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B-CS Muslims offer opinions on ground zero mosque debate

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Texas A&M student Miremad Mousavi represents the kind of Islam that American officials hope spreads through the Middle East: He speaks reverently of the U.S. Constitution, and each Tuesday he meets with Christians in Rudder Tower, where members ...

Katrina evacuees call Aggieland home

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

He had been retired for about two years, and Mickey Jung, who was born and raised in New Orleans, was content living as a bachelor in an attic apartment near Loyola University where he completed his undergraduate degree decades earlier. Like most Sa ...

Some doubt grant is fair

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Bryan and Brazos County each received $2 million this month from a state agency devoted to helping Texas communities recover from military base closures. But some are questioning whether the grant is being used for its intended purpose since Bryan's ...

Volunteer fire departments depend on community

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:19 PM PDT

South Brazos County Fire Chief Emily Staples may have said it best. "There's nothing volunteer about the volunteer fire departments," she said. "It's the same training, we just do it on nights and weekends. The only thing that's volunteer is whether ...

Bryan man jailed on three felony charges

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:17 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 32-year-old Bryan man was in jail Saturday on various felony charges, including delivery of crack cocaine and evading arrest with a vehicle. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper said he noticed Anthony Wayne Dove drivin ...

La. residents bury grief in symbolic ceremony

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

CHALMETTE, La. -- Hundreds of mourners dropped notes, cards and letters -- many of them stained with tears -- into a steel-gray casket on Saturday in a symbolic burial of Hurricane Katrina. One letter written by a child in red crayon said: "Go awa ...

Levee upgrades almost done

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:14 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina flooded more than 80 percent of this city, the Army Corps of Engineers says billions of dollars of work has made the city much safer and many of its defenses could withstand a storm as strong as th ...

Nuns, mini horses moving on

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

BRENHAM -- Surrounded by a half-dozen miniature horses that reached her waist, Sister Angela Chandler giggled as one yearling nibbled at her hands and habit on a sweltering afternoon. For the last 25 years, these horses were among the 70 that Sist ...

Militants storm base in U.S. uniforms

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:14 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees die ...

Activists use new methods in nuke fight

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:17 PM PDT

DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's been 33 years since Raye Fleming's arrest outside Southern California's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, near the height of the anti-nuclear power furor.That was the first arrest of many and, Fleming believed, such actions paid o ...

Rally pushes for traditional values

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil ...

Records show summer was a scorcher

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New numbers confirm what the sweaty brows of Northeasterners have been saying for months: The summer of 2010 was a record-breaking scorcher. Preliminary figures provided by the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell Universit ...

16 trees planted at ground zero

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- After nearly nine years, life is returning to ground zero in a tangible way. Sixteen swamp white oaks arriving Saturday are the first of nearly 400 trees that will be planted at the World Trade Center site, where more than 2,700 people ...

Losing a special pet brings grief and questions

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Jane Shaw called Jake her angel dog. Jake saw her through vet school, through her father's death, through a divorce and into private practice. He even did therapy work. "He had a good sense about him, he was very reasonable. He kin ...

Aggie artists display sculptures, photos at gallery

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Larry Schueckler was an Aggie swimmer and Tanner Singleton was a ninth-grade inventor of sorts. Now, they've both grown up to become accomplished artists whose works will grace the expanded halls of the Spirit of Texas Bank Gallery starting Thursday. ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

TEXAS A&M NEWS * SangNam Ahn, a post-doctoral research scientist at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, has been named the winner of the 2010 Retirement Research Foundation Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student R ...

Calendar

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 690-2901. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525. Tuesday * National Active and Retired Federal Em ...

School menus

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. Bryan Monday: Steak fingers, pepperoni Hot Pocket, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, toast, fruit. Tuesday: Taco quesadilla, toasted cheese sandwich, tomato soup, baby carrots, celery, ra ...

Taylor-Hughes

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

James and Margaret Taylor of Southlake, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kelly Dianne Taylor, to Jason Glen Hughes, son of Donald Glenn and Peggy Hughes of Hearne, Texas, and Donna McGoldrick o ...

Slack 45th

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Richard Douglas Slack and Charlotte Beard Slack celebrate 45 years of marriage on August 29, 2010. They were married in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and have lived in College Station for 37 years. Doug is a Professor in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, and Char ...

Johnson-Lippman

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:47 PM PDT

Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johnson of Crosby, Texas are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Miranda Ann, to Andrew Joseph Lippman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lippman of College Station, Texas. Miranda is a 2004 graduate of Crosby High ...

Drymalla-Nebgen

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:45 PM PDT

Carolyn and Anthony Drymalla are proud to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Valerie Renee Drymalla, to Wesley Ray Nebgen, son of Glenn and Debbie Nebgen of Mason, Texas. Miss. Drymalla is a graduate of Texas state ...

Livestock

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Aug. 24 sale: Head: 1,337 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $110-$172.50; 300-400 lbs., $100-$160; 400-500 lbs., $109-$144; 500-600 lbs., $100-$125; 600-700 lbs., $94-$113; 700-800 lbs., $100-$112. Heifer ...

Data duel: HP ahead of rival Dell in takeover bid for 3Par

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:30 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- The world's two biggest personal computer makers are locked in a pricey struggle over which can move away from the PC business the fastest. Hewlett-Packard Co. has presented a $2 billion, $30-per-share takeover bid for 3Par Inc., ...

Google links free calling to Gmail

Posted: 28 Aug 2010 05:29 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is adding a free e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones. The service, unveiled Wednesday, enables U.S. users of Google's Gmail service to make calls from microphone-equip ...

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