Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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CS to weigh fate of vendors

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST

College Station business owners are divided over a proposed ordinance that would allow mobile food carts to operate year-round inside the city limits. The City Council will consider changing the rules that govern the carts at its Thursday meeting. Cu ...

Space shuttle Discovery fueled for final flight

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:56 AM PST


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, was fueled for an afternoon liftoff Thursday on its final voyage after nearly three decades of service.
NASA began pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel into Discove ...

Orszag says it's necessary to raise taxes

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST


Tax increases will be necessary to make a serious dent in the federal debt, President Barack Obama's former top budget official said Thursday at Texas A&M.
"The fundamental problem over the next five to 10 years that neither party wants to ad ...

Administrator fired amid theft probe

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST


Carol Arnold's 26 years of service to the city of College Station came to an abrupt end last week when she was fired amid a theft investigation.
Arnold was dismissed from her job as administrator of the city's municipal courts on Friday for "failu ...

CS court administrator fired amid theft investigation

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:33 AM PST

College Station's municipal court administrator has been fired from her post amid a theft investigation.
Carol Arnold was fired Friday for "failure to follow departmental procedures in the handling of money," according to a news release sent out b ...

Arrests made during search for narcotics

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 02:04 AM PST

Bryan officers made some arrests after the search of three homes on Dale and Bradley streets in Bryan Wednesday morning, but details of charges or what was found have not been released.
Bryan police went to serve a search warrant for narcotics at 7: ...

Libyan city celebrates freedom from Gadhafi

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 07:46 AM PST


TOBRUK, Libya -- Thousands in the coastal town of Tobruk celebrated their freedom from Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday by waving flags of the old monarchy, honking horns and firing guns in the air around a city square where he once executed people.
O ...

Bryan woman charged with attempting to cut girlfriend

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:27 AM PST

A 34-year-old Bryan resident faces a felony charge after being accused of attempting to cut a woman with a knife before slashing her tires.
Shalundra Deshaun Hardy was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal mischie ...

CS-based company brews up 'pure green' tequila

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST


The owner of an organic tequila company based in College Station said those who don't care that his liquor is environmentally friendly will still be sold on the taste.
Trey Baumgarner and his wife, Melissa, started Puro Verde Spirits in 2008. The ...

CS-based company brews up 'pure green' tequila

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:19 PM PST


The owner of an organic tequila company based in College Station said those who don't care that his liquor is environmentally friendly will still be sold on the taste.
Trey Baumgarner and his wife, Melissa, started Puro Verde Spirits in 2008. The ...

Weather Whys: Derechos

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 06:02 AM PST

Q: You often hear the TV weatherman talking about a “derecho.” What is it?
A: A derecho is a severe windstorm that usually forms along a cluster of thunderstorms, explains Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “The word is d ...

No guard layoffs as Texas prisons to cut 555 jobs

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:37 PM PST


AUSTIN, Texas -- The grub won't be as good for inmates in the Texas prison system.
The Dallas Morning News reports the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will eliminate 555 non-guard jobs and cut back on dessert and some other food for inmates. ...

College Station man faces assault, kidnapping charges

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST


A 43-year-old College Station man remained jailed without bail Wednesday after police arrested him on charges of sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping.
Robin Shane Beyer was taken into custody by Brazos County Sheriff's deputies Wednesday afte ...

4,500 Chinese escape Libya by sea; Americans stuck

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:35 PM PST


IRAKLIO, Crete -- Two ferries carrying 4,500 Chinese workers from strife-torn Libya arrived at the Mediterranean island of Crete on Thursday, despite rough seas that left hundreds of Americans stranded on a docked ferry in Tripoli.
Passengers smil ...

Seven arrested in narcotics sting

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST


Seven people were arrested Wednesday on a variety of charges after Bryan police completed a months-long investigation of suspected dealers.
Bryan police visited three homes around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning -- two on Dale Street and one on Bradle ...

Runners ready to do the dash

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST

Drivers in College Station are asked to keep an eye out for the expected 2,000 people who will be participating in the fifth Annual Armadillo Dash Half Marathon & 5K on Sunday, March 6.It will be the largest group of runners yet for the H-E-B-spo ...

Pollard interview tapes played at trial

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:18 PM PST


In tapes played for jurors on Wednesday, capital murder defendant Artis Lee Pollard insisted he was not present during a 2006 robbery of a "gambling house" near Smetana and told investigators that revealing the identities of participants in the rob ...

Texas House committee set to take up sonogram bill

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 04:01 AM PST


AUSTIN, Texas -- A state House committee is set to debate legislation that would require doctors to perform sonograms on women considering abortion.
The hearing Wednesday was for a bill filed by Republican Rep. Sid Miller that says a woman must be ...

Woman jumps on suspect, helps save Houston officer

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:55 AM PST


HOUSTON -- Houston police say a female bystander helped save an officer by jumping on a suspect who had snatched a pistol from the lawman's holster.
Police say the officer was being treated Wednesday for a hand injury suffered during a struggle ...

Judge says WikiLeaks' Assange can be extradited

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:33 PM PST


LONDON -- Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden in a sex crimes inquiry, a British judge ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by the WikiLeaks founder that he would not face a fair trial there. Assange's lawyer said he would appeal.
Judge Howard ...

Handgun law focus of Texas A&M debate

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

A Texas A&M professor and others will debate activists Thursday about whether concealed handguns should be allowed on college campuses.
The event comes the week before Texas A&M students will vote in a referendum whether to support legislati ...

Missing urn in Texas contained dog's ashes

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 03:56 AM PST


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- A South Texas man has learned the fate of an urn with the remains of his dearly departed loved one.
Corpus Christi police say the ashes are from the man's dog.
Lt. Lauren White says the man's car was burglarized in 2007 ...

Elephant tramples tourist to death in Thailand

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:34 PM PST

BANGKOK -- Police in Thailand say an elephant trampled a Swiss tourist to death during what was supposed to be a peaceful ride through the jungle in the south of the tropical country.Police Lt. Col. Apidej Chuaikua says the 63-year-old woman died Tue ...

Benefit concert for Blinn student Friday

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Whiskey Myers, John David Kent and The Dumb Angels will perform at a benefit concert for Blinn student Kaleb Skalicky.
Skalicky, 19, was taken to the hospital in December for severe head pain and was diagnosed with a cerebral ar ...

Benefit concert for Blinn student Friday

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Whiskey Myers, John David Kent and The Dumb Angels will perform at a benefit concert for Blinn student Kaleb Skalicky.
Skalicky, 19, was taken to the hospital in December for severe head pain and was diagnosed with a cerebral ar ...

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