Monday, October 25, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Ending hunger one step at a time

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

It seemed like everybody and their dog came out to participate in this year's B-CS CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Hunger Walk at Veterans Park on Sunday. Groups from local churches, businesses, service organizations and others pled ...

Candidates clash on Social Security, health care

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Republican challenger Bill Flores of Bryan went at it Sunday night in the election season's only televised debate for what's widely considered Texas' most competitive House race this year. Flores frequently brough ...

Candidates clash on Social Security, health care

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, and Republican challenger Bill Flores of Bryan went at it Sunday night in the election season's only televised debate for what's widely considered Texas' most competitive House race this year. Flores frequently brough ...

Perry, White woo Brazos Valley voters

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Democratic candidate for governor Bill White said he had a message for his opponent Gov. Rick Perry during a musical campaign stop in College Station on Friday. "Toll roads do not go on forever, and for Rick Perry, the party is about to be over," ...

2 killed, 2 injured in Robertson County wreck

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 03:32 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A three-car accident that killed two people Sunday in Robertson County remained under investigation late into the evening, Driver Janice Rene Weldon, 50 of Celeste, and her passenger, Pamela Watson Leyerle, 55 of The Colony, were ...

Robertson County wreck leaves 2 dead

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A three-car accident that killed two people Sunday in Robertson County remained under investigation late into the evening. Driver Janice Rene Weldon, 50, of Celeste and her passenger, Pamela Watson Leyerle, 55, of The Colony were ...

Downtown Bryan fest reports growth

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:19 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA co-founder of Rock the Republic deemed this year's second annual music, art and poetry festival a success, saying more than 2,000 attended the three-day event and all ran smoothly.Bryan resident Cody Marx Bailey said this year's e ...

Employers consider dropping health benefits

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations. But last week a leading manufacturer told workers their costs will jump partly because of th ...

Life on front lines in Afghanistan a 'culture shock'

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT

MARJAH, Afghanistan -- In the first two months of a seven-month tour, U.S. Marine Cpl. Chuck Martin has been in 16 firefights. He's done laundry twice, mailed five letters and received two. He's spent 378 hours on post and 256 hours on patrol. He' ...

Cholera adds to Haiti's problems

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A cholera outbreak that already has left 250 people dead and more than 3,000 sickened is at the doorstep of an enormous potential breeding ground: the camps in Port-au-Prince where 1.3 million earthquake survivors live. Healt ...

Police say Arlington man killed wife, then self

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:32 AM PDT

Associated PressARLINGTON, Texas -- Arlington police say officers checking on the welfare of a couple found both dead in an apparent murder and a suicide.Police on Sunday night identified the pair as 71-year-old Don Crutchfield and his 68-year-old wi ...

Red-light cameras on ballot for Houston

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- It's something most 3-year-olds even know: Red means stop. Except when you run the light. In recent years, Houston, and dozens of cities nationwide, installed cameras that take pictures of drivers illegally crossing intersections, a pub ...

Trucks the next target in fuel efficiency efforts

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Future tractor-trailers, school buses, delivery vans, garbage trucks and heavy-duty pickup trucks must do better at the pump under first-ever fuel efficiency rules coming from the Obama administration. The Environmental Protection Ag ...

Immigrant veterans facing deportation for their crimes

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Rohan Coombs joined the U.S. Marine Corps, he never thought one day he would be locked up in an immigration detention center and facing deportation from the country he had vowed to defend. Coombs, 43, born in Jamaica, immigra ...

Study reports risky sexual behavior in NY teens

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Nearly one-tenth of sexually active New York City high school students say they have had at least one same-sex partner, and teens who say they've had sexual contact with both sexes report higher-than-average rates of dating violence, fo ...

Taste receptors in lungs could help asthma treatment

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The ability to taste isn't limited to the mouth, and researchers say that discovery might one day lead to better treatments for diseases such as asthma.It turns out that receptors for bitter tastes are also found in the smooth muscles o ...

Broadcaters rethink free TV shows on the Web

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their programming online this month to enforce their demands to be paid. Recent actions by Fox, ABC, NBC and CBS in two separate f ...

'Butterfly' opens opera's season

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:00 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- A major new role for a soprano returning to one of her favorite houses. A local debut by one of the world's leading tenors. A spare and elegant production by a famous British director.The Houston Grand Opera could hardly have asked for mor ...

Thyroid Surgery: Hiding The Scar - Research Summary

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:52 PM PDT

THE THYROID: The thyroid gland, or simply the thyroid, is one of the largest endocrine glands in the body. The thyroid is found in the neck. It controls how quickly the body uses energy, makes proteins, and moderates how sensitive the body should be ...

Beating The Flu Has Gotten Tougher

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Tis' the season for coughing, aches and pain. It's nearly impossible to escape exposure to the flu and cold virus and now a mutation of the influenza A virus has two antiviral drugs being tossed out the window. Influenza, commo ...

Thyroid Surgery: Hiding The Scar

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Millions of Americans suffer from thyroid problems. Abnormalities in this butterfly shaped gland in the neck can lead to discomfort or even cancer. Removing the thyroid used to mean major surgery and a very large, ...

Pneumonia Misdiagnosed Upon Readmissions

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:46 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients were misdiagnosed with pneumonia at an alarming rate when they were readmitted to the hospital shortly after a previous hospitalization for the same illness, according to two Henry Ford Hospital companion studies. Res ...

Simple Blood Test Helps Predict Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:46 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Fatigued? Loss of appetite? Weight loss? Itchy and dry skin? These are all early symptoms of chronic kidney disease (CKD).  In a new study measuring three biomarkers in a single blood sample, physicians' may improve ones ab ...

Letters for October 25

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:05 PM PDT

Vote to allow your voice to be heard If you care about the residents of Wellborn and their right to be able to vote for incorporation, then please join me in voting for Jana McMillan for College Station City Council. If you think that people shoul ...

Calendar

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARS Brazos Valley Symphony will present Carmen at 5 p.m. Nov. 14 at Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M campus. Performance will feature the Brazos Valley Chorale, Texas A&M Century Singers and Brenham Children's Chorus. www.bvso ...

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