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- Aggie family tradition
- TTI opens testing facility
- A&M faculty report salary errors in measurement report
- A&M student working to end conflict in Africa
- Kurten reduces property tax rate
- Celebrating culture on Mexican Independence Day
- DPS to give drivers fast lane for license renewal
- Panel wants to hear from more fire experts
- Man missing 17 years emerges after story
- Obama picks consumer adviser, bypasses Senate
- Six arrested in plot against pope
- Continental, United agree to acquisition deal
- Muslim summit planned in NYC this weekend
- Polls open for Afghanistan parliamentary election
- Religion Briefs
- Religion Notes
- Letters for September 18
- Calendar
- Passing on a piece of history in Bryan
- Couple charged in nuclear weapons secrets case
- SPORTS IN BRIEF: West Orange-Stark player collapses during game, dies
- Mansfield man who touted war memorial jailed
- Man sentenced over drugs in ice chest in Beaumont
- Bullet found on border campus possibly from Mexico
- 3 hurt in Corpus Christi motel explosion
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT Texas A&M student Aimee Trawick gets a kiss on the cheek from her mom, Jeannie, after being presented her Aggie ring on Friday by her grandfather, Don Trawick, at the Clayton Williams Alumni Center. The symbols on the Aggie ring represent excelle ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT Local officials celebrated the grand opening of the new Texas Transportation Institute environmental testing and research facility on Friday. The Environmental and Emissions Research Facility will be used to research and test vehicle emissions an ... |
| A&M faculty report salary errors in measurement report Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT Raymond Carroll wishes he got paid $443,000, like it says in a financial measurement released this week by the A&M System. But he says that's about $150,000 more than his actual salary. "My concern, personally, is my salary is so badly overst ... |
| A&M student working to end conflict in Africa Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT Shelly Blair knows it's easy for Americans to indulge in self-pity and forget the problems facing other parts of the world. But after learning about the struggles facing Africa, the Texas A&M University graduate student was encouraged to help ... |
| Kurten reduces property tax rate Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Careful financial practices have allowed the city of Kurten to reduce its property tax rate by nearly 10 percent, the city's mayor said. The City Council in the eastern Brazos County town of about 300 voted unanimously this week ... |
| Celebrating culture on Mexican Independence Day Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT Neal Elementary student Santiago Barajas plays with a tassel on his sombrero Thursday before a Mexican Independence Day celebration at the school. A Fiestas Patrias Mexicana festival will take place in downtown Bryan this weekend. Events kick off Sat ... |
| DPS to give drivers fast lane for license renewal Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The wait at the state's largest driver's license offices may soon be shorter, according to a plan the Public Safety Commission approved Thursday. Instead of the current first-come, first-served process -- which can sometimes take hours - ... |
| Panel wants to hear from more fire experts Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT DALLAS -- A Texas panel on Friday declined to clear fire investigators of professional misconduct for determining that arson caused a 1991 fire that killed three girls and led to the conviction and execution of their father. Instead, the Texas For ... |
| Man missing 17 years emerges after story Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT BEDFORD -- A 20-year-old man who authorities say was abducted by his father 17 years ago during a messy divorce apparently read a newspaper article about his disappearance and persuaded his father to turn himself in. Stephen Michael Palacios will ... |
| Obama picks consumer adviser, bypasses Senate Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- In a poke in the eye to the financial community, President Barack Obama on Friday named Elizabeth Warren, an aggressive consumer advocate and Wall Street adversary, to oversee creation of a new agency to regulate banks, lenders and cred ... |
| Six arrested in plot against pope Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT LONDON -- Police raided a garbage depot and arrested street cleaners in a suspected terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI on Friday. Undeterred, the pontiff stuck to his message, reaching across Britain's religious and secular divide to demand a grea ... |
| Continental, United agree to acquisition deal Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT The biggest airline in the world will have the United name, Continental's globe logo and potentially far-reaching effects on air travel. Shareholders who approved combining the two companies Friday hope the new airline attracts more top-dollar cor ... |
| Muslim summit planned in NYC this weekend Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Some Muslims who were initially indifferent about a proposed Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are now rallying around the plan, partly in response to a sense that their faith is under assault. A summit of U.S. Muslim org ... |
| Polls open for Afghanistan parliamentary election Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Polling stations formally opened for voting in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, though scattered rocket attacks struck in the early morning and Taliban insurgents managed to block at least a couple of stations fr ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:49 PM PDT 240-foot cross is sign of world unity BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Maronite Christian Church inaugurated a towering, lighted cross Monday as a sign of unity among the world's people. The cross soars more than 240 feet into the air and has 1,800 spotlights a ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 PM PDT Sunday * First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will hold a worship service at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Jesse Myers will preach on "Giving Thanks in All Circumstances," based on Philippians 1:12-14 and 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22. Sunday school c ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT Aggies, remember who you are, please Kyle Field is, a very special place. Ask any football fan from across the country. I have noticed, regretfully, however, that sometimes during the games I hear derogatory language, booing of other players, a ... |
| Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:08 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 Motorsports Performance Driving School, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... |
| Passing on a piece of history in Bryan Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT From left to right, Jordan Hernandez, Madison Schod, Samuel Gonzalez, Victoria Gregory, Anna Kellett and Melanye Zavala stand with a copy of the Constitution. Kellet, who represents the William Scott Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolutio ... |
| Couple charged in nuclear weapons secrets case Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A scientist and his wife who both once worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory were arrested Friday after an FBI sting operation and charged with offering to help develop a nuclear weapon for Venezuela.They were accused of deali ... |
| SPORTS IN BRIEF: West Orange-Stark player collapses during game, dies Posted: 17 Sep 2010 06:07 PM PDT West Orange-Stark QB collapses at game, dies BEAUMONT -- A hospital spokeswoman in eastern Texas says a high school quarterback has died after collapsing on the sideline during a game. Memorial Hermann Baptist-Orange Hospital spokeswoman Mary Pool ... |
| Mansfield man who touted war memorial jailed Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:45 PM PDT FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A Mansfield man has been jailed on allegations he paid personal expenses with money donors gave to build a war memorial. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that 57-year-old Evan Walter Coleman was booked into the Tarran ... |
| Man sentenced over drugs in ice chest in Beaumont Posted: 17 Sep 2010 05:44 PM PDT BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- A Georgia man found with 22 pounds of cocaine in an ice chest at a bus stop in Beaumont is going to prison. U.S. Attorney John Bales says 36-year-old Norberto Sanchez-Sanchez of Atlanta was sentenced Friday to 57 months in ... |
| Bullet found on border campus possibly from Mexico Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:18 AM PDT BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Police at the University of Texas-Brownsville say a stray bullet found on campus may have come from gunfire in Mexico. The discovery comes after students living in dorms reported hearing what sounded like machine guns firing ... |
| 3 hurt in Corpus Christi motel explosion Posted: 17 Sep 2010 04:09 AM PDT CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- An explosion left three people hurt and destroyed part of a Corpus Christi motel near the Texas State Aquarium. Fire Marshal Andy Cardiel says the investigation is focusing on natural gas lines. Officials say the blast Th ... |
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