Saturday, April 23, 2011

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Egg-cellent hunters

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Children race to scoop up eggs Friday at the Lincoln Center's Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Flores determined to stand firm

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


U.S. Rep. Bill Flores' phone was buzzing repeatedly on the evening of March 30.
Congressional leaders had announced an agreement to avert a federal government shutdown and cut $33 billion from this year's budget. But Flores hadn't heard of such a ...

Evacuees give back to B-CS

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Since coming to Brazos County as Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005, members of Determined Faith Christian Center have been hosting a special meal around Easter to give back to a community that supported them in their time of need.
This year, the ...

Kidsfighting obesity with a triple threat

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Eight-year-old Abby Ross will participate in her sixth triathlon next month, and she hopes others her age will join her.
"They're really fun," she said of the races. "They're kind of challenging, but whenever you're done, you feel really proud of ...

Pet of the week: Sunshine

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 08:14 AM PDT

KAMU Super Auction is from May 2 to 6

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
KAMU viewers will have more than 400 items to bid on from May 2 to 6.
The KAMU Super Auction will be aired live from 7 to 9 p.m. each evening and will include a chance to bid for vacation packages, jewelry, OPAS tickets, Aggie fo ...

Perry appoints A&M student to regents

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Gov. Rick Perry appointed a Texas A&M University political science major from Brownsville to serve as student regent on the A&M System Board of Regents.
Fernando Trevino Jr., who also is pursuing a master's in public ser ...

Community service fair planned on Kyle Field

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Aggies will have the opportunity to see and experience Kyle Field from a different perspective on April 30.
MSC FISH (Freshmen in Service and Hosting) will hold "Make Your Mark, Lend a Hand" and Kyle Field Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is ...

No one hurt in rollover

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

A two-vehicle accident Friday morning was caused by a driver who ran a red light, Bryan police said. The vehicle struck an SUV, causing it to go into a tailspin and flip over. No one was seriously injured, police said.

Obama's origins dilemma for GOP

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- It's the conspiracy theory that won't go away. And it's forcing Republican officials and presidential contenders to pick sides: Do they think Barack Obama was born outside the United States and disqualified to be president?
As the Re ...

Dozens killed in Syria uprising

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT


BEIRUT -- Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising and signaling that the authoritarian regime was prep ...

Mutton sees price, popularity increase

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

LUBBOCK -- In his 33 years raising sheep in West Texas, Glen Fisher has never seen it so good. Demand by U.S. consumers is up, imports are down and prices have soared."You have almost what you can call a perfect storm," said Fisher, who has 3,100 an ...

Pope fields questions during show

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT


VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI consoled a 7-year-old Japanese girl, reassured a mother about her ailing son's soul and advised a Muslim woman that dialogue was the way to peace in Ivory Coast.
In a push to engage the world online, the pontiff f ...

States consider electric car fees

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT


OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Drivers of electric cars may have left the gas pump behind, but there's one expense they may not be able to shake: paying to maintain the roads.
After years of urging residents to buy fuel-efficient cars and giving them tax break ...

Law against military malpractice suits in doubt

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT


BRADENTON, Fla. -- Veterans, military families and others who oppose a decades-old law that shields military medical personnel from malpractice lawsuits are rallying around a case they consider the best chance in a generation to change the widely u ...

Texans plan to rebuild

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE -- Their homes have been reduced to a gray heap of ashes, and acres of trees turned into blackened sticks. Yet many who live in a lakeside community ravaged by a massive Texas wildfire -- whether in a million-dollar mansion, a q ...

Former CS mayors speak out against recall efforts

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Recall was a device that came into the American system in the early part of the 20th century as a means of allowing citizens to remove elected officials who were guilty of misuse of office, corruption or illegal activities. It was intended to be used ...

Raising a glass to Thomas Paine

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

By WENDY COSTA
The Chestertown Spy
Sometimes I wonder why we went to the bother of separating from England in 1776. Two hundred and thirty-five years later, we are still obsessed with the British royalty and their marriages, births, deaths and pecc ...

Sheen back in court for unapproved police escort

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Charlie Sheen is fond of boasting about his "winning" ways, but D.C. authorities are now investigating how he won a high-speed police escort on his way to a show in downtown Washington this week.
Sheen posted a photo on his Twitter a ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Sunday
* Castle Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 4504 Texas 21 in Bryan, will hold an Easter sunrise service at 6 a.m. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Brodrick Ross. Breakfast will be served after the service.
* St. Luke's United Methodist Ch ...

Remember the true spirit of Easter

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat o ...

Planting seeds of faith using coffee beans

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES -- Sometimes, a cup of coffee is more than just a cup of coffee.
That, at least, is the fervent belief of two Arizonans, one a buttoned-down Presbyterian minister, the other a tie-dyed Roman Catholic renegade. They are ...

Letters for April 23

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Missing the point on CS dealings with Foxfire
Jane Kee (Eagle, April 21) wrote "... some people are never satisfied," missing the point of the April 20 letter from my husband, Richard Crooks, while also making an erroneous assumption about him.
As ...

Calendar

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Saturday
EASTER EVENTS
A&M United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. Children's Easter Celebration at Southwood Valley Pavilion. www.am-umc.org or 846-8731.
1st Connecting Point Church Community Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. to noon. Central Park, Krenek Ta ...

Experts hesitant to drill in Alaska after Gulf spill

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- A year after the disastrous Gulf oil spill, the prospect of a major accident in oil's next frontier -- the icy waters off Alaska's north coast -- has experts even more concerned.
The burden to respond to a spill would rest to an even g ...

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