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- Fish Camp frenzy
- Family copes with loss
- HSC chief explains health care bill to Chamber
- DPS: Officials cleaning diesel after 18-wheeler overturns near Flynn
- Aggies weighing impact of cuts
- Police: Siblings grew pot in CS home
- Traveling exhibit to celebrate bison
- Bryan police looking for bank robber
- Water main repairs force road closure
- On Time cover, Afghan woman symbolizes war stakes
- Obama to tout job creation, present Citizens Medal
- Texas in need of more minority teachers, experts say
- Israeli, Lebanese clashes set off by tree
- Comment on proposed Texas license plate designs
- U.S. troops pack up millions of items in Iraq
- Texas low on minority teachers
- Immigrant freed from tree in flooded Rio Grande
- 6 teens drown in river
- Charges in alleged San Antonio road rage death
- After 107 years in Milwaukee, Harley could leave
- Teens who drowned in La. river from 2 families
- Appeals court hears case over UT admissions
- Family: Racial bias caused Conn. shooter to snap
- Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006
- Tokyo losing track of its centenarians
| Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT A&M Fish Camp counselor Topher Pader, 21, jumps on the back of fellow counselor Cade Harris, 19, to celebrate the arrival of another Blue Camp of "fish," or incoming freshman, among other camps of different colors at the Reed Arena parking lot Tu ... |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT Luke Moore had a range of interests -- sports, barbecue, travel, writing, singing and playing heavy metal music, to name a few. But his 8-year-old daughter, Samantha, was the center of his world, friends and family recalled Tuesday. Moore, 38, wa ... |
| HSC chief explains health care bill to Chamber Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT The 2,000-page health care reform bill recently signed into law by President Barack Obama is complicated enough that even someone with five honorary doctoral degrees can find it hard to break down. But that's what Dr. Nancy Dickey, president of t ... |
| DPS: Officials cleaning diesel after 18-wheeler overturns near Flynn Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:19 AM PDT The driver of an 18-wheeler was transported to an area hospital and officials were working to clean up a minor diesel spill after his vehicle overturned in Leon County Wednesday morning, officials said. A Texas Department of Public Safety official s ... |
| Aggies weighing impact of cuts Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT Swimming pools and beaches define carefree summer student living, but, at Texas A&M, some students will meet Wednesday about a far less relaxing matter: budget reductions. Many students are out of town, but a sense of urgency exists to not wait u ... |
| Police: Siblings grew pot in CS home Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:11 AM PDT Police said they arrested two siblings after finding marijuana they were growing in their College Station home. Carin Leslie Shuford, 33, and Paul William Stiverson, 26, were jailed early Tuesday on a charge of possession of marijuana in an amoun ... |
| Traveling exhibit to celebrate bison Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA celebration of the American bison on Saturday will highlight the last weekend of "The Bison: American Icon," a traveling exhibit at the Star of the Republic Museum at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site.The celebration wi ... |
| Bryan police looking for bank robber Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:02 AM PDT A man police say robbed a Bryan bank Tuesday afternoon is at large after he left the bank on foot. Police said the man was black but did not release any other description of him. Authorities said the man entered The Bank and Trust on Texas 21 arou ... |
| Water main repairs force road closure Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA section of Copperfield Drive in Bryan will be closed Wednesday as crews work to repair a water main.The street will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Coppercrest Drive to Park Meadow Lane. |
| On Time cover, Afghan woman symbolizes war stakes Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT NEW YORK -- A Time magazine cover photo of a maimed Afghan woman is becoming a symbol of what's at stake in the nearly decade-old U.S. war.Since it went on newsstands Friday, the portrait of 18-year-old Aisha (eye-EE-shah) has been brandished before ... |
| Obama to tout job creation, present Citizens Medal Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will spend a busy 49th birthday in Washington. After meeting with senior advisers Wednesday morning, Obama will speak to labor leaders at the AFL-CIO executive council meeting about his administration's efforts ... |
| Texas in need of more minority teachers, experts say Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:07 AM PDT DALLAS -- Experts say a lack of black and Hispanic teachers could hinder the achievement of minorities as their enrollment rises in Texas.The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that black and Hispanic students did better on state tests with teacher ... |
| Israeli, Lebanese clashes set off by tree Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT photo shows an Israeli standing on a crane reaching over the fence that Israel erected to separate the two countries. The fence, however, does not match the Blue Line in all places, and the Israeli military said in a statement that the tree was in I ... |
| Comment on proposed Texas license plate designs Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:53 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Fans and foes of the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans can comment on proposed specialty license plates recognizing the NFL teams. The public comment period runs through the end of the business day Tuesday on the Texas Departm ... |
| U.S. troops pack up millions of items in Iraq Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Everything from helicopters to printer cartridges is being wrapped and stamped and shipped out of Iraq. U.S. military bases that once resembled small towns have transformed into a cross between giant post offices and Offic ... |
| Texas low on minority teachers Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT DALLAS -- Texas schools need to hire more black and Hispanic teachers, especially as the enrollment of minority students continues to rise, experts said.The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that two out of three Texas teachers in the past school ... |
| Immigrant freed from tree in flooded Rio Grande Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:46 AM PDT HIDALGO, Texas -- A Mexican man trying to enter the U.S. illegally across the rain-swollen Rio Grande is awaiting medical clearance before he is returned to Mexico after spending five days in a tree surrounded by water.The U.S. Border Patrol says age ... |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT SHREVEPORT, La. -- Seven teenagers from two families were splashing around in the shallow waters of the Red River when one of them stepped off a slippery ledge and plummeted into much deeper water. The others tried to save the boy even though none o ... |
| Charges in alleged San Antonio road rage death Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:51 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio police say a man has been charged with murder over the beating death of a passenger in another vehicle in an alleged road rage attack.Bond was $150,000 for 44-year-old Stephen Richardson, who remained in custody Wednesday. ... |
| After 107 years in Milwaukee, Harley could leave Posted: 03 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT MILWAUKEE -- It's the roar that made Milwaukee famous -- the distinctive throaty rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. But that much-loved racket could be rumbling away to another state if the company cannot bring down its labor costs. Harley-Da ... |
| Teens who drowned in La. river from 2 families Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:26 AM PDT SHREVEPORT, La. -- Seven teenagers from two families were splashing around in the shallow waters of the Red River when one of them stepped off a ledge and fell into much deeper water. The others tried to save the boy even though none of them could sw ... |
| Appeals court hears case over UT admissions Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Two white students who were denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to rule that the school impermissibly uses race in its undergraduate admissions decisions.A three-judge panel from ... |
| Family: Racial bias caused Conn. shooter to snap Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:18 AM PDT MANCHESTER, Conn. -- Omar Thornton sat calmly in a meeting with union representative and his supervisors as they showed a video of him stealing beer from the distributor where he worked.Busted, he didn't put up a fight, company officials said. He qui ... |
| Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006 Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:28 AM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Mexico says more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006.Intelligence agency director Guillermo Valdes says authorities have confiscated about 84 ... |
| Tokyo losing track of its centenarians Posted: 03 Aug 2010 05:03 PM PDT TOKYO -- Japanese authorities admitted Tuesday they'd lost track of a 113-year-old woman listed as Tokyo's oldest, days after police searched the home of the city's official oldest man -- only to find his long-dead, mummified body. Officials launc ... |
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