Today's News from TheEagle.com |  |
- A&M takes part in convocation as Loftin is officially installed
- $4M Ross Street project OK'd
- Area hog problem to hit cable
- CS clears labs for studies
- Driver charged in hit-and-run accident
- College Station's water usage drops
- Sen. Ogden receives Texas justice award
- Police seek man with felony warrant
- Handmade heaven at Peddler Show
- Small biz, banks may spurn $30B bill
- Dems eye tight Texas governor's race
- Alamo displays cannon likely used in battle
- Texas ed board votes to limit Islam in textbooks
- Poll: Neither party is popular
- Mayors targeted by Mexican gangs
- Prosecutors: Love triangle led to murder
- Erickson-Edmundson
- Resisting indulgences good for the soul
- Faith calendar
- Men accuse pastor of abuse at academy
- Letters for September 25
- Calendar
- Pelosi says tax cut vote possible before election
- Stocks reignite a rally as economic woes fade
- Facebook gives $100M to schools
| A&M takes part in convocation as Loftin is officially installed Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT President R. Bowen Loftin struck an optimistic but reserved tone as he marked the "official" beginning of the school year Friday at the university's annual academic convocation. It came amid what he described as the greatest economic challenges the u ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT The Texas A&M System Board of Regents on Friday approved a $4 million project to pave and extend Ross Street, which is expected to open up the roadway to buses and other vehicles. The street that cuts through the A&M center and is near th ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT A television crew from the Hollywood area is in town through Monday in search of local residents who have a good hog story to tell. Sean Boyriven, a producer from California, said he's been asked by a major cable network to develop a show centere ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT A clinical psychologist at Texas A&M is researching how smoking can exacerbate existing chronic health disorders and worsen or prolong pain -- with an assist from the College Station City Council.Without an amendment to the city's no-smoking ordi ... |
| Driver charged in hit-and-run accident Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:40 AM PDT Authorities charged a 37-year-old man Friday with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly striking a bicyclist who died soon afterward. Bryan police Vincent Dewayne Tates of Bryan was driving a pickup that struck Jesus Camarillo as he was r ... |
| College Station's water usage drops Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT College Station officials say they've saved almost $130,000 in the past year through water conservation efforts. Dave Coleman, director of water services, delivered the good news to the City Council this week in reporting on the city's municipal i ... |
| Sen. Ogden receives Texas justice award Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportState Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, was awarded a Legislative Hero Award on Friday from the Texas Access to Justice Commission and Foundation. The award recognizes legislators who have "significantly advanced access to justice in Texas ... |
| Police seek man with felony warrant Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Authorities are looking for the public's assistance in finding a man wanted on a felony warrant for indecency with a child. Rafael Cruz-Ambriz is a 38-year-old Hispanic who is 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds. He has black hair, ... |
| Handmade heaven at Peddler Show Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Clarence Brown of Brownstone Pottery in Mineola spins clay Friday at his booth at the IEM Peddler Show at the Brazos County Expo. The show features almost 70 vendors from across the nation. It continues on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday fr ... |
| Small biz, banks may spurn $30B bill Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's $30 billion small community business lending program faces one big challenge: many of the community banks and businesses it's supposed to help don't want it. The lending program is part of a bill that passed th ... |
| Dems eye tight Texas governor's race Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT TYLER -- People tell Bill White he picked the wrong election to stage a rescue of the troubled Texas Democratic Party. It's a Republican year in a Republican state. But the former Houston mayor, a lawyerly man who speaks so slowly and deliberately ... |
| Alamo displays cannon likely used in battle Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- A cannon thought to have been cast in Mexico and possibly used by the Texan army during the 1836 Alamo battle has taken its place at the historic mission. If its presumed link to the Alamo is proven, it would be the only known bronz ... |
| Texas ed board votes to limit Islam in textbooks Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas State Board of Education adopted a resolution Friday that seeks to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social conservative board members warned of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the n ... |
| Poll: Neither party is popular Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- If anyone is scorned as much as Democrats these days, it's Republicans -- the party that may recapture the House and perhaps the Senate in November's elections.Yet Democrats trying to exploit the GOP's unpopularity in hopes of hanging o ... |
| Mayors targeted by Mexican gangs Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Mexico -- Bladimiro Montalvo has one of the most dangerous jobs in this colonial town, and in all of Mexico. He's the mayor.The soft-spoken 67-year-old teacher distributes school supplies, organizes a job fair and works on improving the li ... |
| Prosecutors: Love triangle led to murder Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT BRUSSELS -- The two women shared the same first name and were close friends. They both had a passion for skydiving. And they both loved the same man.Prosecutors say this love triangle led to high-altitude murder when Els Clottemans sabotaged her fri ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:52 AM PDT Brandon Jay Edmundson and Sara Lynn Erickson were united in marriage on Saturday July 10, 2010 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, Minn., officiated by the Rev. Cathie Crooks. A reception was held at the Minnesota History Center in St. ... |
| Resisting indulgences good for the soul Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT There is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But those who want to be rich fall into temptat ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Saturday * First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis St. in Bryan, will host a Coffee House and Ice Cream Parlor at 6 p.m. in the gathering space. There will be entertainment, refreshments and an open microphone. Visiting acts are welcome. For more infor ... |
| Men accuse pastor of abuse at academy Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Bishop Eddie Long's boys' academy guided teens through their "masculine journey" with lessons on financial discipline and sexual control, down to a little card the students had to carry in their wallets reminding them why they shouldn't ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT In search of the historical Jesus The headline for Jaime Grunlan's letter (Eagle, Sept. 17) read, "It's easy for anyone to trace the life of Jesus." Nothing could be further from the truth. Hundreds of people have spent thousands of hours resea ... |
| Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:37 PM PDT MARK YOUR CALENDARS The Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale is Oct. 9-10 at the Bryan library. Hours on Oct. 9 are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., but members who have paid 2010 dues may shop at 9 a.m. One bag of books is $20. On Oct. 10, hours are 1:30 to 3:3 ... |
| Pelosi says tax cut vote possible before election Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure to send Democrats home to campaign with the strongest possible closing argument, said Friday she is considering calling a vote on extending middle-class tax cuts next week. Democrats, h ... |
| Stocks reignite a rally as economic woes fade Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:33 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks rose sharply on Friday, giving the market its fourth straight week of gains, after a big increase in orders for manufactured goods allowed investors to shake off several days of doldrums. The Dow Jones industrial average ju ... |
| Facebook gives $100M to schools Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Proclaiming that he believes in the education visions of New Jersey's Republican governor and Newark's Democratic mayor, Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday pledged to set up a foundation to donate $100 million to Newark's schools o ... |
| You are subscribed to email updates from All Stories | The Bryan College Station Eagle To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment