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- Trash fire sparks hay field blaze
- State, local officials try to smoke out K2
- CS may curb taxis kept at homes
- Doctors worried about mental health of miners
- SBA touts reforms made after Katrina
- Police: Passenger tossed bag of marijuana onto patrol car
- Traffic slowed by repairs on Texas 105
- Trash fire sparked blaze that burned 18 hay bales
- High school football teammates share rare condition
- NY trial date set for Titans backup QB Chris Simms
- Video of man arrested by Fort Worth police
- SeaWorld fined $75,000 for whale trainer's death
- Canine lifeguards doggie paddle to the rescue in Italy
- 22-year-old Mexico woman crowned Miss Universe
- SeaWorld fined $75K for trainer's death
- DPS: 1 million Texans register as donors
- RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge
- New tower may rival Empire State Building
- Guilty plea in NY in Disney insider trading scheme
- Texas gas drilling area getting more air monitors
- No evidence that tainted eggs go beyond 2 farms
- Ag secretary to meet with Shirley Sherrod
- Ammonia leak at Ala. plant sickens at least 120
- Obama stem cell regulations temporarily blocked
- Appeals court: Perry didn't copy 'Mad Black Woman'
| Trash fire sparks hay field blaze Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:01 PM PDT A blaze that caught 18 large hay bales on fire in College Station on Monday was caused by an unattended trash fire and the landowner was issued a warning citation. Firefighters battled the blaze for 3 1/2 hours on North Graham Road between I&GN a ... |
| State, local officials try to smoke out K2 Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT Bryan and College Station's city councils this week will consider banning K2, a substance that officials say has marijuana-like effects and, as a matter of public safety, must face similar restrictions. Opponents of a ban, such as managers of loc ... |
| CS may curb taxis kept at homes Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT AA Aggieland Cab owner Chris Ede said restrictions proposed by the city of College Station that would limit the number of taxis parked at his home could destroy the business he's built over 22 years. "I believe the owner of property has the right ... |
| Doctors worried about mental health of miners Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT COPIAPO, Chile -- Trapped nearly half a mile inside the earth and facing perhaps four months before rescue, 33 Chilean miners began accepting food, water and oxygen from above ground Monday as rescue teams worked to gauge their state of mind and br ... |
| SBA touts reforms made after Katrina Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- The Small Business Administration says it has taken major steps since the devastating hurricanes of 2005 to improve the way it helps disaster victims rebuild their lives. But questions linger about whether the agency is prepared to han ... |
| Police: Passenger tossed bag of marijuana onto patrol car Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:14 AM PDT Bryan police said they arrested two men after witnessing a passenger of a vehicle toss a bag of marijuana out a window and it landed on the front of a patrol car. Dwayne Charles Rittenhouse, 30, of Bryan, was jailed early Monday on charges of tamper ... |
| Traffic slowed by repairs on Texas 105 Posted: 23 Aug 2010 08:21 AM PDT Texas Department of Transportation officials said traffic traveling over the Brazos River on Texas 105 is being directed by flaggers and a pilot car to allow for workers to repair the roadway. A small hole in the road was discovered Monday morning, ... |
| Trash fire sparked blaze that burned 18 hay bales Posted: 23 Aug 2010 07:19 AM PDT A blaze that caught 18 large hay bales on fire in College Station Monday was caused by an unattended trash fire, officials said. College Station firefighters responded at about noon to a fire on North Graham Road between I&GN and South Dowling ... |
| High school football teammates share rare condition Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- The McMinnville High School Grizzlies opened fall football practice on Monday while two of their teammates remained hospitalized and doctors tried to determine why 24 players developed a condition that caused intense pain and d ... |
| NY trial date set for Titans backup QB Chris Simms Posted: 23 Aug 2010 08:42 AM PDT NEW YORK -- Tennessee Titans backup quarterback Chris Simms needs to add a new date to his 2010 season: an October trial in his New York City drugged-driving case. Simms didn't make it Monday to a Manhattan court date in the case, which stems from ... |
| Video of man arrested by Fort Worth police Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:41 AM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas -- A man arrested on suspicion of DWI is seeking a settlement after Fort Worth police video shows him with his hands restrained behind his back when he is slammed to the floor.The Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday was expected to c ... |
| SeaWorld fined $75,000 for whale trainer's death Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:58 AM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld Orlando $75,000 on Monday for three violations uncovered while investigating the February death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged underwater. The Occupational S ... |
| Canine lifeguards doggie paddle to the rescue in Italy Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy -- They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy's popular beaches. For these canine lifeguards, the doggie paddle does just fine. Hundreds of specially trained dogs from ... |
| 22-year-old Mexico woman crowned Miss Universe Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:44 AM PDT LAS VEGAS -- A 22-year-old Mexico woman won the Miss Universe pageant Monday night after donning a flowing red gown and telling an audience it's important to teach kids family values. Jimena Navarrete of Guadalajara was first to answer an intervie ... |
| SeaWorld fined $75K for trainer's death Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:06 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- The federal job safety agency fined SeaWorld Orlando $75,000 on Monday for three violations uncovered while investigating the February death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged underwater.The Occupational Safet ... |
| DPS: 1 million Texans register as donors Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:59 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- A million Texans can make lifesaving differences when they die. The Department of Public Safety on Monday announced 1 million Texans have now signed up for the state's organ and tissue registry, which went online in September 2006 ... |
| RFK Jr.'s wife faces new impaired-driving charge Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:42 AM PDT PLEASANT VALLEY, N.Y. -- Police say the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs in New York's Hudson Valley.The arrest comes one month after Mary Kennedy's license was suspended following her guilty pl ... |
| New tower may rival Empire State Building Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Look at Manhattan from afar, and the first thing you notice is the Empire State Building, spiking like a needle above the carpet of skyscrapers that coats Manhattan from tip to tip.Now it's got some competition -- a proposal for a nearby ... |
| Guilty plea in NY in Disney insider trading scheme Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:58 AM PDT NEW YORK -- A man charged with selling secrets about finances at Walt Disney Co. pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to wire fraud charges and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Yonni Sebbag, a citizen of Morocco, and his girlfriend, forme ... |
| Texas gas drilling area getting more air monitors Posted: 23 Aug 2010 08:45 AM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas -- Eight new air monitors will be installed in the north Texas region where a natural gas drilling boom has raised questions about emissions effects.The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said Monday that sites and funding fo ... |
| No evidence that tainted eggs go beyond 2 farms Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Food and Drug Administration officials said Monday that there is no evidence a massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs has spread beyond two Iowa farms, though a team of investigators is still trying to figure out what caused it.FDA offi ... |
| Ag secretary to meet with Shirley Sherrod Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:44 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- The USDA employee who was pushed out of her job during a racial firestorm last month is set to meet with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to discuss coming back to work at the agency.Shirley Sherrod has appeared reluctant to accept Vil ... |
| Ammonia leak at Ala. plant sickens at least 120 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:46 AM PDT THEODORE, Ala. -- An ammonia leak at a coastal Alabama chicken distribution plant sent more than 120 people to the hospital on Monday, including four patients in intensive care, and forced residents to hide in their homes while warning sirens blared. ... |
| Obama stem cell regulations temporarily blocked Posted: 23 Aug 2010 05:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked government rules expanding stem cell research, a blow to the Obama administration that could stall potentially lifesaving research.The nonprofit group Nightlight Christian Adoptions contends ... |
| Appeals court: Perry didn't copy 'Mad Black Woman' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:45 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's verdict that actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry didn't steal material for his financially successful 2005 movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."Two years ago, a federal court jury in Marshall in e ... |
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