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- A&M planning for the worst
- Experts: More bad news may be ahead
- Debate emerges over A&M cuts
- A&M plans for hundreds of reductions
- A&M may flush free TP in dorms
- Grimes County investigates malnourished animals
- Woman accused in shorts theft charged with felony
- CSISD official gets a raise
- Texas governor's race heats up over business deals
- TxDOT seeks input on plans for future
- Lowe's to host water efficiency event
- CS intersection to be closed Wednesday
- Uncle: Mom accused in kids' strangling depressed
- Police searching for dog that bit woman
- Second choked child dies in Irving, mom suspected
- Deadline to apply for initiative is Aug. 1
- Lesbian gets $35K settlement over canceled prom
- It was raining marijuana in east Texas
- GOP filibuster beaten by Democrats
- Mailman saves 3 lives while on the job
- 2 skydiving seniors die when chutes tangle in Pa.
- Dallas suburb sued over electoral system
- Russians look into parasailing donkey
- Farmer, NAACP fight for ousted federal worker
- China now top energy consumer
| A&M planning for the worst Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT The equivalent of nearly 500 faculty and staff positions could be eliminated from Texas A&M University, including 210 that currently are filled, documents released Tuesday show. The preliminary plans, submitted by the deans of the colleges and h ... |
| Experts: More bad news may be ahead Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT As the Great Recession brought pain to most of the United States, Texas A&M kept Bryan-College Station's economy robust. But experts now worry that the worst may still lie ahead for the area now that large-scale layoffs have been proposed in Aggi ... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT Even if the most severe state budget cut materializes, the reduction burden on colleges and divisions could be dramatically reduced by decisions that Texas A&M officials and its governing board can control. A debate has emerged about whether the ... |
| A&M plans for hundreds of reductions Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:00 AM PDT The equivalent of 210 faculty and staff positions could be eliminated from Texas A&M, along with 275 additional spots that are vacant and represent those who are retiring, documents released Tuesday show. The preliminary plans, submitted by the ... |
| A&M may flush free TP in dorms Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT Elaine Benes sits in a bathroom stall, pleading with a stingy toilet-paper hoarder to "spare a square." "Excuse me. I'm sorry. This is, a, kind-of embarrassing but there's no toilet paper over here." "Are you talking to me?" the stranger asks. ... |
| Grimes County investigates malnourished animals Posted: 21 Jul 2010 01:48 AM PDT Grimes County authorities on Wednesday said they were looking into several miniature horses and dogs near Carlos that appear to be malnourished. Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said officials have been investigating the issue, and the Houston Socie ... |
| Woman accused in shorts theft charged with felony Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:46 AM PDT A 39-year-old woman faces felony theft charges after police said she stole a pair of shorts from a College Station store. Bryan resident Gayla Evette Robertson was jailed June 21 on a charge of theft of property less than $1,500 with two or more pre ... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT College Station Superintendent Eddie Coulson was given a positive review Tuesday from trustees who extended his contract through June 2013 and slightly increased his salary. The raise, which will bring his earnings from $180,000 to $181,800, is cons ... |
| Texas governor's race heats up over business deals Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:01 AM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger accused each other Monday of lying about or trying to hide their profits in the oil and gas industry, the latest escalation in an increasingly nasty gubernatorial race.Perry, seeking ... |
| TxDOT seeks input on plans for future Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Local residents with concerns or suggestions about transportation needs in Texas are being asked to attend a public meeting Aug. 12 in Bryan. An open house hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation will be held statewide a ... |
| Lowe's to host water efficiency event Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The public is invited to stop by Lowe's in College Station on Wednesday to learn about water efficiency. Representatives with the Environmental Protection Agency will be there from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4451 Texas 6 South. The W ... |
| CS intersection to be closed Wednesday Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report College Station police on Wednesday will be reconstructing an accident as part of an ongoing investigation into a major wreck that unfolded along the 13000 block of Rock Prairie Road West earlier this week. The area near the Grea ... |
| Uncle: Mom accused in kids' strangling depressed Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:47 AM PDT IRVING, Texas -- The uncle of a Dallas-area mother suspected of strangling her two children, including a 5-year-old-son who died, says the woman's toddler is on life support and is not expected to live. Wasimul Haque says that his niece had been d ... |
| Police searching for dog that bit woman Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT College Station police are asking for the public's help in locating a dog and its owner after the animal bit a woman Monday evening. According to police, around 5:20 p.m. a medium-sized dog with black fur bit a woman twice -- once on the leg, once o ... |
| Second choked child dies in Irving, mom suspected Posted: 21 Jul 2010 02:02 AM PDT IRVING, Texas -- Authorities say the 2-year-old daughter of a Dallas-area woman suspected of choking her two children has died.A Dallas Medical Examiners Office spokeswoman says that Faryaal Akhter died Tuesday night at a local children's hospital.Fa ... |
| Deadline to apply for initiative is Aug. 1 Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Texas Natural Resources Conservation Services continues to take applications from state landowners who want to partner with the agency by maintaining portions of their property to provide food and habitat for migrating birds. Ac ... |
| Lesbian gets $35K settlement over canceled prom Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:47 AM PDT JACKSON, Miss. -- A rural school district that canceled its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her girlfriend has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit the ACLU filed on her behalf. The district also agreed ... |
| It was raining marijuana in east Texas Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:02 AM PDT CADDO MILLS, Texas -- It was raining marijuana in a rural area of east Texas.Hunt County Undersheriff Joe Knight says rural homeowners near Greenville reported hearing duffel bags filled with what appeared to be marijuana thud onto their roofs early ... |
| GOP filibuster beaten by Democrats Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats broke through a stubborn Republican filibuster Tuesday and pressed to restart jobless benefits for 2 1/2 million Americans still unable to find work in the frail national economic recovery. The Democrats were victori ... |
| Mailman saves 3 lives while on the job Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:12 PM PDT AKRON, Ohio -- The mailman finished his afternoon deliveries in an unassuming way, betraying no sign that anything out of the ordinary had occurred save for the blood on his uniform and the cut on his lip. Back at the post office, he was greeted wi ... |
| 2 skydiving seniors die when chutes tangle in Pa. Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:04 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA -- A retired ironworker and a 70-year-old friend who had been skydiving together for years were killed when their parachutes got tangled during a weekend jump.George Flynn, 75, of Colonia, N.J., had jumped approximately 1,500 times sinc ... |
| Dallas suburb sued over electoral system Posted: 21 Jul 2010 12:36 AM PDT DALLAS -- A Dallas suburb that's repeatedly made national headlines over efforts to ban illegal immigrants from renting housing finds its city electoral system again challenged in court.Ten Hispanic residents filed a federal civil rights suit in Dall ... |
| Russians look into parasailing donkey Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT MOSCOW -- Authorities in Russia are opening an animal cruelty probe into a weekend stunt on a beach in southern Russia in which a donkey parasailed high over the surf. Amateur video footage showed men attaching parasail harnesses to the trembling mu ... |
| Farmer, NAACP fight for ousted federal worker Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:10 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is standing by its quick decision to oust a black Agriculture Department employee over racially tinged remarks at an NAACP banquet in Georgia, despite evidence that her remarks were misconstrued and growing ca ... |
| Posted: 20 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT PARIS -- China is now king of the world in energy consumption, surpassing the U.S. years ahead of forecasts in a milestone that left the Asian giant immediately rejecting its new crown. Sensitive to its status as the world's biggest polluter, Chi ... |
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