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- Bryan convocation celebrates teachers' return
- Ex-soldier gets 2 years behind bars
- A&M supports campaign to bring shuttle to CS
- Kolkhorst to appear on 'Fox & Friends'
- Reward offered for tips in man's arrest
- Navasota Education Foundation's annual dinner is Sept. 21
- Narcotics search ends with arrests
- Relatives of Sept. 11 victims divided by mosque
- Imam's Mideast tour set amid mosque furor
- Former Temple bus driver guilty of sexual assault
- Israel, Palestinians to hold peace talks
- Ranger helps catch fugitives
- Final report on Fort Hood out
- Ex-astronaut facing discharge
- Study: Astronauts weak as 80-year-olds in space
- Proximity to Gulf a factor in claims
- Smart phone makers hampered by chip shortage
- Recall of tainted eggs expands
- Faith calendar
- Despite Hollywood's take, real nuns are often heroes
- 7 sue California diocese over alleged sex abuse
- Cuba church defends brokering release
- Letters for August 21
- Calendar
- Prepping Kyle Field for football season
| Bryan convocation celebrates teachers' return Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT Bryan teachers were welcomed back Friday by cheers, an a capella performance, an unexpected announcement and a motivational speech delivered by an educator and author. The morning's events were part of the district's annual convocation. Hundreds of ... |
| Ex-soldier gets 2 years behind bars Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT A Brazos County jury took more than four hours Friday to sentence a former Army sergeant to two years in prison for arranging to have sex with what he thought to be a 13-year-old girl. Foard Lansana, 44, will also serve 10 years probation. Author ... |
| A&M supports campaign to bring shuttle to CS Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT It's not particularly easy to argue that College Station deserves a retired space shuttle more than Houston, Zach Cummings admits. "It's not that we want to deprive them of an orbiter, but we want to honor their work by putting it on display for ... |
| Kolkhorst to appear on 'Fox & Friends' Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, a Republican from Brenham, will appear on a Fox News Channel program on Sunday to talk about a new law that requires public universities and colleges in Texas to make more information available online. ... |
| Reward offered for tips in man's arrest Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Authorities are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of a 24-year-old man wanted on a felony warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Joaquin Xec, also known as Samuel Lopez, is Hispanic, about 5 feet ... |
| Navasota Education Foundation's annual dinner is Sept. 21 Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Officials from the Navasota schools Education Foundation will host their annual dinner at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Grimes County Expo Center. The foundation works to raise money to fund teaching grants, officials said. It was esta ... |
| Narcotics search ends with arrests Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportSeveral people were arrested and some were issued citations after Bryan police served a narcotics search warrant on an East 23rd Street home. Bryan officers arrived at the home just before 9 p.m. Thursday and charged Hannah Annette ... |
| Relatives of Sept. 11 victims divided by mosque Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Talat Hamdani traveled to Mecca to pray that her missing son, an EMT, was safe in the days after 9/11. She held out hope that his Muslim background had led to his detention as a suspect, considering it better than the alternative. When ... |
| Imam's Mideast tour set amid mosque furor Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The furor over the planned mosque and Islamic center near ground zero has put Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in a curious position: At the same time he is being vilified in the U.S. for spearheading the project, he is traveling the Mideast on a ... |
| Former Temple bus driver guilty of sexual assault Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT BELTON -- A now-former bus driver for the Temple school district faces up to life in prison after being convicted of sexual assault of a 13-year-old passenger. Sentencing is Sept. 28 for 53-year-old Richard Nieto Trevino. A jury in Belton on Thur ... |
| Israel, Palestinians to hold peace talks Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Plunging into the Mideast peacemaker's role that has defeated so many U.S. leaders, President Barack Obama on Friday invited Israel and the Palestinians to try anew in face-to-face talks for a historic agreement to establish an indepen ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:07 PM PDT ST. JOHNS, Ariz. -- A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- The military must make sure supervisors have access to soldiers' personnel records and be aware of signs of potential workplace violence, the Defense Department said Friday in its final report on the Fort Hood shootings.The report's rec ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT The Navy should discharge former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who lost her NASA job over a bizarre airport attack on a romantic rival, according to a Navy panel that reviewed her case.The panel of three admirals made the recommendation Thursday after a dayl ... |
| Study: Astronauts weak as 80-year-olds in space Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station, according to a new study that raises serious health concerns as NASA contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars. Ma ... |
| Proximity to Gulf a factor in claims Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT MIAMI -- A flower shop in Florida that saw a drop-off in weddings this summer is probably out of luck. So is a restaurant in Idaho that had to switch seafood suppliers. A hardware store on the Mississippi coast may be left out, too.The latest guideli ... |
| Smart phone makers hampered by chip shortage Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can't build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production last year are now scrambling to play ... |
| Recall of tainted eggs expands Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The nationwide recall of tainted eggs expanded Friday as a second Iowa egg farm was linked to the ongoing investigation of a salmonella outbreak that has already sickened more than 1,000 people.Iowa's Hillandale Farms said Friday it was ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:27 PM PDT Saturday * First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will host a Sacred Harp Singing at 10:30 a.m. in the gathering space at the front of the church. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share for lunch and a copy of the 1991 Denson so ... |
| Despite Hollywood's take, real nuns are often heroes Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT Sally Field was the most adorable of them all, with her uncannily aerodynamic wimple that gave her the ability to go airborne and zoom around doing good deeds. She was quite the ur-feminist superhero, that Flying Nun of the '60s. There have been ot ... |
| 7 sue California diocese over alleged sex abuse Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT OAKLAND, Calif. -- Six women and one man who alleged they were sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest decades ago filed two separate lawsuits Wednesday alleging the Diocese of Oakland was negligent in hiring the priest and failed to warn paren ... |
| Cuba church defends brokering release Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT HAVANA -- Roman Catholic officials said Friday they had a humanitarian obligation to broker a landmark deal in which Cuba promised to free 52 political prisoners -- answering island opposition activists who complained of being left out of negotiat ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT Education is the key to better gun safety I agree totally with Justin E. O'Neal (Eagle, July 5) about guns being tools and about the need for offering gun-education classes in the public school system. The choice could be an elective activity ... |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT Saturday CLUBS Photography club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com. EVENTS Concerned Black Men's annual back to school party, 9 a.m. ... |
| Prepping Kyle Field for football season Posted: 20 Aug 2010 05:25 PM PDT B.J. Miller and other workers add new signage on the third deck at Kyle Field this week in preparation for the coming football season, which opens at the stadium on Sept. 4 when the Aggies take on Stephen F. Austin. |
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