Hanging around Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST Six-year-old Gaby Contreras of College Station enjoys the cool but sunny weather Sunday at Haswell Park in Bryan. Monday's weather should be partly cloudy with a high of 62. |
Aggies pumped up for Cotton Bowl Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST The winter break may have temporarily separated current students, but Aggies across the state have begun mobilizing the 12th Man spirit in anticipation of Friday's Cotton Bowl game at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. For those making the trek to w ... |
LSU players in awe of Cowboys Stadium Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST ARLINGTON -- Texas A&M and LSU will be getting Super Bowl treatment this week from the Cotton Bowl officials. The players were entertained with a welcoming party Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium, then had a Super Bowl-type Media Day on Sunday i ... |
Man hit, killed after falling off motorcycle Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA 40-year-old Cypress man was killed over the weekend in Washington County after falling off his motorcycle and being struck by a vehicle, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said. Brandon Keith Cordray was on F.M. 390 near ... |
New test to spot cancer on way to market Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST BOSTON -- A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor's office. Boston scientists who invented the test and health care giant Johnso ... |
GOP ready for 2011 session Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The Republican agenda for the new Congress that convenes Wednesday may have a greater impact on the 2012 elections than on the lives of Americans in the next two years. Republicans promise to cut spending, roll back President Barack Ob ... |
Mexico's leaders trying to save Juarez Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- In a dusty hillside slum, one of Ciudad Juarez's most dangerous, an immaculately refurbished park spreads for two blocks, interrupting the concrete shacks with a brand new covered amphitheater, Astroturf soccer field and pla ... |
Tablets, TVs top gadgets at show Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST What do you call it when you have 120,000 people and an elephant in the room? The International Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off this week in Las Vegas. The elephant is Apple Inc. It won't be at the show this year, but its tablet computer, ... |
Navy investigating lewd video shown on carrier Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST NORFOLK, Va. -- The Navy said Sunday it will investigate "clearly inappropriate" videos broadcast to the crew of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in which a top officer of the ship used gay slurs, mimicked masturbation and opened the shower curtain ... |
1 dead, 1 jailed after E. Texas hunting accident Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:34 PM PST TYLER, Texas -- Authorities say a 41-year-old East Texas man is dead and another is in jail after what appears to be a hunting accident. A Rusk County Sheriff's Office statement says Louis Nicklas Conner Jr., of Overton, died from a gunshot wound. C ... |
Defection threatens U.S., Pakistan relations Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST ISLAMABAD -- The second largest party in Pakistan's ruling coalition said Sunday it is quitting the government and joining the opposition, depriving the country's pro-U.S. government of a parliamentary majority and throwing its future into doubt. It ... |
NASA has no word from Mars rover Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The odometer on the Mars rover Spirit has been stuck at 4.8 miles for more than 11/2 years and has been incommunicado since March. This double dose of bad luck hangs over the scrappy spacecraft, which marks its seventh year on Mars on ... |
3 dead in suburban Houston house fire Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:38 PM PST HOUSTON -- Authorities say three people have died in a suburban Houston house fire.Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Holloway says the victims in the Sunday morning blaze were female but no additional information about them was released. ... |
Authorities ID man beaten to death with shovel Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:39 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- Authorities have identified a man beaten to death with a shovel in a San Antonio apartment as Jesse Ramirez.The Bexar County medical examiner's office says Ramirez was 33 years old.The San Antonio Express-News reports Sunday that Ramir ... |
Israeli PM wants nonstop talks Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST JERUSALEM -- Israel's prime minister on Sunday proposed nonstop, face-to-face talks with the Palestinian president until a peace agreement is reached -- offering a possible way to advance talks that have stalled over the construction of Jewish settle ... |
Dallas man fatally shoots friend in face Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:42 PM PST DALLAS -- Dallas police say a 28-year-old man accidentally shot his friend in the face, killing him New Year's morning.Sr. Cpl. Kevin Janse says the man was inside a Dallas home drinking with several others around 3:40 a.m. Saturday when he picked up ... |
Bystander slain, gunmen flee after store robbery Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:40 PM PST HOUSTON -- A 57-year-old bystander was shot and killed during a robbery of a Houston gas station store New Year's Eve. Houston police say customer Saturnino Argueta was leaving the store as three ski-masked gunmen entered Friday night. Police spoke ... |
Couple rebuilding on store's old site Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST By ZEKE MacCORMACK San Antonio Express-News COMFORT -- While nothing can replace the Ingenhuett Store, the oldest continually operated general store in Texas until fire destroyed it, Craig and Jeanine Leeder plan to rebuild the historic structure tha ... |
Sea lion shootings on the rise Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The weak and woozy California sea lion found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach in December with buckshot embedded in its skull has become an all-too-common sight for wildlife officials.Wildlife officials have seen a slight rise in th ... |
Books explore Jackie's life as editor Posted: 02 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST NEW YORK -- When most of us think of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, we think back to the perfectly coifed first lady of the early '60s in a stylish shift, a string of pearls, a pill box hat. Or the Jackie O of the next decade, the rich widow in huge sun ... |
$13 million bail for Texas bank standoff suspects Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:41 PM PST DALLAS -- Police say two masked gunman accused of trying to rob a suburban Houston bank and take several people hostage are in jail with bail set at $13 million each.Pearland Police Lt. Onesmio Lopez said Saturday that 39-year-old Samuel Bonner and 2 ... |
US governors ditching glitzy inaugural events Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:43 PM PST LANSING, Mich. -- In better days, newly elected governors were welcomed into office with star-studded galas, serenades by rock bands, even an NFL stadium transformed into a winter wonderland. But with many now facing multibillion-dollar deficits and ... |
Texas county lifts ban on public comment Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:43 PM PST GILMER, Texas -- Officials in an East Texas county have lifted a three-month-old ban on public comment that led to a protest in which some residents covered their mouths with duct tape.The Upshur County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 Thursday to overt ... |
Man hurt in Austin musician's fatal shooting, dies Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:44 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- A 63-year-old man injured in the fatal shooting of Austin musician Bill Leslie Maddox has died. A Travis County sheriff's official says that John Joseph Debrecht died Thursday at University Medical Center Brackenridge. Debrecht was ... |
Deputy involved in fatal West Texas car crash Posted: 02 Jan 2011 10:37 PM PST ODESSA, Texas -- A 43-year-old man has been killed in a West Texas accident involving a sheriff's deputy. Ector County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Gary Duesler says 34-year-old Deputy David Escudero was driving an unmarked car with lights and si ... |
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