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- Dismal drizzle comes to an end
- BTU's books get a clean rating
- Grimes County sheriff's captain, family in hospital after wreck
- Teams finish Voices For Children renovation by deadline
- Schools and offices closed for holiday
- Police search lands five drug arrests
- Cancer info consolidated in new app
- Tragedy stresses MLK holiday's meaning
- Poll: Opposition to health care overhaul drops
- Victims, town face long road to recovery after shootings
- Gunbattles reported in Tunisia capital
- Mexico cartel violence spreads to the south
- Turning over a new leaf: Car accident plants seed in man
- 'Social Network' tops Golden Globes with four wins
- Beating Heart Surgery
- We need a symphony of brotherhood
- Beating Heart Surgery - Research Summary
- Kidney Patients not Taking Their Meds
- Nervous About an Exam? Write it Down
- MRSA Vaccine in the Works
- Letters for January 17
- Calendar
- Is riding a horse while drunk legal in Montana?
- NASA: Astronaut hurt in bicycle accident
- Is Breast Really Best for First Six Months?
| Dismal drizzle comes to an end Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Katherine Bryant, 22, (left) and her boyfriend Eric Denemark, 23, share an umbrella as they walk through the parking lot of the H-E-B store off Villa Maria Road in Bryan, where they ventured out to buy groceries during rainy weather Sunday afternoon. ... |
| BTU's books get a clean rating Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Bryan Texas Utilities received a clean rating last week in an audit of its financial reporting. The audit said that BTU fairly reported its financial results for its urban and rural services. A similar audit is performed every year, and BTU has alw ... |
| Grimes County sheriff's captain, family in hospital after wreck Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A head-on collision Sunday afternoon on Texas 30 sent a Grimes County Sheriff's Department captain and his family to area hospitals. Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said Capt. Todd Greene and his wife, Cheli Greene, were undergoin ... |
| Teams finish Voices For Children renovation by deadline Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Time's up. Voices for Children Inc. CASA of Brazos Valley completed its 24-hour, five-day Operation Renovation on schedule Sunday night, allowing staff to move in on Monday. Board member Jon Bergeron worked alongside construction crews and volunte ... |
| Schools and offices closed for holiday Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportArea services will be affected as follows for Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:* Public schools: Closed* Texas A&M University: Closed; classes start Tuesday* Blinn College: Closed; classes start Tuesday* Post o ... |
| Police search lands five drug arrests Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Four of the five Bryan residents arrested after police officers served a narcotics search warrant on an East 15th Street home remained behind bars late Sunday. Bryan officers said they entered the home around 9 p.m. Thursday and fo ... |
| Cancer info consolidated in new app Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- In the late 1990s, Marty Tenenbaum was an e-commerce entrepreneur riding high on the dot-com boom when he noticed a lump on his body. His doctor told him it was nothing, but when he finally had it removed, he learned he had melanoma ... |
| Tragedy stresses MLK holiday's meaning Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:58 PM PST ATLANTA -- The federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. has taken on added meaning for most Americans this year, as they try to make sense of the violence in Arizona that left six people dead and a member of Congress fighting for her life. A ... |
| Poll: Opposition to health care overhaul drops Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST WASHINGTON -- As lawmakers shaken by the shooting of a colleague return to the health care debate, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds raw feelings over President Barack Obama's overhaul have subsided. Ahead of a vote on repeal in the GOP-led House ... |
| Victims, town face long road to recovery after shootings Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST TUCSON, Ariz. -- The harrowing first week is over. Now as the national focus drifts away and a quietness returns to this laid-back college city, the profound pain is settling in as victims of last weekend's shooting spree -- and their tight-knit com ... |
| Gunbattles reported in Tunisia capital Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisian authorities struggled to restore order Sunday, arresting the top presidential security chief and trying to stop gunfights that erupted in and beyond the capital. One clash broke out around the deposed president's palace on ... |
| Mexico cartel violence spreads to the south Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST IXTEPEC, Mexico -- A priest who shelters stranded migrants needs police protection. A chopped-up body turns up with a threatening message. Beheadings are on the rise. The local press is too frightened to write about any of it. This is not northern M ... |
| Turning over a new leaf: Car accident plants seed in man Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST By JUDITH MCGINNIS Wichita Falls Times Record News WICHITA FALLS -- It's been said that mighty oaks can grow from even the tiniest acorns. True to his Texas roots, Justin Martin has grown a new, stronger outlook on life from a tiny cocklebur. It's be ... |
| 'Social Network' tops Golden Globes with four wins Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The Facebook tale The Social Network won top honors Sunday at the Golden Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director, solidifying its prospects as an Academy Awards favorite. Winning the dramatic lead-acting p ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST PITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As many as half a million people in the U.S. undergo coronary artery bypass surgery every year -- but some older patients, or those with other medical conditions, may not be able to withstand the rigors of surgery an ... |
| We need a symphony of brotherhood Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Eagle Editorial Board We wonder what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would think of the shootings in Tucson little more than a week ago. Or the other violence perpetrated seemingly almost daily in this country -- and around the world. We think h ... |
| Beating Heart Surgery - Research Summary Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:50 PM PST BACKGROUND: Beating-heart surgery is a way to perform surgery without stopping the heart. During operation, the heart continues to beat and circulate blood. Also called off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, beating-heart surgery reduces the risks ... |
| Kidney Patients not Taking Their Meds Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Older adults who have recently had a heart attack and have lower levels of kidney function are less likely to take their medications as prescribed, according to a new study. "Several types of medications have proven benefit for ... |
| Nervous About an Exam? Write it Down Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST By: Rhonda Craig, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers say simply writing down your worries right before an exam can prevent you from choking on a test.Investigators at the University of Chicago found students who were pron ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes nearly 500,000 hospitalizations and 19,000 deaths a year in the United States. Scientists are now a step closer to developing a vaccine to prevent life-threatening MRSA ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST We're angry because government is too big With the unfortunate shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, there has been a call for a more civil discord on national affairs. There are calls to tone down the violent rhetoric by the political parti ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDARS A Be The Match donor registry event is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Central Baptist Church. The registry is for people willing to donate bone marrow or other blood products to leukemia and other cancer patients. For more infor ... |
| Is riding a horse while drunk legal in Montana? Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana Department of Transportation public safety video that features a horse picking up a rider at a bar is intended as a metaphor to encourage drinkers to get a ride home. But it is being taken literally by some in a state ... |
| NASA: Astronaut hurt in bicycle accident Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA officials say an astronaut who had been slated for a spacewalk on the upcoming shuttle mission has been hurt in a bicycle accident. The space agency said in a release late Saturday that Tim Kopra will be OK. But off ... |
| Is Breast Really Best for First Six Months? Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:43 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Current guidelines suggest that mothers should exclusively breastfeed for the first six months of their babies' lives. However, in a new article, British researchers question whether this recommendation is really beneficial for ... |
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