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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Home sweet home

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Capt. Gregory Brown said there were no easy days during the seven months that his unit was responsible for the care and custody of up to 2,400 detainees at an internment facility in Iraq. Brown and 40 others arrived at the National Guard Armory in B ...

A&M budget plan vague

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Texas A&M likely will strategically "reallocate" a central pool of money to be collected from its colleges and divisions. The immediate concern for some, like Faculty Senate Speaker Bob Strawser, is creating the process of deciding who gets what. ...

Bliss ready for a comeback

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Dave Bliss' cozy office on the Allen Academy campus sits 77 1/2 miles from where he became a national pariah. A football on a bookcase is emblazoned with the Texas A&M logo. A small print of a Monet painting hangs on the wall. There's no immedia ...

Police: Felon caught selling Ecstasy pills

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A convicted felon faces charges of possessing a firearm and selling Ecstasy. Police served a search warrant on Jerome Lamont Adkins' Bryan home Friday and reported finding 92 tablets of Ecstasy. Adkins, 33, also had a loaded .2 ...

Man with multiple warrants wanted

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Brazos County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding a man with multiple warrants for his arrest. John Anthony Flores is wanted on two felony motion to revoke warrants related to theft charges and two misdemean ...

Man charged with DWI for third time

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Eage Staff Report A man with two convictions for driving while intoxicated remained in the Brazos County Jail Saturday, charged with DWI a third time. Bryan said they stopped Paul Douglas Burger's vehicle after being called to the area of the Tejas ...

A few final touches

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Youngsters from across the state gathered Saturday at the Louise Pearce Pavilion on the Texas A&M campus for the Lamb Futurity Booster Show. The annual show is hosted by the Texas A&M Animal Science Department.

Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive N.Y. estate

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky after ...

Salazar weighs drilling ban

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico -- with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface -- when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 millio ...

Teamwork needed to plug oil well

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster. Workers say ...

Congress struggles to amend new law

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Tucked into the nation's massive new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. The rule: They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods ...

Firefighters gaining control of California wildfire

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Associated Press PALMDALE, Calif. -- A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze. The fire has charred nea ...

Man's cell phone tapping device reveals vulnerability

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS -- A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said. The attack Chris Paget showed Saturday illustrates weaknesses in GSM, one of the worl ...

Dorothy Miller inspires community with lifetime of contributions

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

These days, 87-year-old Dorothy Miller might fill her time with quiet activities -- reading the newspaper, starting a new book, visiting with other Carriage Inn residents. Then again, on any given day, the Bryan resident might also be found stren ...

Homemade toys can beat boredom

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Sometimes the cure for the summertime blues is found in a tube sock. Or a pile of cardboard. Maybe even in the ubiquitous empty toilet-paper tube. Kids who spend hours communing with technology -- plugged into televisions, computers and iPods -- m ...

Catch up on fairy tale favorites with 'Into the Woods'

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

If you were going to be competing for a Tony Award, 1988 was not the year to do. Unless, that is, your production just happened to be The Phantom of the Opera. Phantom, rightly, gobbled just about every prize in sight that year -- but not quite all ...

Hulu Plus puts television in your pocket

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Hulu, the popular website with TV shows, now comes as a subscription-based application for iPhones and iPads. Although it isn't perfect, it works well enough that it may make you wonder if the TV's reign as the center of family life is coming to an ...

Bush Library ready to celebrate 2 millionth visitor

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Over the next few months, the George Bush Presidential Library Center will be passing new thresholds that will continue to sharpen its vitality and programming, as well as its place as a special resource in the community. This fall, we expect to h ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

BRIDGE CLUB * July 9 winners for Star Duplicate Bridge Club were: N/S -- 1. Cindy DuBois and James Hibbetts; 2. Billie Elmendorf and Sam Sharp. E/W -- 1. Richard Duble and James Evans. 2. Peggy Ross and Lucy Nelson. * July 12 winners for Star Dupli ...

Calendar

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 774-0043. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525. Tuesday * Bryan Noon Lions. 11:30 a.m. Best West ...

Livestock reports

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's July 27 sale: Head: 1,132 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $115-$167; 300-400 lbs., $110-$161; 400-500 lbs., $105-$146; 500-600 lbs., $100-$122; 600-700 lbs., $90-$115; 700-800 lbs., $100-$108. Heifers: ...

Readers flood inbox, are 'ready to march' after column

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Some columns hit a nerve. I was quickly deluged with e-mails from people "Ready to March" after the publication of my recent column on how low interest rates may cut the long-term retirement income of seniors by as much as 50 percent. Listen: * We ...

BTU should be returned to city control

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Editorial Board On Thursday, BTU turned over what its managers say is the budget information requested by Bryan City Manager David Watkins. Although Watkins still is going through the documents to make sure they are complete, we are glad t ...

Calendar

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

Sunday EVENTS Harvest Fun. Messina Hof Winery & Resort. Pick, stomp and taste. www.messinahof.com or 778-9463, ext. 234. Crush for Fun, noon to 5 p.m. Pleasant Hill Winery, Brenham. Bring clothes you don't mind getting grape-stained and an old ...

THIRD & SHORT

Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT

BOXING LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez earned a masterful unanimous decision over Juan Diaz on Saturday night, picking apart his younger opponent to retain his WBA and WBO lightweight titles. Marquez captivated the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events ...

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