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A&M vet school hosts open house

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Kyle Guinn, 9, reaches down to feed a young goat at the 18th Annual Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine Open House on the Texas A&M campus. Visitors had a chance to tour the school's facilities and participate in hands-on activities and ...

A&M vet school hosts open house

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Kyle Guinn, 9, reaches down to feed a young goat at the 18th Annual Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine Open House on the Texas A&M campus. Visitors had a chance to tour the school's facilities and participate in hands-on activities and ...

Hoops triumph among Aggies' best

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two plays will be remembered from Texas A&M's national championship in women's basketball, both involving junior wing Tyra White.
Her game-winning lay-up against Stanford in the semifinals and her off-balance 3-pointer with j ...

Hoops triumph among Aggies' best

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two plays will be remembered from Texas A&M's national championship in women's basketball, both involving junior wing Tyra White.
Her game-winning lay-up against Stanford in the semifinals and her off-balance 3-pointer with j ...

Brazos Valley in need of rain

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Fewer bluebonnets than usual bloomed in the Bryan-College Station area this year, and warm-season grass is swaying less gloriously. On the border of Robertson and Brazos counties, a yearly bonfire that burns on a rural patch of land in November was n ...

Council hopefuls talk plans

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT


With recall elections and annexation fights dominating College Station politics, the two candidates for the Place 1 City Council seat have based their campaigns on plans to end the hostility surrounding city government.
Political newcomer Shawn R ...

'Everywhere it's beer, beer, beer!'

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT


If family-friendly fun was the last thing you were looking for, Chilifest in Snook was the place to be.
"It's pretty much a good reason to drink," said College Station resident Mark Laas on Saturday. "And I'm a huge Texas country fan."
Some 550 ...

Cigarette reportedly source of CS fire

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A fire that damaged units at the Cripple Creek Condominiums Friday on University Oaks Drive in College Station was ignited by a cigarette discarded in a plastic bucket being used outside as an ash tray, the city's Fire Marshal's O ...

Suspect arrested in carjacking attempt

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A Bryan man who reportedly said "I'm taking your ride" before he punched a Texas A&M student several times in the Northside Parking Garage was behind bars Saturday, records show.
Adrin Keith McCoy, 20, was arrested on robber ...

Events to shine light on abuse

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Last year the Sexual Assault Resource Center served 266 Brazos Valley residents who were survivors of the violent crime.
But that number doesn't accurately reflect the prevalence of the crime in the community.
"Many more survivors are in our co ...

Jet skiers rescued at Lake Bryan

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Bryan Fire Department deployed a five-person boat crew to Lake Bryan late Saturday to rescue two women on a jet ski, authorities said.
The women left 20 minutes before dark and were reported missing around 9:30 p.m., said Sg ...

GOP wins first round of battle

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Republican conservatives were the chief winners in the budget deal that forced Democrats to accept historic spending cuts they strongly opposed.
Emboldened by last fall's election victories, fiscal conservatives have changed the deba ...

GOP rules in Texas House

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Republicans are using their biggest majority ever in the Texas House to promote their conservative vision: government slashed to the bone, more curbs on abortion, far less money for birth control and new ID requirements for voters.
The n ...

Texas wildfires rage on

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


DALLAS -- A massive range fire burned as much as 125 sq. miles Saturday in West Texas, and firefighters were bracing for the possibility the situation could worsen because of dry, windy conditions.
The enormous fire scorching largely rural Stonewa ...

Fort Hood area relieved shutdown is averted

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

FORT HOOD -- Army Pfc. David Jones is no longer worried about how he'll pay rent and buy groceries -- or get toys and a crib for his first child due this fall -- now that the government shutdown has been averted.Jones said Saturday that he had no ide ...

End to Japan crisis years, a fortune away

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


TOKYO -- Once Japan's leaky nuclear complex stops spewing radiation and its reactors cool down, making the site safe and removing the ruined equipment is going to be a messy ordeal that could take decades and cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
...

Gbagbo's forces put life back into their campaign

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Forces supporting Ivory Coast's entrenched strongman broke through the security perimeter imposed around the presidential compound Saturday, firing on French helicopters in an advance that appeared to breathe new life into L ...

Making the catch for a cause

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT

James Garner makes a catch in traffic for the interception Saturday while participating in the Mercy Project's Pigskin Party, a 24-hour-long flag football game, at Veterans Park. The Mercy Project, a locally based non-profit organization dedicated to ...

Law on their side: Blinn program helps fill need for paralegals

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 74,000 paralegal jobs will open up by 2018, and Blinn College's Bryan campus is doing its part to help meet that need.
In the college's legal assistant program, founded in 1995, students can earn a paral ...

Our Neighbors

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
The Robert Henry Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas recently hosted a luncheon to celebrate the anniversary of Texas' independence.
The event featured Dr. Edward L. Miller, an author and educator f ...

The pros and cons of hybrid plants

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


These days, hybrids are either panned or praised in the world of gardening. Not that hybrids are such oddities. A hybrid is merely the offspring of two parents that are not genetically the same.
You and I are hybrids, as are many wild and cultivat ...

College choice can cause stress in teens

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Barry Lenson's daughter was thrilled to get into her cozy, exclusive first-choice college, happily signing up for an "admitted students" overnight stay on the small town campus to make sure it was the place for her.
It was a miserable, ...

Arts Watch: Home-grown talent wraps orchestra season

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra closes the curtain on another home run season this afternoon as the grand local music makers gather on Rudder Theatre's stage surrounding Dr. Trent Hanna, a man who certainly knows his way up and down the piano ke ...

1964 film offers a double dose of Davis

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Love old or unusual movies but never know when they're on? Here are several I recommend:
Dead Ringer (1964): I love this gritty little late-noir penny dreadful. Bette Davis plays twin sisters (I know, I got you at hello, right?). One's a sour rich g ...

Our Neighbors Calendar

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Sunday
* 47th Annual Bluebonnet Festival of Texas. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Chappell Hill, TX. Over 400 exhibitors featuring home accessories, gardening, artisans, clothing, jewelry, country-style food and live entertainment and music. Children's Activity ...

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