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- Residents come in full force to reap bargins at local stores
- Kolkhorst defends legislation that requires profs to post syllabi online
- Ice cream vendor robbed on holiday
- Suspect escapes police handcuffs
- Police: Willie Nelson had pot on tour bus
- Shoppers show up for big deals
- Last Ike victim's identity elusive
- Project ID's border victims
- Rio cops, military take on gangs
- U.S. allies warned about WikiLeaks files
- Defiant North Korea fires artillery near island
- Hershey sues Mars over like packaging
- Critics say Obama lags on endangered species
- Backlash feared over social issues
- Lawyer: Suspect not expert rescuer
- Family agrees to gas lease but decries industry
- Faith Calendar
- Letters for November 27
- It's game time
- Calendar
- Black Friday: Shop 'till you drop. Was it worth it?
- School menus
- 17 rare sea turtles rescued off Cape Cod, Mass.
- Marine pushback to permitting openly gay military
- Report: NY actor says he killed 'demon' in his mom
| Residents come in full force to reap bargins at local stores Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Crazy, but worth it. That was the widespread consensus among at least 200 people who lined up in blustery 45-degree weather outside Toys "R"Us in College Station hours before its opening late Thanksgiving night. If the Black Friday crowds that thro ... |
| Kolkhorst defends legislation that requires profs to post syllabi online Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Bloated higher education costs outpacing inflation were the inspiration for a bill that requires faculty members to post syllabi online and list a general outline of each lecture, a prominent lawmaker who authored the legislation told Texas A&M ... |
| Ice cream vendor robbed on holiday Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST Maybe your Thanksgiving wasn't so great, but be thankful: It could have been worse. Ask the 49-year-old ice cream vendor who plies the streets of Bryan pedaling a bicycle cart. He was robbed at gunpoint on Thanksgiving Day while working his job in ... |
| Suspect escapes police handcuffs Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA 28-year-old College Station woman was charged with escaping after she slipped her hands out of a pair of handcuffs, authorities said.The woman had been taken into custody after Bryan police officers responded to a report of an int ... |
| Police: Willie Nelson had pot on tour bus Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST Associated Press SIERRA BLANCA -- A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says country singer Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces was found aboard his tour bus in Texas. Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks says the bus pulled into th ... |
| Shoppers show up for big deals Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST Bargain shoppers, braving rain or frigid weather, crowded the nation's stores in the wee hours of the night to get their hands on deals from TVs to toys on Black Friday.Early signs pointed to bigger crowds at many stores including Best Buy, Sears, an ... |
| Last Ike victim's identity elusive Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST GALVESTON -- Galveston County's last known victim from Hurricane Ike remains unidentified more than two years after the storm.The woman was found 16 days after Ike made landfall on Sept. 13, 2008. The storm caused widespread flooding and damage on th ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Lorenia Ton visits the morgues of southern Arizona searching for clues among the unclaimed bodies and belongings of people who tried to cross the desert. Sometimes it's a phone number written inside pantlegs, or a piece of paper sewn ... |
| Rio cops, military take on gangs Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian military forces took fire from drug-gang members holed up in a massive slum complex Friday, but stood their ground, trapping the traffickers inside. About 800 troops are supporting a massive police operation at the Alem ... |
| U.S. allies warned about WikiLeaks files Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST LONDON -- U.S. allies around the world have been briefed by American diplomats about an expected release of classified U.S. files by the WikiLeaks website that is likely to cause international embarrassment and could damage some nations' relations wi ... |
| Defiant North Korea fires artillery near island Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea -- A defiant flash of North Korean artillery within sight of the island that it attacked this week sent a warning signal to Seoul and Washington: The North is not backing down.The apparent military drill Friday came as ... |
| Hershey sues Mars over like packaging Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Bitter rivals in the candy aisle may also duke it out in court.The Hershey Co. sued Mars Inc. this week in federal district court, with the maker of Hershey's and Reese's chocolate candies accusing the maker of Snickers, M&Ms a ... |
| Critics say Obama lags on endangered species Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama administration for what they say is a continuing backlog of plants and animals in need of protection under the Endangered Species Act.The Fish and Wildlife Service says 251 species are cand ... |
| Backlash feared over social issues Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST TOPEKA, Kan. -- Although fixing the economy is the top priority, Republicans who won greater control of state governments in this month's election are considering how to pursue action on a range of social issues, including abortion, gun rights and ev ... |
| Lawyer: Suspect not expert rescuer Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- An accomplished diver charged with murder in Alabama for the honeymoon death of his wife while scuba diving in Australia had been certified in rescues, but had little formal training, his attorney said Friday.Gabe Watson served 18 ... |
| Family agrees to gas lease but decries industry Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:06 PM PST MONTROSE, Pa. -- As she lived out her final years in a nursing home, 94-year-old Bernice Price had a visitor one day, a stranger interested in her family's 115-acre spread. Would she care to lease it to an energy company? It was a paltry offer, $5 ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:08 PM PST Sunday * St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will hold a traditional worship service at 9 a.m. and a contemporary service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Jason Burnham will preach on "The Gift of Hope," based on Matthew 1:18-2 ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST Johnson volunteers make a great event On Nov. 18, Johnson Elementary School held its 16th annual Family Reading Night. Almost 400 Johnson students and their families attended this event, which was a celebration of families reading and learning to ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST Navasota's Solomon McGinty (12) leads the Rattlers onto the field Friday for their playoff matchup against Chapel Hill in Waco. Navasota lost the game 42-13. To see a slideshow go to www.theeagle.com/slideshows/view/Navasota-football. To read mo ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:07 PM PST Saturday EVENTS 36th Annual Renaissance Festival -- Celtic Christmas. Plantersville. texrenfest.com. Stagecoach Days, Fanthorp Inn State Historical Park, Anderson. Free. 936-873-2633. Ride Smart Motorcycle School, Texas World Speedway. www.texasw ... |
| Black Friday: Shop 'till you drop. Was it worth it? Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:29 PM PST Some camped out overnight to get inside store doors before the competition on Black Friday. Others mapped out their conquests early and stayed late. Deals were found, feet were hurting and clerks were counting up the final tallies late into Friday ev ... |
| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:23 PM PST Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.Allen AcademyMonday: Enchiladas, Spanish rice, fruit salad. Tuesday: Fish strips, broccoli and carrots, rolls, yogurt. Wednesday: Pork stir-fry, steamed brown rice.Thursday: Chicken tortilla soup, r ... |
| 17 rare sea turtles rescued off Cape Cod, Mass. Posted: 26 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST QUINCY, Mass. (AP) -- Seventeen rare sea turtles suffering a variety of ailments are recovering at the New England Aquarium after being rescued over the past two days off of Cape Cod, Mass. The turtles rescued by volunteers with the Massachusetts ... |
| Marine pushback to permitting openly gay military Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:58 PM PST OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- They are the few, the proud and perhaps the military's biggest opponents of lifting the ban on openly gay troops. Most of those serving in America's armed forces have no strong objections to repealing the "don't ask, don' ... |
| Report: NY actor says he killed 'demon' in his mom Posted: 26 Nov 2010 04:55 PM PST Associated press NEW YORK (AP) -- An actor accused of hacking his mother to death with a sword felt like the character Neo from the movie "The Matrix" -- "hearing voices and feeling powerful" -- before the attack, he said in a newspaper interview pu ... |
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