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- Watkins may have a buyout offer
- Murder suspect fed police false location
- Authorities: Death of Brazos County boy appears to be accidental
- CS council puts $2 road fee on fall ballot
- Watkins meeting with mayor behind closed doors
- Police: Body found in abandoned Hearne home
- Proposed Bryan budget avoids tax hike, layoffs
- Police investigate robbery at CS Subway
- CS police trying to serve felony warrant catch suspect breaking into apartment
- Gates plans to retire next year
- Badu gets probation for Dallas nude video shoot
- Texas official says he double-billed
- GM recalls 250K vehicles; seat belts may not latch
- 2 boys found dead in car in SC river; mom charged
- US is toughening scrutiny of deepwater drilling
- 3rd trip to Texas death chamber for grieving dad
- 2 arrested over Beaumont clerking slaying
- Afghanistan wants private security firms gone
- Court halts California gay marriages pending appeal
- No injuries in Garland warehouse fire
- Networks adjust to older audiences
- China surges past Japan as No. 2 economy
- Letters for August 17
- Report: Cancer is the world's costliest disease
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
| Watkins may have a buyout offer Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT The Bryan City Council spent more than six hours behind closed doors Monday discussing the employment of its highest-ranking official. At one point, City Manager David Watkins was called into Mayor Jason Bienski's office, again doors closed. That ... |
| Murder suspect fed police false location Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT Authorities plan to charge a College Station man with capital murder in the kidnapping and stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend's mother who was found dumped in a Fort Worth parking lot over the weekend. Stanley Wayne Robertson, 42, remained hospitali ... |
| Authorities: Death of Brazos County boy appears to be accidental Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:15 AM PDT Brazos County authorities Tuesday morning said they were investigating Monday's death of a 10-year-old as an accidental shooting by a friend. The boy was shot once in the chest at about 11:15 p.m. in a home in the 1700 block of Edge Cutoff Road, whe ... |
| CS council puts $2 road fee on fall ballot Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT College Station could be only the third city in Texas -- joining Bryan and Austin -- to implement a transportation fee to help pay for repairing aging roads. The City Council voted 4-2 to ask residents to vote on a proposed $2-per-residence fee that ... |
| Watkins meeting with mayor behind closed doors Posted: 16 Aug 2010 08:54 AM PDT The Bryan City Council has gone into executive session meetings three times today after taking a break to discuss the budget in open session and, later, for the mayor to talk to City Manager David Watkins behind closed doors. Mayor Jason Bienski rec ... |
| Police: Body found in abandoned Hearne home Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:25 AM PDT Hearne police said early Tuesday that they were investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered in an abandoned home the night before. The unidentified man was found in the home in the 1100 block of West Seventh Street at about 5 p.m. Mon ... |
| Proposed Bryan budget avoids tax hike, layoffs Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Bryan will freeze 14 vacant positions for at least half a year, but won't have to raise taxes or lay off employees to fund the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Bryan City Council on Monday accepted a recommendation by staff members for the ... |
| Police investigate robbery at CS Subway Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:19 AM PDT Police said they are investigating a report of a man wearing a Halloween mask robbing two employees outside a College Station deli early Tuesday. Police said they responded at 1:08 a.m. to Subway at 601 University Drive for a report of a robbery tha ... |
| CS police trying to serve felony warrant catch suspect breaking into apartment Posted: 16 Aug 2010 04:35 PM PDT Police said they were headed to serve a warrant on a 20-year-old College Station man when they caught him breaking into a neighbor's apartment. College Station officers said police took Mark Darion Powell into custody after 6 p.m. Monday and charged ... |
| Gates plans to retire next year Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a magazine interview he wants to leave the Pentagon sometime next year, setting off furious speculation as to who might take his place.His top aides, meanwhile, tried to tamp down expectations that ... |
| Badu gets probation for Dallas nude video shoot Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:40 AM PDT DALLAS -- Singer Erykah Badu has paid a $500 fine and must serve six months of probation after stripping in Dallas for a music video done at Dealey Plaza, where President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in 1963.Badu, who's from Dallas, got out of a ... |
| Texas official says he double-billed Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- A North Texas state representative who rails against the evils of runaway government spending admitted Monday that he has pocketed thousands of dollars in taxpayer money for travel expenses that his campaign had already funded. Rep. Jo ... |
| GM recalls 250K vehicles; seat belts may not latch Posted: 17 Aug 2010 01:39 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- General Motors is recalling nearly 250,000 crossover vehicles worldwide to inspect second-row seat belts that could be damaged and not latch.GM says the recall affects 2009-2010 models of the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadi ... |
| 2 boys found dead in car in SC river; mom charged Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- A woman who watched divers pull the limp bodies of two toddlers out of a car that had floated downriver near her home says she can't understand why the boys' mother, who was arrested, didn't bang on her door for help.Ramona Milhou ... |
| US is toughening scrutiny of deepwater drilling Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The government said Monday it is toughening environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling, ending an easy path to oil riches that allowed BP to drill its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico with little federal scrutiny.The s ... |
| 3rd trip to Texas death chamber for grieving dad Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:14 AM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Randy Ertman knows the road to the Texas death chamber too well.He's set to make the trip again, to witness for the third time the execution of one of the gang members responsible for the rape and murder of his teenage daughter a ... |
| 2 arrested over Beaumont clerking slaying Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT BEAUMONT, Texas -- Beaumont police have arrested an 18-year-old man and a juvenile in the investigation into the Aug. 1 fatal shooting of a grocery store clerk during a robbery.Chief Frank Coffin says a tip led to the suspects.Sean Tyler Nelson was i ... |
| Afghanistan wants private security firms gone Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's president is issuing an ultimatum to thousands of private security contractors he says are undermining his nation's army and police force: Cease operations in four months.President Hamid Karzai's strident decision, ... |
| Court halts California gay marriages pending appeal Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:30 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court put same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday while it considers the constitutionality of the state's gay marriage ban. The decision, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Co ... |
| No injuries in Garland warehouse fire Posted: 17 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT GARLAND, Texas -- A warehouse fire in the Dallas area has left several structures destroyed in an industrial area.Garland firefighters early Tuesday answered calls at a rental warehouse complex less than a mile from downtown. No injuries were immedia ... |
| Networks adjust to older audiences Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK -- For years, executives at ABC, Fox and NBC essentially stopped caring about television viewers once they had reached 50 years old. You don't hear that much anymore. The median age for viewers at those n ... |
| China surges past Japan as No. 2 economy Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT BEIJING -- China has eclipsed Japan as the world's second-biggest economy after three decades of blistering growth that put overtaking the U.S. in reach within 10 years. Japan is still far richer per person after confirming Monday that economic ou ... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT St. Michael's provided a sound base for adult life I would like to offer my perspective on how Saint Michael's Episcopal School prepared me for the real world, even though the small private school environment might seem insular. I believe it g ... |
| Report: Cancer is the world's costliest disease Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week. Cancer costs more in productivity and ... |
| Posted: 16 Aug 2010 05:23 PM PDT Mets' Rodriguez out after hurting hand in fight HOUSTON -- Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez has a torn thumb ligament in his pitching hand and will need surgery to repair the injury, which presumably was sustained when punching his girlfriend's fathe ... |
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