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- Safety first on the railroad
- Burleson County tax collector keeps job after crime
- Poll: Texans want better college value
- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in UK
- H-E-B asks for rezoning of Bryan site
- B-CS brainpower among nation's top 200
- Obama willing to cede ground on tax cut debate
- Anti-bullying bills before Texas legislators
- Obama, GOP reach deal to extend tax cuts
- Father convicted in scalding of Texas girl
- Former NFL players discuss stigma of head injuries
- 3 who admitted to CA teen torture get 30 years
- Former Cowboys player Don Meredith dies after brain hemorrhage
- Katrina looms over deadly police shooting trial
- Mich. woman can sue over toilet paper dispenser
- Convicted killer pleads guilty to gun-theft charge
- More than 8.5 tons of pot seized in STexas busts
- Climate change puts future in question for island nations
- Prosecution stands mute at death penalty hearing
- Pearl Harbor survivor group stays together
- Gay marriage trial attracts TV audience
- No signs of progress after Iran talks recess
- Google challenges Amazon on e-books
- Bacterial Infection: From Catheter To Patient
- Teens And Your Music: Tuned In, Turned On - Blown Out - Research Summary
| Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST Union Pacific Track Foreman Randy Werner talks Monday via radio to crew members on a Union Pacific train as it passes under the overpass that will soon be F.M. 2818 in College Station. His job is to keep bridge workers safe from train traffic and ins ... |
| Burleson County tax collector keeps job after crime Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST Burleson County Tax Collector Curtis Doss pleaded guilty last week to misapplying public funds, but he remained at work on Monday and gave no indication that he'll leave his job. Doss was indicted in April on felony charges of theft by a public s ... |
| Poll: Texans want better college value Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:08 PM PST Texans want more for their money in higher education than they're getting, a public opinion survey released Monday by a conservative think tank found. The Texas Public Policy Foundation's survey of 800 randomly selected Lone Star State voters fou ... |
| WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested in UK Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:24 PM PST LONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange surrendered to London police Tuesday as part of a Swedish sex-crimes investigation, the latest blow to an organization that faces legal, financial and technological challenges after releasing hundreds of s ... |
| H-E-B asks for rezoning of Bryan site Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST H-E-B may be on the verge of getting bigger in Bryan. The San Antonio-based grocery store chain has asked the city to rezone more than 15 acres at the corner of Texas 21 and Texas Avenue from an open agricultural and commercial district to a retai ... |
| B-CS brainpower among nation's top 200 Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:08 PM PST The Bryan-College Station region has made another list: It ranked 58th in brainpower among 200 metropolitan areas. How'd the online business journal Portfolio.com decide that the area has a 0.466 brainpower index when the No. 1 region -- Boulder, Co ... |
| Obama willing to cede ground on tax cut debate Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:14 AM PST WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- President Barack Obama signaled a looming deal on tax cuts Monday, saying he would cede ground on his positions in order to help lawmakers reach a bipartisan solution. "We've got to make sure we're coming up with a solution, ... |
| Anti-bullying bills before Texas legislators Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:26 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas legislators will consider proposals to better define bullying in schools as students face being targeted on campus and online. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday that at least seven bills related to bullying have bee ... |
| Obama, GOP reach deal to extend tax cuts Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Brushing past Democratic opposition, President Barack Obama announced agreement with Republicans Monday night on a plan to extend expiring income tax cuts for all Americans, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and grant ... |
| Father convicted in scalding of Texas girl Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:25 PM PST CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A man and his girlfriend have been convicted of abuse over the scalding of his 10-year-old daughter who allegedly was forced to take a hot shower.Investigators say the girl was treated for burns over about a third of her body ... |
| Former NFL players discuss stigma of head injuries Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:28 PM PST CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- WNBA superstar Chamique Holdsclaw once sat silently in her apartment with the blinds closed, refusing to answer telephone calls from the team."The team is calling me and I'm not answering the phone," Holdsclaw said during a pane ... |
| 3 who admitted to CA teen torture get 30 years Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:15 AM PST STOCKTON, Calif. -- Three adults who admitted to holding captive and torturing a 16-year-old California boy for more than a year are each headed to prison for at least 30 years. Michael Schumacher, his wife Kelly Lau and the teen's legal guardian, ... |
| Former Cowboys player Don Meredith dies after brain hemorrhage Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:34 AM PST ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Don Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who served as a folksy foil for Howard Cosell on ABC's "Monday Night Football" and helped carve out the niche for colorful ex-athlete broadcasters, has died. "Dandy Don," as h ... |
| Katrina looms over deadly police shooting trial Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:42 AM PST NEW ORLEANS -- Officers shot an unarmed man in the back and then burned his body in a car and doctored a report to conceal their crimes in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a federal prosecutor said Monday at a trial that will test the go ... |
| Mich. woman can sue over toilet paper dispenser Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:44 AM PST DETROIT -- A Michigan woman says she can't work or crochet and her bowling game has suffered since her right hand was broken by a toilet paper dispenser in a restaurant bathroom. The Michigan Supreme Court, in a 4-3 order, has refused to throw out ... |
| Convicted killer pleads guilty to gun-theft charge Posted: 06 Dec 2010 06:37 AM PST TEXARKANA, Ark. -- A Texarkana man serving life in prison for murder in Texas has pleaded guilty in Arkansas to stealing a gun from the victim. The Texarkana Gazette reports that 23-year-old Austin Kyle Davis pleaded guilty to the gun theft charg ... |
| More than 8.5 tons of pot seized in STexas busts Posted: 06 Dec 2010 11:29 PM PST EDINBURG, Texas -- The U.S. Border Patrol reports more than 17,000 pounds of marijuana seized in multiple, unrelated busts during the weekend in South Texas. A Border Patrol statement issued Monday says the seizures were made across the Rio Grande V ... |
| Climate change puts future in question for island nations Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST CANCUN, Mexico -- Encroaching seas in the far Pacific are raising the salt level in the wells of the Marshall Islands. Waves threaten to cut one sliver of an island in two. "It's getting worse," says Kaminaga Kaminaga, the tiny nation's climate cha ... |
| Prosecution stands mute at death penalty hearing Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:07 PM PST HOUSTON -- Prosecutors on Monday told a judge presiding over an unusual court hearing on the constitutionality of the death penalty in Texas that they won't participate in the legal proceeding and will "stand mute" during the hearing. Despite the pro ... |
| Pearl Harbor survivor group stays together Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST HONOLULU -- The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association will continue for at least a while longer. The group's president, Art Herriford, said Monday that about 100 members voted against disbanding, deciding instead to keep the 52-year-old organization al ... |
| Gay marriage trial attracts TV audience Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The legal fight over California's gay marriage ban went before a federal appeals court Monday in a hearing that reached a nationwide TV audience anxious for a final decision on whether the measure violates the U.S. Constitution.The h ... |
| No signs of progress after Iran talks recess Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST GENEVA -- Talks between Iran and six world powers recessed Monday with no sign that Tehran was ready to discuss U.N. Security Council calls to curb its nuclear activities that could be harnessed to make weapons, an official at the negotiations said.W ... |
| Google challenges Amazon on e-books Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:06 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is making the leap from digital librarian to merchant in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc. and its Kindle electronic reader. The long-awaited Internet book store, which opened Monday in the U.S., draws upon a portion of t ... |
| Bacterial Infection: From Catheter To Patient Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's common knowledge that you go to a hospital to rid yourself of infection, not contract it. Alas, patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities everyday are developing infections as a result of contamination of indwe ... |
| Teens And Your Music: Tuned In, Turned On - Blown Out - Research Summary Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:36 PM PST BACKGROUND: More than 90% of young people listen to personal music players, which is a testament to the relentless drive of technology over the past 10 years. Sadly, many people listen to those MP3 players with the sound cranked up to full volu ... |
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