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- Winter pummels B-CS
- School leaders fight against cuts
- Utility companies under rolling power outages
- Targeted council member staying put
- Shelter seeks homes for cats
- A&M aims to be energy leader
- Fire destroys Hearne home
- Women donning red dresses for museum
- More clashes erupt in Egypt following Mubarak's speech
- Pressure builds on U.S. allies in Mideast
- TSA tests new, more modest scanning system
- Foster care program set to lose funds
- Sled dogs killed after business slows
- Dallas police on alert for sex crimes
- Corpus Christi tries solar-powered parking meters
- 5 new Parkinson's genes found
- Huge storm chills nation's heartland
- Lambert up for 7 ACM awards
- Flocking for a good cause
- Wacky Cake has unusual ingredient
- Restaurant Monitor
- Pizza-makers set game plan for Super Bowl blitz
- For watching the big game, try a chili that plays hard
- Treating Dogs, Curing Humans?
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST An Arctic front blew into the Brazos Valley early Tuesday morning, sending the temperature plummeting by nearly 32 degrees and bringing ripping winds that caused damage and outages across the area. It's only going to get colder today and Thursday, ... |
| School leaders fight against cuts Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Bryan and College Station superintendents are joining leaders from school districts across the state to fight for school funding in Austin this week. School administrators are worried that education will take a massive hit in the next two-year budge ... |
| Utility companies under rolling power outages Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:46 PM PST All utility companies in Texas have been instructed to participate in rolling power outages, which means you will be without power for a short period of time today. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) early Wednesday instructed all uti ... |
| Targeted council member staying put Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST College Station City Councilman Dave Ruesink has opted not to resign his seat and will face voters in a recall election. He joins Mayor Nancy Berry and Councilwoman Katy-Marie Lyles, who both said last week that they will also try to keep their seat ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST The Brazos Animal Shelter is trying to find homes for more than 100 cats in its possession. The shelter is taking applications for the 54 cats impounded after being found in unsanitary conditions in a couple's east Brazos County home. An additional ... |
| A&M aims to be energy leader Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST A split-screen slide flashed, one image a sparkling blue sky and green grass, and the other a dreary orange landscape. "The choice is yours," said Ray Rothrock, a venture capitalist with Venrock and Aggie nuclear engineering graduate, discussing th ... |
| Posted: 02 Feb 2011 01:00 AM PST A Hearne couple was displaced after a fire destroyed their home late Tuesday. Firefighters responded around 10:40 p.m. to the fire on Dawson Street, Hearne Volunteer Fire Department First Assistant Chief Thomas Williams said. A 53-year-old man was ho ... |
| Women donning red dresses for museum Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Hosting diplomats and powerful elected officials is old hat for College Station. But this Friday the town will play host to more than 30 red dresses -- made by some of the most famous designers in the world and worn by first ladies and celebrities o ... |
| More clashes erupt in Egypt following Mubarak's speech Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST CAIRO -- President Hosni Mubarak defied a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down immediately, announcing Tuesday he would serve out the last months of his term and "die on Egyptian soil." He said he would not seek re-election, but that di ... |
| Pressure builds on U.S. allies in Mideast Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Jordan's king fired his Cabinet on Tuesday and the Palestinian president promised to hold long-delayed elections as America's Mideast allies came under pressure for democratic reforms because of the popular uprising sweeping E ... |
| TSA tests new, more modest scanning system Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST LAS VEGAS -- Federal aviation officials are giving it another try. This time, they are not looking as closely under traveler's clothes. The Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday began testing a new, more modest body scanning system at th ... |
| Foster care program set to lose funds Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST AUSTIN -- Proposed budget cuts could so severely underfund the Department of Family and Protective Services that hundreds of foster children would be forced to live in the agency's offices, a department official told Texas lawmakers Tuesday. The dr ... |
| Sled dogs killed after business slows Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The 100 dogs were shot dead over two days after an expected post-Olympics boon in dogsledding business at an adventure company didn't pan out. Most died instantly, but others suffered -- like the one that ran away with ... |
| Dallas police on alert for sex crimes Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST ARLINGTON -- As thousands of football fans descend on Texas for Sunday's Super Bowl, law enforcement agencies are keeping watch for a different kind of out-of-town visitor: pimps selling children for sex. Cities that host the big game often attract ... |
| Corpus Christi tries solar-powered parking meters Posted: 01 Feb 2011 02:34 AM PST CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Corpus Christi is trying solar-powered, credit-card accepting parking meters. Crews on Tuesday were scheduled to install the first of about 30 so-called smart meters. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports the test run, for ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST LONDON -- Scientists have identified five new genes linked to Parkinson's disease in a large genetic analysis of the illness, according to a new study. After reviewing nearly 8 million possible genetic mutations, researchers pinpointed five genes co ... |
| Huge storm chills nation's heartland Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST CHICAGO -- A winter weather colossus roared into the nation's heartland Tuesday, laying down a paralyzing punch of dangerous ice and whiteout snow that served notice from Texas to Maine that the storm billed as the worst in decades was living up to ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Miranda Lambert proclaimed 2010 the best year of her life. After hauling in seven Academy of Country Music Awards nominations, 2011 isn't looking so bad either. Lambert, joined by Ronnie Dunn on Tuesday morning to announce the no ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Pink flamingoes decorate a yard in College Station that was "flocked" by Brazos Valley Counseling Services as part of this year's "Flock Your Friends" fundraising event. Visit BVCS's website (www.bvhelp.org) to learn the details on how to secretly pu ... |
| Wacky Cake has unusual ingredient Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:27 AM PST Dear Lisa: The recipe for the Mounds Cake (The Eagle, Jan. 26) got me thinking about another "grandma-era" cake. My grandmother taught me to make what she called Wacky Cake. All the dry ingredients are mixed in a square cake pan, then the liquids, in ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:27 AM PST The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department.Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A s ... |
| Pizza-makers set game plan for Super Bowl blitz Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:27 AM PST Ready, start, dough!Super Bowl Sunday is coming and pie-makers across the country are bracing for a pizza reaction.Turns out this is one of the five big pizza days of the year. The other four? Halloween, the day before Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve an ... |
| For watching the big game, try a chili that plays hard Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:27 AM PST For a day that's all about the rough and tumble, you need a chili that isn't afraid to play hard.So I created a chili worthy of a Super Bowl party, a chili that can stand out on a table crowded with high-flavor guacamoles, blue cheese dips, cheese-la ... |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2011 05:54 PM PST GAINSVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They keep us company, make us smile and are always there to lend a furry paw. But could dogs do even more? Our four-legged friends are also helping scientists find cures for serious diseases. On the outside, sh ... |
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