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- Not a second to waste
- Space shuttle worker falls to death at launch pad
- Potential BISD leaders in town
- Council member backs 3 in bloc
- CS councilwoman McMillan says she won't run again in May
- Buppy's owner critically injured in accident
- Armed man robs CS store, police said
- Candidates set in CS school board races
- Buppy's owner in bad accident
- Officer reports seeing man snort cocaine
- Japan plant leaking radiation
- No easy answers about nuke crisis
- Disaster survivors recall moments of terror
- Texas mother dies of asthma, suffocates infant son
- Japan struggling to deal with dead bodies
- Potty-mouthed prankster messes with Texas sign
- GED rolling out computerized test in 4 states
- Texas boy, 2, recovering after second-story fall
- Japan feeds more money to banks
- Activist from Juarez seeks asylum in US
- Saudi force aiding Bahrain monarchy
- Air and ground: Gadhafi, rebels each claim control
- Combs: Texas may have $300M more
- Spurned Texas man accused in 2-week assault
- New class inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
| Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M women's basketball players (from left to right) Skylar Collins, Maryann Baker and Sydney Colson let out screams of joy as head coach Gary Blair takes it all in stride Monday night in the Cox-McFerrin Center on the A&M campus after i ... |
| Space shuttle worker falls to death at launch pad Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:46 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space shuttle worker fell to his death Monday at the launch pad, the first fatality there in decades, NASA officials said. Medics rushed to the pad, but were unable to revive him. He was identified as James Vanover, ... |
| Potential BISD leaders in town Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT The Bryan school board on Monday conducted its first interviews for the district's next superintendent.School board members met individually with three candidates -- two men and a woman -- in executive session for about 90 minutes each.The district i ... |
| Council member backs 3 in bloc Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT College Station City Councilwoman Jana McMillan said Monday that she won't seek re-election but will support a "conservative coalition" of three candidates who have filed to run in May. She made the announcement at College Station City Hall about ... |
| CS councilwoman McMillan says she won't run again in May Posted: 14 Mar 2011 09:53 AM PDT With 15 minutes left to file for the College Station City Council, short-term incumbent Jana McMillan said she will not seek re-election after just over four months in office. She called a press conference to announce her decision and said she was s ... |
| Buppy's owner critically injured in accident Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:45 AM PDT Bryan caterer and restaurateur Buppy Simank is hospitalized with “massive internal injuries” after an accident involving a car trailer Sunday. The owner of Buppy’s Catering is suffering from damage to his pancreas, kidney and colon ... |
| Armed man robs CS store, police said Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:39 AM PDT Police on Tuesday were investigating an armed robbery of a College Station convenience store that was reported late Monday. Authorities said they responded at 11:19 p.m. to the Max Shell Food Mart, at 3300 Texas 6 South, where a man with a semi-auto ... |
| Candidates set in CS school board races Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:01 PM PDT The final candidate in the May school board election filed for the unpaid, three-year term just before the 5 p.m. deadline Monday. Richard L. Howe III will run for Place 7 on the College Station school board. Howe, 34, is a certified public accou ... |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:01 PM PDT Buppy Simank, a 41-year-old Bryan native and owner of a local catering company, remained in critical care Monday at St. Joseph Regional Health Center after a car trailer fell on him over the weekend. Simank suffered massive injuries to several of ... |
| Officer reports seeing man snort cocaine Posted: 14 Mar 2011 06:05 AM PDT A 30-year-old man faces a felony charge after an officer said he saw him snort cocaine while parked near a College Station bar. Edwin Fuentes of Bryan was charged Sunday with possession of between one and four grams of a controlled substance, which ... |
| Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT SOMA, Japan -- Radiation leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The governm ... |
| No easy answers about nuke crisis Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT The nuclear crisis in Japan has developed rapidly on many fronts, making it difficult to track the threads. What are the dangers? Will the situation improve? Can the reactors be cooled?The crisis began Friday when a magnitude-8.9 earthquake and tsuna ... |
| Disaster survivors recall moments of terror Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:01 PM PDT TAGAJO, Japan -- Masashi Imai wrapped his arms around the wheelchair that held his disabled wife and clung on with all his strength. Their home lurched and swayed as the ground fell away. The power went out. Imai switched on his wire radio and hea ... |
| Texas mother dies of asthma, suffocates infant son Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:47 AM PDT FORT WORTH -- Investigators now say a 15-year-old suburban Dallas girl collapsed and died from an asthma attack, falling on and smothering her 1-month-old son.Police in Irving, a Dallas suburb, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday that test re ... |
| Japan struggling to deal with dead bodies Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT TAGAJO, Japan -- There are just too many bodies.Hundreds of dead have washed ashore on Japan's devastated northeast coast since last week's earthquake and tsunami. Others were dug out of the debris Monday by firefighters using pickaxes and chain saws ... |
| Potty-mouthed prankster messes with Texas sign Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:44 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A potty-mouthed prankster managed to hack into an electronic sign in downtown Houston, treating drivers to an earthier message than their used to seeing.The unknown prankster changed a temporary traffic sign that said "DETOUR" in large ora ... |
| GED rolling out computerized test in 4 states Posted: 14 Mar 2011 11:38 PM PDT The organization that administers the exams for high school equivalency diplomas will begin offering the tests on computers.Officials at the American Council on Education say that sites in California, Florida, Georgia and Texas will be among the firs ... |
| Texas boy, 2, recovering after second-story fall Posted: 14 Mar 2011 03:47 AM PDT TEXAS CITY -- Police in Southeast Texas say a 2-year-old boy who fell from a second-story window and apparently landed on his head is expected to recover. Texas City police Capt. Brian Goetschius says the toddler was being treated at a Houston hos ... |
| Japan feeds more money to banks Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT TOKYO -- Japan's central bank pumped another $61.2 billion into the financial system Tuesday to quell fears that the country's banks could be overwhelmed by the impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami.The injection of 5 trillion yen comes a day ... |
| Activist from Juarez seeks asylum in US Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:47 AM PDT EL PASO -- A human rights activist from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, says she fears being murdered and wants asylum in the United States.Cipriana Jurado (hur-RAH'-doh) will have her asylum hearing on Wednesday in El Paso, Texas. The 46-year-old activist le ... |
| Saudi force aiding Bahrain monarchy Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT MANAMA, Bahrain -- A Saudi-led military force crossed into Bahrain on Monday to prop up the monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in Decem ... |
| Air and ground: Gadhafi, rebels each claim control Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:01 PM PDT TOBRUK, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's warplanes, artillery and mortar shells can control huge swaths of territory by day, including oil ports, rebel supply routes and even hostile towns. Rebels say anti-government forces can still return in darkness to ... |
| Combs: Texas may have $300M more Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Comptroller Susan Combs says the state will have an additional $300 million to spend in the next budget.In a letter to lawmakers Monday, Combs said that because of improved sales taxes returns, 2011 collections "will exceed my current estim ... |
| Spurned Texas man accused in 2-week assault Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:02 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- A woman who was abducted at gunpoint and tortured for two weeks by a rejected suitor burst outside screaming "I'm here! I'm here!" when she heard sheriff's deputies at his home, authorities said Monday. The 62-year-old woman's injuries ... |
| New class inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Posted: 14 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK — New Orleans piano maestro Dr. John wore a bright purple suit for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, leading a class with Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper and Tom Waits. Singer Darlene Love, whose voice cut thro ... |
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