Thursday, May 19, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A&M women's golf team shows support

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Members of the Texas A&M women's golf team hold up pictures of their teammates Wednesday while watching the action on the first day of the NCAA Women's Golf Championships at Traditions Club.

Perry skirts A&M process for selecting student regents

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Gov. Rick Perry's office subverted the A&M System student regent selection process -- and, lawyers believe, violated a statute -- by picking a tea party activist who didn't apply through student government.
Instead, Fernando Trevino Jr. applie ...

Perry skirts A&M process for selecting student regents

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Gov. Rick Perry's office subverted the A&M System student regent selection process -- and, lawyers believe, violated a statute -- by picking a tea party activist who didn't apply through student government.
Instead, Fernando Trevino Jr. applie ...

College Station teacher Richard Landmann wins national award

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


A College Station elementary school teacher has won a $50,000 award for being an outstanding educator.
Richard Landmann, a third-grade teacher at Forest Ridge Elementary, was thrilled to learn he won $25,000 for himself and $25,000 for his school ...

Bryan plans vote on biocorridor deal with College Station

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


The Bryan council ended its special meeting Wednesday night with a decision to continue working toward an agreement with College Station to share the costs and benefits of the planned biomedical corridor.
The agreement was discussed in executive ...

Police: Driver had several crack rocks

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:34 AM PDT

A 31-year-old man driving into oncoming traffic in Bryan had several crack cocaine rocks in his vehicle, an officer reported.Charmel Marquis Robertson of Bryan was charged Wednesday with manufacture or delivery of from four to 200 grams of a controll ...

College Station school board explores new funding options

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


If the College Station school district could no longer afford to have band or athletics in its schools, would you help fund them?
It's a question the school board may be asking if worst-case scenario state budget cuts are approved.
Passage of a p ...

Man reports being robbed at gunpoint

Posted: 18 May 2011 08:01 AM PDT

Bryan police on Wednesday were investigating a man's report that he was robbed at gunpoint the night before.A 35-year-old man reported that he was approached by two men on Hernandez Lane just after 10 p.m. Tuesday. He told police that the men demande ...

Local minister Grady Chism trains for Ironman

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


A local music minister is preparing for his fourth Ironman Triathlon this weekend, and this time around he won't have to travel far from home.
Grady Chism, a 44-year-old who works for Central Baptist Church, said he completed his first triathlon ...

Local women find success selling products from home

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


For some local residents, working is a lot like throwing a party.
Consultants for a variety of products, including jewelry, candles, makeup and kitchen supplies, have found a way to supplement their incomes by showing off their wares at in-home pa ...

Local women find success selling products from home

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


For some local residents, working is a lot like throwing a party.
Consultants for a variety of products, including jewelry, candles, makeup and kitchen supplies, have found a way to supplement their incomes by showing off their wares at in-home pa ...

Court appearance set in Houston dismemberment case

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:34 AM PDT


HOUSTON -- A man accused of fatally shooting and dismembering a friend who shared a house with him is headed to court in Houston.
Noe Gerardo Morin is scheduled to appear Wednesday morning in a Harris County court. The 32-year-old is charged with ...

Heroin deaths of suburban Dallas teens spur sweep

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:32 AM PDT


FLOWER MOUND -- A federal grand jury has indicted 17 people so far on conspiracy and gun and drug-related counts after an investigation spurred by the deaths of three suburban Dallas teens from heroin overdoses.
Two of the Flower Mound teens, ages ...

Texas budget riding on passage of revenue bill

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Negotiations on the next two-year state budget stalled Wednesday as Texas House leaders again postponed a revenue measure that they say will determine whether they can balance the budget before the session ends in less than two weeks.
Ho ...

Which will it be: Judgment Day or celebration?

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time.A loosely organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that Jesus Christ will return to earth on Saturday to gather the faithful into heaven. While the Christian mainstream ...

Senate takes aim at wrongful convictions

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Law enforcement agencies would be required to standardize eyewitness identification procedures under legislation passed Wednesday by Texas senators in hopes of reducing wrongful convictions in the state.The Senate also approved a bill Wedne ...

UT professors question why regents want data

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- A University of Texas System regent has requested detailed data on faculty performance, causing some to further question whether some regents are interfering with academics.Alex Cranberg's request on Friday was made the day after the UT Boa ...

Shuttle carries magnet to space

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mammoth cosmic ray detector arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, a $2 billion experiment that will search the invisible universe and help explain how everything came to be.It's the most expensive cargo ev ...

Newfound planets may lack orbits

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Are these planets without orbits? Astronomers have found 10 potential planets as massive as Jupiter wandering through a slice of the Milky Way galaxy, following either very wide orbits or no orbit at all. And scientists think they are mor ...

Shopping habits split by income

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- High gas prices are driving a wider wedge between the wealthy and everybody else.The rich are back to pre-recession splurging: Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstrom customers are treating themselves to luxury items like $5,000 Hermes handbags a ...

Financial future bright for Southwest

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. expects to get a break from the recent drop in oil prices and a boost from strong bookings for early summer travel.Demand has been strong enough for airlines to raise prices -- seven times at Southwest since the start ...

A Theatre Company day

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


By RANDY WILSON
Special to The Eagle
It is any of the five Saturday-morning workdays during the rehearsals of Annie at The Theatre Company of Bryan/College Station.
Sarah, the set designer, has a palette of paint and opens the doors. People sta ...

CS, Bryan funding of the arts just makes sense

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Eagle Editorial Board
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-- Stella Adler
Actress and acclaimed acting teacher
It's no secret this community loves the arts. We have a thriving arts scene, from marvelou ...

CBS putting new shows on fall slate

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- CBS will introduce two brainiac crime shows among its five new series and is shifting CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Good Wife to new nights this fall. The nation's most popular network said it has more good shows than time slots ...

A Body Clock Drug That Treats Depression

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:09 PM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) A drug that regulates your body clock may also be able to treat depression. A new study found that patients who take agomelatine have improved moods, sleep better and experience fewer side effects than those on traditional anti- ...

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