Saturday, April 30, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Fire risk continues to climb

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 ...

Wedding rules via Internet

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 ...

Ready for a fruitful event

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

Bryan to host Viz-a-GoGo

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 ...

Cheap eye drug proves worth

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 ...

House conducts TxDOT review

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 ...

Rallies defy Assad gov't

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 ...

Faith calendar

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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