Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Holiday preparations

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Dalibor Jerabek, Burleson County Courthouse maintenance supervisor, inspects a strand of Christmas lights before installing them on the outside of the historic building in downtown Caldwell on Monday morning. He expects that, with lights, wreaths, or ...

Big 12 won't probe altercation between journalist, Nebraska coach

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

The Big 12 has no plans to investigate or punish Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini for an altercation with a journalist on Kyle Field after his team's loss to Texas A&M on Saturday night, a conference spokesman said Monday. Both side ...

Ex-inmate hits obstacle to compensation

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Lawyers for former death row inmate Anthony Graves have withdrawn their request for a district judge to declare Graves innocent in their effort to win $1.4 million in compensation for the 18 years he spent behind bars for murders prosecutors say he ...

Pedestrian hit, killed by vehicle, officials say

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:18 AM PST

Authorities on Monday said they were investigating a Brazos County accident that left a pedestrian dead after being struck by a vehicle the night before. The accident occurred at 9:15 p.m. in the 5100 block of Leonard Road, according to a Texas Depa ...

CS studying fee on development

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

The College Station City Council on Monday agreed to move forward with consideration of a possible citywide water and wastewater "impact fee" on new development. Dave Coleman, director of water services, said the council previously directed funds ...

Bicyclist hit, killed by vehicle identified

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:39 AM PST

The bicyclist killed Sunday after being struck by a vehicle was a 27-year-old Brazos County man. Victor Manuel Cruz-Funez, a Leonard Road resident, died at the scene of the accident on Leonard Road, just west of Charlotte Avenue, according to the Te ...

Driver charged with felony pot charge

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:44 AM PST

Police said an expired registration led to a 30-year-old driver's arrest in Bryan after an officer found a felony amount of marijuana in his vehicle. Jose Luis Esparza Jr. of Bryan was jailed Sunday on charges of possession of from four ounces to fi ...

Blue Bell teaming up with A&M to renovate Olsen Field

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report The owners of Blue Bell Creameries are scooping out a sweet deal for Olsen Field -- a $7 million gift that will go toward renovations and expansion of Texas A&M's baseball complex. The donation, announced by the 12th Man Foun ...

Man charged with vehicle burglary, theft

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:33 AM PST

An 18-year-old man was charged with burglary of a vehicle after fingerprints linked him to the crime, authorities said. Jessie Alexander Campise-Diaz of Bryan was arrested Sunday. He was also charged on Aug. 20 with theft of property from $1,500 to ...

Bryan solicits bids for animal shelter services

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report The city of Bryan on Tuesday put a request online in hopes of finding animal sheltering services. Officials said proposals from qualified firms will be accepted until Jan. 14 and one could be selected as early as March 22. The ...

Bonfire site still under a burn ban

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report Robertson County, the location for Tuesday's off-campus student bonfire, still had a burn ban in effect as of Monday afternoon. The item was on the agenda for a 1 p.m. Tuesday meeting, and the final decision about bonfire will b ...

Turkey Trot to help save child slaves

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report About 300 people are expected to run in College Station's first Turkey Trot race on Thanksgiving Day, organizers said. The race will benefit the Mercy Project, a nonprofit group that works to rescue children in Ghana from slaver ...

No details on boy's fatal fall at Staples Center

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:49 AM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Police are investigating the death of a toddler who scaled over a glass safety guard in a luxury box at Staples Center and fell to his death. As 2-year-old Lucas Anthony Tang's parents grieved in private Monday, the police departmen ...

Sketch of shooting suspect released

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 02:48 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report The Brazos County Sheriff's Office has released a composite sketch of the shooting suspect in a Nov. 9 home burglary that turned violent. According to police, the son of homeowners on Dilly Shaw Tap Road came home for lunch just ...

Perry won't say whether he'd end Social Security

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 01:35 AM PST

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry calls Social Security a Ponzi scheme, but he's stopping short of saying whether he would dismantle it. Perry spoke on "Fox News Sunday." He has previously compared Social Security to an illegal Ponzi scheme. In ...

Mexico: migrants should form convoys for safety

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:05 AM PST

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government is telling migrants driving home for the holidays that they should form convoys for their own safety while traveling through Mexico. The Interior Department said the government could even provide escorts for suc ...

Man hiding in house in police standoff

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report Burleson County authorities were being held at bay late Monday night by a 41-year-old man who was holed up inside a house in the 900 block of Westview Circle in Caldwell. The armed suspect had earlier been stopped on suspicion of ...

Mexico: migrants should form convoys for safety

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:13 PM PST

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's government is telling migrants driving home for the holidays from the United States that they should form convoys for their own safety while traveling through Mexico, and an official said Monday that police will accompany conv ...

East Texas teen charged in sister's death

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:46 AM PST

TYLER, Texas -- A 15-year-old from the East Texas town of New Chapel Hill accused in the shooting death of his 19-year-old sister in September has been charged with delinquent conduct.The Smith County District Attorney's Office filed the charge on Fr ...

Police eye death of boy who fell at Staples Center

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:07 AM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Police say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who fell 50 feet from a Staples Center luxury suite after a Lakers game. Officer Julie Sohn said Monday the child abuse unit is investigating because of the boy's age. ...

Pope seeks to start debate on condoms, AIDS

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI sought to "kick-start a debate" when he said some condom use may be justified, Vatican insiders say, raising hopes the church may be starting to back away from a complete ban and allow condoms to play a role in the ...

Colo. sheriff closes probe of twin suicide pact

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:49 AM PST

DENVER -- An investigation into a suicide pact that left one Australian woman dead at a suburban Denver shooting range and her twin sister hospitalized with a head wound has been formally closed, Colorado investigators said Monday.Arapahoe County She ...

White House videos explain economic policies

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The latest front in the battle over U.S. economic policy comes down to a man, a marker and a white board. While conservative commentator Glenn Beck wields a mean green chalkboard on Fox TV, the White House this fall is deploying econ ...

Facebook foe pastor offers to resign over affair

Posted: 22 Nov 2010 05:33 AM PST

NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A New Jersey pastor who believes Facebook leads to infidelity has offered to step down over a past affair that involved a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and a male church assistant. Pastor Cedric Miller spoke ...

Police: No suspects in death of Fort Hood soldier

Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:47 AM PST

KILLEEN, Texas -- Police continue to seek clues to how a Fort Hood soldier was shot dead.The body of 30-year-old Jed Paul Naisbitt was found sitting in a vehicle on a street in Killeen, the city at the gate of the Central Texas Army post. Police had ...

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