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Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Fans celebrate the new football season

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

It's been 75 years since Texas A&M faced Stephen F. Austin State University on the football field. Many of the Aggie faithful tailgating before Saturday's season opener at Kyle Field said it felt like it had been at least that long since the l ...

Clinic running low on docs

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

The mission is to help those who have no other options. For 23 years, largely with help from volunteer doctors, the Health For All clinic in Bryan has been carrying out that work at the direction of its founder, Dr. Karim Haji. Roy Sandifer, who ...

Texas A&M vs. Stephen F. Austin live blog

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Eagle Executive Sports Editor Robert Cessna will be blogging live from Saturday's Aggie football season opener at Kyle Field. The game against Stephen F. Austin begins at 6 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Stephen F. Austin

Fundraiser in works for Bryan resident battling melanoma

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Kim Shutt is 33, a mother of two and an avid softball player who opened a local business in March. That's why in April, when Shutt was diagnosed with melanoma, her family and friends had a hard time understanding what was happening. Since then, s ...

Local Marine proud to serve

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

A Bryan resident serving his second stint in the U.S. Marine Corps expects to be deployed to Afghanistan in October. Lance Cpl. Gabriel Sanchez, a member of the Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, said he's focused on the mission. Th ...

Bryan jail to hold open house Tuesday

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Community members are invited to attend an open house Tuesday to tour the new detention center at the Sandy Point Jail complex. The $55 million facility, which can house 685 inmates, has been under construction since January 200 ...

Area closures for Labor Day holiday

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Some local agencies will be affected by the Labor Day holiday Monday:* Texas A&M University: Open* Blinn College: Open* Schools: All Bryan schools and offices closed, except for Bryan Collegiate High School; College Station schools are not on hol ...

Teenager arrested at Bryan football game

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report An 18-year-old Bryan man was behind bars Saturday after being arrested at a Bryan High School football game the night before. Police said someone at the game recognized Peter Russel Olsen as someone who had a warrant and alerted ...

Aack! Cathy’s retirement changes the face of the funny pages

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:13 PM PDT

From the beginning, Cathy never was afraid to admit that she didn't have it all together. She dreamed big and failed large. She loved the word "aack" and didn't mind showing the world how insecure she was about wearing a bathing suit. Each day, tow ...

Fightin' Texas Aggie Band pre-game tunes

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Max Goulas and other members of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band play from the stands Saturday at Kyle Field as the rest of the Corps of Cadets marches in.

CS man faces felony burglary charge

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

A 28-year-old College Station man is facing a felony charge after officers reported linking him to a home burglary in August. Police served a search warrant on the Luther Street home of Asa Shavers Jr. on Friday and, authorities said, officers found ...

College kids' parents can't let go

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The hour when Ariana Kramer will begin her college career is fast approaching -- and her parents are in an office supply store, disagreeing about hanging files, of all things. "She'll need them," her mother says. "I don't think s ...

Hurricane forecasts evolve over years

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

BEAUMONT -- Imagine this fanciful 19th-century scene: Weather Channel go-to guy Jim Cantore in a frock coat on a beach, palm trees bent over by the force of powerful wind, holding onto his stovepipe hat with one hand and tapping on a telegraph key wi ...

Baylor commits to preserving its history

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT

WACO -- Independence is a sleepy town with a population hovering around 100 people. If you blink too long as you drive down Washington County's Farm-to-Market roads 390 or 50, you just might miss it. The lack of modernity -- you won't find a Walmar ...

Protesters pelt ex-British PM with shoes, eggs

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT

DUBLIN -- Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair, who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed -- evidence that the divisions l ...

Possible peace talks with Afghan insurgents draw closer

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a further step toward reconciling with insurgents, President Hamid Karzai said Saturday he will soon name the members of a council tasked with pursuing peace talks with rebels willing to break with al-Qaida and recognize th ...

'Alive' survivors comfort Chilean mining kin

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile -- Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped miners and urged them to stay strong. "They will be out soo ...

Cuban city clears zombie invasion

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

HAVANA -- What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U.S-backed dissidents to destabilize the government? If you were the protagonist of Juan de los Mue ...

Craigslist cuts adult services section

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says "censored."The move comes just over a week after a gro ...

Aack! Cathy's retirement changes the face of the funny pages

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

From the beginning, Cathy never was afraid to admit that she didn't have it all together. She dreamed big and failed large. She loved the word "aack" and didn't mind showing the world how insecure she was about wearing a bathing suit. Each day, tow ...

10 new shows worth sampling

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

So many shows! So little time! You already have to keep up with your slate of favorite returning shows. Now the networks expect you to carve out more hours to sample their 22 newcomers for the fall season. What to do? Prioritize, of course. Here a ...

Who needs a calendar? It's time for the fall shopping season

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Got calendar confusion? The date says it's still officially summer, but vacations are over and kids are back in school. And, yes, that is Halloween candy at the store. The fashion world can set you straight: It's the fall shopping seaso ...

Gift Fair previews decor trends

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

A chandelier dripping with vintage silver flatware. An iPhone pouch that looks like a chocolate bar. From the luxe to the loopy, the New York International Gift Fair, held twice a year, features thousands of booths stocked with the newest furnishi ...

Bush Library Center unveils lineup of guest speakers, new exhibit

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

We at the George Bush Presidential Library Center hope you all had a wonderful summer break and welcome all students back to campus. We wish the freshman all the best in the finest Aggie tradition. The Bush Library Center is hosting an array of di ...

Parents host 'sex parties' to reveal baby's gender

Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT

ATLANTA -- We called it a sex party. But it's not what you think. My wife, Sheryl, and I never hesitated on whether we wanted to find out the sex of our baby. But we also knew we didn't want the news to come at our doctor's office. The thought of ...

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