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A happy home

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

 La'Nita Davenport and her friends and family watch as her uncle James Tates blesses the front door of her new home following a dedication ceremony at the Habitat for Humanity and Bryan-College Station Home Builders Association Builders Blitz on ...

Wellborn group takes case to court

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

In spite of College Station officials' desire to continue meeting face-to-face with Citizens for Wellborn, the grassroots group instead is asking a Texas appeals court to order the city to allow its own residents to vote on whether the rural communit ...

Brazos officials apply for grant

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

The Brazos County Commissioners Court on Friday agreed to send off an application for a $2 million state grant that could be used to help construct a new biomedical facility. "We found out about it maybe three days ago," said County Judge Randy Si ...

CS council bends cemetery rules

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Ryan Reynolds was a wonderful person who had a great future, his family said. So when the 19-year-old died in February 2009, his parents, Ken and Kimberly Reynolds, said they entered into what was to become almost a year and a half discussion wit ...

Feds make 2 Bryan arrests

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Two convicted felons were arrested by local and federal agents Friday in Bryan on charges of possession of firearms. An indictment filed Thursday out of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, states Darnell Lynn Shermann, 37, and Ronald ...

Police: Man bought pizza on stolen card

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 21-year-old Bryan man was arrested this week on charges of using a stolen credit card number to pay for, among other items, pizza -- 18 of the tasty treats over a three month period. In February, a man came to Bryan police to ...

'Corpse flower' bloom could stink up Texas wedding

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:49 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- The flower girl at Jessica Zabala's wedding is purple, six-feet-tall, uninvited and smells like dead bodies. She is Lois, a rare "corpse flower," deemed the world's stinkiest bud. Lois is unexpectedly blooming in the Houston Museum of ...

Bryan man accused of beating his son

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 34-year-old Bryan father remained behind bars Friday on charges of beating his 14-year-old son. Bryan police were dispatched to St. Joseph Regional Health Center on July 4 in reference to an assault report where the teen told ...

Construction to alter Bryan traffic Sunday

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportConstruction to tie two fire hydrants into a water line along 29th Street in Bryan will cause some changes in traffic for drivers Sunday. From 6 a.m. until 1 p.m., the east lanes of 29th Street will be closed to westbound traffic. A ...

Taking no prisoners

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

Riders with the Brazos Valley Cyclists (from left) Zane Lybrand, Mark McGraw, Harland Prechel, Jose Bermudez, Greg Hercules and Shawn Small hit the road with other cyclists for their weekly "Take No Prisoners" ride, which is done at racing intensity. ...

U.S. Senate refuses to pay $1.2B bill

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Black farmers, due $1.2 billion for a legacy of discrimination by the Agriculture Department, suffered a new and disheartening setback this week, despite the national spotlight provided by the quickly disavowed firing of a black depar ...

House to stop honoring sports

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- House Democrats and Republicans have put aside their differences this year to honor the likes of golfer Phil Mickelson, the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team, NASCAR driver Jimmy Johnson and the Penn State women's volleyball team.But when ...

'Bayou' bears seeds of distrust

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. -- The Gulf oil spill has replaced most of the shrimp, oysters and crabs flowing into this sleepy coastal hamlet with cash -- gobs of it. But if this is a boomtown, it's a bitter one. Bayou La Batre, population 2,313, has rece ...

Rodriguez unveils new film 'Machete'

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO -- Robert Rodriguez loves Comic-Con, but the San Diego Convention Center is just too limiting. So the filmmaker decided to unveil his new movie, Machete, on a street corner instead. Rodriguez showed about seven minutes of footage from th ...

Pay czar will not fight banks on $1.6B in exec pay

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all his tough talk about excessive pay for bankers, the Obama administration's pay czar let the executives go without a fight. Kenneth Feinberg announced Friday that he would not try to recoup $1.6 billion in compensation gi ...

Vast majority of EU banks pass "stress tests"

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT

LONDON (AP) -- The results are in: Only seven of 91 European banks flunked the "stress tests" aimed at clearing up market fears about the strength of the continent's banking system amid the debt crisis. Was the much-anticipated test tough enough t ...

India unveils $35 tablet computer

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

MUMBAI, India -- It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.If the government can find a manufacturer, the Li ...

Lindsay Lohan’s father faces NY harassment charge

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 07:43 AM PDT

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — Actress Lindsay Lohan's father faces a harassment charge in New York after his fiancee says he kicked and threatened to kill her. Michael Lohan is due in a Southampton courtroom on Aug. 18. His fiancee, 27-year-old Kathryn Major ...

Expect vigilance at likely NY Clinton wedding site

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 02:51 AM PDT

RHINEBECK, N.Y. -- For the curious looking to snap a picture or wander the grounds where the daughter of a former president and a sitting secretary of state is expected to get married, police have some advice: Cut it out or face arrest. State troo ...

House church skips the sermon

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:39 PM PDT

DALLAS -- To get to church on a recent Sunday morning, the Yeldell family walked no farther than their own living room to greet fellow worshippers. The members of this "house church" are part of what experts say is a fundamental shift in the way U ...

Faith Calendar

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Saturday * Peaceful Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1508 Congo St., in Bryan, will host "Men and Women Day" at 3 p.m. Reverend Eric Gooden of St. Mark Baptist Church will attend. For more information, please call 822-3628 or 823-8608. Sunday * Chr ...

Churches earn Energy Star label

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

NEEDHAM, Mass. -- Old and new intersect at First Parish Church in Massachusetts, which holds 18th-century timber in its walls and displays proof of its 21st-century energy efficiency with an "Energy Star" plaque by the door. "Energy Star" status, mo ...

Letters for July 24

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Immigration focus is on the wrong people The disparity between the rich and everyone else has never been greater in America. Yet so much anger is directed toward the poor, the immigrants, the welfare recipients, and the unemployed. As most ...

Assault leaves man with broken jaw

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:32 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 20-year-old man from Iola remained behind bars Friday on a felony charge of assault. Aaron Brewer was being held in the Brazos County Jail in lieu of $155,000 bail after police said he hit a man in the face multiple times, cau ...

Calendar

Posted: 23 Jul 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Saturday EVENTS Bryan High School Band Leadership Team Car Wash & Bake Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Firestone Company, 2400 Texas Ave., South. Proceeds and donations go toward Bryan Viking Band to support events planned throughout the year. 589-2197. ...

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