Monday, November 22, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Queen's crown getting a royal makeover

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

A crane operator (lower left) keeps his eyes on the crown of the Queen Theatre on Sunday as he lowers the crown to a trailer. The crown will be taken for repainting and rewiring (for neon lighting) as part of the restoration of the downtown Bryan lan ...

Man accused of assaulting his wife

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report A 26-year-old College Station man posted $9,000 bail Sunday after being charged with assault causing family violence and interfering with an emergency call. Court documents state that the man pushed and slapped his wife, then pu ...

Police say man attempting robbery pulled gun

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report A 20-year-old Bryan man was released from jail on $17,000 bail Sunday afternoon after he was charged with aggravated robbery and theft of a firearm. Authorities said Angel Garcia was caught while robbing a 2002 Lincoln in the pa ...

Irish formally ask for a bailout

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

DUBLIN -- Debt-struck Ireland formally applied Sunday for a massive EU-IMF loan to stem the flight of capital from its banks, joining Greece in a step unthinkable only a few years ago when Ireland was a booming Celtic Tiger and the economic envy of ...

Study ranks St. Louis the most dangerous U.S. city

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

TRENTON, N.J. -- St. Louis overtook Camden, N.J., as the nation's most dangerous city in 2009, according to a national study released Sunday. The study by CQ Press found St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, compared with a n ...

BP spill claims due this week

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- Fishermen and business owners stung by a summer of lost revenue from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill have until Wednesday to file their compensation claims for short-term damages, and then they have to ask themselves: Do I feel l ...

Scientist reports new nuclear facility in North Korea

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's claim of a new, highly sophisticated uranium enrichment facility could be a ploy to win concessions in nuclear talks or an attempt to bolster leader Kim Jong Il's apparent heir. But whatever the reason for the r ...

Parents told to hide cold medicine from young children

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

CHICAGO -- Removing cough and cold medicines for very young children from store shelves led to a big decline in emergency room visits for bad reactions to the drugs, government research found. But the results released online Monday are a mixed bag ...

Construction disagreements delay Mideast peace talks

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

JERUSALEM -- The Palestinian president warned on Sunday that he would not accept a U.S. proposal for resuming peace talks unless Israel stops building homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem. Mahmoud Abbas' position complicated already troubled ...

Cadmium, lead found in drinking glasses

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz exceed federal limits for lead in children's products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testi ...

2 people fall to deaths from Dallas loft complex

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:22 PM PST

DALLAS -- Residents of a downtown Dallas loft complex are shaken after two people fell to their deaths from windows in the building within 10 days of each other. Dallas police think both deaths last month were accidents. They also think both men w ...

TSA policies not flying high with travelers

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

How did an agency created to protect the public become the target of public scorn?After nine years of funneling travelers into ever longer lines with orders to have shoes off, sippy cups empty and laptops out for inspection, the most surprising thing ...

3 teens killed in West Texas crash

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:23 PM PST

ODESSA, Texas -- Three teenage boys are dead after a tractor-trailer rig slammed into their sport utility vehicle broadside at a highway intersection just north of Odessa.The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened about noon Saturd ...

Russia hosts forum to help rebuild low tiger population

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if countries where they still roam fail to take quick action to protect their habitats and step up the fight against poaching, global wildlife experts told a "tiger summit" Sunday ...

Weak economy contributed to drop in pollution

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Here's one plus from the global economic recession: Carbon dioxide pollution last year dropped for the first time in a decade. But it didn't last and it wasn't as big a drop as expected. Burning fossil fuels to power factories, cars ...

Researchers chipping away at dinosaur bones

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

By ERINN CONNOR Dallas Morning News DALLAS -- In the bowels of the Museum of Nature & Science in Fair Park, Tommy Diamond sat hunched over what looked like a huge boulder of plaster. Yes, there was a lot of plaster there, but what was undernea ...

Bieber lands four music awards

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

Justin Bieber's first American Music Awards was perfection. The 16-year-old teen heartthrob went four-for-four on Sunday night, capturing every award he was nominated for, including the top award of the night, favorite artist. He beat a list that ...

Pomegranate Juice Does a Body Good

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:49 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Kidney patients on dialysis may have an effective and delicious aid for infection and other difficulties.  Pomegranate juice has been known to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and provide a rich amount of antioxidants, b ...

Erasing Lung Cancer

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:49 PM PST

ATLANTA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's the deadliest kind of cancer:  more people die from lung cancer than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined.  It will kill nearly 160,000 people this year alone. But doctors are testing out a new expe ...

Erasing Lung Cancer - Research Summary

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:50 PM PST

BACKGROUND: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2006 alone, there were a total of 106,374 men and 90,080 women who were diagnosed with lung cancer. Even more shocking -- 89,243 men and 69,356 women actually died fro ...

Letters for November 22

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Wellborn residents have a right to be heard When I was younger, I believed that America was the freest country in the world and considered myself highly fortunate to be a U.S. citizen. I grew up in College Station and attend Texas A&M Univer ...

Calendar

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS A Safety Awareness & Self Defense workshop is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 30 in the student center on Blinn's Bryan campus. Officials from the Bryan Police Department, the Brazos County Attorney's Office and the Shorin Kem ...

Believers mixed on pope's message

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Some Catholic believers in the Americas greeted Pope Benedict XVI's comments on condoms as a sign that the church was stepping into the modern debate in the fight against AIDS, though the church was adamant Sunday that nothing has ...

Daydreaming Linked To ADHD Gene

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:47 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A recent study finds a gene linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) leads to daydreaming.  Researchers believe these findings are the first to show through brain scanning the dissimilarities in the brai ...

Study: Obese Mothers Pass Down Kidney Disease to Babies

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:48 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- New research shows children born with chronic kidney disease (CKD) likely have obese mothers, or mothers who were obese or had diabetes during pregnancy.    "Our research shows that childhood CKD is modestly associate ...

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