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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A&M-LSU rivalry renewed

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

ARLINGTON -- Dennis Slate climbed a ladder on his RV on Thursday to hang two flags -- one American and one for Texas A&M. An LSU fan noticed him and began to shout. "Leave it down," the Tiger fan said. Slate looked at his friends and shrugge ...

Competitive spirit always high between both teams

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

ARLINGTON -- No. 50 is pretty special. Just ask Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman, who's opened nearly every press conference by noting that it will be the 50th meeting between Texas A&M and LSU when the two meet in Friday's Cotton Bowl. It's mo ...

Working out your DNA

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

A Texas A&M exercise physiologist is trying to identify genes that influence how people respond to exercise. Mike Massett, an assistant professor of exercise physiology, says the work being performed by him and his research team could help ident ...

Golf course shows growth

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

Officials with Bryan Commerce and Development toured the new $6 million clubhouse at Traditions Thursday and checked up on progress being made in home construction at the development.Keeping up with projects at Traditions has been important to the ci ...

2 packages explode in Maryland state buildings

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:37 AM PST

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Maryland officials say two packages have exploded in two government buildings in the state capital and another city. Maryland state police say there were no serious injuries. The explosions occurred Thursday afternoon at the Jeffre ...

Gulf free of methane

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

In at least one respect, the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico wasn't as detrimental to the ocean as researchers originally feared, a Texas A&M oceanographer says.John Kessler has found that the high levels of methane measured ...

AP source: Cowboys pick Jason Garrett as new coach

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 03:42 AM PST

IRVING -- Jason Garrett nailed his audition. He gets to remain coach of the Dallas Cowboys. A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that Garrett will be announced as the new head coach at a news conference at Cowboys Stadium on ...

Weather Whys: Thundersnow

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:02 AM PST

Q: I heard a weather forecaster talk about thundersnow. What is thundersnow? A: Thundersnow is the rare combination of thunder and lightning within a snowstorm, says Prescott Bishop of Texas A&M University. “This phenomenon occurs when a d ...

Police: Man tried to cash forged checks

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report A 48-year-old Fort Worth man remained in the Brazos County Jail Thursday after police arrested him on four charges of forgery. According to the police report, a Wells Fargo employee reported he received some out-of-sequence checks ...

Police: Driver charged with felony pot possession

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 02:10 AM PST

A 26-year-old driver's failure to use his turn signal correctly led to a felony marijuana possession charge, an officer said. Damion Marquise Cyrus of College Station was jailed Thursday on charges of possession of between four ounces and five pounds ...

Ex-Bombers official faces more charges

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report The former co-owner of the Brazos Valley Bombers, who was arrested last month on charges related to the unauthorized recording of the team's spirit-team members as they changed clothes, was arrested again Wednesday and charged with ...

Local A&M Club holding membership drive

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report The Brazos County A&M Club has begun its annual drive for membership. The club's goal is to provide scholarships for "needy and worthy" students and to assist the A&M community in any way. It has funded 15 endowed scholars ...

Robbery suspects turn themselves in

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report Two men were behind bars Thursday after turning themselves in to police for a Dec. 20 robbery in Bryan. Willie Johnson, 21, and Donny Whaley, 34, both of Madisonville, turned themselves in after they were identified as suspects in ...

Amarillo man dies after police use Taser on him

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:36 AM PST

AMARILLO, Texas -- Amarillo police say two officers have been put on administrative duty following the death of a butcher knife-wielding man who was subdued with help from a Taser. Police on Thursday identified the man as 41-year-old Kelly Wayne Si ...

Pentagon plans to freeze budget

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in more than a decade defined by costly wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon announced plans Thursday to freeze its ballooning budget, forcing the military to shrink the Army and Marines and increase health car ...

I-30 just west of Dallas closed after fiery wreck

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:48 AM PST

DALLAS -- A fiery accident just west of downtown Dallas closed Interstate 30 in both directions and left at least four people hurt, including a trucker. Police were diverting traffic after the wreck early Friday involving a gasoline tanker truck and ...

Cowboys pick Jason Garrett as 8th head coach

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:04 PM PST

ARLINGTON -- About 10 minutes into his tenure as coach of the Dallas Cowboys, Jason Garrett had to step aside. Team owner Jerry Jones had something to say. Garrett had been asked how much authority he would have over choosing his coaching staff and ...

Gulf restoration project a whopper

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS -- A White House appointee says preserving a Gulf Coast ecosystem damaged by decades of erosion and months of crude oil that gushed from a deep-sea well off Louisiana will be an enormous undertaking, the "grandaddy" of restoration projec ...

Sheriffs watching immigration bills closely

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Illegal immigration isn't on the short list of issues Texas sheriffs gave this year's Legislature, but it could end up becoming a new priority for them.Texas has 254 sheriffs, and while opinions vary about whether illegal immigration should ...

Constitution reading provokes political tussling

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats took turns politely in a historic recitation of the Constitution from the House floor Thursday, but the decorum hardly meant they were in agreement.In a nod to the tea partiers who put the Republicans in power, ...

Researchers' rep faces criticism

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

ATLANTA -- This week more shame was heaped upon the discredited British researcher whose work gave rise to the childhood-vaccines-cause-autism movement, as a prominent medical journal published a report that the man had faked his data.But will it mak ...

Governors urge unity in speeches

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Words like "unity" and "shared sacrifice" are in. Dire predictions are leavened with a sense of optimism. And residents are called on to live up to the legacy of their states' heroes -- like Connecticut's Eli Whitney, inventor of the cott ...

Consol player keeps eyes on the ball

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

A&M Consolidated varsity softball player Taylor Oberg hits a ball into the outfield during batting practice with the Lady Tigers Thursday afternoon. The team is preparing for the a pre-season tournament in Round Rock this coming weekend.

Surgeon may Determine Breast Cancer Surgery Success

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 05:43 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Non-invasive breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), is commonly treated with either breast-conserving surgery (with or without follow-up radiation) or mastectomy. Choosing a treatment depends on clinical factors, th ...

Judge dismisses Stern conviction

Posted: 06 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- A judge Thursday dismissed the drug conspiracy convictions of the late Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend-lawyer Howard K. Stern and her psychiatrist, allowing only one conviction to remain against the physician and reducing it to a misdeme ...

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