Saturday, February 19, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A hedgehog with no name

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Folks may have heard about the bison exhibit temporarily in town at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History, and they might know that June Scobee Rodgers, widow of space shuttle Challenger commander Dick Scobee, will be at the museum Monday sign ...

Starr makes a trip to Aggieland

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

A planned lecture by Baylor University President Ken Starr on the Texas A&M campus Friday took on a more relevant tone in the wake of Hosni Mubarak's resignation as Egypt's president and the continued street protests across the Middle East. Star ...

Couple charged with burglarizing vehicle at A&M lot

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:31 AM PST

A Caldwell couple was arrested after Texas A&M University officers reported seeing the man burglarizing a vehicle while his girlfriend waited for him. Gabriel Yousef Abdallh of Caldwell was charged Friday with theft of property worth less than $1 ...

Pay warrant fees by March 4 to avoid jail

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan and College Station marshal's offices and the Bryan Police Department are offering amnesty for those named in outstanding warrants. The offer is good from Feb. 21 through March 4.A statewide warrant roundup is to commence ...

Pictorial book showcases College Station's history

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Have you ever wondered who that Harvey Mitchell fellow was? Or did you know that those annoying trains that barrel through town had an important role in the naming of College Station? A new pictorial book by Glenn D. Davis, titled College Station, wi ...

CS moves against recall suit

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

College Station on Friday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to move up the recall election of Mayor Nancy Berry and two city council members to March.In a five-page filing, the city claimed that "it is legally impossible" to conduct the elec ...

Man wanted on gang activity charge

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportBrazos County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in locating Jose Eduardo Castillo, 20, who's wanted on a felony warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity. Castillo is described as a Hispanic male about five fe ...

Pet of the week video: Gladys

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:48 AM PST

Gladys was rescued from a cat hoarder recently and is looking for a new home. She is available for adoption from the Brazos Animal Shelter in Bryan.

Former Rams guard Terrell charged in Texas attack

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:33 AM PST

GALVESTON -- Aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and burglary charges have been filed against former St. Louis Rams guard Claude Terrell over an alleged Valentine's Day attack in Texas. The ex-high school football star in La Marque was ...

Police: Man resisted arrest, hit officer

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report A 26-year-old Bryan man remained jailed without bail Friday on charges of assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. According to police, an officer responded to a report of a suspicious person standing on front lawns in the area ...

CS police warn to be wary of skunks

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report College Station police are reminding residents to be wary of skunks and other wild animals as they become more active this time of year and also carry rabies. Anyone who sees a wild animal in the city displaying some of the follo ...

Wreck investigation to force CS closure

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportPortions of the intersection of Jones Butler Road and Harvey Mitchell Parkway South will be closed Sunday while College Station police work to reconstruct a traffic accident.The closure is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. but the road s ...

1 student killed, 3 hurt in Texas school SUV crash

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 02:35 AM PST

CANTON, Texas -- An SUV driven by a teacher and full of high school students traveling to a Future Farmers of America event veered off a rural East Texas road Thursday and rolled several times, ejecting a 15-year-old girl who died at the scene and le ...

A&M official first to file for CS council

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA Texas A&M administrator on Friday was the first person to file this year for the College Station City Council.Karl Mooney, 60, will run for the Place 3 seat vacated by Dennis Maloney, who has reached his term limit and can't r ...

Bahrain opens fire on protesters

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Security forces opened fire Friday on Bahraini protesters for a second straight day, wounding at least 50 people as thousands defied the government and marched toward Pearl Square in an uprising that sought to break the political g ...

House votes to curb regulators

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled House voted to shield greenhouse-gas polluters and privately owned colleges from federal regulators on Friday, strengthening the pro-business emphasis of legislation that also would chop $61 billion from govern ...

Growth to affect GOP districts

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Explosive minority growth in Texas has turned a handful of once solidly Republican congressional seats into bastions of ethnic diversity, putting added pressure on GOP leaders to shore up their districts with white voters who traditionally ...

Growth to affect GOP districts

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Explosive minority growth in Texas has turned a handful of once solidly Republican congressional seats into bastions of ethnic diversity, putting added pressure on GOP leaders to shore up their districts with white voters who traditionally ...

Officer's online remarks probed

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

DALLAS -- A Dallas police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after bragging on Facebook that she cut a hospital worker's face by throwing a boot at him during a dispute, one of several inflammatory posts by the six-year veteran.Sr. ...

Houston diamond dealer accused of gold smuggling

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

HOUSTON -- A Houston diamond dealer with a criminal record is one of four businessmen who was arrested earlier this month in eastern Congo and suspected of gold smuggling, according to a newspaper report. Edward Carlos St. Mary is being detained in G ...

Activists force halt to Japanese whaling season

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

TOKYO -- Anti-whaling activists' high-seas confrontations with Japanese ships forced Tokyo to cut short its annual Antarctic hunt Friday for the first time, a move touted as a victory by the protesters. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society -- which has ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST

Saturday * First Christian Church, 900 S. Ennis in Bryan, will host a Sacred Harp singing at 10:30 a.m. This is a practice for the Texas State Sacred Harp Singing Convention at the Wellborn Community Center Feb. 26 and 27. At noon, they will break fo ...

Letters for February 19

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Texas schools can't afford budget cuts Texas (Eagle, Feb. 16) ranks dead last in the percentage of adults with a high school diploma, near last (44th) in the amount of state and local money spent per student in public schools, last in high school gr ...

Calendar

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

Saturday CLUBS Photography club meeting, 9 a.m. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com. EVENTS Women of Excellence Breakfast for Champions fundraiser meal, ...

Scientists: Being bilingual has health benefits

Posted: 18 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Mastering a second language can pump up your brain in ways that seem to delay getting Alzheimer's disease later on, scientists said Friday. Never learned to habla or parlez? While the new research focuses mostly on the truly long-term ...

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