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- Loftin still mulling provost candidates
- Fire on campus out; classes canceled at Zachry tonight
- Building evacuated for fire
- New CS high school gets leader
- Astronaut's widow finds silver lining in life
- Firefighters respond to blaze at Bryan apartment complex
- Police: Child hospitalized after struck by vehicle
- Construction starts in Northgate area
- Fire officials: Computer caused fire at Bryan home
- Two teens charged with burglarizing Bryan home
- Child hit by truck not seriously injured
- 4 American hostages killed by pirates, US says
- No textbook funds in Texas budget proposals
- Pacemakers for brains may fight mental illnesses
- Slain ICE agent's funeral brings top US officials
- State bypasses DA in Dallas County vote probe
- Arrested American does work for CIA
- Bahrain monarchy pressured to stand firm
- At least 65 die in New Zealand earthquake
- New Chicago mayor to inherit challenges
- Protesters weaken Libyan leader's hold
- Congo official gets 20 years for rapes
- Millions flock to Cuba book fair
- New Findings Slow The Spread Of the Rubella Virus
- Male Fertility Is In The Bones
| Loftin still mulling provost candidates Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin isn't "at the point yet of making a decision" in the selection of the provost, he told local radio station WTAW in an interview Monday. He said he was formally given a recommendation just last week, was out o ... |
| Fire on campus out; classes canceled at Zachry tonight Posted: 21 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST Tonight's classes have been canceled at Zachry Engineering Center on the Texas A&M campus where a fire broke out this afternoon on the third floor. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported, according to authorities who issued a Co ... |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST It wasn't clear late Monday what triggered a fire at Texas A&M's Zachry Engineering Center, prompting more than 2,000 students, faculty and staff to be evacuated. About 35 firefighters spent just under two hours Monday working on the blaze -- wh ... |
| New CS high school gets leader Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST Rock Prairie Elementary School Principal Mike Martindale is leaving his post to take on the task of assembling what will become College Station's second high school. The 42-year-old was named principal of College Station High School on Monday and wi ... |
| Astronaut's widow finds silver lining in life Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST To many, June Scobee Rodgers is known as the widow of Dick Scobee, the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger 7 that exploded at launch in January 1986. But she's also a Texas A&M doctoral graduate in education, a teacher, a mother of two, a gra ... |
| Firefighters respond to blaze at Bryan apartment complex Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:53 PM PST Bryan firefighters Tuesday morning were searching for the source of a fire at an apartment complex on Wellborn Road. Firefighters responded about 7:10 a.m. to the fire at the Reveille Ranch Apartments at 3645 Wellborn Road, Battalion Chief Cory Matth ... |
| Police: Child hospitalized after struck by vehicle Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:47 AM PST A child was transported to a local hospital after he was struck by a vehicle Sunday night in Brazos County, a Texas Department of Public Safety official said. Troopers responded at 5:28 p.m. to the accident on OSR, one mile east of the intersection w ... |
| Construction starts in Northgate area Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportConstruction to improve sidewalks, utilities and streets in the Northgate District started Monday.The $3.7 million project on Tauber and Stasney streets uses funds from a 2003 bond that was approved by voters. The project -- weather ... |
| Fire officials: Computer caused fire at Bryan home Posted: 21 Feb 2011 11:57 PM PST Firefighters said a small blaze at a Bryan home late Monday was caused by a computer that overheated or shorted out. Firefighters responded about 9:50 p.m. to the fire at a townhouse on Jaguar Drive near the intersection with Monito Way, Battalion Ch ... |
| Two teens charged with burglarizing Bryan home Posted: 21 Feb 2011 03:46 AM PST Two teens face burglary charges after they were accused of breaking into a Bryan home. Jeremy Quintel Adams, 19, of Bryan and a 15-year-old male were charged Sunday with burglary of a habitation. Adams also had outstanding warrants for unpaid fines. ... |
| Child hit by truck not seriously injured Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST Eagle Staff Report An 8-year-old Bryan boy suffered minor injuries after being hit by a truck Sunday, according to Texas Department of Public Safety officials. A Bryan man was driving on OSR near F.M. 2223 when he struck the boy, who was picking up ... |
| 4 American hostages killed by pirates, US says Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:14 AM PST NAIROBI, Kenya -- Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gul ... |
| No textbook funds in Texas budget proposals Posted: 21 Feb 2011 10:45 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers dealing with a projected $15 billion shortfall in the next two-year spending period have offered base budget proposals without any bucks for new textbooks. Before a 2009 Texas curriculum overhaul, children were ... |
| Pacemakers for brains may fight mental illnesses Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Call them brain pacemakers, tiny implants that hold promise for fighting tough psychiatric diseases -- if scientists can figure out just where in all that gray matter to put them. Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, has proved a powerful w ... |
| Slain ICE agent's funeral brings top US officials Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:02 AM PST BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder were among those expected to attend Tuesday's funeral for a federal agent killed in Mexico during what U.S. officials described as a roadside am ... |
| State bypasses DA in Dallas County vote probe Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:03 AM PST DALLAS -- The Texas Attorney General's office is using a grand jury from another county to probe voter fraud allegations in Dallas County, shutting Dallas County's Democratic district attorney out of the loop. The Dallas Morning News reports that th ... |
| Arrested American does work for CIA Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST WASHINGTON -- An American jailed in Pakistan for the fatal shooting of two armed men was secretly working for the CIA and scouting a neighborhood when he was arrested, a disclosure likely to further frustrate U.S. government efforts to free the man a ... |
| Bahrain monarchy pressured to stand firm Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST MANAMA, Bahrain -- As tanks moved into Bahrain's capital, top envoys from across the Gulf gathered inside a seaside palace and emerged with a message: They were united behind the nation's monarch and his ruling system. But the show of solidarity las ... |
| At least 65 die in New Zealand earthquake Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday in New Zealand's city of Christchurch, killing at least 65 people and trapping dozens Monday in one of the country's worst natural disasters."It is ... |
| New Chicago mayor to inherit challenges Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST CHICAGO -- They call this "The City that Works" -- a metropolis anchoring middle America with thriving neighborhoods, prosperous business and a skyline unmatched. It's a city that avoided the decline that befell Rust Belt casualties Detroit and Clev ... |
| Protesters weaken Libyan leader's hold Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST CAIRO -- Deep cracks opened in Moammar Gadhafi's regime Monday, with Libyan government officials at home and abroad resigning, air force pilots defecting and a bloody crackdown on protest in the capital of Tripoli. World leaders were outraged at th ... |
| Congo official gets 20 years for rapes Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST BARAKA, Congo -- One by one, the rape survivors relived their attacks for a panel of judges: A newly married bride flung her torn, bloodied clothing onto the courtroom floor. A mother of six dropped to her knees, raised her arms to heaven and cried ... |
| Millions flock to Cuba book fair Posted: 21 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST HAVANA -- A river of people flows through the old colonial fortress, and the antics of clowns and music blasting from loudspeakers are interrupted only when an announcer summons the parents of a lost child. It's a festival all right, but a festival o ... |
| New Findings Slow The Spread Of the Rubella Virus Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) The Rubella virus is responsible for more birth defects worldwide than any other infectious disease. A new breakthrough may help slow, even stop it in its track. The RNA virus can cause many viral diseases including, AIDS, influe ... |
| Male Fertility Is In The Bones Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) Scientists have discovered an unexpected connection between a hormone produced in bone and male fertility. The study illustrates that the skeletal hormone known as osteocalcin boosts testosterone production to support the s ... |
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