Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Getting in on the action

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

A line of imposing young men stood like bouncers near the top of the escalator that carries visitors to The Zone at Kyle Field. None were shorter than 6 feet 3 inches tall and none looked less than 300 pounds. But the group of three freshman footb ...

Bryan working on 5-year plan

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

The Bryan council set the city's five-year projects plan on Tuesday and agreed to look into improving the traffic flow around businesses near Briarcrest Drive. Councilman Mike Southerland asked for the review of the area around Walmart, Wells Fargo ...

Candidates disagree over funds

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards is dismissing his challenger's urgings to give back campaign donations he received from a powerful Democratic colleague who was recently charged with ethics violations. Charles Rangel, who represents Harlem, N.Y., wa ...

Caldwell stunned by loss

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Those who knew Caldwell Mayor Bernard Rychlik said he was a trusted friend whose sincere love for people will always be admired. Rychlik, 71, died in an auto accident Monday night on Texas 36, just north of Caldwell. Caldwell City Secretary Melissa ...

Pepsi the new brand of A&M

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Texas A&M has switched its stance on the decades-old question: Coke or Pepsi? It announced Tuesday a multi-year partnership with PepsiCo, the terms of which were not disclosed. The company's products -- which include its carbonated soft drinks, L ...

Student cleans gum off school ground

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Before ending his career as a Bryan High School Viking, Ben Singer wants to leave his mark on the campus by cleaning up what other students have left behind. At 9 a.m. Thursday, Ben and a group he's been organizing this summer will meet at the hi ...

Student cleans gum off school ground

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Before ending his career as a Bryan High School Viking, Ben Singer wants to leave his mark on the campus by cleaning up what other students have left behind. At 9 a.m. Thursday, Ben and a group he's been organizing this summer will meet at the hi ...

Man facing 10 years for third DWI charge

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 41-year-old Bryan man with at least two driving while intoxicated convictions was arrested Tuesday on another DWI charge. Bryan police said an officer stopped Jimmy Ray Sanchez after he ran a red light at the intersection of Sims ...

TEEX to host public firefighting demo

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Texas Engineering Extension Service will host a public firefighting demonstration Wednesday in conjunction with Municipal Fire School.The event is free, and gates open at the Brayton Fire Training Field at 7 p.m.A children's fir ...

Arizona helped deport thousands without new law

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:05 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized ...

26-year-old accused of burglarizing home

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 26-year-old Bryan man was behind bars Tuesday, accused of burglarizing a home. Juan Jose Gomez was charged on June 8 with breaking into a home in the 3000 block of East Villa Maria Road. Witnesses to a burglary that took place the ...

Police say man stole from ex-girlfriend

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 25-year-old Bryan man was in the Brazos County Jail Tuesday after burglarizing his ex-girlfriend's home, authorities said. The woman told police she was missing a laptop computer and $450 cash after her home was burglarized the ev ...

Closing arguments to begin in starvation trial

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:34 AM PDT

DALLAS -- Closing arguments were expected to begin in the trial of a man accused of keeping three emaciated children locked in the bathroom of a Dallas hotel for as long as nine months. Alfred Santiago's trial was expected to conclude Tuesday, a d ...

Young entrepreneurs

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Samantha Lopez, 16, Zoe Peterek, 8, Laurie Hartman, 16, and Elena Edwards, 16, (from left) hawk lemonade to passers-by at Longmire Drive and Deacon Drive in College Station on Tuesday afternoon. By 2 p.m. they had collected more than 50 bucks and wer ...

San Diego council sinks offshore boozing

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 03:35 AM PDT

SAN DIEGO -- The bar has closed at so-called "floatopia" parties where people booze it up on inner tubes off the San Diego coast. The city council on Monday closed a loophole in a beach alcohol ban, putting an immediate end to the offshore drinkin ...

Man with walker killed crossing Houston street

Posted: 28 Jul 2010 01:05 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- A man trying to cross a Houston street using a walker was killed in a hit-and-run collision.Police say the driver who apparently hit the man drove away after the collision Tuesday night.The victim, whose name has not been released, died at ...

Polygamist leader's convictions reversed

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, saying a jury received incorrect instructions before considering his role in the 2001 nuptials of a 14-year-old gi ...

Texas ranks 48 in teen pregnancies

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Texas has the third highest rate of teenage births in the country, an improvement over last year's worst-in-the-nation ranking, according to the annual Kids Count report released Tuesday.The report, conducted by the Annie E. Casey Foundatio ...

BP to get leaner, names new CEO

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- Battered BP began reinventing itself in the shadow of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Tuesday, naming its first American CEO as it reported a record $17 billion quarterly loss. Its outgoing chief miffed the White House anew with his par ...

Hackers run new check scam

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Think of it as one more reason not to write checks.Hackers believed to be operating out of Russia have figured out a high-tech way to carry out the decidedly low-tech crime of check fraud, a computer security company says -- writing ...

Negatives verified as Ansel Adams' work

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- A trove of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said Tuesday. ...

Urban gardening experiment blossoms in Houston

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- A funny thing happened after Keiji Asakura suggested the creation of a vegetable garden in the middle of the concrete corridor and skyscraper canyon that is downtown Houston.It actually came to fruition -- with a swiftness that stunned the ...

Sweet, tangy chicken sandwich for summer

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

My search for a tender, juicy and flavorful breaded chicken sandwich took me to the place where so much great thinking begins -- the beer aisle.After playing with various ways and ingredients for imparting flavor and moisture to this most ubiquitous ...

Restaurant Monitor

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department.Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A s ...

Pickled green beans make nice finger food

Posted: 27 Jul 2010 02:16 PM PDT

Dear Lisa: I have really enjoyed your recent columns on food preservation (figs and spiced peaches). Could you provide one more recipe? I would love to know how to make pickled green beans. -- SuzyDear Suzy: Pickled green beans are nice served as an ...

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