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- Officially in office
- Future wide open for Chet Edwards
- Couple weds New Year's Day at courthouse
- Baby out of hospital; fund set up
- Man accused of shooting roommate
- Trooper arrests man after traffic stop
- Bryan man accused of drug possession
- Hero struggles with notoriety
- New faces may yield gridlock in D.C.
- Man leads crusade against speed traps
- Christians, police clash after church is bombed
- For once, snowstorm nearly shuts down NYC
- Brazil swears in first female president
- Private schools for the poor filling gap in South Africa
- No script for Schwarzenegger's next act
- A new start
- Rhomberg 50th
- Dhar - Gandhi
- Communities, nonprofit groups eke a little good out of bank foreclosures
- Oracle makes fearless forecast for new year
- American Airlines kicked off Expedia
- CS Council open to all residents
- Here's to a wonderful new year
- Letters for January 2
- Calendar
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Justice of the Peace Rose Jones takes her oath of office Saturday during a ceremony for Brazos County elected officials at the Brazos County Administration Building. In addition to Jones, 17 others also proclaimed their oaths. |
| Future wide open for Chet Edwards Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST More than a month after his re-election defeat, Chet Edwards said he still doesn't know what he'll do after his 20-year career as a congressman ends Monday. "I haven't decided," Edwards said in a recent phone interview. "I'm going to spend the next ... |
| Couple weds New Year's Day at courthouse Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST "One thing's for sure," Brit Wooten said just a few days before his wedding. "I shouldn't get in trouble for forgetting the date." On a day for resolutions and new beginnings, Wooten stood in Judge Tommy Munoz's courtroom Saturday next to fiancee B ... |
| Baby out of hospital; fund set up Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:19 PM PST The 8-month-old College Station girl whose parents died in a Christmas Eve crash has been released from the hospital and her family has set up a fund to benefit her. Donations can be made to Emily Grace Stiegler, in care of Citizens State Bank at 4 ... |
| Man accused of shooting roommate Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:19 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 53-year-old Bryan man was in the Brazos County Jail without bail Saturday after police arrested him on charges of shooting his roommate in the chest. Witnesses reported Ruben Mora had shot his roommate, possibly over $500 in owe ... |
| Trooper arrests man after traffic stop Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 33-year-old Bryan man was released from jail Saturday after police arrested him on charges of cocaine possession and the unlawful carrying of a weapon. According to the police report, a Department of Public Safety trooper stoppe ... |
| Bryan man accused of drug possession Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 24-year-old Bryan man was arrested Friday on various charges related to drug possession. According to the police report, a College Station officer noticed a vehicle roll through a stop sign at the intersection of Spruce and Boye ... |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST CHICAGO -- It was years in the making, so Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta had time to talk with his wife about the "what if" question. He'd been recommended for the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. If chosen, his name would be in headl ... |
| New faces may yield gridlock in D.C. Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the new Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. ... |
| Man leads crusade against speed traps Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST By ERIC DEXHEIMER Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN -- Three years ago, when Lakeway resident Lance Mitchell launched his website, SpeedTrapAhead.org, he didn't hide his intentions. "Not a lot of people flash their lights to warn others nowadays," he ... |
| Christians, police clash after church is bombed Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year's Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. It was the ... |
| For once, snowstorm nearly shuts down NYC Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST NEW YORK -- When nearly 2 feet of thick snow fell across the city the day after Christmas, New Yorkers did what they usually do: move forward, confident that they could. "I'm a New Yorker. I'm used to this," Christine Mendez said, digging her boyfri ... |
| Brazil swears in first female president Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST BRASILIA, Brazil -- From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America's largest nation, it's been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil's s ... |
| Private schools for the poor filling gap in South Africa Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST JOHANNESBURG -- Dintle Zulu wanted something better for her only child than the worn classrooms, demoralized teachers and defiant students she had faced herself.So Zulu enrolled Samantha at an elite private school in a wealthy Johannesburg neighborho ... |
| No script for Schwarzenegger's next act Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The Terminator always said he'd be back.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is sifting through a stack of corporate, Hollywood and real estate offers as the celebrity politician nears an inevitable career crossroad: On Monday, he's out of a job ... |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Juniad Zafar and Mariam Sadiq hold their new son, Jaffer Zafar, on Saturday. Jaffer was born at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan at 6:48 a.m., making him the Brazos Valley's first baby of the new year. |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Suzanne and Ed Rhomberg celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, December 28, 2010. They were married in Ames, Iowa, on December 28, 1960. They have been residents of Bryan since 1978. They are parishioners of St. Joseph Cat ... |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Monisha Dhar and Pritesh Gandhi were married Friday, December 31, 2010. Monisha is the daughter of Dr. Hari and Mrs. Krishna Dhar of College Station. She is a 2000 graduate of A&M Consolidated High School and a 2004 graduate of Texas A&M Univ ... |
| Communities, nonprofit groups eke a little good out of bank foreclosures Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST PHOENIX -- Francisco and Pam Cruz maneuvered around boxes of new flooring and open cans of paint as they surveyed the foreclosed Phoenix house they would soon call their own. This house wasn't typical of the thousands in foreclosure-battered Arizona ... |
| Oracle makes fearless forecast for new year Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST As we march, brave but shoeless, into yet another year of human accomplishment, let us remember the immortal words of U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel of New York: "It may be stupid, it may be negligent, but it's not corrupt." Let's hope we can live up to ... |
| American Airlines kicked off Expedia Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- Expedia Inc. has stopped selling tickets on American Airlines flights, the latest twist in a simmering pricing dispute between American and travel websites. "Expedia has chosen to no longer offer American Airlines fares on its website," ... |
| CS Council open to all residents Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST By NANCY BERRY Special to The Eagle Recently, there has been much loose talk and action based on misinformation regarding the operations, procedures and policies of the College Station City Council. The result has been a lengthy and fragmented deba ... |
| Here's to a wonderful new year Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Eagle Editorial Board As the new year and a new decade get under way, we look back with little nostalgia on 2010. There were some high points, to be sure, but it was a year in which the economy continued to struggle and too many Americans searched w ... |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Second Spay Days was a great success The Spay Neuter Project just completed the second Bryan-College Station Spay Days. A total of 216 cats have been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies due to the efforts of Brazos Feral Cat Allies, Brazos Animal ... |
| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDARS As part of its Classic Film Series, Funny Girl will be shown on Jan. 13 at the Hagler Auditorium of the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The movie is free and open to the community. There will be free beverages, popcorn a ... |
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