Thursday, March 10, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Track meet a big boost to Aggieland

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PST


Restaurants and hotels are usually pretty empty in Aggieland on the first weekend of spring break. But things are expected to be different this year with the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in town.
Texas A&M is hosting the event on ...

Track meet a big boost to Aggieland

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PST


Restaurants and hotels are usually pretty empty in Aggieland on the first weekend of spring break. But things are expected to be different this year with the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in town.
Texas A&M is hosting the event on ...

The search for Quksace agjke

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST


Just over two weeks ago, a Google or Bing search for the term "Quksace agjke" wouldn't have generated any results.
But as of late Wednesday, there were more than 3,300 hits for the nonsense phrase on Google and 145 on Bing. (Although search resul ...

The search for Quksace agjke

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST


Just over two weeks ago, a Google or Bing search for the term "Quksace agjke" wouldn't have generated any results.
But as of late Wednesday, there were more than 3,300 hits for the nonsense phrase on Google and 145 on Bing. (Although search resul ...

Space shuttle Discovery lands, ends flying career

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:13 AM PST


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery ended its career as the world’s most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece.
NASA’s oldest shuttle swooped through a ...

Aggie rodeo team ready to tie up a win

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST


Texas A&M University students will show off their skills in a rodeo competition Friday and Saturday in hopes of earning a spot at nationals.
The Texas A&M Intercollegiate Rodeo will be from 7 to about 10 p.m. both days at the Brazos County ...

Weather Whys: Weather websites

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 07:26 AM PST

Q: Where can I find weather info for other regions of the U.S.?
A: The National Weather Service’s website, www.weather.gov, is a great place to start, says Dion Delao of Texas A&M’s Department of Atmospheric Sciences who also heads u ...

Man remains jailed after standoff

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:00 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 23-year-old Bryan man who was arrested Tuesday after a standoff with law enforcement remained jailed Wednesday without bail, pending a parole revocation hearing.
Lisa Block, spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety, sai ...

13 die in Christian-Muslim clashes

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST

CAIRO -- Clashes that broke out when a Muslim mob attacked thousands of Christians protesting the burning of a Cairo church killed at least 13 people and wounded about 140, officials said Wednesday.The Muslims torched the church amid an escalation of ...

Food is no small business

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST


Erica Casares wanted pots and pans for Christmas when she was a teenager -- years before her passion for cooking led her to open a cupcake shop with her mother.
My Cupcakery, which opened on Texas Avenue in Bryan in October, is one of several area ...

Food is no small business

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST


Erica Casares wanted pots and pans for Christmas when she was a teenager -- years before her passion for cooking led her to open a cupcake shop with her mother.
My Cupcakery, which opened on Texas Avenue in Bryan in October, is one of several area ...

New procedure for acid reflux in CS

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST


The College Station Medical Center is offering a new surgical option to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease -- a disease that causes heartburn -- without incisions.
Joe Brown, spokesman for The Med, said Dr. Barry Oswalt is the first doctor in t ...

New procedure for acid reflux in CS

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST


The College Station Medical Center is offering a new surgical option to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease -- a disease that causes heartburn -- without incisions.
Joe Brown, spokesman for The Med, said Dr. Barry Oswalt is the first doctor in t ...

Governor defends secret vacation

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Sun-kissed and amused by the brouhaha, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin returned from a Caribbean getaway with no apologies for keeping his vacation destination a secret or for going there without his security detail.The first-term Democ ...

Democrats say new budget would close nursing homes

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PST


AUSTIN -- Democratic lawmakers denounced the latest version of the state budget on Wednesday, saying it would close 50 percent of the state's nursing homes and leave 43,700 elderly and disabled people without a facility to live in.
Lawmakers have ...

18 arrested in assaults on 11-year-old Texas girl

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 03:25 AM PST


CLEVELAND, Texas — A lurid cell phone video circulated among students in a small Texas town has led to the arrests of 18 people, including high school athletes and adults, accused of sexually assaulting an 11 year-old girl during a series of ...

$10 drug to delay early birth spikes to $1,500

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST

ATLANTA -- The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof.A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy c ...

Dallas mayor sues city over release of police call

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:38 PM PST

DALLAS -- Dallas' new mayor has sued the city to try to prevent the release of police records related to a Jan. 2 disturbance call at his home.Mayor Dwaine Caraway sought a temporary restraining order Tuesday and a state judge agreed to withhold the ...

Greece, immigrants make deal

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST

ATHENS, Greece -- Nearly 300 immigrants in Greece ended a six-week hunger strike Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government to delay deportation proceedings against them, supporters of the protest said.The hunger strike emerged as a cr ...

Discovery touches down for good

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece.
After a flawless trip to the International Space Station, ...

'Rainy day' funds sit unused in handful of states

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 10:39 PM PST

BATON ROUGE, La. -- While budget deficits threaten to cripple government services across the country, a handful of states with billions of dollars socked away in "rainy day" funds for troubled financial times are discovering they can't use that money ...

Governor abolishes death penalty in Illinois

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:14 PM PST


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois abolished the death penalty Wednesday, more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 m ...

Mexico arrests suspect in killing

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST


MEXICO CITY -- Federal police have arrested another suspected drug cartel member for alleged links to last month's attack in Mexico that killed one U.S. agent and wounded another, authorities said Wednesday.
In the Pacific coast resort city of Maz ...

Lawmakers look at texting crackdown

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:15 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Legislation to ban texting while driving in Texas is gaining momentum in the state House, where Republicans and Democrats alike have pledged support. Multiple texting while driving bills were left pending in the House Transportation Commit ...

Stunned by science

Posted: 09 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PST

Students from Shawna McDermott's sixth-grade science class watch as compressed air forces water to propel a hand-made bottle rocket skyward near the Oakwood Intermediate School grounds in College Station Wednesday afternoon. The students launched man ...

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