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- A fight that's all fluff
- Faculty letter tests A&M System's ethics policy
- Police: Men evaded bike cops using cars
- Man assaulted his in-law, police say
- Critics say jobs aren't at the top of Perry's priorities
- Carolinas fighting over claim to Andrew Jackson
- North Texas party ends with fire that kills 6
- Capitol praises, criticizes U.S. Muslims
- Shuttle set to undock
- Agencies at odds over Texas day care fire probe
- 4 arrested in sex assault of 11-year-old
- Violence, looting escalates in Ivory Coast
- Stage shows back in Atlantic City
- Texas congregants mourn slaying of young pastor
- Peace Corps reunites classmates
- Wide search for Calif. student missing in Spain
- Afghan president rejects US apology for civilian deaths
- Calling off of mine rescue questioned
- China says police did not beat foreign reporters
- Letters for March 7
- Calendar
- AOL completes purchase of Huffington Post
- Mavericks can't hold lead, fall to Grizzlies
- Lakers rout NBA-best Spurs for 7th straight win
- US push not halting guns to Mexico
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin scores a shot to the head during the Pillow Project Pillow Fight at the Brazos Valley Ballpark in Bryan on Sunday. The event, put on by the Arts, Music and Poetry Society of Texas A&M, raised funds for the ... |
| Faculty letter tests A&M System's ethics policy Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST An ethics investigation is under way into a letter signed by two key Texas A&M faculty members and posted on a university website in which they expressed opposition to allowing guns in classrooms. An A&M system lawyer said the effort viola ... |
| Police: Men evaded bike cops using cars Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportTwo Bryan-College Station men tried using vehicles to escape bicycle cops but ended up behind bars over the weekend, according to court documents.College Station police said at about 11:45 p.m. on a recent weeknight two bike officer ... |
| Man assaulted his in-law, police say Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan man remained behind bars late Sunday after police said he was arrested for assaulting his mother-in-law.The 20-year-old was charged with assault causing bodily injury to a family member, which is a third-degree felony, punis ... |
| Critics say jobs aren't at the top of Perry's priorities Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry can't quit talking about jobs.He used the word 19 times in his recent state of the state address and has made it a top spending priority. But if Perry realizes his vision of a budget balanced through cuts alone, 100,000 teac ... |
| Carolinas fighting over claim to Andrew Jackson Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:04 PM PST THE WAXHAWS, Carolinas -- South Carolina claims Andrew Jackson as its only president. But wait -- on the grounds of the North Carolina capitol, a bronze statue of Jackson sits with two others as "Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation." For a c ... |
| North Texas party ends with fire that kills 6 Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:53 PM PST GRANBURY, Texas -- An all-night birthday party at a lakefront home in North Texas ended with a fire that killed six people and injured three others, authorities say. Investigators were still trying to determine the cause of the blaze that happened ... |
| Capitol praises, criticizes U.S. Muslims Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST STERLING, Va. -- The White House on Sunday praised American Muslims for helping fight violent extremism, but a House leader on terrorism issues said they aren't cooperating enough with law enforcement to counter the radicalization of young follower ... |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The space shuttle and space station crews hugged goodbye Sunday after more than a week together, but saved their most heartfelt farewell for Discovery. On its final voyage after nearly three decades, Discovery, the mos ... |
| Agencies at odds over Texas day care fire probe Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:54 PM PST HOUSTON -- As Glenn Price prepared to bury his 3-year-old grandson, one of four children killed in a fire at a Houston day care, he expressed frustration about why the woman accused of leaving the children alone was able to flee to Nigeria. "How ... |
| 4 arrested in sex assault of 11-year-old Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:57 PM PST CLEVELAND, Texas -- The arrest of four suspects means that 17 have now been accused in the sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl last year.Cleveland school authorities say those arrested Friday included an 11th-grader, 10th-grader, ninth-grader and a ... |
| Violence, looting escalates in Ivory Coast Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Gangs of young people, actively aided by uniformed police, ransacked at least 10 houses in Abidjan belonging to officials allied with the internationally recognized president of Ivory Coast, as heavy fighting broke out in th ... |
| Stage shows back in Atlantic City Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- On the stage, six leggy showgirls cavorted in shimmery black-sequined bras and skirts that were little more than ambitious panties. They twirled plumes of large black feathers in a Rockette-style kick line as one of them sang B ... |
| Texas congregants mourn slaying of young pastor Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:56 PM PST ARLINGTON, Texas -- More than 200 people packed a Texas church on Sunday to comfort one another and mourn their young pastor, who was slain during an apparent robbery in which his assistant was severely beaten.Many cried and hugged each other as the ... |
| Peace Corps reunites classmates Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST By LEIGH MUNSIL The Dallas Morning News DALLAS -- When a Peace Corps assignment moved Matt Flick thousands of miles from North Texas, he never expected to end up neighbors once again with a childhood friend. Flick, 27, and Justin Gorrie hadn't kep ... |
| Wide search for Calif. student missing in Spain Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST SAN DIEGO -- Family, friends and authorities from the United States and Spain searched Saturday for a San Diego State University exchange student who disappeared in Madrid more than a week ago. The university said that Austin Taylor Bice, 22, was la ... |
| Afghan president rejects US apology for civilian deaths Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s president on Sunday rejected a U.S. apology for the mistaken killing of nine Afghan boys in a NATO air attack and said civilian casualties are no longer acceptable. According to a statement from his o ... |
| Calling off of mine rescue questioned Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:01 PM PST RENO, Nev. -- A worker plunges deep into an abandoned mine shaft. Nearly 200 feet down, video images show he is injured but still breathing, trapped by debris. The century-old shaft is extremely unstable, its walls crumbling. As one rescuer tries ... |
| China says police did not beat foreign reporters Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:02 PM PST BEIJING -- China's foreign minister said Monday that no foreign reporters were beat by police while covering possible protests called by anonymous Internet postings.China's security apparatus has gone on full alert the last three Sundays in response ... |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:05 PM PST Bryan schools need to keep certified librarians We are writing this letter to voice our opinion about the possibility of certified librarians being taken out of Bryan schools. The school board is proposing to have one librarian assistant in each e ... |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:03 PM PST Mark your calendar A Master Composter Training Program is scheduled for March 25-26. The course is designed to train individuals to gain composting expertise and assist in educating their community in the area of backyard composting. 300 Krenek Tap ... |
| AOL completes purchase of Huffington Post Posted: 06 Mar 2011 11:37 PM PST NEW YORK -- AOL has completed its $315 million purchase of the online news hub The Huffington Post.AOL Inc., a pioneer in dial-up Internet access, is trying to rebuild itself as a purveyor of online news and other content. It is the largest purchase ... |
| Mavericks can't hold lead, fall to Grizzlies Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:33 PM PST By Dwain Price McClatchy Newspapers DALLAS -- When the Dallas Mavericks lay their heads on their pillows tonight, they'll do so knowing they missed out on some promising opportunities Sunday. Earlier Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers went into San An ... |
| Lakers rout NBA-best Spurs for 7th straight win Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:32 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, Pau Gasol had 21 and the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the NBA-best San Antonio Spurs for their seventh consecutive victory, 99-83 on Sunday.What was billed as a potential Western Conference finals previe ... |
| US push not halting guns to Mexico Posted: 06 Mar 2011 11:00 PM PST BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- Federal agents are barely able to slow the river of American guns flowing into Mexico.In two years, a new effort to increase inspections of travelers crossing the border has netted just 386 guns -- an almost infinitesimal amount ... |
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