Saturday, April 30, 2011
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- Fire risk continues to climb
- Area Catholics hail beatification
- A royal experience: Locals share in Britain's wedding joy
- NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's last launch
- Middleton reigns as a fashion icon
- Wedding rules via Internet
- Ready for a fruitful event
- Raw video: Fire reignites near Bryan mobile home park
- Bryan to host Viz-a-GoGo
- Court won't block stem cell funds
- Witness recalls screams of NM woman mauled by dogs
- 2 die as riots erupt in Uganda after brutal arrest
- Cheap eye drug proves worth
- Auditor: Perry's tech fund needs more transparency
- A&M group celebrates Mexican-American culture
- A&M group celebrates Mexican-American culture
- House conducts TxDOT review
- Rallies defy Assad gov't
- Shuttle launch delayed by a faulty heater part
- FAA cracks down on traffic controllers
- High gas prices land Exxon $11B
- Apple takes lead in phone, tablet sales
- MTV makes way for new awards show
- Faith calendar
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT Drought conditions in Brazos County continue to worsen, which has local firefighters making preparations for a long fire season ahead. Bryan Fire Chief Mike Donoho said he and his College Station counterpart have been meeting with the volunteer f ... |
| Area Catholics hail beatification Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT For 24-year-old Andrew Schaeperkoetter, Sunday's beatification of Pope John Paul II will be monumental. For Catholics his age -- the JPII Generation -- the man born Karol Wojtyla was the only pope they'd known until the appointment of his successo ... |
| A royal experience: Locals share in Britain's wedding joy Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT Michelle Colwell was awake by 2:30 a.m. Friday, laying out final details for her Royal Watch Party and preparing for the arrival of guests, the first of whom got to her house at 3 a.m. Colwell wore a light pink pajama set accentuated by a long st ... |
| NASA delays space shuttle Endeavour's last launch Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has called off Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour because of a heater failure. Commander Mark Kelly and his crew were on their way to the launch pad, when NASA halted the countdown. The astronauts' van did a U- ... |
| Middleton reigns as a fashion icon Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT LONDON -- It was a moment of Cinderella magic: The future queen, emerging from a Rolls Royce in a slim ivory-and-white satin gown with a dramatic neckline, sheer lace sleeves and a train that followed her straight into fashion legend. The dress, p ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Prince William and Kate Middleton may have had a traditional wedding, but the Internet traffic that accompanied the ceremony was something very new for the royal family. Millions followed the affair in live streams on their computers, all ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT Eight-year-old Gentry Gonzales said she wants residents to buy lemonade at her stand Sunday so she can raise funds for the Brazos Animal Shelter.Seven year-old Anthony Criscione said his lemonade stand will be the best because he's donating money to ... |
| Raw video: Fire reignites near Bryan mobile home park Posted: 29 Apr 2011 09:59 AM PDT |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT Work by Texas A&M visualization students will awe and entertain guests this week in downtown Bryan. Viz-a-GoGo 18, the 18th annual showcase of digital wizardy, will be exhibiting from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 1 ... |
| Court won't block stem cell funds Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Opponents of taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research lost a key round Friday in a federal appeals court ruling that gives support to the Obama administration's expansion of the promising but disputed approach to finding disease c ... |
| Witness recalls screams of NM woman mauled by dogs Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:52 AM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A New Mexico woman who witnessed four pit bulls fatally maul another woman on Easter Sunday said Thursday that she heard screams from inside her home, then rushed outside and saw that the victim had "big chunks missing" from he ... |
| 2 die as riots erupt in Uganda after brutal arrest Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT KAMPALA, Uganda -- Army troops and police fired live bullets at rioting demonstrators Friday, and at least two people were killed and 120 wounded in the largest anti-government protest in sub-Saharan Africa this year. Rioters burned tires in downt ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT A much cheaper drug has proved just as good as a $2,000 monthly shot at treating a common eye disorder that can lead to blindness, a long-awaited study has found. It also shows that patients can be treated less often, sparing them a lot of pain and ... |
| Auditor: Perry's tech fund needs more transparency Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:51 AM PDT Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry's technology fund that awards money to start-up companies and universities needs "significant improvements to promote greater transparency and accountability," the state auditor said in a report releas ... |
| A&M group celebrates Mexican-American culture Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT Carcachita, a member of the clown duo Tita y Carcachita, performs Friday at Fiesta 505, a festival hosted by the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture, on Duncan Drill Field. The festival featured food, traditional music and per ... |
| A&M group celebrates Mexican-American culture Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT Carcachita, a member of the clown duo Tita y Carcachita, performs Friday at Fiesta 505, a festival hosted by the MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican-American Culture, on Duncan Drill Field. The festival featured food, traditional music and per ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The House renewed the Texas Department of Transportation on Friday, in what the bill's author said was an attempt to improve transparency and efficiency at one of state's largest agencies.The legislation, known as a sunset bill, reviews the ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Thousands of defiant Syrians chanting "We are not afraid!" were met by security forces firing bullets and tear gas Friday in a crackdown on nationwide protests that left 42 people dead -- many of them villagers trying to break an army block ... |
| Shuttle launch delayed by a faulty heater part Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The president was on his way. Space shuttle Endeavour's astronauts were riding out to the launch pad in a van. And a wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had flown in from her Houston rehab hospital to watch her husband blast off ... |
| FAA cracks down on traffic controllers Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday replaced three high-level managers in the nation's air traffic control system following embarrassing incidents of controllers sleeping on the job and making potentially dangerous mistakes.I ... |
| High gas prices land Exxon $11B Posted: 29 Apr 2011 02:24 AM PDT NEW YORK -- Exxon earned nearly $11 billion in the first quarter, a performance likely to land it in the center of the national debate over high gasoline prices. The world's largest publicly traded company said Thursday that higher oil prices boos ... |
| Apple takes lead in phone, tablet sales Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Consumer technology companies reporting financial results this week are looking like rowboats bobbing in the wake of Apple Inc.'s supertanker. Close to oblivion in 1997, Apple is now the world's second-most valuable company, after Exxo ... |
| MTV makes way for new awards show Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- MTV debuted its inaugural O Music Awards eschewing award show traditions and even its own broadcasting power. A newfangled, multiplatform event, the O Music Awards aired Thursday night on not any of the MTV Networks but on Facebook, M ... |
| Posted: 29 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT Saturday * First Assembly of God, 12th and Temple Streets in Caldwell, will hold a free women's conference from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The theme is "Living By God's Word!" The guest speaker is Rhonda McGinnis from Trinity Fellowship Church in Georgia. ... |
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