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- Jubilee for history
- Coach Holecek was treasured for fairness
- Unrelated reports of a dead goat, hazing put Greek Life on pause
- 4 men arrested after domestic violence calls
- N.H. town still grieves Challenger victim
- Obama addressing a different America on Tuesday
- Steelers vs. Pack: A hair-raisin' game in Big D
- Rampant corruption found in health fund
- Civil War historians battling Wal-Mart over site for store
- Dewhurst wants Texas to spend more on roads
- Tea party: Defense cuts on table
- Texas woman accused of selling son's identity
- 2 Texas highway patrolmen hurt when hit by car
- It's lights out for incandescent bulbs in California
- Mexico plants back in business
- Eateries lagging in recovery
- NYC edginess quietly fading
- Breast Cancer Drug Fights Lung Cancer
- Reduce Heart Risk: Get an Air Filter
- Home Glaucoma Test - Research Summary
- CT: A Quick Detector for Abdominal Pain
- Smokers: Monkey See, Monkey Do?
- Nutrition to Blame for Asthma?
- Letters for January 24
- Calendar
| Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST Brazos County NAACP President Ann Boney gives praise as the Emancipation Proclamation is read during the organization's annual Jubilee Day on Sunday at Greater Jubilee Baptist Church. The event celebrates the progress of African Americans since slave ... |
| Coach Holecek was treasured for fairness Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST Lawrence Holecek had no biological sons, but the beloved educator informally adopted scores over his 33 years at A&M Consolidated Middle School. As word of the retired teacher and head coach's death spread over the weekend, many of his former st ... |
| Unrelated reports of a dead goat, hazing put Greek Life on pause Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST A pet goat shot in the head by a Texas A&M fraternity member was one of five reports that led to a weeklong moratorium on Greek Life social activities in November. Documents obtained by The Eagle through an open records request lack key details ... |
| 4 men arrested after domestic violence calls Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST Four men remained behind bars late Sunday in the Brazos County Jail after being taken into custody following separate incidents of domestic violence a day earlier, according to police documents. Three of the incidents were reported in a 75-minute p ... |
| N.H. town still grieves Challenger victim Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST CONCORD, N.H. -- In the 25 years since the Challenger exploded on liftoff, Felicia Brown has gone to college, become a psychologist, gotten married and had kids. Fresh in her mind, though, is the memory of Christa McAuliffe, a teacher at her high sc ... |
| Obama addressing a different America on Tuesday Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Nearly two years ago on a cold February day, President Barack Obama stood for the first time before a joint session of Congress and spoke of a national day of reckoning. It was time not just to stabilize the shaken economy, he declare ... |
| Steelers vs. Pack: A hair-raisin' game in Big D Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:38 PM PST Get ready for a hair-raisin' Super Bowl in Big D.No barbers necessary, that's for sure, when the Steelers face the Packers.Troy Polamalu and the Steel Curtain led Pittsburgh into the big game for the third time in six years, holding off Rex Ryan and ... |
| Rampant corruption found in health fund Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST GENEVA -- A $21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some grants eaten up by corruption, The Associated Press has learned.Much of the mone ... |
| Civil War historians battling Wal-Mart over site for store Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST RICHMOND, Va. -- Nearly 150 years after Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant fought in northern Virginia, a conflict over the battlefield is taking shape in a courtroom. The dispute involves whether a Walmart should be built near the Civil War site, a ... |
| Dewhurst wants Texas to spend more on roads Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:37 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst says he will personally push legislators to spend more to improve highways.Republican Dewhurst, who leads the Texas Senate, told The Dallas Morning News that increased funding is needed for highways, especiall ... |
| Tea party: Defense cuts on table Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Back home, tea partiers clamoring for the debt-ridden government to slash spending say nothing should be off limits. Tea party-backed lawmakers echo that argument, and they're not exempting the military's multibillion-dollar budget in a ... |
| Texas woman accused of selling son's identity Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:37 PM PST WICHITA, Kan. -- A Texas woman is due in federal court to answer charges she sold her son's birth certificate and Social Security card to a Kansas woman.Maria de Jesus Soto had a change-of-plea hearing scheduled Monday before U.S. District Judge Wesl ... |
| 2 Texas highway patrolmen hurt when hit by car Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:38 PM PST MESQUITE, Texas -- Two Texas Department of Public Safety patrolmen were injured, one critically, when a car veered into them as they worked a routine traffic stop on a suburban Dallas expressway.A Mesquite police statement says DPS Sgt. David Cramer ... |
| It's lights out for incandescent bulbs in California Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The brightest bulb in most homes for more than a century is fading toward darkness this year as California turns out the light on the century-old incandescent. Beginning Jan. 1, the state began phasing out certain energy-sucking bulbs ... |
| Mexico plants back in business Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- Despite a weak U.S. economy and a drug war that has turned this city into Mexico's deadliest, the maquiladoras are on the rebound.These assembly-for-export plants that crank out everything from brake pads to plasma TVs for U. ... |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Eating at home may be one of the few behavioral changes from the recession that stick. Forced to eat more meals at home when money was tight, people learned new habits. Some discovered they enjoy cooking and dining in. As the economy improves and fam ... |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST NEW YORK -- CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock, is gone. No longer can visitors to Coney Island plunk down a few coins to play the unsettling attraction called Shoot the Freak. And seedy, edgy, anything-might-happen Times Square? These days, it's all ... |
| Breast Cancer Drug Fights Lung Cancer Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The anti-estrogen breast cancer drug tamoxifen may reduce the risk of death from lung cancer. A new study suggests that there is a hormonal influence on lung cancer and that estrogen levels play a role in lung cancer patients' ... |
| Reduce Heart Risk: Get an Air Filter Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The air we breathe can negatively affect our hearts. However, using inexpensive, high-efficiency particle air (HEPA) filters reduces cardiovascular disease risk resulting from polluted air, according to a new study. The resear ... |
| Home Glaucoma Test - Research Summary Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:49 PM PST BACKGROUND: According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2.3 million Americans are affected by glaucoma in the U.S. and an additional 2 million don't know they have the disease.Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. for those ... |
| CT: A Quick Detector for Abdominal Pain Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Using CT scans to evaluate abdominal pain in emergency rooms can help physicians arrive at a quick diagnosis followed by a quick treatment, according to a new study. "Our report addresses an important question with substantial ... |
| Smokers: Monkey See, Monkey Do? Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Seeing someone else light up may provoke a physical response in smokers. A new study reveals that watching actors smoke in movies activates areas of a smoker's brain that are known to interpret and plan hand movements. Research ... |
| Nutrition to Blame for Asthma? Posted: 23 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Two new studies suggest nutrition may play a role in the development of asthma, but investigators say more research is needed to confirm the link. Asthma affects as many as 300 million people and is one of the world's most com ... |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST Overlooking the A&M talk by Angela Davis The publicity for the discussion of the first Gulf war on Jan. 20 obscured the importance on another event on campus the same day: the speech by Angela Davis commemorating the legacy of Martin Luther ... |
| Posted: 23 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDARS The Texas A&M Athletics Department will host its annual Aggie Alley drawing for Texas A&M baseball games at 6 p.m. Thursday inside the Burkhart Auditorium inside Gate 9 in the northwest corner of Kyle Field. 845-2311. Mond ... |
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