Monday, April 11, 2011

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Program cleaning up Bryan neighborhoods

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT


When Doris Bailey moved into her apartment on Navidad Street in 1987, things were quiet, neighbors got along and there was little crime in the area.
All that changed about five years ago when drug dealers moved into unmaintained residential compl ...

Wreck near Hearne leaves two dead

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA three-vehicle accident just south of Hearne on Texas 6 left two dead Sunday afternoon. Three people walked away uninjured. According to the Department of Public Safety, Roselyn Young, 26, of Hearne, was driving in the wrong lane a ...

Police: Two shot in Brazos County ambush

Posted: 11 Apr 2011 01:19 AM PDT


Police said two men were shot and a third was not injured in an ambush during which two vehicles were stolen in Brazos County late Sunday.
Sheriff's deputies responded at 11:41 p.m. to the area of Stewarts Meadow near the intersection with McAlles ...

Police: Driver had drugs, stolen card

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 29-year-old College Station man was in the Brazos County Jail on Sunday in lieu of $7,000 bail on charges of driving with a suspended license and possession of crack cocaine.
Byron Andredwayne Carroll was pulled over after dri ...

Winds feed Texas wildfires

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:11 PM PDT


FORT WORTH -- Firefighters on Sunday continued battling out-of-control wildfires scorching nearly 400 square miles across the state, including a West Texas blaze that narrowly missed a historic frontier Army cavalry fort and one of the world's lead ...

Katy man dies in Brazos County rollover

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 11:59 PM PDT

A 20-year-old man died after his vehicle rolled over on Elmo Weedon Road in Brazos County over the weekend, authorities said.
Katy resident Collin Phillip Buteaux was driving his 2005 Ford Expedition east near the intersection with Grassbur Road at ...

I got it! I got it!

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Seven-year-old Dillon Glover just gets his glove on a fly ball that popped out a split second afterward during Brazos Valley 9 and under Hurricanes practice off Palasota Drive in Bryan on Sunday. The team practice was being held in preparation for a ...

Gadhafi accepts plan for cease-fire

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- A delegation of African leaders said Sunday that their Libyan counterpart, Moammar Gadhafi, accepted their "road map" for a cease-fire with rebels, whom they will meet Monday. They met hours after NATO airstrikes battered Gadhafi' ...

Mubarak denies accusations of abusing power

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT


CAIRO -- In the first remarks since his ouster, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied allegations that he used his position to amass wealth and property in a speech broadcast Sunday, as hundreds of protesters occupying the heart of Cairo s ...

Safes, cash wash up onto Japan's shores

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT

OFUNATO, Japan -- There are no cars inside the parking garage at Ofunato police headquarters. Instead, hundreds of dented metal safes, swept out of homes and businesses by last month's tsunami, crowd the long rectangular building.Any one could hold s ...

Wisconsin recall elections on agenda

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT


MADISON, Wis. -- Nearly a month after the Wisconsin standoff over union rights ended, some of the fervor from that debate has shifted to recall efforts targeting lawmakers in both parties -- Republicans who voted to cut back collective bargaining a ...

UN takes to air against Gbagbo

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:17 PM PDT


ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- United Nations and French helicopters fired rockets on strongman Laurent Gbagbo's residence on Sunday in an assault the U.N. said was to retaliate for attacks by his forces on U.N. headquarters and civilians.
U.N. Secretary ...

U.S. keeping eye on al-Qaida branch in Yemen

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:15 PM PDT


SANAA, Yemen -- Islamic radicals have long held sway in the southern Yemeni town of Jaar. They turned it into
a Taliban-style microstate, where the movie theater was converted into a mosque, men and women are banned from mingling in public and dr ...

Spending fights have just begun

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- One budget deal down, President Barack Obama and Congress began to pivot Sunday from the painful standoff over this year's spending to a pair of defining debates over the nation's borrowing limit and the election-year budget.Much will b ...

Parents pick up unhealthy habits

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:19 PM PDT

CHICAGO -- Could kids be to blame for new parents' bad health habits?A study found that mothers of young children were heavier and ate more calories, sugary drinks and fatty foods than childless women. Dads and moms in the study were less active than ...

Blue Man school gives kids larger role

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- In the 20 years since they became a performance art sensation, the Blue Man Group has taken its men with blue heads on the road to stages in New York, Las Vegas and Europe.The trio is now headed to center stage in the classroom. Blue Man ...

Former justice's ethics in doubt

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor continues to hear cases in U.S. appeals courts, while also playing a role in public policy issues. Her critics say she should do one or the other, but not both.O'Connor, 81, was forced t ...

Anti-war icon Dylan jams in peaceful Vietnam

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT


HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- Bob Dylan, whose anti-war anthems made him the face of protest against a war that continues to haunt a generation of Americans, finally got his chance to see Vietnam -- at peace.
The 69-year-old Dylan took to the stage ...

Letters for April 11

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Childrens hospitals depend on state funding
All Texas children deserve top-quality medical care and the opportunity to grow up as healthy as possible. That opportunity is in jeopardy.
Texas is facing a significant budget shortfall, which must be ...

Calendar

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:20 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
God's Little Creatures will be holding a Dog Bathing and Wellness Clinic for family dogs and cats, as well as pet adoptions, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 30 at Tractor Supply in College Station. Volunteers are needed to help with ...

New national park in Maine a hard sell

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:22 PM PDT


PORTLAND, Maine -- Judging by the reaction of Maine's congressional delegation, a wealthy conservationist has some convincing to do if she's to sell her idea of another national park in Maine.
While no one rejected Roxanne Quimby's idea outright, ...

Nowitzki, Marion lead Mavs past Suns 115-90

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:37 PM PDT

DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion led the Dallas Mavericks to a 115-90 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night, keeping alive hopes of snagging the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.With a second straight win, Dallas improved to 55-2 ...

Wild keep Stars out of playoffs with 5-3 win

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 02:06 PM PDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Antti Miettinen's goal early in the third period against his former team gave Minnesota the lead and kept Dallas out of the playoffs, with a 5-3 season-ending win by the Wild over the Stars on Sunday.When Chicago lost at home to De ...

Schwartzel wins the Masters after a wild day

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 01:46 PM PDT


AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Charl Schwartzel gave this Masters a finish it deserved.
On an amazing Sunday at Augusta National, where the roars came from everywhere and for everyone and didn't stop until it was over, Schwartzel emerged from the madness by beco ...

Happ drives in 2, gets win in Astros' victory

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- J.A. Happ pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning and drove in two runs with a double in the Houston Astros' 7-1 victory over the Florida Marlins on Sunday.Hunter Pence, Carlos Lee and Matt Downs also knocked in runs for the Astros, w ...

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