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- Remains moved from historic cemetery
- Brazos County nears 200K residents
- Latinos have huge impact on population increase
- Census data shows huge Hispanic growth in Texas
- New bill may end school citations
- White House aims to revamp education law by summer
- Police: Man choked girlfriend, assaulted officers
- Wellness center coming to CS
- Siblings conquer St. Joseph spelling bee
- Buffalo Soldiers ride again
- Blinn trustees name new panel members
- Texas law officers decry immigration bills
- Aggie architect to speak at Rudder
- Cooking fire causes home to burn down
- Senators tackling entitlement cuts
- Batter up
- Sketch revealed in arson of mansion
- Bahrain locks down after protesters killed
- Obesity Worsens Knee Arthritis
- Gene Mutation Linked to High Blood Pressure
- Wireless Monitoring Reduces Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Failure
- Roses not all high-maintenance
- Potato growing is all in the bag
- Ivy will likely recover from recent freeze
- Fashion Week flaunts options
| Remains moved from historic cemetery Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST A crooked sign still marks the Texas A&M Cemetery, but on Thursday the historic resting place for a former president and 12 others itself became history. Texas A&M scooped up the remains this week and moved them off campus, marking the end o ... |
| Brazos County nears 200K residents Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST The population of Brazos County has grown by more than 25 percent over the past 10 years and is fast approaching 200,000, according to U.S. Census data released Thursday. The home of Texas A&M University had 194,851 residents on April 1, 2010 -- ... |
| Latinos have huge impact on population increase Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST AUSTIN -- Ethnic minorities accounted for 89 percent of the staggering growth in Texas over the past decade, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau that support projections putting Hispanics on pace to soon outnumber whites ... |
| Census data shows huge Hispanic growth in Texas Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:40 AM PST AUSTIN -- Hispanics account for two-thirds of Texas' growth over the past decade and now make up 38 percent of the state's total population, according to new local U.S. Census figures. Non-Hispanic whites dropped to 45.3 percent and blacks make up 1 ... |
| New bill may end school citations Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST A state senator is promoting legislation to take away the power of Texas schools to have trouble-making students prosecuted on misdemeanor criminal charges.The move follows the release of a report last month by the advocacy group Texas Appleseed, whi ... |
| White House aims to revamp education law by summer Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:11 AM PST WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration set a goal Thursday of revamping the federal No Child Left Behind education law before students start the next school year in the fall, a timeframe likely to clash with the priorities of congressional Republica ... |
| Police: Man choked girlfriend, assaulted officers Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:04 AM PST A 22-year-old Bryan man faces felony charges after he was accused of choking his girlfriend and struggling with officers trying to arrest him. Leslie Lee Thomas III was charged Thursday with assault of a family or household member, including impeding ... |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST A wellness center should be coming to south College Station in the Spring of 2012, thanks to a partnership between the College Station Medical Center and Aerofit Health and Fitness. Groundbreaking on the planned 35,000-square-foot, $6 million facili ... |
| Siblings conquer St. Joseph spelling bee Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportSiblings were the first-place and runner-up finishers in the Regional Spelling Bee for Washington-Brazos County.Shilpa Saravanan, an eighth-grader at College Station's A&M Consolidated Middle School, won the event hosted by St. ... |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST Elementary students from around the Brazos Valley examine artifacts common during the time of the Buffalo Soldiers that were on display in the main auditorium at the Bush Presidential Conference Center Thursday morning. The educational presentation w ... |
| Blinn trustees name new panel members Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportBlinn College's board of trustees recently named four local business and academic leaders to the school's Brazos County Advisory Committee. The new members are Michael J. Beckendorf, owner of Bryan-based Beckendorf Investments; Fran ... |
| Texas law officers decry immigration bills Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:18 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas police chiefs and sheriffs visited the Capitol to decry potential Arizona-type legislation that would require them to enforce federal immigration law. Law officials said Thursday that their departments are already strapped fo ... |
| Aggie architect to speak at Rudder Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportAn Aggie architect who designed the world's tallest building is scheduled to speak at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Rudder Theatre. The visit by Adrian Smith as part of the university's 2011 John Miles Rowlett Lecture Series is free for Texas ... |
| Cooking fire causes home to burn down Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:04 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A Bryan man was homeless Thursday after an accidental cooking fire caused his home to burn. Bryan Fire Chief Mike Donoho said the North Street fire was reported a little before 2 p.m. Thursday by the homeowner, who told fire marsha ... |
| Senators tackling entitlement cuts Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Is anyone going to fix Social Security? Medicare? Medicaid? Before they overwhelm the federal government?While President Barack Obama and congressional leaders offer vague assurances, six senators -- three Republicans and three Democrat ... |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST The Huntington High School girl's softball team takes the plate Thursday against Magnolia High in the first inning of their game at Central Park in College Station. The teams were competing in the first round of the B-CS Softball Tournament being hel ... |
| Sketch revealed in arson of mansion Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST AUSTIN -- Investigators said enhanced surveillance video taken the night an arson fire gutted the Texas governor's mansion in 2008 allowed them to release a sketch Thursday of the person they believe started the blaze.The Sunday morning fire severely ... |
| Bahrain locks down after protesters killed Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain's leaders banned public gatherings and sent tanks into the streets Thursday, intensifying a crackdown that killed five anti-government protesters, wounded more than 200 and turned a hospital into a cauldron of anguish and ... |
| Obesity Worsens Knee Arthritis Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:49 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- More than 14 million visits were made to physicians' offices in 2008 by patients with knee problems; could obesity be the underlying factor? One new study found that while weight loss via bariatric surgery may improve kn ... |
| Gene Mutation Linked to High Blood Pressure Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) Yale University researchers have identified two breakthrough genetic mutations that can trigger hypertension in up to a third of patients suffering from a common cause of severe high blood pressure. The findings are a major step ... |
| Wireless Monitoring Reduces Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Failure Posted: 17 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) Use of an implanted device to monitor the condition of heart failure patients reduces the rate of hospitalization by 39 percent, according to this study. These findings also indicate a low device failure rate, suggesting that the ... |
| Roses not all high-maintenance Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Roses are the queen of flowers. By reputation, growing them requires the attention customarily given to royalty. And, while it's true that some rose varieties demand extra effort, many varieties are relatively carefree. Earth-Kind Roses Earth-Kind is ... |
| Potato growing is all in the bag Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Grow bags and potatoes make the perfect pairing.The containers take up little room, can be placed where they get good sun and eliminate much of the labor required for growing potatoes. You can dispose of the spades and garden forks."No more digging t ... |
| Ivy will likely recover from recent freeze Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Dear Neil: I am very concerned about a wall of fig ivy that was apparently frozen in the recent cold. It looks like it is entirely lost. It had been doing very well for several years, partially due to the somewhat protected location in a courtyard. W ... |
| Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST NEW YORK -- The message after eight days of fall previews at New York Fashion Week is that the consumer has choices. There isn't a must-have look or a white-hot label that everyone is talking about. One editor wants tuxedo pants from Proenza Schoule ... |
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