Saturday, July 31, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Honoring 'Mr. Caldwell'

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

"This is going to be a hard one," Mark Harris whispered to those close to him in a packed church pew Friday before Caldwell Mayor Bernard Rychlik's funeral. Rychlik was killed Monday in a car accident. He was elected mayor in 1992 and was well kn ...

B-CS schools rated highly

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Seven Brazos County schools received the highest rating possible for their student scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Test. Schools are classified by the Texas Education Agency as exemplary, recognized, acceptable or unaccepta ...

Soldiers to return to Bryan this evening

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportDozens of Texas Army National Guard soldiers will arrive in Bryan on Saturday evening following tours in Iraq.The welcoming ceremony for the 40 soldiers is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. at the National Guard Armory at 1800 E. 25th St ...

Bryan man jailed in string of burglaries

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 20-year-old Bryan man remained in jail Friday on charges of burglarizing a home. Bryan officers on patrol on Texas Avenue Thursday were looking for suspicious activity following a string of daytime burglaries. According to the ...

Events to aid woman with breast cancer

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportSeveral events will be taking place at Shooters in Bryan on Saturday in an effort to raise money for Sally Ann Reyes-Garza, a local woman who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer.Beginning at noon at the business on Tabor Road, ...

Work to shut down major intersection

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportAtmos Energy crews were planning to work around the clock Friday night to replace a natural gas line that required the closure of College Main at University Drive in College Station.Officials said they would open the road as soon as ...

CS man charged with evading arrest

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A College Station man was charged with felony evading arrest after speeding away from a traffic stop, authorities said. College Station police stopped Robin Shane Beyer, 42, around 2 a.m. July 14 on South College Avenue because ...

Police: Search yields packaged cocaine

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 49-year-old Bryan man was released from jail this week after his arrest on a felony manufacturing or distributing cocaine charge. Officers with the Brazos County Special Investigation Unit served a search warrant on Johnny Arredon ...

Saw 'em off, robot style

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Michael Sojo (from left), 17, a student at Ramstein Air Force Base High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Arlin Figuero, 16, a student at Yes Preparatory School in Houston and Bryany Bower, 17, a student at St. Andrews Episcopal School in Austin smi ...

Incoming BP CEO calls for 'scaleback'

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

BILOXI, Miss.-- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.There were several signs ...

Afghan war taking its toll

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conflict. All signs point to more bloodshed in the months ahead, straining the alr ...

Man exonerated of rape freed

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Imprisoned for 27 years for a rape he didn't commit, Michael Anthony Green walked out of jail a free man on Friday and in the process was able to leave behind some of the anger that had fueled his survival behind bars. Accompanied by hi ...

Texas schools get high ratings

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:28 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- More than two-thirds of Texas school districts received one of the two highest possible ratings when the state issued its annual report card on Friday, a big improvement over last year's scores that was due largely to a measure that allows ...

Mom of starved kids gets life

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

DALLAS -- A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months was sentenced to life in prison Friday after changing her plea to guilty in the middle of her trial. Abneris Santiago, ...

SEC targets two wealthy Dallas men for fraud

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.They were kids when the collapsed economy forced the surrender of the family cotton farm in Lake Providence, La. Later, ...

Obama touts auto bailout as a success

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

DETROIT -- A year after the government's big auto-industry bailouts, President Barack Obama on Friday trumpeted increased car sales and progress on battery-powered vehicles as a beacon of success in his administration's battle to revive a hurting U.S ...

Economic growth slows

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The economy is still growing, just not by much. And until that changes, don't look for the jobs to come back. Americans spent less and businesses thought twice about restocking their shelves in the past three months, making for a slu ...

Faith Calendar

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Saturday * St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will host a Splash Party and Day of Jubilee from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will include free food, music, games and water activities for children. Wear swimsuits and ...

Letters for July 31

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Good-ol'-boy network alive at Texas A&M Texas A&M President Bowen Loftin first released an e-mail to the faculty, staff and students indicating that Alexander Kemos was resigning to "spend more time with his family." Later, we all lear ...

Calendar

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

Saturday EVENTS Teens and Tweens Reading Program, 9 a.m. to noon. College Station library. Program: Art show. 764-3416. Giant Scale Model Airshow, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wixon Valley Flying Field, left at F.M. 2776 off Texas 21 East. Sponsored by Brazo ...

12-year-old girl injured on Wisconsin 'free fall' ride

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:41 PM PDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her. Police declined to identify the girl ...

Two killed in plane crash pulled from Lake Michigan

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:40 PM PDT

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) -- State police divers on Friday recovered the remains of two of four missing passengers who were on a medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan last week. The bodies belonged to Alma school superintendent Don Pavlik and ...

Oregon district attorney says no Gore prosecution

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:39 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore was cleared Friday of allegations he groped and assaulted a masseuse in a luxury Portland hotel room in 2006, closing a case that could have tarnished the Nobel prize winner's reputation. After ...

Governor may alter Ariz. law

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

PHOENIX -- The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered changes to address any faults. In the days since ...

Calif. wildfire threatens homes

Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:27 PM PDT

PALMDALE, Calif. -- A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from damaging power lines that bring electricity to Southern ...

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