Monday, January 31, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Bear-ly squeaking by

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:00 PM PST

Aggie Skylar Collins covers her face as teammates Adrienne Pratcher (center) and Adaora Elonu watch the final moments of nationally top-ranked Baylor's 63-60 win over the No. 5 Aggies at Reed Arena on Sunday. A women's basketball record crowd of 13,1 ...

Death spurs reflections on time in Peace Corps

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Hearing of Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver's recent death prompted the director of the College Station-based Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture to reflect on his own service with the agency. The institute -- created to help i ...

Gusty winds, snow possible in Brazos Valley this week

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:41 AM PST

National Weather Service officials said Brazos Valley area residents can expect freezing temperatures, high winds and possibly snow this week. The weather service Monday issued a special weather statement for north Texas, including Leon, Milam and R ...

Man escapes police chase

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

A man remained on the loose Sunday after spurring an incident that started as a hit-and-run in College Station and ended as a high-speed pursuit in Burleson County, officials said. The chase reached speeds of up to 110 mph and involved several area ...

Bryan man charged with his third DWI

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report A 49-year-old Bryan man remained in Brazos County Jail late Sunday after being charged with his third DWI early that morning, officials said. Jorge Prieto Soto was pulled over for driving into the oncoming traffic lane on West 28th ...

Police: Cocaine found during search

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report Two Bryan men were charged with possession of cocaine after police said they witnessed the pair preparing for what they believed was going to be drug deal. Juan Mendiola-Gomez, 23, and Roberto Salazar-Hernandez, 37, were in a vehi ...

Texas could use yellow arrow for left turns

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:55 AM PST

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Going on green in Texas could be replaced by a blinking yellow arrow for drivers making left turns. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Monday that the Federal Highway Administration wants cities and states to begin replacing ...

Gates: Helping world's poor is a good investment

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:58 AM PST

SEATTLE -- Bill Gates says he feels a responsibility to speak up for the world's poorest because they're likely to be hit hard as economic woes force governments to reduce contributions to foreign aid.In his third annual letter, issued Monday, the co ...

Schools may lose steroid testing

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

AUSTIN -- When Texas began testing tens of thousands of high school athletes for steroids, the goal was to stop teens from taking dangerous performance-enhancing drugs. The death of a 17-year-old baseball player in a Dallas suburb has drawn national ...

Security man fatally shot at Houston sports bar

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:02 PM PST

HOUSTON -- Houston police say a man working security has been fatally shot trying to break up an argument at a sports bar. Two people are sought over the shooting early Monday. Police say nobody else was hurt. The security man was dead at the scene. ...

State's transportation funding 'in crisis'

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Texas lawmakers are concerned that state transportation funding is headed for a crisis as taxpayers face the prospect of paying more for past road construction than to build new highways. The gasoline tax for road maintenance and construct ...

College drug bust to test new law

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

NEW YORK -- They were students who juggled an elite education with criminal extracurriculars, dealing an array of drugs from Ivy League dorm rooms and frat houses, prosecutors say.But beneath the surface of academic success, some of the Columbia Univ ...

Fla. mom accused of killing kids held without bail

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:56 AM PST

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Florida woman accused of killing her teenage children held a tissue and cried as she made her first court appearance. Judge Walter Heinrich ordered 50-year-old Julie Powers Schenecker held without bail during the Monday hearing in ...

Descendants seeking royalties for ancestral Texas land

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- As many as 500 descendants of recipients of Spanish and Mexican land grants want state lawmakers to pay them unclaimed royalties from the mineral rights to their ancestral land, which eventually became Texas. The descendants' lawyers ...

Technology companies commit funds to Obama program

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST

NEW YORK -- Three of the nation's biggest technology companies are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to an initiative backed by President Barack Obama to encourage job creation and economic growth by supporting small businesses. The program ...

'King's Speech,' 'Swan,' and 'Fighter' top SAGs

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:07 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- The King's Speech won the best-actor trophy Sunday for Colin Firth and a second honor for its overall cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.The two prizes capped a weeklong surge of Hollywood honors for the British monarchy saga, whic ...

Timing of Hormone Therapy Impacts Cancer Risk

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:43 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals starting hormone therapy around the time of menopause is linked to a greater risk of breast cancer compared to starting it later on. Several past studies have shown an increase in breast cancer risk among wo ...

Type 1 Diabetes: No More Insulin?

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:47 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 1 million people are affected by type 1 diabetes in the United States. According to a new study, type 1 diabetes could be converted to an asymptomatic, non-insulin dependent disorder by eliminating the actions of a specif ...

Cracking The Code: Pompe Disease - Research Summary

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:49 PM PST

BACKGROUND: Pompe Disease, according to the National Institutes of Health, is an inherited disorder most commonly caused by a buildup of sugar the cell's in the body. This buildup of sugar causes certain cells in the body to function improperly. The ...

Cracking The Code: Pompe Disease

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:48 PM PST

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What if your body simply stopped working, stopped doing the things you asked it to do? That's the fate of those diagnosed with Pompe disease -- a rare form of muscular dystrophy. But a new, FDA approved treatment ...

Marriage: Good for You?

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:46 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There's good news for all the married couples of the world. Long-term, committed relationships are good for mental and physical health, and this benefit increases over time, according to new editorial published in the British M ...

Letters for January 31

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:05 PM PST

Family, friends should have helped Loughner The Eagle Editorial Board was excoriated (Eagle, Jan. 24) for including the cartoon of the handgun in the Jan. 16 edition. The part of the handgun marked "Parenting" is the safety, not the trigger. ...

Calendar

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:09 PM PST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS The Bryan Elks Lodge No. 859 6th Annual Chili Cookoff is Feb. 12-13 at the Bryan Elks Lodge, 304 Mobile Ave., in Bryan. There will be separate events each day with CASI Chili ($20), beans ($10) and hot wings ($10) judged on Feb. ...

U.S. still top global producer of goods

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:08 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- U.S. factories are closing. American manufacturing jobs are reappearing overseas. China's industrial might is growing each year.And it might seem as if the United States doesn't make world-class goods as well as some other nations."Ther ...

Lack of Vitamin D Affects Lung Function

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Vitamin D deficiency was previously linked to severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but a new study shows it also alters lung structure and function in young mice. "The results of this study clearly d ...

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