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- Rampage shocks nation: Lawmaker shot, 6 other die in shooting
- Orphaned pets find new home on campus
- Nonprofit agency needs volunteers for renovation
- Heavy rainfall expected in B-CS
- Bristol Palin to speak at Bryan event
- Police: Man hit pair with baseball bat
- Fundraiser to benefit wreck victim's family
- Anti-tax GOP confronts Texas budget mess
- Top scientist says end to overfishing is near
- Farmer a gun rights hero
- Town's love for guns is hard to sway
- Former Nigerian president travels to Ivory Coast
- Algeria: 2 killed in riots over food prices
- Towns in Australia face risk of flooding
- Venezuela fire raises suspicion
- Aggie role models
- Magazine picks most innovative products
- Craft some silvery glass to inspire a shiny new year
- The Onion comes to TV with news, sports spoofs
- Symphony ready for young audience
- Our Neighbors
- Reach Out
- Student of the Week
- Calendar
- School menus
| Rampage shocks nation: Lawmaker shot, 6 other die in shooting Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with voters, killing a federal judge and five others in a rampage that rattled the country and lef ... |
| Orphaned pets find new home on campus Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST For Marvin and Anita Cannon, a Bryan couple without children, family consists of cats Cali, Cole, Cooper and Lola, who sleep in the pair's bed and wake them with kisses. So, they have decided to spend thousands of dollars to secure their pets' futu ... |
| Nonprofit agency needs volunteers for renovation Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST The plan: 24 hours a day for five days, bringing the community together for Operation Renovation. The need: Volunteers to help build, clean, reconstruct or donate funds or in-kind donations to transform the Voices for Children headquarters in downto ... |
| Heavy rainfall expected in B-CS Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Sunshine isn't part of this weekend's forecast, but much-needed rainfall is, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service.There's an 80 percent chance of heavy rain on Sunday, with much cooler temperatures accompanying the precipitat ... |
| Bristol Palin to speak at Bryan event Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST Bristol Palin, daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, will be in Bryan on Jan. 22 for the first major charity event sponsored by the Central Texas Orphan Mission Alliance. Palin will attend a private meet-and-greet dinner at 5:30 p.m. befor ... |
| Police: Man hit pair with baseball bat Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 28-year-old Bryan man was facing assault charges Saturday after being accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend and her male friend with an aluminum baseball bat. Bryan police responded to reports of a disturbance with a weapon at ... |
| Fundraiser to benefit wreck victim's family Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A fundraiser is set for Saturday for the wife and 1-year-old daughter of a man who died last year after a traffic accident. Friends of William Kuder will host a barbecue cookoff and silent auction at the Kurten Community Center. Th ... |
| Anti-tax GOP confronts Texas budget mess Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas Republicans will soon get a chance to put the state's money -- or lack thereof -- where their political mouths are. After sweeping the 2010 elections with promises of cutting the budget and holding down taxes, Republican leaders wil ... |
| Top scientist says end to overfishing is near Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST BOSTON -- For the first time in at least a century, U.S. fishermen won't take too much of any species from the sea, one of the nation's top fishery scientists says.The projected end of overfishing comes during a turbulent fishing year that's seen New ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H. -- Property and gun rights advocates have made a folk hero of Ward Bird, convicted and imprisoned for brandishing a handgun at a woman who trespassed on his remote hilltop land.Their "Free Ward Bird" campaign has ignited support ... |
| Town's love for guns is hard to sway Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST BIG PRAIRIE, Ohio -- The guns were kept in the boy's bedroom, resting on a rack mounted to the wall. The one investigators say was used to kill his mother-- a .22-caliber rifle -- was found lying on his bed. On a cold winter evening in Big Prairie, ... |
| Former Nigerian president travels to Ivory Coast Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast-- Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo made an unannounced visit to Ivory Coast, arriving late Saturday for a private meeting with the country's defiant president in a final effort to get him to cede power after losing th ... |
| Algeria: 2 killed in riots over food prices Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST ALGIERS, Algeria -- Two demonstrators died in spreading unrest over rising food prices in this North African nation, the interior minister said Saturday, and the government announced that it will cut the cost of sugar and cooking oil. The deaths wer ... |
| Towns in Australia face risk of flooding Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST BRISBANE, Australia -- Residents of two Australian towns waited anxiously behind levies and walls of sandbags on Sunday to find out if they would become the latest victims of the country's huge floods. About 20 buildings in low-lying areas of Marybo ... |
| Venezuela fire raises suspicion Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela -- A fire ripped through a Venezuelan government office belonging to the agency that handles land takeovers Saturday, and officials said there was evidence pointing to arson. The blaze damaged 70 percent of the regional headquarte ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST Angelo Cooper (center), 7, mimics Texas A&M Yell Leaders Austin Trahan (left) and David Benac during pre-game yells Saturday at the Aggie women's basketball conference kickoff game against Colorado at Reed Arena. The Aggies won the game 85-57. |
| Magazine picks most innovative products Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST As Top 10 list season winds down and awards season cranks up, Good Housekeeping named some winners of a different sort Tuesday. A handful of gadgets, gizmos and gear that saved us time and made our lives easier in 2010 received VIPs, for "very innov ... |
| Craft some silvery glass to inspire a shiny new year Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST It's the time of year that begs for more light, so provide it with lustrous vases and candle holders that imitate the mercury glass sold in home-goods catalogs. That glass is itself imitation of the 19th century glass created to emulate the look of ... |
| The Onion comes to TV with news, sports spoofs Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- For nearly a quarter-century, The Onion has skewered the media with its satirical newspaper, then, starting in 1996, its website and, as of four years ago, the Onion News Network's online videos. Now it's poised to make a two-fisted assa ... |
| Symphony ready for young audience Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST How many school field trips can you really recall from however many years ago it was? You might remember the excitement of escaping the normal class routine for a day, riding alongside your best buddy on a yellow dog to wherever it took you. Of cour ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST WATERCREST AT BRYAN Watercrest at Bryan retirement community was presented a certificate by the Independence Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution for constantly flying the U.S. flag on a lighted flagpole. From left, Bud Schwart of the Sons, ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST * The Bryan-College Station Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, part of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, is recruiting volunteers to drive a van for disabled veterans. Drivers pick up veterans for appointments, including those receiving ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Students of the week receive a T-shirt courtesy of The Eagle and C.C. Creations. Sarah Spohn Facts: 15-year-old ninth-grader at Allen Academy. Parents/ guardian: Michael and Judy Spohn Favorite subject: History Favorite teacher: Mr. Pullen College p ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Monday * American Association of Individual Investors. 9:30 a.m. Arbor Oaks at Crestview Information Center, 1630 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 100, Bryan. Roundtable-style meetings. Guests welcome. 846-0551. * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. Colleg ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. Allen Academy Monday: Enchiladas, Spanish rice, fruit salad. Tuesday: Tuna sandwiches, cucumbers and tomatoes, apple. Wednesday: Pork stir-fry, steamed brown rice. Thursday: Hamburgers, three-bea ... |
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