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- Dishing it up
- Pickering wins A&M election
- CSU customers to face extra fee
- Purple martins flocking to B-CS
- County indicts dozens
- Beerfest today at BV Bank Ballpark
- Pet of the week
- Aggies look to pack Reed Saturday
- Libya refugees given shelter
- Unemployment sinks with hiring spree
- Vigil held for pastor slain at church
- Michigan town remembers 'all-American kid'
- Combat conditioning
- Number of child ear infections dropping
- NASA: New glitch, no Glory
- $430k Love settlement shows tweets can be costly
- Faith calendar
- Calendar
- Humanoid robot's debut moved up
- Mich. high school player dies after winning shot
- Huge Carnival crowd expected in New Orleans
- Unions wary of Dems' 2012 convention plans
- Mich. high school player dies after winning shot
- Houston may lose 2,300 city jobs to budget cuts
- Benghazi's port hosts the workers no one wants
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Robert Davis serves chicken soft tacos Friday at the C.C. Creations booth at the 50 Men Who Can Cook event at the Brazos County Expo. The event featured local business people and public figures dishing out a variety of foods. It is an annual fundrais ... |
| Pickering wins A&M election Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Jeff Pickering, a junior communication major, was elected Texas A&M University's student body president Friday with nearly 63 percent of more than 9,900 votes cast. "I feel incredibly honored that our student body has entrusted me to lead th ... |
| CSU customers to face extra fee Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Attention College Station Utilities customers: The extra $5 fee on your March utility bill is not a mistake. And you can expect to see it again in April, May, June, November and December -- the lower usage months of the year. David Massey, direc ... |
| Purple martins flocking to B-CS Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Bryan-College Station is about to be filled with thousands of potential residents looking for a 6 inch by 12 inch apartment unit or dried-out gourd to call home. A few purple martins already have arrived in the area, and more will continue to fil ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST A Brazos County grand jury indicted 28 people this week on charges that included forgery, assault and felony theft.Ruben Mora, 53, who was arrested in early January on charges of shooting his roommate in the neck, was indicted on an aggravated assaul ... |
| Beerfest today at BV Bank Ballpark Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The fourth annual Ballpark Beerfest is scheduled to take place from noon until 10 p.m. today at the Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark. More than 200 types of beer and 50 varieties of wine will be available for sampling. Admission is f ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:49 AM PST This cat is available for adoption from the Brazos Animal Shelter in Bryan. |
| Aggies look to pack Reed Saturday Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST No sports pass? No problem. Saturday is 12th Man Day at Reed Arena. All students will be admitted to the game free, and guest tickets are $5. The Aggie men tip off for their last home game against Texas Tech at 12:45 p.m.The Aggie women will play Neb ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST RAS ADJIR, Tunisia -- An international effort to shelter and repatriate tens of thousands of migrant workers who fled Libya moved forward Friday, with the traumatized refugees able to rest at a Tunisian tent camp with toilets and showers before crowd ... |
| Unemployment sinks with hiring spree Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Companies added more workers in February than in any month in almost a year -- a turning point for the economy that finally pushed the unemployment rate below 9 percent. Economists say the stronger hiring should endure all year.The 222, ... |
| Vigil held for pastor slain at church Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST ARLINGTON -- Nearly 100 people prayed, cried and sang Amazing Grace at a vigil Friday night outside a Texas church, a day after the pastor was killed and a ministry assistant was severely beaten in what police suspect was a robbery gone wrong.Tears s ... |
| Michigan town remembers 'all-American kid' Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST FENNVILLE, Mich. -- It was the perfect shot to end a perfect season. Then came the tragedy so unthinkable it didn't seem real. Wes Leonard's game-winning layup in overtime brought the Fennville High School crowd to its feet, and joyous teammates a ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Matt Davis leaps over a huge truck tire while training on the Body Lab Crossfit obstacle course in Bryan on Friday. The course, which features a number of challenging physical obstacles, was designed to mimic courses used for military training. |
| Number of child ear infections dropping Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST ATLANTA -- Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason. Health officials report nearly a 30 ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST WASHINGTON -- For the second time in two years, a rocket glitch sent a NASA global warming satellite to the bottom of the sea Friday, a $424 million debacle that couldn't have come at a worse time for the space agency and its efforts to understand ... |
| $430k Love settlement shows tweets can be costly Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PST LOS ANGELES -- Courtney Love's settlement of a case sparked by online attacks on a fashion designer show that while Twitter posts may be short, they can also be costly.The singer has agreed to pay Dawn Simorangkir $430,000, plus interest, to settle ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Saturday * St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th St. in Bryan, will hold a spring festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The free event will include information booths by local outreach groups as well as games, crafts, a children's book exchange and l ... |
| Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:07 PM PST Saturday EVENTS Tiger Band Council Pancake Breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church, 220 Rock Prairie Road. $5 per person in advance and $7 per person at the door. Raffle tickets will be $1. Pancakes, fruit, sausage, juice and coffee. P ... |
| Humanoid robot's debut moved up Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:06 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The 220-mile-high unveiling of R2, the first humanoid robot in space, is being moved up at the urging of the president of the United States. Astronaut Catherine Coleman said Friday that she and the 11 other humans aboard th ... |
| Mich. high school player dies after winning shot Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PST FENNVILLE, Mich. -- A Michigan high school's star basketball player collapsed on the court and later died after making a game-winning layup in overtime to cap his team's perfect season. Wes Leonard of Fennville High died Thursday night, Holland Ho ... |
| Huge Carnival crowd expected in New Orleans Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:53 AM PST By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated PressNEW ORLEANS -- Mardi Gras is days away, but the party has already started in the French Quarter of New Orleans.Along the old French Gulf Coast, from Mobile, Ala., to the Cajun country of southwest Louisiana, huge c ... |
| Unions wary of Dems' 2012 convention plans Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:08 PM PST CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- With the American labor movement newly energized by its most serious threat in years, the Democratic Party's decision to hold its 2012 convention in the least union-friendly state is causing friction with a key constituency.The Dem ... |
| Mich. high school player dies after winning shot Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:20 AM PST FENNVILLE, Mich. -- A Michigan high school's star basketball player collapsed on the court and later died after making a game-winning layup in overtime to cap his team's perfect season. Wes Leonard of Fennville High died Thursday night, Holland Ho ... |
| Houston may lose 2,300 city jobs to budget cuts Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:44 AM PST HOUSTON -- Houston mayor Annise Parker is considering budget cuts that could cost 2,300 city workers their jobs. Parker told department heads that an estimated $130 million shortfall requires "extremely tough, if not brutal" decisions. The Housto ... |
| Benghazi's port hosts the workers no one wants Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:39 PM PST BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- On a chilly, wind-swept gravel shore in the Benghazi port, Libya's forgotten foreign workers shiver in rudimentary warehouses and watch ships pick up evacuees from wealthier nations. More than 180,000 of the millions of for ... |
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