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- Battling the blaze in Brazos County
- Hanukkah lighting up A&M campus
- A&M information request policy under fire
- County backs 3 recycling bills
- Pentagon study dismisses risk of openly gay troops
- 7 months of life truly a gift
- CS woman cut by husband, police say
- Students singing to help free clinic
- Survey: Texting while driving getting worse
- One-man act coming to Lincoln Center
- Perry asks tech fund adviser to step down
- Mayors getting in the ringing spirit
- NOPD officer denies knowing body would be burned
- CS is awarded for financial openness
- Pilot, 80, dies in East Texas crash of small plane
- Tax cuts lead agenda in D.C.
- Poll: Gay troops no threat
- EU launches major antitrust probe into Google
- Catching winks with reindeer
- A day in Benjamin Franklin's shoes
- Pain, Pain Go Away with Acupuncture
- Breast Cancer Survivor? Consider Yearly MRI and Mammography
- Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Prevent Skin Cancers
- Praise Rosa Parks and so many others
- Best medicine: Know your status
| Battling the blaze in Brazos County Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST A pair of firefighters are distorted by waves of heat rising from a trailer that was destroyed during a grass fire on the grounds of Hot Rod Hill off Marino Road on Tuesday afternoon. The fire started as a controlled burn in a barrel but was blown ou ... |
| Hanukkah lighting up A&M campus Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Jewish students at Texas A&M may not get to go home for Hanukkah, but they can take part in lighting the largest Menorah on any Texas college campus Wednesday. The community is invited to a ceremony to commemorate the first night of Hanukkah a ... |
| A&M information request policy under fire Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST An open government group criticized the Texas A&M System on Monday for barring employees from directing students to file requests under the state's public information act. Keith Elkins, the executive director of the Freedom of Information Fou ... |
| County backs 3 recycling bills Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Brazos County joined a group of Texas counties Tuesday in urging the state to pass three new laws designed to encourage residents to recycle. The Commissioners Court unanimously passed a resolution asking for a statewide bottle deposit and refund pro ... |
| Pentagon study dismisses risk of openly gay troops Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:21 AM PST WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's study on gays in the military has determined that overturning the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on serving openly might cause some disruption at first but would not create widespread or long-lasting problems. The study p ... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:02 PM PST The day after being featured in a story in Sunday's edition of The Eagle, 7-month-old Hayden Lopez died due to a rare chromosomal birth defect. A viewing for the infant is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday at Trevino and Smith Funeral Home, at 2610 ... |
| CS woman cut by husband, police say Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:41 PM PST Police on Wednesday were investigating a report that a man cut his wife's hand during an argument at a College Station apartment complex the day before. Police said they responded at about 4:40 p.m. to the Windsor Point apartment complex at 2500 Cen ... |
| Students singing to help free clinic Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST Medical students at the Texas A&M Health Science Center know more than just bones, muscles and diseases -- they also know music. Eight of the students will perform in a charity concert called "MEDlodies without HARMonies" Friday at 7 p.m. at Fr ... |
| Survey: Texting while driving getting worse Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:54 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Texans believe texting and talking on phones while driving is getting worse and that roads are less safe than they were five years ago, despite declines in accident deaths. A survey by the Texas Transportation Institute found tha ... |
| One-man act coming to Lincoln Center Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The community is invited to attend a one-man performance at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lincoln Recreation Center in College Station. Stogie Kenyatta, a performer from California, will portray 10 characters in the play The World is My ... |
| Perry asks tech fund adviser to step down Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST DALLAS -- Gov. Rick Perry's office has asked an Austin businessman on the Texas Emerging Technology Fund's advisory committee to consider quitting, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Perry's office has asked William E. Morrow to considering resigning i ... |
| Mayors getting in the ringing spirit Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff Report It's Crosstown Showdown time -- the holiday edition. On Dec. 11, the mayors of Bryan and College Station will be in front of their city's Walmart ringing bells for the Salvation Army's red kettle program. College Station Mayor N ... |
| NOPD officer denies knowing body would be burned Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:58 PM PST NEW ORLEANS -- One of the two New Orleans police officers charged with burning a police shooting victim's body after Hurricane Katrina testified Tuesday that he was shocked when his colleague set the fire.But Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann said it might have ... |
| CS is awarded for financial openness Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Eagfle Staff Report The city of College Station has been recognized for its financial transparency. The Texas Comptroller's Office awarded the city with its Gold Leadership Circle Award for allowing residents access to the city's budget, financial ... |
| Pilot, 80, dies in East Texas crash of small plane Posted: 30 Nov 2010 10:56 PM PST EMORY, Texas -- An 80-year-old man is dead after the small plane he was flying crashed and burned near a private rural airstrip in East Texas.A statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety says John Armstrong of Emory was the lone occupant of ... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:04 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Heralding a new era of divided government, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans pledged warily to seek common ground on tax cuts and reduced spending Tuesday in their first meeting since tumultuous midterm elections.Obam ... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Gay troops can serve openly in the armed forces without harming the military's ability to fight, the Pentagon's top leaders declared Tuesday, calling for the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" ban to be scrapped and pointing to a new s ... |
| EU launches major antitrust probe into Google Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST BRUSSELS -- European Union regulators will probe whether Google Inc. has been manipulating its search results to stifle competition, funnel more traffic to its own services and protect its global stranglehold of the online search market.The European ... |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST BERLIN -- It's rather stinky and kind of loud, but an exhibit that allows visitors to bed down with 24 golden canaries and a dozen reindeer is one of the most popular ever at a Berlin museum. While the goal of the unusual installation is to acquaint ... |
| A day in Benjamin Franklin's shoes Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST Historical impressionist Art Yeaman, dressed as Benjamin Franklin, talks about the 13-star American Flag with Allen Academy students (from left) James Brien, Jacob Clanton, Jay Martin and Lonnie Allen. Yeaman portrayed Franklin in a presentation host ... |
| Pain, Pain Go Away with Acupuncture Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)--Not a believer in acupuncture? Think the pain's all in your head? Have a personal vendetta against needles? Alternative health isn't really your thing? Well, It's time to lay your fears about acupuncture t ... |
| Breast Cancer Survivor? Consider Yearly MRI and Mammography Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:43 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Whether a mother, daughter, sister or aunt, your role as a woman often leads you caring more about others than yourself. It's time to take your health personal and if you've had a bout with breast cancer before, considerin ... |
| Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Prevent Skin Cancers Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nonmelanoma skin cancers are some of the most commonly diagnosed in the U.S. A new study found a possible preventative treatment in the nonsteroidal, anti-inflammatory drug Celecoxib. Celecoxib is typically used to inhibit the ... |
| Praise Rosa Parks and so many others Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST By STARITA SMITH Dec. 1 marks the 55th anniversary of the refusal of Rosa Parks to give up her bus seat to a white man, so let's take a closer look at that event. It was not a spur of the moment thing. It was the culmination of years of work by ma ... |
| Best medicine: Know your status Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST I was in high school in 1981 when the first cases of a new and devastating disease were identified. The disease struck hard and fast and dominated headlines nearly 30 years ago as doctors and scientists tried to get their arms around what this myste ... |
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