Friday, December 24, 2010

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Holiday park lighting up Brazos Valley

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

For more than a decade, Brazos Valley residents and Texans from farther down the road have been making Christmastime pilgrimages to Santa's Wonderland, that glowing attraction along Texas 6 that can bring out the child in even the most hard-hearted ...

County judge proud of his service

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

County Judge Randy Sims said he's gained one key skill during his eight years as Brazos County's top elected official. "You have got to learn to say no," he said. Sims has spent hundreds of hours holed up in meeting rooms hearing budget requests f ...

The true story of Rudolph's life

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Here's what didn't go down in history: Before weathering a social shunning from fellow reindeer, Rudolph may have spent his life prancing and dancing from man's rifle and bear's jaws to wolverine's claws and, as a baby, eagle's beak. And when Santa ...

Thieves take gifts from home

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Gloria Avila says she awoke Thursday morning to find every Christmas present under her tree had vanished.The 61-year-old Bryan resident said she'd spent all year planning and saving for the gifts she wanted to purchase for her grandchildren, who rang ...

Cooler temps, rain on the way

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Those hoping for rain and cooler temperatures this holiday weekend could be in luck. Those hoping for snow are not. "We're seeing a big change in the jet stream pattern throughout the Northern Hemisphere that's going to spread across the U.S. and ...

Leak latest woe for district judge

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Thursday brought an unwelcome pre-Christmas surprise to state District Judge Steve Smith and co-workers. The day was proceeding normally, the judge said, until he and colleagues noticed a substantial amount of water pouring from the ceiling of his ...

Officers called out to wrecks

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

A College Station man who was hospitalized after his involvement in a fatal traffic accident was released from St. Joseph Regional Health Center late Wednesday. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Robert Barr, 64, was driving west o ...

Dime Box residents warned to boil water

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportUntil advised otherwise, residents of Dime Box have been instructed to boil water before consuming it. The notice came after city crews began repairing a water main. For more information contact the Texas Commission on Environmental ...

Man asleep in car charged with DWI

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan man with four convictions for driving while intoxicated was arrested for his fifth offense early Thursday. Police discovered the man, 40-year-old Richard Adam Gonzalez, passed out behind the wheel of his truck in the interse ...

Holiday closings

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

Holiday schedule for Christmas Eve: * The Brazos County Courthouse and other county offices will be closed Friday and Monday. * Texas A&M University will be closed from Dec. 24 through Jan. 2. Office and related activities will reopen at 8 a.m. o ...

'Lame duck' Congress energized before break

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- This is the story of a "lame duck" Congress that wasn't. Shaken by a historic election in which angry voters canceled Democratic control of the House, lawmakers of both parties and President Barack Obama tried something new: They consu ...

Ivory Coast leader suffers blow

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the worl ...

Holiday break and sales spell mobbed malls

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

NEW YORK -- It's Black Friday, The Sequel. Stores are rolling out deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps the best year since 2007, and poss ...

N. Korea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

POCHEON, South Korea -- North and South Korea beat the drums of war Thursday, with each threatening the other with immediate retaliation if attacked.Seoul has staged days of military drills in a show of force meant to deter North Korea, including liv ...

Obama joins family for holiday in Hawaii

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:04 PM PST

HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama eased into the first day of his Hawaiian vacation Thursday, opting for privacy over publicity after wrapping up a frenzied lame-duck legislative session.The president began with what's become a familiar routine duri ...

EPA takes over greenhouse gas permits in Texas

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST

DALLAS -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it is taking the unprecedented step of directly issuing air permits to industries in Texas, citing the state's unwillingness to comply with greenhouse gas regulations going into e ...

Board: Keep companies from oil spill evidence

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS -- A federal board allowed to monitor testing of a key piece of Gulf oil spill evidence -- the blowout preventer -- demanded Thursday that the analysis stop, saying representatives of the companies that made and maintained the 300-ton dev ...

Pivotal Role for Stem Cells in Cancer

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:46 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) For the first time it is hypothesized that some cancers spring from and are replenished by a small dense population of self-renewing stem cells, therefore leukemia patients whose cancers express higher levels of genes associated ...

Dairy Foods Reducing Risk for Diabetes

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:46 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Got milk? If you do, you may be reducing your risk of diabetes and not even know it. Natural substances in dairy fat have been identified as substantially reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to this study. The compoun ...

Start planning with seed catalogs

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:03 PM PST

Seed and garden catalogs are meant to entice gardeners on cold winter days, and they are full of helpful information on new varieties and products. The catalogs include pictures and descriptions of the best heirloom and newer varieties of flowers, fr ...

Unraveling The Cause Of Autism - Research Summary

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:49 PM PST

BACKGROUND: Autism is a neurological and biological disorder that typically affects children ages 18 months to 5 years of age. The American Academy Pediatrics Report states that one in every 91 children in the United States has autism. There are 24, ...

Unraveling The Cause Of Autism

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:48 PM PST

HOUSTON (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Experts say one out of every 110 kids will be diagnosed with Autism. Even worse, the estimated cost of lifetime treatment is more than 3.2 million dollars per person. But some researchers believe they may have cracked A ...

Neuroimaging Helps Predict Which Dyslexics Can Read

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:45 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) By using sophisticated brain imaging, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers are able to predict with 90 percent accuracy which teenagers with dyslexia could improve their reading skills over time. This is the first ...

Acid Suppressive Meds Increase Pneumonia Risk

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:45 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Acid suppressive medications are the second leading medication worldwide; however using them could increase your chance of developing pneumonia, according to this study. The researchers systematically reviewed all relevant studi ...

Letters for December 24

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST

Thank you to generous residents of B-CS Thank you so much to everyone who brought coats to Allen Honda for our coat drive. It was a huge success. We were able to collect 560 coats that were donated to Twin City Mission. There are no words to expres ...

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