Friday, October 29, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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All clear on the A&M campus after report of gunman

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:06 AM PDT

6:06 UPDATE: Jason Cook, a spokesman for Texas A&M University, said the person spotted with a replica weapon on campus walked through Rudder Tower on his way to a parking lot on West Campus, where he got in his car and drove home. Cook said th ...

Fighting heart disease in women

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Finding out that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women came as a surprise to Laura Bush. "Like many women, I believed that heart disease was a man's problem," Bush said. That's why she's made it a priority to spread awareness about heart disea ...

Fake gun leads to lockdown at A&M

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Texas A&M University went into a lockdown mode Thursday afternoon after authorities received a report of a gun-toting man on campus. It turned out the gun was a "dummy" replica rifle made of hard rubber that the man carried through Rudder Tower ...

Freed man 'ready to live'

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Anthony Graves said he's dreamed of freedom for 18 years while sleeping behind bars for murders that he didn't commit. But now that the 45-year-old Brenham man has been exonerated and released from custody, he and his lawyers admit they ar ...

Fake gun leads to lockdown at A&M

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Texas A&M University went into a lockdown mode Thursday afternoon after authorities received a report of a gun-toting man on campus. It turned out the gun was a "dummy" replica rifle made of hard rubber that the man carried through Rudder Tower ...

Graves says freedom "surreal"

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:50 AM PDT

A Brenham man who spent 18 years behind bars for six murders he didn't commit said Thursday that he'd like to be an advocate for justice now that he's free. Anthony Graves had a big smile on his face the day after capital murder charges were dropped ...

Former, current TAMU cadets to honor Bush, 41

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:18 AM PDT

The Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association is hosting its second annual "Rally to the Guidons" on Saturday on campus and will include honoring former President George H.W. Bush. More than 600 former cadets and currently active Texas Aggie Corps of ...

Parham: Brenham man's exoneration a credit to DA's office

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT

Burleson County District Attorney Bill Parham said he was busier than normal Thursday, one day after the release of a Brenham man who was exonerated of murder charges following 18 years behind bars. "Think about it: This man spent 12 years on Death ...

CS man accused of pointing gun at person

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:28 AM PDT

College Station police said they arrested a 31-year-old man who pointed a gun at someone after that person worked on his car, and he wasn't satisfied. Brandon Jamar Johnson of College Station was jailed Thursday on charges of aggravated assault with ...

CS candidates speak at forum

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

A crowd of about 80 people came to C&J Barbecue Thursday night to hear candidates for three public offices make their case for Tuesday's election. The Bryan-College Station Hispanic Forum organized and moderated the nonpartisan event in which ca ...

6 young men killed in shooting in Mexican capital

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:33 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen killed six young men Thursday in a gritty neighborhood of the Mexican capital, an alarming attack in a city that has largely been spared the kind of mass shootings common in drug trafficking hot spots. Mexico City Attorney Ge ...

Panel: It's OK to eat fish in Gulf

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Despite lingering concerns over the effects of the BP oil spill, fish from the Gulf of Mexico are now safe to eat, a panel of Texas A&M University experts agreed on Thursday. Changing the mindset of consumers still refusing to eat Gulf seafood i ...

Funds OK'd for BV road projects

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

The Texas Department of Transportation approved funding Thursday for two safety improvement projects in the Brazos Valley using Proposition 14 bonds. The agency agreed to earmark $8 million in Proposition 14 funds to help construct a grade separa ...

Corps of Cadets event honors Bush

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report The Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association is hosting the second annual "Rally to the Guidons" on campus before Saturday's game between Texas A&M University and Texas Tech. More than 600 former cadets and active Texas Aggie ...

Land swap sparks debate

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wants to give a Dallas businessman a remote, 20,000-acre parcel of land plus $8 million in exchange for his 17,000-acre ranch, a proposal that has pitted local landowners against one another and th ...

Freer police investigate shooting death of boy, 14

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:33 AM PDT

FREER, Texas -- Police in Freer interviewed one boy after his 14-year-old friend was fatally shot while the two were in some woods. Police Chief Roy Salazar says the investigation continues into Wednesday afternoon's death of Eden Gonzalez. Police ...

Both parties skeptical of political poll results

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- When a widely publicized poll showed Republican John Kasich with a commanding, 10-point advantage in Ohio's governor's race, aides to Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland fought back hard.Against the poll."With just two weeks until Election D ...

Indonesia death toll tops 400; hundreds missing

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

MENTAWAI ISLANDS, Indonesia -- The fisherman was jolted awake by the powerful earthquake and ran with his screaming neighbors to high ground. He said they watched as the sea first receded and then came roaring back "like a big wall" that swept away ...

6 die in Mexico City shooting

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen killed six young men Thursday in a gritty neighborhood of the Mexican capital, an alarming attack in a city that has largely been spared the kind of mass shootings common in drug trafficking hot spots. Mexico City Attorney Ge ...

Nissan recalls stalling vehicles

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

TOKYO -- Nissan is recalling 2.14 million vehicles worldwide including the popular March and Mycra subcompacts for an ignition problem that may stall the engine -- its third-largest recall ever.No accidents have been reported that are suspected of be ...

Russia's volcanoes spew giant ash clouds

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:03 PM PDT

MOSCOW-- Two volcanoes erupted Thursday on Russia's far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, tossing massive ash clouds miles into the air, forcing flights to divert and blanketing one town with thick, heavy ash.The Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Eurasia's highest act ...

A plethora of pink at Bryan High event

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:04 PM PDT

Bryan Collegiate High School student Melvin Nutall dances for the crowd Thursday as he and other members of the school step team perform at the school's annual Pink Out Day, which helps raise breast cancer awareness.

Breast Cancer Detection In The Blink Of An Eye

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 06:48 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breast cancer is the second biggest killer in women, accounting for 8.2% of all cancer deaths. About one in eight women will develop breast cancer sometime in their life, so it is vital to have regular screenings with quick res ...

Pancreatic Cancer : Not So Aggressive

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 06:48 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Pancreatic cancer only has 4.6 survival rate, mostly due to not being able to catch it in its early stages. Scientists have discovered that pancreatic cancer develops and spreads more slowly than was previously thought, and the ...

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