Thursday, August 5, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Cheering for the home team

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Bryan cheerleader Abi O'Bannon leads a group of youngsters through cheers at the Little Vikes Cheer Clinic at Bryan High School on Wednesday. During the camp, children can meet the Bryan Viking cheerleaders and learn chants, cheers and jumps. Camp pa ...

White: A&M deals must be reviewed

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White called for an independent audit of partnerships between the Texas A&M University System and biomedical research companies on Wednesday. He also said he would fill state boards such as the A&M Boa ...

BTU's future remains in flux

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

The Bryan council isn't close to being unified on what direction it wants the city-owned electric utility company to take, according to interviews with The Eagle. The closest council members come to agreement is on the future of deregulation -- most ...

A&M Student Senate respond to budget cuts

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

A small group of Texas A&M student senators passed a non-binding resolution that called on administrators to consider undergraduate education first when making budget cut decisions. In a two-hour meeting of just 12 student senators Wednesday ...

Bank robber was dressed as a woman

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Police on Wednesday said the man who robbed a Bryan bank at gunpoint the day before was dressed as a woman. Authorities said they were called to The Bank and Trust on Texas 21 at 2:37 p.m. Tuesday. A man entered the bank, displayed a firearm and dem ...

Police: Woman stole truck from dealership, returned for upgrades

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:53 AM PDT

Police said they arrested a 35-year-old woman after she took a truck from a College Station dealership without paying, then returned the next day to get additional upgrades to the vehicle. Christie Laverne Hawkins of Bryan was jailed early Wednesday ...

Ex-clients air Rose Home worries

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

A Bryan nursing home owner may be operating as many as six facilities in the city and two others in College Station, a city councilman told a group of residents concerned about conditions at The Rose Home. Bryan City Councilman Mike Southerland me ...

Wall of Honor still taking vets' names

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Board is accepting veterans' names through Aug. 15 for placement on the Wall of Honor. The monument is on 12 acres in the Veterans Park Athletic Complex on Harvey Road in College Station. The Wall ...

Two teens arrested in CS home burglary

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:49 AM PDT

College Station police said they arrested two teens after they burglarized a home and took electronics Wednesday morning. Authorities said a woman was walking in the  area of Park Place and Pershing Avenue at about 6:45 a.m. when she was alar ...

NOAA says oil in Gulf is mostly gone

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- With a startling report that some researchers call more spin than science, the government said Wednesday that the mess made by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is mostly gone already. Out of sight, though, doesn't mean out of d ...

Iran may have disputed anti-aircraft missiles

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday. The Fars news agency, which has ties to th ...

Judge overturns California gay marriage ban

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge overturned California's same-sex marriage ban Wednesday in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if gays have a constitutional right to marry in America.Chief U.S. District ...

Alex Rodriguez hits home run No. 600

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:37 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 home runs and did it with style, driving a pitch into Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in center field exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer. A-Rod reached the milestone ...

Texas sales tax holiday Aug. 20-22

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 01:43 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas sales tax holiday is Aug. 20-22 as shoppers prepare to head for stores the weekend before most public schools resume classes.The Texas comptroller's office says the law exempts most clothing and footwear priced under $100 f ...

2 women charged in kindergarten graduation brawl

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT

VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- Two women have been charged with misdemeanors for a fight that led to a brawl during a Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony. San Bernardino County investigators say the women were arguing and it got physical ...

Congress likely to pass jobs bill

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage. The House, under pressure to help cash-strapped schools nationwide, ...

7 puppies die in the cargo hold of airliner

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

FORT WORTH -- Seven puppies died after flying in the cargo hold of an American Airlines jet. American said it contacted the shipper who put the puppies on a Tuesday morning flight from Tulsa, Okla., to Chicago, and is investigating further. Airli ...

Messina Hof plans to attend GrapeFest

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Messina Hof Winery and Resort will be featured at the 24th Annual GrapeFest Texas Wine Tribute Gala on Sept. 18 at the Hilton DFW Lakes. Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo, co-owners of Messina Hof, will attend to showcase the Bryan winery, which also will ...

Messina Hof plans to attend GrapeFest

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:39 AM PDT

Messina Hof Winery and Resort will be featured at the 24th Annual GrapeFest Texas Wine Tribute Gala on Sept. 18 at the Hilton DFW Lakes. Paul and Merrill Bonarrigo, co-owners of Messina Hof, will attend to showcase the Bryan winery, which also will ...

Israel, Lebanon working for peace after tree flare-up

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

JERUSALEM -- It took no more than cutting down a tree to shatter four years of calm on the Israel-Lebanon border.With Israel uneasy about the growing arsenal of Hezbollah, the real power in the Lebanese border area, and Lebanon influenced by the Iran ...

A&M faculty member honored for research

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Dr. George E. Lees of College Station was given the prestigious American Veterinary Medical Association Career Achievement Award in Canine. "Dr. Lees is honored for his research contributions in the field of veterinary nephrology and urology," said ...

A&M faculty member honored for research

Posted: 05 Aug 2010 12:40 AM PDT

Dr. George E. Lees of College Station was given the prestigious American Veterinary Medical Association Career Achievement Award in Canine. "Dr. Lees is honored for his research contributions in the field of veterinary nephrology and urology," said ...

Health care overhaul could be at risk

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Missouri voters' overwhelming opposition to requiring nearly all Americans to buy health insurance puts one of the least popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law back in the political crosshairs. Even if th ...

Floods threaten Pakistan's south

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT

KOT ADDU, Pakistan -- Flooding ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan's main province of Punjab on Wednesday, destroying homes, soaking crops and threatening more lives. Aid workers warned that bloated rivers would surge south soon, flooding more a ...

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