Tuesday, November 2, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Firefighters honor their fallen

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Monica Johnson drove from Burleson County to College Station on Monday after hearing about a ceremony to honor fallen firefighters just hours before. The short notice didn't matter, she said through tears, because the tribute to firefighters who d ...

Giants win World Series

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:44 PM PDT

ARLINGTON -- Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the San Francisco Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 and taking the trophy home to the city by the Bay for the first time. Renteria hit a tiebr ...

Election day is here

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday as Brazos County voters decide their next U.S. congressman and state senator, while some precincts will chose a new justice of the peace or constable. College Station voters not only will pick a c ...

Brazos Valley in path of severe storms

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 02:49 PM PDT

Parts of the Brazos Valley are under a severe thunderstorm watch. Residents in Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison and Washington counties were being warned to expect isolated thunderstorms with possible heavy wind until 3 a.m. Tuesday. Highs on Tues ...

Ruffino to sell J.J.'s liquor stores

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

J.J. Ruffino regularly sent thank you notes and Christmas cards to loyal customers of his liquor stores during 38 years of business in Brazos County. He sent the final one on Sunday night notifying them that the family operation would be sold. J. ...

Ruffino to sell J.J.'s liquor stores

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

J.J. Ruffino regularly sent thank you notes and Christmas cards to loyal customers of his liquor stores during 38 years of business in Brazos County. He sent the final one on Sunday night notifying them that the family operation would be sold. J. ...

Police: Investigating cross set on fire on Halloween

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:20 AM PDT

Authorities Monday were searching for a vehicle and three men they believe were to blame for an incident in which a cross was set on fire Halloween evening. Bryan police received a call at about 9:40 p.m. Sunday reporting the arson in the 1700 block ...

Text-savvy drivers tested by NASCAR simulator

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

High school students in Bryan and College Station are learning the easy way that texting and driving is a dangerous combination, thanks to a NASCAR Driving Simulator. Officials with Texas AgriLife Extension Passenger Safety Project arranged for th ...

Polling places

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:22 AM PDT

Polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Look at the ballot. Precincts 1, 22: Millican Community Center, 22284 Pierce St., Millican Precincts 2a, 2b, 2c, 82, 83: Wellborn Community Center, 4119 W. Greens Prairie Road, Wellborn Preci ...

2 killed in collision with 18-wheeler

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Two people died Monday in an accident near Calvert after the driver of a sport utility vehicle drove into the back of an 18-wheeler, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. Rachel Ripley Yasso, 21, of Montgomery and 22- ...

Mexico: 4 US citizens killed in separate attacks

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:25 PM PDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Four U.S. citizens were shot to death in separate attacks in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican authorities said Monday. Chihuahua state prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval said Edgar Lopez, 35, of El Paso, Texas ...

Day of the Dead events are Tuesday

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA Day of the Dead Mass and festivities is set for Tuesday in Bryan.Hillier Funeral Home, the city of Bryan and other area businesses are hosting the celebration of deceased ancestors for El Día de los Muertos at Sue Haswell P ...

Hearing starts over Ariz. illegal immigration law

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:35 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Arizona's immigration law faced tough scrutiny from a federal appeals panel Monday as the state's governor appeared in person to support the controversial provision on the day before the election in which she's seeking her first fu ...

Warnings abound in enforcing immigration job rules

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:35 AM PDT

SEATTLE -- They cost clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch $1 million in fines, tripped up Meg Whitman's campaign for California governor, prompted mass layoffs across the country and have been at the center of countless other workplace immigratio ...

State raises Bryan High School's rating

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Bryan High School's state accountability rating will change to academically acceptable after the school district successfully appealed the original rating of unacceptable. "We are extremely pleased that [Texas Education Agency] h ...

Houston police investigating murders of 3 women

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:26 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Police asked for the public's help Monday as they investigate if the slayings of three women in or around downtown Houston since mid-June are related. The woman were strangled, and two were found within a few blocks of each other. Autho ...

Robot's space debut 'giant leap for tinmankind'

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:34 AM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 -- affectionately known as R2 -- is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week aboard the final flight of space shuttle Discov ...

Police: Prankster shot dead after egging Mercedes

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:33 AM PDT

ATLANTA -- Authorities say a driver enraged because a 17-year-old boy egged his Mercedes on Halloween fatally shot the prankster in the neck and throat as he tried to run away. Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones says the driver confronted the te ...

GOP confident of victories

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- A takeover of the House in sight, Republicans brimmed with confidence while Democrats braced for losses on the eve of recession-era elections for control of Congress and dozens of statehouses. "The American people are in charge," decl ...

Dallas man who threatened Obama sentenced

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 12:39 AM PDT

DALLAS -- A judge has sentenced a Dallas man to more than two years in federal prison for threatening President Barack Obama.A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Dallas Monday says Brian Dean Miller got a 27-month sentence without parole.He ...

Boy, 5, critically wounded in backyard LA shooting

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- A 5-year-old boy was proudly showing off his Spider-man Halloween costume to family members in his backyard when a pair of suspected gang members opened fire from a nearby alley, hitting the boy in the back of the head and leaving him ...

Funeral for Notre Dame student killed in accident

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:34 AM PDT

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. -- The funeral Mass has begun for a Notre Dame student killed when a tower from which he was filming football practice toppled over. The Mass was being held Monday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church in the Chicago suburb of ...

Attorney seeks monthly records on Houston wrecks

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:24 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- An open records lawsuit has been filed by a group urging voters to reject Houston's use of cameras that photograph drivers illegally going through intersections. Houston voters on Tuesday will consider whether to retain the dozens of ca ...

Texan sought over body in barrel found dead in Fla

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:31 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- A Texas convicted killer who was paroled in 1989 and sought last month after a body turned up in a barrel at his home has been found dead in Florida. The Harris County Sheriff's Office on Monday announced a man discovered hanging in a m ...

Cops: Man bought ammo at Walmart before shooting

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. -- A gunman bought ammunition at a Walmart in Nevada shortly before opening fire on three co-workers in the same store, authorities said Monday. Suspect John Dennis Gillane purchased the handgun ammunition in the sporting goods department ...

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