Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Future Aggies?

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST

Students from Harmony School of Science out of Sugar Land gather around the Texas A&M seal on the first floor of the Academic Building during a campus tour Tuesday. The college-preparatory school tries to take at least one field trip per semester ...

Judge's sequestering decision unusual

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST


It cost taxpayers $10,461.28 to sequester a Brazos County jury for three nights after deliberations in a capital murder trial were cut off at 6 p.m. on Friday.
Sequestering a jury isn't common, legal experts agree, especially that early in the day ...

Aggies reject guns on campus

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST


Aggies on Tuesday shot down an effort to support concealed-carry legislation, voting like they did two years ago, this time opposing it with 57 percent of more than 13,600 votes cast.
The vote was only symbolic, but it affirmed academia's general ...

Churches look to renew area's spirits

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST


In an effort to bring the community together to boost and renew spirits, several area churches have joined to conduct a series of revival services that will begin Sunday and run through Tuesday evening.
The idea for the event, called REVIVE-BCS, ...

CS schools want to raise test scores

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST

Closing the achievement gap between African-American children and the rest of College Station's students is a key to the school district reaching a higher level, school board members agreed Tuesday.Superintendent Eddie Coulson said the goal is to br ...

Police: Driver had meth, pot in vehicle

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:24 AM PST

A traffic stop for a vehicle with an expired registration sticker Tuesday led to drug charges for a College Station man.
Jory James Barham, 30, was charged Wednesday with manufacture or delivery of from one to four grams of a controlled substance an ...

Man charged with DWI with four children

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:04 AM PST

A 27-year-old man faces a felony charge after an officer reported he was driving drunk with four children in the vehicle.
Bryan resident Santos Godinez was charged Tuesday with driving while intoxicated with children under 15.
The officer said he w ...

Police wary of intersection

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST


Brad Smith, a College Station police officer who's spent years investigating accidents and patrolling the streets, said he was scared by some of the unsafe driving he witnessed Tuesday morning while directing traffic at the intersection of Wellborn ...

Review says possible Texas prison beds shortage

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:41 PM PST


AUSTIN, Texas -- A review finds Texas could face a shortage of as many as 12,000 inmate beds within two years if budget problems force prison system cuts and closures.
The report, presented Tuesday to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, is led ...

Student detained after Texas Woman's University locked down

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST


DENTON, Texas -- A student at a North Texas university has been caught after he allegedly made a threat in class that prompted a school lockdown.
Nobody has been harmed at Texas Woman’s University in Denton.
TWU shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tues ...

Stunned Texans find homes destroyed by wildfires

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST

AMARILLO, Texas -- After returning from an out-of-town trip to watch her some play golf, Regina Newby went to pick up her dogs at a kennel just north of Amarillo, only to find the building burning -- set ablaze by one of several wildfires that roare ...

Rudy's special to aid children's hospital

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Rudy's Bar-B-Q in College Station will celebrate Texas Independence Day on Wednesday by offering brisket for 32 cents from 2 to 4 p.m.
Proceeds will benefit Texas Children's Hospital.
Rudy's will also donate 50 cents to the hosp ...

Officials search for fugitive in day care fire

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST

HOUSTON -- Officials are trying to locate a Houston home day care operator who apparently fled to her native Nigeria after being charged in a blaze at the facility that killed four children and injured three others.The search for Jessica Tata comes a ...

A&M up for movie premiere

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST


With a few clicks of the mouse, Aggies can bring Hollywood fame to Aggieland for a world premiere.
Eventful.com is offering an opportunity to bring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman to a college for the premiere of the movie Your Hi ...

A&M up for movie premiere

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST


With a few clicks of the mouse, Aggies can bring Hollywood fame to Aggieland for a world premiere.
Eventful.com is offering an opportunity to bring Danny McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman to a college for the premiere of the movie Your Hi ...

Wheelchair-bound budget protesters cited in Austin

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:39 PM PST


AUSTIN, Texas -- At least 11 protesters in wheelchairs have been cited over an Austin demonstration against proposed budget cuts for social services.
The Dallas Morning News reports the tickets were issued Tuesday night for misdemeanor trespassing ...

Immigration officials announce new gang arrests

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:06 AM PST


WASHINGTON -- The largest roundup of street gang members with ties to international drug trafficking groups since 2005 has yielded more than 600 arrests, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday.
ICE agents, working with state and local au ...

Man charged in 2nd Houston strangulation

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST

HOUSTON -- A second capital murder charge has been filed against a 46-year-old homeless Houston man now accused in three strangling deaths in and around downtown Houston and questioned in three others..Police charged Lucky Ward on Monday in the Sept. ...

House OKs $4B cuts, avoids gov't shutdown

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in go ...

TX credit union head admits to embezzling funds

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST

BEAUMONT, Texas -- The head of a Southeast Texas government employees' credit union has pleaded guilty to federal charges from the embezzlement of almost $1.2 million in credit union funds.A Justice Department statement says 56-year-old Sandra H. Coo ...

Day care owner seen at store when blaze started

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST


HOUSTON -- Investigators say a home day care operator who left the children she was watching alone was shopping when a fire that killed four children began, according to a court document made public Tuesday.
Surveillance video shows Jessica Tata w ...

Trail rides kick off Houston Rodeo

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:42 PM PST


HOUSTON -- With cowboy hats on their heads and spurs in place, trail riders saddled up and set off on journeys that would last five days to three weeks. Leaving behind the comforts of home -- most of them, anyway -- thousands of people hit the open ...

Army pumping up fitness tests

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST


FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The Army plans to toughen its fitness tests for the first time in 30 years to make sure all soldiers have the strength, endurance and mobility for battle, adding exercises like running an obstacle course in full combat gear an ...

Hanging out

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST

Robert Meinke shares a hammock with his girlfriend, Valerie Gilliam, while the pair enjoy a spring day at Research Park on the Texas A&M campus Tuesday. More pleasant weather is expected over the next few days.

Family knew risks pirates posed

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A Danish couple on a round-the-world journey with their three children knew they were sailing in the world's most pirate-infested waters off East Africa. But they seemed to be brimming with confidence.On a blog on which they ch ...

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