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- A blessing of the animals
- Ramirez selected to lead Corps of Cadets
- TAMU names new Corps Commandant; first Hispanic to lead the Aggie ROTC group
- Cancer survivors share their stories
- Police: Officers arrest naked man who spit on medic
- Dallas-area college lifts lockdown for gunman
- New ad calls for Perry to debate
- Flores gets McCain in his corner on advertisement
- Man charged with tossing pot out of car window
- Silver Taps to honor graduate student
- CS names director of public works
- Tea partiers trend toward Perry, with reservations
- Missile strike kills German militants
- Missile attacks, supply lines cause conflict in Pakistan
- Nobel Prize goes to pioneer in research of test tube babies
- Report of suicidal gunman locks down Texas college
- Government sues biggest credit cards firms
- Twin 9-year-old girls drown in Galveston Bay
- Test expected to reduce angiograms
- Coast Guard: Houston channel crash will cost $1B
- Family hosts public farewell for Tony Curtis
- 'Big Brother' champ admits guilt in tax, drug case
- 'Big Brother 9' winner to change plea in drug case
- Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon
- Letters for October 5
| Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT St. Joseph Chaplain Lisa Burroughs (right) blesses Bailey, held by owner Bobbi Rodriguez of College Station. Bailey was one of the many animals who took part in the Blessing of the Pets at St. Joseph Manor on Monday. Dozens of pet owners made the dri ... |
| Ramirez selected to lead Corps of Cadets Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT Some saw the naming of Brig. Gen. Joe E. Ramirez Jr. as Corps of Cadets commandant as historic: A day when the once-all-white institution they love chose as its leader a Hispanic who grew up poor in Houston. "I'm ecstatic. I could not be happier. ... |
| TAMU names new Corps Commandant; first Hispanic to lead the Aggie ROTC group Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:11 AM PDT Texas A&M named Brig. Gen. Joe E. Ramirez Jr., Class of 1979, as commandant of the Corps of Cadets, the storied student group known as the keepers of the Aggie spirit. He is the first Hispanic to lead the 2,000-member body as it seeks to boost i ... |
| Cancer survivors share their stories Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT Cancer survivor Cindy Zdunkewicz doesn't look back. She wouldn't volunteer for the experience, she said, but she knows she's a better person after battling breast cancer in 2007. "I really believe that God has a plan for everybody and this was p ... |
| Police: Officers arrest naked man who spit on medic Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:45 AM PDT Bryan police said they arrested a 29-year-old man who claimed to be the U.S. president, after he jumped out of a moving ambulance vehicle, stripped down naked and spit in a medic's face Monday. Vincent Edward Davis of Bryan was charged with harassme ... |
| Dallas-area college lifts lockdown for gunman Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:17 AM PDT FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- A Dallas-area community college was on lockdown for about an hour after a report that a suicidal male student with a gun was barricaded in a campus bathroom. Brookhaven College president Richard McCrary said the student wa ... |
| New ad calls for Perry to debate Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT They aren't calling Gov. Rick Perry a coward this time, but an independent political group is continuing its attacks on him for declining to debate challenger Bill White. The Back to Basics Political Action Committee will run advertisements in 4 ... |
| Flores gets McCain in his corner on advertisement Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT While Democratic U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards spends the 2010 campaign distancing himself from his party's leaders, his opponent Bill Flores has enlisted the help of a Republican star. Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee for president, is ... |
| Man charged with tossing pot out of car window Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:17 AM PDT Bryan police said they arrested a 35-year-old man after he threw marijuana out of his vehicle and didn't immediately stop for authorities. College Station resident Tyrone Lamond Hanley was jailed on charges of tampering with or fabricating physical ... |
| Silver Taps to honor graduate student Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportSilver Taps, Texas A&M's solemn monthly ceremony to honor students who have recently died, will begin at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the plaza near the domed Academic Building. The event will honor Byungchan Kim, a mechanical engineer ... |
| CS names director of public works Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Charles "Chuck" Gilman has been named the city of College Station's new public works director. The Aggie will start his position Oct. 11 with a $121,000 annual salary. He takes over a department that encompasses maintenance of f ... |
| Tea partiers trend toward Perry, with reservations Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:59 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry enjoys pounding the podium at tea party rallies and rails against Washington. He regales listeners about the 10th Amendment and states' rights. "If you care about America, if you care about taking this country back ... |
| Missile strike kills German militants Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT ISLAMABAD -- A U.S. missile killed five German militants taking shelter in a house in northwest Pakistan on Monday, intelligence officials said.The attack hit a house in North Waziristan. That region has been named as the source of a European terror ... |
| Missile attacks, supply lines cause conflict in Pakistan Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT ISLAMABAD -- Hundreds of U.S. and NATO trucks carrying fuel and other supplies for troops in Afghanistan lie idle. Dramatic images of Taliban attacks on these convoys are splashed across front pages in this anti-American country with a U.S.-allied ... |
| Nobel Prize goes to pioneer in research of test tube babies Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infants into the world and raised challenging new questions about human reproduction. Robert Edwards of Br ... |
| Report of suicidal gunman locks down Texas college Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:47 AM PDT FARMERS BRANCH, Texas -- A Dallas-area community college that serves more than 12,000 students was locked down for about an hour Monday after police received a report that a suicidal student with a gun had barricaded himself in a campus bathroom.Broo ... |
| Government sues biggest credit cards firms Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department on Monday sued the three largest U.S. credit card companies for anticompetitive practices and reached a proposed settlement with two of them, MasterCard and Visa. "We want to put more money in consumers' pocket ... |
| Twin 9-year-old girls drown in Galveston Bay Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:52 AM PDT TEXAS CITY, Texas -- Twin nine-year-old sisters are dead and their father is hospitalized in critical condition after a current swept the girls away as they swam in Galveston Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard says the family reported the three missing jus ... |
| Test expected to reduce angiograms Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT It's not a perfect test. Yet researchers report a key step for the first gene test aimed at reducing unnecessary angiograms -- expensive and somewhat risky procedures that hundreds of thousands of Americans have each year to check for clogged arterie ... |
| Coast Guard: Houston channel crash will cost $1B Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A barge accident that left an electric tower leaning precariously over the water and shut down the Houston Ship Channel, disrupting traffic to one of the nation's busiest ports, will cause a nearly $1 billion economic loss, the Coast G ... |
| Family hosts public farewell for Tony Curtis Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:01 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- Celebrities, fans, friends and family members crammed into a Las Vegas funeral chapel Monday to say goodbye to Tony Curtis and celebrate the movie star's life. A film tribute to the actor's diverse and iconic career flashed before mor ... |
| 'Big Brother' champ admits guilt in tax, drug case Posted: 04 Oct 2010 08:16 AM PDT BOSTON -- The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" has pleaded guilty to a drug charge and to failing to file a tax return for the year he won the $500,000 prize. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty Monday to both charge ... |
| 'Big Brother 9' winner to change plea in drug case Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:03 AM PDT BOSTON -- A winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9" plans to change his plea in a drug case in Boston.Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., pleaded not guilty to possession with intent to distribute oxycodone last November. He was arrested las ... |
| Gibson makes guitars to honor John Lennon Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 AM PDT BOZEMAN, Mont. -- The Gibson Guitar factory in Montana is finishing a project to honor what would have been the 70th birthday of Beatles singer and guitarist John Lennon.Gibson Acoustic's director of sales and marketing, Robi Johns, tells the Bozema ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2010 12:05 AM PDT Taxes benefit everyone I must comment on Ben Starnes' (Letters, Sept. 13) incoherent thinking that characterizes his diatribe on the kind of people who order pizzas and his right not to pay taxes on money he earns. This fuzzy and selective thi ... |
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