Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Three CS council hopefuls missed May election

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


Three of the eight candidates seeking a spot on the College Station City Council didn't vote in the most recent May municipal election, according to records reviewed by The Eagle.
Place 3 candidate Karl Mooney and Place 5 candidates Hal Hawkins a ...

Crocker may vacate dean post

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


The Bush School was filled Wednesday with "pride and regret" along with curiosity, said one professor, as the school's dean was reportedly on the verge of being selected to be U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.
Ryan Crocker, the storied diplomat who ...

Dozens of tornadoes kill 200 in 6 Southern states

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:40 AM PDT


PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. — Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out entire towns across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 200 people in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years, and officials said Thursday they ...

Duo charged in 2nd crime

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


The Rockdale-area teenagers arrested for capital murder this week have also been charged with burglary of a motor vehicle, authorities said.
Tanner Baker and Brandon Cotton, both 18, remain behind bars in the Milam County Jail without bond.
The t ...

Former A&M prof, nautical archaeology expert honored

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


A man widely regarded as the father of underwater archaeology, former Texas A&M professor George Bass, recently received the highest honor from the Archaeological Institute of America.
He traveled to New York City this week to receive the Ban ...

Former A&M prof, nautical archaeology expert honored

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


A man widely regarded as the father of underwater archaeology, former Texas A&M professor George Bass, recently received the highest honor from the Archaeological Institute of America.
He traveled to New York City this week to receive the Ban ...

DPS: Two injured in wreck on Texas 21

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 01:30 AM PDT

Police said two people were injured early Thursday in a wreck on Texas 21 in Brazos County.
Troopers responded to the two-vehicle wreck about 7:10 a.m. on Texas 21 near the intersection with F.M. 50, according to the Texas Department of Public Safet ...

Police: Woman faces felony after breaking man's finger

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:57 AM PDT

A 25-year-old woman faces a felony assault charge after being accused of stabbing a man with an ink pen and breaking his finger.
Latoya Denise McClenon of Navasota was charged Tuesday with aggravated assault of a family or household member.
A Bryan ...

Sharing visions for CS schools

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:04 PM PDT


James Lancaster said Wednesday he wants the College Station school board to be more expressive during meetings, while his opponent for the Place 6 seat, Kimberly McAdams, said she's been impressed by the communication and congeniality of the truste ...

Texas House passes contentious redistricting plan

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:58 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- The GOP-led Texas House approved a redistricting plan early Thursday that would all but guarantee a continued Republican majority -- albeit a smaller one than the party has now.
The map was approved on a 92-52 vote after a marathon debat ...

Meet the Growth Coach

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


With long work hours and financial pressure, many small business owners aren't sure where to turn when things become challenging.
A Navasota woman who gave up her commute to a corporate job in Houston for her own small business thinks she might ha ...

Meet the Growth Coach

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT


With long work hours and financial pressure, many small business owners aren't sure where to turn when things become challenging.
A Navasota woman who gave up her commute to a corporate job in Houston for her own small business thinks she might ha ...

Brazos Center to host dinner theater

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The sixth annual Kids for Kids Dinner Theater will be Saturday.
The event, benefiting Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority Brazos Valley/Early Childhood Intervention Program, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Brazos Center, ...

South storm death toll climbs to 178

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:00 AM PDT


TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 178 after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost.
Alabama's state emergency management agency said ...

Firms tied to Texas comptroller hired after breach

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:04 AM PDT


AUSTIN -- Looking for ways to cope with inadvertently exposing the personal data of 3.5 million Texans, the state's comptroller has retained the services of two firms whose leaders or political committees contributed over $50,000 to her campaign.
...

Movies chronicle Houston's history

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Houston ChronicleHOUSTON-- It was blistered by the summer sun, warmed in winter by rotgut whiskey. Mud-mired horses died and rotted in the streets. Men of affronted honor settled scores with knife or pistol, and every morning prostrate bodies littere ...

Armstrong joins Bush on ride with wounded soldiers

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:03 AM PDT


TERLINGUA -- Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has joined former President George W. Bush on the last leg of a three-day, 62-mile mountain bike ride with 15 American soldiers who lost limbs or suffered serious injuries in Iraq or Afg ...

Cotton Patch giving back to hospital

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Cotton Patch Café is challenging the community to help it raise $100,000 for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children by May 15.
The eatery has already raised more than $32,000, and $1,600 of that has been donations from ...

Cotton Patch giving back to hospital

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:08 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Cotton Patch Café is challenging the community to help it raise $100,000 for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children by May 15.
The eatery has already raised more than $32,000, and $1,600 of that has been donations from ...

Twisters batter towns

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT

BEN WHEELER -- Pastor Paul Takach could look to the heavens through a large hole in the roof of his East Texas church's fellowship hall on Wednesday, a day after a tornado damaged homes, toppled power lines and tossed a crumpled metal building into a ...

Police close case on cop's death on domestic call

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:04 AM PDT

ARLINGTON -- Police in a North Texas city say they've finished the investigation into the fatal shooting of a rookie officer who had responded to a domestic violence call.Arlington police say Officer Jillian Michelle Smith was shot trying to protect ...

Study: Armadillos can pass leprosy to humans

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 12:10 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- With some genetic sleuthing, scientists have fingered a likely culprit in the spread of leprosy in the southern United States: the nine-banded armadillo. DNA tests show a match in the leprosy strain between some patients and these preh ...

At least 72 left dead in storms' aftermath

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states.
At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, including 15 or more when a massiv ...

Bush to finish 100K bike race for wounded soldiers

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:18 AM PDT

TERLINGUA -- Former president George W. Bush will finish a 100 kilometer mountain bike race across Big Bend National Park on Wednesday, along with 14 members of the armed forces who have suffered serious wounds in Iraq or Afghanistan.The 3-day-long W ...

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