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- UT student opens fire on campus in Austin, kills himself
- A&M, other schools learn from campus shootings
- Bryan council agrees to third-party audit of BTU
- Police: Woman charged with intoxicated assault after striking pedestrian
- Charity may be added to juror donation list
- Bicyclist hit, killed on North Harvey Mitchell Parkway
- UT shooter described as intelligent, unemotional
- Coalition fighting violence in homes
- Shooting drill at UTMB canceled, real thing at UT
- Obama: Education key to economic success
- Bryan High to honor namesake Friday
- Study finds texting laws don't reduce crashes
- 34 citations issued during railway patrol
- US aid promised to Haiti still in DC
- NJ chef featured on TV cooking show kills himself
- High court will reconsider Anna Nicole Smith case
- Bush Institute launches initiative for principals
- Obama rallies, scolds Dems during campaign
- Fort Hood on track to set suicide record
- Palestine gives U.S. a week to save peace talks
- Al-Anon manuscript with original edits to be published
- Recession cut weddings, widened income gap
- Surveys highlight economic woes
- Sextuplet mom seeks legal separation from husband
- Tarantino film editor dies on hike in LA hills
| UT student opens fire on campus in Austin, kills himself Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT AUSTIN -- A student wearing a dark suit and a ski mask opened fire Tuesday with an assault rifle on the University of Texas campus before fleeing into a library and fatally shooting himself. No one else was hurt. The shooting began near a fountain ... |
| A&M, other schools learn from campus shootings Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT University of Texas student John Woods was headed to an eye-doctor appointment when he received a text alert about a shooting at the school. Tuesday's shooting ended without innocent deaths, unlike the Virginia Tech shooting that claimed his girlfrie ... |
| Bryan council agrees to third-party audit of BTU Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT The financial records of Bryan Texas Utilities will be reviewed by an independent firm, Bryan City Council members agreed Tuesday night. The city will pay up to $50,000 for the audit, which will include a report of preliminary findings in 30 days. ... |
| Police: Woman charged with intoxicated assault after striking pedestrian Posted: 29 Sep 2010 12:42 AM PDT Bryan police said a 34-year-old woman was charged with intoxicated assault after her truck struck a pedestrian on Texas 21 early Wednesday. Rachell Jewell Pack of Bryan was jailed on a charge of intoxicated assault with a vehicle causing serious bod ... |
| Charity may be added to juror donation list Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Brazos County jurors may soon have the option to donate their juror payments to charity -- a possibility that caused controversy on the Commissioners Court last year and became a campaign topic in the March primaries. Commissioner Duane Peters, w ... |
| Bicyclist hit, killed on North Harvey Mitchell Parkway Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Outside lanes on a stretch of North Harvey Mitchell Parkway in Bryan will be closed part of Wednesday as authorities investigate an accident that killed a homeless bicyclist. Police had not identified the 55-year-old man late Tuesday night because h ... |
| UT shooter described as intelligent, unemotional Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:38 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- As bleary-eyed University of Texas students made their way to early classes and campus workers walked toward their jobs, one person strode through campus wearing a dark suit and a ski mask -- and carrying an assault rifle. His loo ... |
| Coalition fighting violence in homes Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT In Bryan-College Station last year, there were just under 1,400 cases of domestic abuse reported to authorities, said Beth Milam, a spokeswoman for the Brazos County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. "Another scary statistic is that 86 percent of ... |
| Shooting drill at UTMB canceled, real thing at UT Posted: 29 Sep 2010 01:37 AM PDT GALVESTON, Texas -- An emergency drill in which a shooting was to be simulated at the University of Texas Medical Branch was canceled after the real thing happened the same day on a sister campus 200 miles away.UTMB Galveston spokesman Raul Reyes say ... |
| Obama: Education key to economic success Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:09 AM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Determined to energize dispirited Democrats, President Barack Obama told New Mexico voters on Tuesday that Republicans would reverse the progress he's made on education reform and student aid. Addressing a small group in an A ... |
| Bryan High to honor namesake Friday Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA naming ceremony is set for 6 p.m. Friday to honor Travis B. Bryan Jr. at the Bryan High School Blue Campus Commons. Bryan's family members will be present, and district officials will unveil a framed portrait of the former communi ... |
| Study finds texting laws don't reduce crashes Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:49 AM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A new study says laws that ban texting while driving don't reduce wrecks and might actually increase risks. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's claim research arm released its findings Tuesday in Kansas City. The insu ... |
| 34 citations issued during railway patrol Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportMore than 30 people were issued citations Monday during a three-hour patrol of the railways by Bryan police. A total of 34 citations were issued between 2 and 5 p.m. -- 32 were for stopping on the tracks, one for disregarding the cr ... |
| US aid promised to Haiti still in DC Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has arrived. The money wa ... |
| NJ chef featured on TV cooking show kills himself Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:44 AM PDT TRENTON, N.J. -- A New Jersey chef who three years ago described "overwhelming" personal debt when he was featured on Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares" show jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River. The body ... |
| High court will reconsider Anna Nicole Smith case Posted: 28 Sep 2010 02:34 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the estate of Anna Nicole Smith in a bitter, 15-year battle over the fortune of the elderly Texas billionaire whom Smith married in the mid-1990s.The justices on Tuesday decided to reconsider a ... |
| Bush Institute launches initiative for principals Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT DALLAS -- For its first initiative, the George W. Bush Institute will focus on improving the performance of school principals.Former first lady Laura Bush was to announce on Wednesday the institute's formation of the Alliance to Reform Education Lead ... |
| Obama rallies, scolds Dems during campaign Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. -- Buck up. Stop whining. And get to work. Clearly frustrated by Republicans' energy -- and his own party's lack of enthusiasm -- President Barack Obama scolded fellow Democrats even as he rallied them Tuesday in an effort to save the ... |
| Fort Hood on track to set suicide record Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT FORT HOOD -- The apparent murder-suicide of a soldier and his wife is among a rash of suspected suicides in recent days at Fort Hood, where the number of cases this year in which soldiers took their own lives has already matched the post's record, Ar ... |
| Palestine gives U.S. a week to save peace talks Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Frustrated by a new impasse, the White House sent its Mideast envoy to the region Tuesday in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the collapse of peace talks over Israel's decision to allow new construction in West Bank settlements. ... |
| Al-Anon manuscript with original edits to be published Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT In 1939, about 5,000 copies of a book offering hopeless drunks a spiritual path to recovery through 12 steps were released by a fledgling fellowship of recovering alcoholics. They called it Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hund ... |
| Recession cut weddings, widened income gap Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The recession seems to be socking Americans in the heart as well as the wallet: Marriages have hit an all-time low while pleas for food stamps have reached a record high and the gap between rich and poor has grown to its widest ever. ... |
| Surveys highlight economic woes Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Americans in both the living room and the boardroom are growing more fearful about the economy, creating a Catch-22 for the job market: Shoppers won't spend until they feel more secure, and business won't hire until people start spending. ... |
| Sextuplet mom seeks legal separation from husband Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:50 AM PDT PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- The mother of sextuplets who were the subject of a reality TV series has filed for legal separation from her husband and wants sole custody of the children. Jennifer Masche filed the petition days after her husband, Bryan, was a ... |
| Tarantino film editor dies on hike in LA hills Posted: 28 Sep 2010 05:13 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- An award-winning film editor has died while hiking in the Hollywood Hills during a record Southern California heat wave. Assistant coroner Ed Winter confirmed Tuesday that the body found along a Griffith Park trail is 56-year-old Sa ... |
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