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- Foster kids find new homes
- Aggies look to break record at vital matchup
- Skydive Aggieland eyes Hearne
- Hillel to start on new center
- Bryan district down to 2 firms
- Local coat drive sees rise in donations
- Cadets selling care packages for troops
- Guard: Man had gun in Tradition dorms
- Hoping for a win against Nebraska
- Airports consider private screeners
- Experts disagree whether Gulf seafood is safe to eat
- Appliance rebate program reopens
- Earthlings getting a view from space via Twitter
- Experts: Lead in reusable bags poses little threat
- New Zealand blast leaves 29 missing
- Playoff victory for Consol
- Religion notes
- Hindu book's new home neighbors Bible in hotels
- Calendar
- NY backs Rangel after censure vote
- Planet with extragalactic found
- Congress rookies vie for office space
- THIRD & SHORT
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
- China in uproar over Nobel Prize fiasco
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST When Billy and Alex Ryan made the drive to Bryan Friday morning, they were a two-member family. After leaving Judge Steve Smith's courtroom later in the day, they were a family of five headed home to Dickinson, having legally adopted Alexis, 6, Brys ... |
| Aggies look to break record at vital matchup Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST Texas A&M seniors Carla Martinez and Melissa Garza aren't typical Aggie football fans. Garza doesn't own a sports pass. Martinez has only attended two games at Kyle Field. But they'll be among the record-breaking crowd expected to pack the ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST Promising discussions have taken place between the owners of Skydive Aggieland and city leaders in Hearne to bring the business to the town's municipal airport. Saturday marks the last time Todd Spillers will operate out of hangar space at Coulter F ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST After 53 years in its "A-frame" building, the Texas A&M Hillel Foundation is making a major change. The foundation will hold a groundbreaking for its new building Sunday at 11:30 a.m. followed by a reception at Messina Hof at 1:30 p.m. The cur ... |
| Bryan district down to 2 firms Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Bryan school trustees narrowed their choice in superintendent search firms down to two on Friday during a specially scheduled meeting. The firm eventually selected will help the district settle on a replacement for Superintendent Mike Cargill, who an ... |
| Local coat drive sees rise in donations Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Donations were up in every category this year for the Twin City Mission's annual coat and blanket drive. Last year, a total of 1,557 items were given away, said Ron Crozier, executive director of the non-profit charity organizat ... |
| Cadets selling care packages for troops Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets on Saturday will be selling pre-packaged food and personal items to be sent to members of the military. Packages for the "Honor Our Troops" program can be purchased for $25 in front of the Sander ... |
| Guard: Man had gun in Tradition dorms Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:10 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 27-year-old College Station man remained jailed Friday after police arrested him on various charges, including firearm theft and possession of a firearm by a felon. According to a police report, a security guard at Tradition at ... |
| Hoping for a win against Nebraska Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:11 PM PST By KAYLA SLIMP Let me be honest, Ags. I haven't had much faith in my Aggies this year. When Texas Tech came to town, I expected an L. We pulled it out, but I was certain we couldn't beat Oklahoma. It wasn't until Baylor that I was convinced we would ... |
| Airports consider private screeners Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST ATLANTA -- In a climate of Internet campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and veteran pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: Ditching TSA agents altogether.Federal l ... |
| Experts disagree whether Gulf seafood is safe to eat Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PST CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Experts at an international conference disagreed Friday on whether it's safe to eat seafood from the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill earlier this year. The government says Gulf seafood is safe to eat. However, Ed Cake, presi ... |
| Appliance rebate program reopens Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST Associated Press AUSTIN -- Comptroller Susan Combs on Friday announced another energy-efficient appliance rebate program is starting Dec. 20. Texans can get a bite of about $10 million in rebate funds left over from the initial offer earlier this ye ... |
| Earthlings getting a view from space via Twitter Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Earthlings are seeing their planet in a whole new light, thanks to NASA and its astronauts aboard the Internet-wired space station.They're beaming down dazzling images and guess-this-mystery-location photos via Twitter and hav ... |
| Experts: Lead in reusable bags poses little threat Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- So you care about the environment, and you take a reusable shopping bag with you to the grocery store to avoid polluting the planet with countless plastic sacks. Now you find out your bag is made with potentially harmful lead. What ... |
| New Zealand blast leaves 29 missing Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:13 PM PST WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Rescue crews waited impatiently Saturday outside one of New Zealand's largest coal mines for the go-ahead to begin a search for 29 men missing after a powerful gas explosion struck deep underground. Two dazed and slightly ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST Clinton Banks (44) and his teammates celebrate A&M Consolidated's 42-23 win Friday over McKinney Boyd in Ennis. |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST Saturday * Alexander United Methodist Church, 5300 Alexander Cemetery Rd. in Bryan, will sponsor its annual Thanksgiving supper from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The plates are $10 for adults and $5 for children. They will serve turkey, dressing and all the trimm ... |
| Hindu book's new home neighbors Bible in hotels Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:11 PM PST HOUSTON -- Pull open a drawer in some Houston hotel rooms, and beside your room-service menu and Gideons Bible, you might find a copy of the Bhagavad Gita. The sacred Hindu text is making its way into nightstands across the country through a campaig ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PST Saturday CLUBS Photography Club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com. EVENTS Rummage Sale, 7:30 a.m. to noon. Neal Recreation Center. ... |
| NY backs Rangel after censure vote Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PST NEW YORK -- The prospect of a public scolding in Washington for Rep. Charles Rangel over ethics violations has drawn both sadness and scorn in his Harlem neighborhood, where he was just re-elected with 81 percent of the vote and remains an icon to re ... |
| Planet with extragalactic found Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Scientists have discovered the first planet from another galaxy, sort of. While some 500 planets have been identified in other parts of our galaxy -- the Milky Way -- none have been reported in other galaxies. Now one has been disco ... |
| Congress rookies vie for office space Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Rep.-elect Bob Gibbs was trying to get this straight: There's a public women's bathroom in the middle of a congressman's office suite? And in the building next door, not one but two House aides have made their workspace in an unused ele ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:22 PM PST COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Northwestern, Illinois and the Big Ten have agreed to run their offenses in only one direction Saturday at Wrigley Field because of concerns that the stadium's outfield wall is too close to the field behind one en ... |
| Posted: 19 Nov 2010 05:14 PM PST McLane says he's putting Astros up for sale HOUSTON -- Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is putting his franchise up for sale. The 74-year-old McLane says he's retained the New York investment firm Allen and Company to help him unload the team he ... |
| China in uproar over Nobel Prize fiasco Posted: 19 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST OSLO, Norway -- China is not the first nation to be rankled by a Nobel Peace Prize. But its furious assault on the 2010 award to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo has reached proportions last seen during the Soviet and Nazi regimes.Even Cold War dissidents ... |
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