Saturday, January 29, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Donations sought to save seized animals

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Sheriff Chris Kirk said this week's discovery and impoundment of 65 cats that a couple kept in their east Brazos County home was "unusual" and that no charges had been filed in the case by late Friday. It will be up to the county attorney to decide ...

'Hats off to Hattie'

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Hattie Hanks' retirement this week after a quarter-century as a Bonham Elementary cafeteria worker was like losing a family member, co-workers said. Hanks was welcomed to work on her last day Friday by a sea of elementary school students wearing a v ...

B-CS residents hold on to homes

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Here's a near-bottom ranking local boosters shouldn't mind touting: Out of 206 metropolitan areas with populations of 200,000 or more, Bryan-College Station ranked 203rd for the number of foreclosures in 2010. According to RealtyTrac, the company t ...

Senate hopeful stumps in Bryan

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

The latest candidate to toss her boots in the race for the seat that will be vacated by retiring U.S Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison stopped Friday in Bryan at small business Victor's Shoe & Boot Repair on Texas Avenue. Wearing knee-high boots and ba ...

Rapist gets four life sentences

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

A 39-year-old man was assessed four concurrent life sentences Friday for sexually assaulting four women who were under the age of 18 at the time of the attacks. Grimes County District Attorney Tuck McLain said the emotion inside the courtroom Frida ...

Rapist gets four life sentences

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

A 39-year-old man was assessed four concurrent life sentences Friday for sexually assaulting four women who were under the age of 18 at the time of the attacks. Grimes County District Attorney Tuck McLain said the emotion inside the courtroom Frida ...

Calvert offers police chief job to finalist

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportCalvert has offered the job of police chief to one of the remaining three finalists for the job. Mayor Marcus Greaves wouldn't name the preferred candidate until a contract is finalized, which could be Feb. 4 at the earliest. He sai ...

Wellborn group files petition for early vote

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report Five College Station residents who successfully gathered signatures to force a recall election for the city's mayor and two council members now want a Brazos County district court to force the issue onto a ballot earlier than state ...

Police: Man evading cops crashed, died

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report One man was dead Friday night after leading a Department of Public Safety trooper on a high-speed chase along Texas 21. Trooper Jimmy Morgan said a trooper out of Lee County was pursuing a man in another vehicle traveling east on ...

Egypt leader digs in

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

CAIRO -- Facing a popular uprising, Egypt's president fired his Cabinet early Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos -- battling police with stones and firebombs, burning down the ruling party headquarters and defying a night curfew ...

Military to enact plan for gays

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Military training to apply the new law allowing gays to serve openly will begin in February and will move quickly, senior Pentagon leaders said Friday. They said there is no intent to delay but would not guarantee full implementation of ...

Judge bars woman from more ink, surgery

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

BEAUMONT -- A judge in Beaumont has barred a woman from getting more tattoos or plastic surgery until she repays $15,000 to the government. Tamraka McGriff in September pleaded guilty to theft of public money. McGriff, who was sentenced Wednesday, fa ...

Taco Bell ads defend meat lawsuit

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

Taco Bell says a legal beef over the meat in its tacos is bull.The fast-food chain took out full-page ads in at least nine major newspapers and launched a YouTube campaign featuring its president Friday to proclaim its taco filling is 88 percent beef ...

Mandela to be treated at home

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was whisked home Friday from a hospital where the 92-year-old had been treated for a respiratory infection, with only a glimpse of his head covered by a surgical cap visible as he was whee ...

'Sober cars' can detect alcohol level

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

WALTHAM, Mass. -- An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, feder ...

Medvedev ratifies nuke pact with U.S.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday signed the ratification of a nuclear arms cut pact with the United States, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's efforts to reset ties with Moscow.The treaty, known as New START, limits each ...

Stairway to housing

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

A construction worker walks past open staircases Friday at the international student housing construction site at Texas A&M.

Walmart is respecting nation's past

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Editorial Board It was the first time that Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee faced each other on the field of battle and the outcome of the Civil War hung in the balance. Grant had been appointed commander of all Union forces only two months ...

'Green Hornet' offers vital lessons

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST

You are an unconventional hero too, aren't you? Then come join us: See the Green Hornet movie. It's the Blues Brothers meets Batman, for the 21st century. And, believe it or not, it delivers some material for your faith conversation. Those of my ag ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST

Sunday * St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will hold a traditional service at 9 a.m. and a contemporary service at 11 a.m. The Rev. Jason Burnham will preach "V" based on John 3:22-36, part of a sermon series titl ...

Vatican art on display through April

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A small marble relief of Jesus Christ flanked by two angels and being held up by Mary was one of the last pieces that Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo ever created. This marble work is displayed next to a cast of his ...

Letters for January 29

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

School critics work to improve education David Stasny (Eagle, Jan. 22) is right. Teachers need help, yet he offer no solutions. How does he expect teachers to deal with children who have needs when they are so busy dealing with overcrowding that inc ...

Human meds top animal poison list

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Human medications including dropped pills sickened more pets in the United States last year than any other toxin.It's the third year in a row that human medications top the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' lis ...

Calendar

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Saturday EVENTS The Children's Museum 5K Run, 8 a.m. Train with Charlie Gym, 3200 Longmire. There will be a kids 1-mile fun run at 8 a.m. and a 5K run at 8:30 a.m. $10 for kid's run/ $20 for 5K. Register at active.com. All proceeds will be go to The ...

Snowfall unites Northeast

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

MILFORD, Conn. -- Between storms, a builder in Connecticut uses his skid loader to plow his neighbors' driveways. In Maryland, a good Samaritan hands out water and M&Ms to stranded drivers. The mayor of Philadelphia urges residents to "be kind" ...

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