Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Nature center deal in danger

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


The future is uncertain for a proposed nature center at College Station's Lick Creek Park as budget concerns may delay or even eliminate the project.
That disturbs some regular visitors to the park, who say the project would be a valuable learning ...

Speakers have free health advice for all

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT


The public is invited to a free event Friday in which experts and researchers in sports medicine and health-related fields will be extending their knowledge in easy-to-understand presentations.
Eight speakers have been recruited for the Huffines ...

Barrow found guilty of criminal activity

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


A 23-year-old Eagle Lake man was convicted of engaging in criminal activity Monday after a Brazos County jury returned to deliberations from a weekend break.
Paul Lee Barrow Jr. was found guilty of participating in an April 2007 armed robbery of ...

Barrow found guilty of criminal activity

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


A 23-year-old Eagle Lake man was convicted of engaging in criminal activity Monday after a Brazos County jury returned to deliberations from a weekend break.
Paul Lee Barrow Jr. was found guilty of participating in an April 2007 armed robbery of ...

Eagle Lake man convicted in 2007 robbery

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PDT

A Brazos County jury Monday found a 23-year-old Eagle Lake man guilty of engaging in criminal activity after deliberating for more than 13 hours.
Paul Lee Barrow Jr. was convicted for his involvement in an armed robbery of Aggie Kwik Stop and a hom ...

Eagle staff earns 24 awards in state contest

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
TYLER -- The Bryan-College Station Eagle ranked at the top in its circulation category, winning Best Online Newspaper, as its staff recently dominated the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors journalism contest.
The newsroom s ...

Obama defends U.S. military action in Libya

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:18 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and "been a betr ...

Texas A&M System to receive $2.7 M for cancer research, prevention

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PDT

The Texas A&M University System on Tuesday will be presented with more than $2.7 million in grants for cancer research and prevention.
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas will award grants totaling more than $2.7 million to can ...

Transcript of President Obama's speech on Libya

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:18 PM PDT

Good evening. Tonight, I'd like to update the American people on the international effort that we have led in Libya - what we have done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.
I want to begin by paying tribute to our men and women in unifo ...

Man allegedly tried to steal motorcycle

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 48-year-old Bryan man remained in jail Monday on a theft charge after being accused of attempting to steal a motorcycle.
Bryan police said they responded to a theft in progress call on Forest Bend Drive to find Lee Wayne Johns ...

Man allegedly tried to steal motorcycle

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 48-year-old Bryan man remained in jail Monday on a theft charge after being accused of attempting to steal a motorcycle.
Bryan police said they responded to a theft in progress call on Forest Bend Drive to find Lee Wayne Johns ...

Man allegedly tried to steal motorcycle

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 48-year-old Bryan man remained in jail Monday on a theft charge after being accused of attempting to steal a motorcycle.
Bryan police said they responded to a theft in progress call on Forest Bend Drive to find Lee Wayne Johns ...

Driver arrested on felony drug charges

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PDT

A 33-year-old man faces a felony drug charge after an officer reported smelling marijuana coming from his vehicle while it was parked near a College Station bar.
Houston resident Dedrick Bardray Calhoun was charged Monday with manufacturing or deliv ...

3 found dead in West Texas vintage plane crash

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:03 AM PDT


DICKENS -- Three are dead in a fiery South Plains crash of a vintage airplane.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said Monday the accident in Dickens County killed the pilot and his parents.
The Texas Department of Public Saf ...

Woman accused of assaulting relative

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An 18-year-old Bryan woman has been charged with violating a gang injunction by causing bodily injury to another person.
Christy Ann Galindo was arrested for violating a court order against participating in gang activity after of ...

Woman accused of assaulting relative

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An 18-year-old Bryan woman has been charged with violating a gang injunction by causing bodily injury to another person.
Christy Ann Galindo was arrested for violating a court order against participating in gang activity after of ...

Obama: U.S. had to act in Libya

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Vigorously defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world's conscience and " ...

Woman accused of assaulting relative

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An 18-year-old Bryan woman has been charged with violating a gang injunction by causing bodily injury to another person.
Christy Ann Galindo was arrested for violating a court order against participating in gang activity after of ...

East Texas deputy dies of injuries from cow attack

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:06 AM PDT


TYLER -- An East Texas deputy has died of head injuries suffered when he was attacked by an injured cow while he directed traffic around the half-ton animal.
Smith County Sheriff J.B. Smith says Deputy Robert Britton of Tyler died Monday at East ...

Gas burning up tax cut

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Americans are earning and spending more, but a lot of the extra money is going down their gas tanks. Gas prices have drained more than half the extra cash Americans are getting this year from a cut in Social Security taxes.
Unlike so ...

Gas burning up tax cut

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:12 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Americans are earning and spending more, but a lot of the extra money is going down their gas tanks. Gas prices have drained more than half the extra cash Americans are getting this year from a cut in Social Security taxes.
Unlike so ...

Latina leaders defend alleged young rape victim

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:40 AM PDT

CLEVELAND -- Latina community leaders say people who have questioned the parental supervision and dress of an 11-year-old who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a group of men are re-victimizing the young girl.Authorities have arrested 19 people in ...

Wildfire danger eases across parts of Texas

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT

COLLEGE STATION -- Experts say the wildfire danger has eased in parts of the state but is high to extreme in West Texas. The Texas Forest Service on Monday reported that significant fire potential is low to moderate for most of the state.In Central ...

Man dies in balcony collapse in Kaufman

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT

KAUFMAN -- A North Texas man has died in the collapse of his apartment balcony.Investigators say an engineer will examine all balconies at the complex in Kaufman, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas. The accident Saturday killed 37-year-old Jose Marti ...

Border Patrol seizes 2 valuable Amazon parrots

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:04 AM PDT

LA ROSITA -- U.S. Border Patrol agents have made an unusual bust while patrolling the U.S. shore along the lower Rio Grande near Rio Grande City.A Border Patrol statement issued Monday says the agents were working near the river Sunday afternoon when ...

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