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- Dreaming of her day?
- Researcher takes on breastfeeding debate
- Celebration marks 175 years since Texas' independence
- Police: Man fled after stealing phone
- Texas on target to allow guns on campuses
- Loving: A little piece of wide open Texas
- Pentagon advocates militarizing space assests
- More than 50 killings in Ciudad Juarez over 3 days
- Warship might be tailing yacht
- Study: Self-injury videos dangerous
- Colorado debates DUI standards for marijuana
- New Yorkers fuming over smoking ban
- Program pledges to match immigrants' college savings
- Tampa mom makes son wear sign announcing 1.22 GPA
- Egypt hoping for revival in tourism
- Last section of Sam Houston Tollway opens Saturday
- Civil war possible in Libya
- Egypt to allow Iranian warships through Suez
- Shutdown talk haunts GOP with memories of '95
- Scientists Cook Up Spicy Dish to Help Stroke Victims
- Robots Save Arms After Stroke
- Drug Replaces Aspirin for Stroke Prevention?
- Working to curb federal spending
- Officials urge ban of cartel-based game
- Breaking Water = Shorter Delivery Time?
| Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST Dallas model Rachel Whittle turns the head of a young admirer at the 2011 Spring Bridal Show and Benefit at the Brazos County Expo on Sunday. She was one of several models sporting bridal wear during the show, put on by the Brazos Valley Bridal Assoc ... |
| Researcher takes on breastfeeding debate Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST Is breastfeeding better than the bottle, as respected groups and experts have said for decades? Not necessarily, says a Texas A&M researcher in a controversial new book, Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stake ... |
| Celebration marks 175 years since Texas' independence Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST In March 1836, 59 Texans crammed into a wooden shed at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declared independence from the "central military despotism" of Mexico. Many of their descendants -- including Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison -- will retur ... |
| Police: Man fled after stealing phone Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A Bryan man faces felony charges after authorities said he attempted to escape police custody while under suspicion for stealing a cell phone. Curtis Lair, 45, was arrested Saturday night at Wal-Mart on Briarcrest Drive. A store e ... |
| Texas on target to allow guns on campuses Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co ... |
| Loving: A little piece of wide open Texas Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST By MICHAEL E. YOUNG The Dallas Morning News DALLAS -- In the boom and sprawl of the Lone Star State -- mostly east of the dry line that splits the place in two -- the Texas of big oil and bigger ranches seems like a whole different place. And no plac ... |
| Pentagon advocates militarizing space assests Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military needs to better protect its satellites and strengthen its ability to use them as weapons as the uncharted battlefield of space becomes increasingly crowded and dangerous, Pentagon leaders say.A new military strategy fo ... |
| More than 50 killings in Ciudad Juarez over 3 days Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:36 AM PST EL PASO, Texas -- Police in drug violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, say more than 50 people have been killed in a three-day span.The El Paso Times reported Monday that the 53 victims, between Thursday and Saturday, included a police officer, a m ... |
| Warship might be tailing yacht Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A warship is shadowing a yacht with four Americans on board that was hijacked by Somali pirates, a pirate said Sunday, as the vessel was reported to be moving closer to the Somali coast.The yacht Quest was hijacked on Friday off ... |
| Study: Self-injury videos dangerous Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CHICAGO -- YouTube videos on cutting and other self-injury methods are an alarming new trend, attract millions of hits and could serve as a how-to for troubled viewers, a study warns.Many videos show bloody live enactments or graphic photos of people ... |
| Colorado debates DUI standards for marijuana Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST DENVER -- The surge of medical marijuana use in Colorado has started another debate in the state Legislature: What constitutes driving while high? Lawmakers are considering setting a DUI blood-content threshold for marijuana that would make Colorado ... |
| New Yorkers fuming over smoking ban Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST NEW YORK -- The smokers of New York huddle in phone booths, hurry down cold streets and hover at office-building doorways during breaks, puffs of smoke giving them away. They are an endangered breed. Their numbers shrinking through loss of habitat, ... |
| Program pledges to match immigrants' college savings Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CHELSEA, Mass. -- It started with an immigration raid four years ago. From his Melrose home, Bob Hildreth watched the aftermath of federal immigration agents storming a New Bedford, Mass., leather factory and netting 350 suspected illegal immigrant w ... |
| Tampa mom makes son wear sign announcing 1.22 GPA Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:39 AM PST TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ... honk if I need education."Ronda Holder says she and the boy's father have tried everything to ... |
| Egypt hoping for revival in tourism Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CAIRO -- The wind-swept pyramids of Giza were virtually deserted Sunday, symbols not just of the might and culture of the pharaohs but also the damage that Egypt's upheaval has inflicted on tourism, a pillar of the economy.Just two dozen foreign tour ... |
| Last section of Sam Houston Tollway opens Saturday Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:37 AM PST HOUSTON -- A Houston-area tollway that's been in the works for decades is nearly finished. The final section of the nearly $1.5 billion Sam Houston Tollway opens Saturday.The Houston Chronicle reports it's the last stretch of the 88-mile ring road fi ... |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CAIRO -- After anti-government unrest spread to the Libyan capital of Tripoli and protesters seized military bases and weapons Sunday, Moammar Gadhafi's son went on state television to proclaim that his father remained in charge with the army's back ... |
| Egypt to allow Iranian warships through Suez Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CAIRO -- Iran's first attempt in decades to send warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Europe's -- and NATO's -- southern flank could further destabilize the Middle East, a region already reeling from an unprecedented wave of anti ... |
| Shutdown talk haunts GOP with memories of '95 Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped President Bill Clinton reverse his falling fortunes and recast House Republicans as stubborn partisans, not savvy insur ... |
| Scientists Cook Up Spicy Dish to Help Stroke Victims Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:48 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Whether or not you're a fan of Indian, Southeast Asian or Middle Eastern food, stroke researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center say you might become fond of one of their key spices. Curcumin is the principal curcuminoid ... |
| Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A robot may be the key to keeping people mobile after suffering a stroke. A new study shows therapy involving robotic manipulation of a patient's paralyzed arms combined with standard rehab can improve outcomes. The study invol ... |
| Drug Replaces Aspirin for Stroke Prevention? Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There's a new way to prevent stroke, and it may be more effective than aspirin, according to new research. Investigators presenting at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference found the drug apixaban, a ... |
| Working to curb federal spending Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST By U.S. Rep. BILL FLORES The message the American people continue to receive from President Barack Obama and the Democrats is that more spending, taxing and borrowing are the only ways to grow our economy and create jobs. Yet after two years, ou ... |
| Officials urge ban of cartel-based game Posted: 20 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A shoot-em-up video game set in the border town of Ciudad Juarez has angered local officials who are busy fighting all-too-real violence.Chihuahua state legislators said Sunday they have asked federal authorities to ban the g ... |
| Breaking Water = Shorter Delivery Time? Posted: 20 Feb 2011 05:44 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breaking a first-time mother's water when her labor is induced can shorten delivery time by 10-percent, according to a new study. Researchers looked at 585 participants who were induced at or beyond 37 weeks of pregnancy. The w ... |
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