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- Japanese Ags keep tabs on homeland
- Annexation legislation passes House committee
- Annexation legislation passes House committee
- Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
- Police looking into hit and run
- Annexation bill moves on to House
- Annexation bill moves on to House
- New cat in town
- CSISD plans for more funding cuts
- Mom of shooting victim plans fundraiser
- Assault, burglary suspects in court
- Lawmakers question UT System's hiring of adviser
- Rudder book event open to the public
- Spring festival marks India's Holi
- Miniature horse fitted with prosthetic leg
- NY Times: Journalists abused, threatened in Libya
- Dallas to release tape mayor tried to keep secret
- Road to be closed to reconstruct wreck
- Nods for business award due today
- Power lines up at Japanese nuclear plant
- Few Japanese were prepared for nuclear crisis
- Gadhafi forces bomb city
- Sex can trigger heart attacks in loungers
- Aflac taps public for duck voice
- Restaurant Monitor, March 10-17
| Japanese Ags keep tabs on homeland Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT College Station resident Randy Sasaki was on a video call with his mother in Yokohama, Japan, when the 9-magnitude earthquake hit his home country. He watched as the quake came in two ripples -- the second the more severe of the two -- before com ... |
| Annexation legislation passes House committee Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PDT A bill that would require Bryan and College Station to obtain permission from voters to annex an area outside their city limits passed through a House committee in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday afternoon. The proposed law, which passed by a 7- ... |
| Annexation legislation passes House committee Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PDT A bill that would require Bryan and College Station to obtain permission from voters to annex an area outside their city limits passed through a House committee in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday afternoon. The proposed law, which passed by a 7- ... |
| Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:41 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79. She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, whe ... |
| Police looking into hit and run Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT The investigation into what led a woman and her daughter to drive a car into a crowd of people, seriously injuring a 16-month-old girl, was still ongoing Tuesday, Bryan police said. Vanessa Walker, 39, and her 22-year-old daughter, Princess Walke ... |
| Annexation bill moves on to House Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT A bill that would let Wellborn residents vote on whether they want to be annexed by College Station passed through a zstate House committee on Tuesday, setting up a race to push the proposed law through the full Legislature before College Station m ... |
| Annexation bill moves on to House Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT A bill that would let Wellborn residents vote on whether they want to be annexed by College Station passed through a zstate House committee on Tuesday, setting up a race to push the proposed law through the full Legislature before College Station m ... |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report They'll be known as the College Station Cougars, and their colors will be black and purple. The mascot and colors for the College Station school district's second high school, set to open in 2012, were OK'd by the school board Tu ... |
| CSISD plans for more funding cuts Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT College Station school administrators said Tuesday they are keeping their eye on a state Senate bill that would reduce the district's funding by $5.8 million. "We don't want to create panic," Superintendent Eddie Coulson said of the legislation. " ... |
| Mom of shooting victim plans fundraiser Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT The mother of a 17-year-old shot and killed in Bryan last May is organizing a talent show and raffle to honor her son and spread the message about stopping violence. Diana Hutchson is hosting the event from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Palace The ... |
| Assault, burglary suspects in court Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:21 PM PDT Two men facing first-degree felony charges are separately standing trial this week in Brazos County. In the 272nd District Court, Justin Tyler Davis of College Station will be tried on aggravated assault charges stemming from a July 2008 incident ... |
| Lawmakers question UT System's hiring of adviser Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:04 AM PDT AUSTIN -- State lawmakers are questioning the University of Texas System's decision to hire a special adviser who makes $200,000 a year and holds views on higher education that clash with legislative priorities established two years ago. Democrati ... |
| Rudder book event open to the public Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A full month ahead of the official release of the biography detailing the life of Gen. James Earl Rudder, a ceremony is scheduled to take place on Texas A&M's campus Thursday afternoon to formally unveil the book. The ceremo ... |
| Spring festival marks India's Holi Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe India Association at Texas A&M will host a spring festival on campus this weekend.Holi, a festival of colors meant to welcome spring, signifies the victory of good over evil. The traditional celebration includes smearing col ... |
| Miniature horse fitted with prosthetic leg Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:59 AM PDT ARGYLE -- A miniature horse born without most of his right rear leg now acts like he's born to run, thanks to a new prosthetic leg.Ranch Hand Rescue feared Midnite would have to be euthanized after the North Texas horse rescue group received the 4-ye ... |
| NY Times: Journalists abused, threatened in Libya Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:06 AM PDT NEW YORK -- The New York Times says Libyan soldiers physically abused its team of journalists and threatened to kill them during the six days they were held in captivity.Libya released the four journalists on Monday. Turkey helped negotiate their rel ... |
| Dallas to release tape mayor tried to keep secret Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:43 PM PDT DALLAS -- Dallas city officials say they plan to release an audiotape made by police when they spoke to Dallas Mayor Dwaine Caraway after a domestic disturbance at his home.Officials say they'll issue the tape and other material requested by the news ... |
| Road to be closed to reconstruct wreck Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe frontage road of the North Earl Rudder Freeway near Tabor Road will be reduced to one lane of traffic Thursday while Bryan police work to reconstruct a fatal accident.The closure will begin at 8 a.m. and all lanes should be reop ... |
| Nods for business award due today Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:23 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Wednesday is the deadline to nominate a Brazos County company for the Bryan Rotary Club/Newman 10 Business Performance Awards. The 18th annual event will be held June 15. To nominate a business, contact Rusleen Maurice at 846-523 ... |
| Power lines up at Japanese nuclear plant Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:20 PM PDT FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- Workers at a leaking nuclear plant hooked up power lines to all six of the crippled complex's reactor units Tuesday, but other repercussions from the massive earthquake and tsunami were still rippling across the nation as econom ... |
| Few Japanese were prepared for nuclear crisis Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:20 PM PDT FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- When the massive earthquake and tsunami rocked northeast Japan on March 11, residents who had been prepared by years of drills knew exactly what to do: They scrambled for cover until the shaking stopped, then ran for higher ground ... |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:20 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's snipers and tanks are terrorizing civilians in the coastal city of Misrata, a resident said, and the U.S. military warned Tuesday it was "considering all options" in response to dire conditions there that have le ... |
| Sex can trigger heart attacks in loungers Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:19 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Sex and exercise can trigger heart attacks in older people who don't get much of either, a new analysis finds. The risk is low, but it's a good reminder that slackers should change their exercise habits gradually, especially in middle ag ... |
| Aflac taps public for duck voice Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:20 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Aflac is opening the field to people who want to take a quack at doing the new voice of the insurer's ever-abrasive duck mascot. Aflac Inc. will begin accepting submissions on Wednesday in the search for someone to replace Gilbert Got ... |
| Restaurant Monitor, March 10-17 Posted: 22 Mar 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department. Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A ... |
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