the game Monday night as the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 9-3.Jayson Nix homered twice and rookie Carlos Santana also connected to hel ... |
| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:16 PM PDT Free agent Stoudemire agrees to join Knicks NEW YORK -- Amare Stoudemire is headed to the New York Knicks, and both sides are hoping he's not coming alone.The Knicks said Monday they intend to sign Stoudemire to a contract later this week when the fr ... |
| Another crash-riddled stage at Tour de France Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:15 PM PDT SPA, Belgium -- On a day of chaos and crashes, riders tumbled like dominoes in the rain and littered the road in a scene Lance Armstrong called "surreal."The seven-time champion did not escape the mayhem at the Tour de France on Monday. He was left s ... |
| Rangers will hold auction to sell team Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- The Texas Rangers plan to hold an auction next month for the team's sale in hopes of getting the bankruptcy plan approved, according to a court motion filed Monday.The team, which had a pending sale to a group led by Pittsburgh attorne ... |
| Student, music school get past a disability Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT By RICHARD YEAKLEYFort Worth Star-TelegramFORT WORTH -- If you met Samuel Boutris, you would not assume he is a musician.He was born without a left ear and has a slight misalignment of the jaw.But this Fort Worth 19-year-old recently gained acceptanc ... |
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