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- No time for summer fun
- Chilifest donates $150K to charities
- Coulter Airfield to host free aviation expo
- Event offers safe way to celebrate
- Stage set for B-CS seniors
- Summer changes for college students in Aggieland
- TABC: 3 charged after Dallas teen's alcohol death
- Woman arrested on third DWI charge
- Driver was allegedly drunk during wreck
- Deal reached in budget talks
- Israeli leader rejects '67 lines
- Flooding brings a load of hazards
- 'Macho Man' dies in wreck
- Pope sculpture decried as 'ugly'
- No one knows when the world is ending
- Faith calendar
- Dish soap helps kill weeds
- Letters for May 21
- Calendar
- End of the road
- Shuttle crew to inspect gouge
- Halladay wins again as Phillies top Rangers 3-2
- Johnson hits 2-run homer as Astros beat Blue Jays
- Another 62 gives Toms 7-stroke lead at Colonial
- Prices at gas pump painful for 4 in 10 Americans
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT Keith Wells may have finished his last class at Bryan High School on Friday but he plans on continuing to hit the books over the summer. Wells, 19, said he's giving up part of his summer to take three classes at Blinn College. "So I can just get ... |
| Chilifest donates $150K to charities Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT More than 20 local charities received a combined $150,000 in donations Friday from the organizers of Chilifest.The donations come from the proceeds of the two-day music and chili festival held last month in Snook. The organization plans to hand out a ... |
| Coulter Airfield to host free aviation expo Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Residents will have an opportunity to take a free airplane ride Saturday during the Coulter Airfield Aviation Expo. Carmen Mulvaney, who works in development services for the city of Bryan, said the Expo is meant to draw people of all ages and ed ... |
| Event offers safe way to celebrate Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Kyle Lukach leaves Nov. 1 for San Diego and the Marines. It's one of the reasons the Rudder High School senior is so excited about attending Project Graduation. "I appreciate everything they've done for this," he said of the volunteers and sponso ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report More than 1,540 students in Bryan-College Station will walk the stage and receive their diplomas from 10 area high schools in the coming week. That number includes the inaugural graduation classes of Bryan Collegiate High School ... |
| Summer changes for college students in Aggieland Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT By MATT WOOLBRIGHT When the bulk of Aggieland's college population returns in the fall, a few things will have changed. Two major projects that will begin this summer include the construction of a new underpass at the intersection of New Main and We ... |
| TABC: 3 charged after Dallas teen's alcohol death Posted: 20 May 2011 07:52 AM PDT DALLAS -- A store clerk and two other adults have been accused of providing booze for an after-prom party attended by a Dallas high school student who died from alcohol poisoning. The Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission announced misdemeanor charge ... |
| Woman arrested on third DWI charge Posted: 20 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A woman police stopped for driving without headlights was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated with two previous convictions. According to police, Poltica Moneaq Walker, 32, turned left onto F.M. 60 from F.M. 2818 ar ... |
| Driver was allegedly drunk during wreck Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A Bryan man remained jailed Friday after police arrested him a day earlier on charges of being intoxicated when he crashed into another vehicle, injuring its two occupants. According to the police report, Carl Helmuth McGuire, 2 ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Negotiators reached an agreement on a two-year $80.6 billion Texas state budget that makes billions in cuts and will likely result in massive state layoffs, legislative leaders announced Friday. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe ... |
| Israeli leader rejects '67 lines Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON-- In a blunt display of differences, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the idea of using his country's 1967 boundaries as the basis for a neighboring Palestinian state on Friday, declaring his objections face-to-face to ... |
| Flooding brings a load of hazards Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT BATON ROUGE, La. -- Travis Morace has been running boats on the Mississippi for two decades, witnessing all of the mighty river's many moods. He's seen it calm and smooth as a newly paved road and endured jarring rides filled with treacherous twists ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the professional wrestler known for his raspy voice, the sunglasses and bandanas he wore in the ring and the young woman named Miss Elizabeth who often accompanied him, died in a car crash Friday in Florida. He was 58. A ... |
| Pope sculpture decried as 'ugly' Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT ROME -- A new, modernist sculpture of Pope John Paul II is turning into a monumental bust. The Vatican on Friday slammed the giant artwork outside Rome's Termini Train Station, saying it doesn't even resemble the late pontiff. Some Romans and tou ... |
| No one knows when the world is ending Posted: 20 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT By BRUCE CHABOT Are you still there? Please check. The fact that you are reading this indicates either that you and I did not get beamed up, or nobody did. Bummer. As we discuss it, let me introduce myself. Some people call me Maurice. That's bec ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT Saturday * Faith United Church (UCC), 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will hold a fish fry from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $8 per plate, and proceeds go toward building a children's play and pray area. Guests are welcome. Sunday * Christ Un ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 07:18 AM PDT Dear Neil: I want to eliminate a bunch of dichondra in my lawn. I used one of the national brands of broadleafed weedkiller three weeks ago, but it doesn't appear to be helping. The lawn is mostly St. Augustine with some bermuda. How can I get rid of ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT It's time for everyone to support animal shelter As ranchers, we have taken a lot of dogs to the Brazos Animal Shelter over the years -- pets dumped in the country by people too cheap or just too mean to live up to their responsibilities. We always ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT MARK YOUR CALENDARThe City of Navasota Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department will begin registration for its Explore Outdoors Summer Camp on May 23. The camp is for youth entering grades 4 through 6. Activities include mountain biking, orienteerin ... |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT Above: Viking fan Keaton Lowe watches the action on the field Friday as Bryan takes on Tomball in Huntsville at the high school softball playoffs. Right: Bryan catcher Reagan Boenker (right) greets her teammates before the Vikings' playoff matchup. |
| Posted: 20 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT HOUSTON -- NASA ordered Endeavour's crew to take an unusual close-up look at a damaged tile in the space shuttle's delicate heat shield early Saturday morning. Using the shuttle's robotic arm, astronauts will scrutinize the gouge on the shuttle's ... |
| Halladay wins again as Phillies top Rangers 3-2 Posted: 20 May 2011 05:57 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA -- Roy Halladay was backed by another light night at the plate from the Phillies.Well, except for two big swings.Ben Francisco and Raul Ibanez homered, and Halladay threw eight strong innings to lead Philadelphia to a 3-2 victory over th ... |
| Johnson hits 2-run homer as Astros beat Blue Jays Posted: 20 May 2011 05:56 PM PDT TORONTO -- More than just a win, the Houston Astros got something more important on Friday night: belief.Chris Johnson hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Astros rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2."It was a fastball," J ... |
| Another 62 gives Toms 7-stroke lead at Colonial Posted: 20 May 2011 05:55 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- David Toms has gone from a disappointing playoff loss to matching the PGA Tour scoring record for the first 36 holes of a tournament.Toms shot his second straight 8-under 62 at Colonial on Friday to open a seven-stroke lead.Coming off a ... |
| Prices at gas pump painful for 4 in 10 Americans Posted: 20 May 2011 07:53 AM PDT JENNIFER C. KERR and JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON -- As $4 a gallon gasoline becomes commonplace, drivers have made tough choices: scaling back vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. And a new Associated Press-GfK p ... |
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