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- Sprouts are the source that sickened thousands
- Yemeni people pleased leader is gone
- Legion post offers free meal for vets
- Clements' security staffer shares stories about former Texas governor
- Immigration bills may hurt ag industry
- B-CS set heat record with 100-degree day
- Three facing charges after drugs found during traffic stop
- Texas, Perry wrestle with higher education unrest
- Police: Drugs were thrown out of car
- Man accused of credit card abuse
- Man eats marijuana during traffic stop, police say
- Gates: U.S. support troops will exit Afghanistan first
- MTV awards favor 'Twilight' films
- Acupuncture finds place in East Texas
- Texas, Perry tackle turmoil in higher education
- Forest fire in Arizona triggers new evacuations
- Scientists increase time they can trap antimatter
- Letters for June 6
- Calendar
- Newport cemetery vandalism provokes community outrage
- New drugs fight skin cancer
- Cleveland man accused in 11 deaths going to trial
- Sun Devils, Gators to play for NCAA softball title
- Mavs drop Game 3 to Miami
- Padres win 3rd straight home game, 7-2 over Astros
| Sprouts are the source that sickened thousands Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT HAMBURG, Germany -- The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany, an agriculture official said Sunday as the toll climbed to at least 22 dead and more than 2,200 sick ... |
| Yemeni people pleased leader is gone Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT SANAA, Yemen -- The departure of Yemen's battle-wounded president for treatment in Saudi Arabia set off wild street celebrations Sunday in the capital, where crowds danced, sang and slaughtered cows in hopes that this spelled a victorious end to a ... |
| Legion post offers free meal for vets Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report To mark D-Day, American Legion Post 159 in Bryan is offering World War II veterans a free breakfast Monday. The meal will be served at 9 a.m. D-Day refers to June 6, 1944, when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in Fra ... |
| Clements' security staffer shares stories about former Texas governor Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:29 PM PDT No cowboy hats. That was just a rule for Texas Department of Public Safety officers when they were working with former Texas Gov. Bill Clements. He didn't want them drawing attention. The two-term governor, who took office in 1979, died May 29 at ... |
| Immigration bills may hurt ag industry Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The agriculture industry fears a disaster is on the horizon if the one bit of new immigration policy that Congress seems to agree on becomes law. A plan to require all American businesses to run their employees through E-Verify, a pr ... |
| B-CS set heat record with 100-degree day Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT Bryan-College Station set a record high temperature on Sunday, and triple-digit heat is expected to continue in the Brazos Valley through Monday. Sunday's high of 100 degrees topped the 99-degree record set in 1960. Monday's high, forecast around ... |
| Three facing charges after drugs found during traffic stop Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:33 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Three men were arrested after a Bryan police officer stopped a car that matched a witness' description from an assault report. The car didn't stop at first, and someone threw bags of drugs from a passenger window, according to a ... |
| Texas, Perry wrestle with higher education unrest Posted: 05 Jun 2011 07:54 AM PDT AUSTIN -- When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious. A conservative policy foundation and Republican Gov. Rick Perry have stirred a tempest on Texas campuses by questioning whether c ... |
| Police: Drugs were thrown out of car Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Two men were arrested on drug charges after a passenger tossed a bag of marijuana out the window during a traffic stop, police said. Juan Marshall Brooks Jr., 21, of Calvert and Sean Demetrus Chappell, 43, of Bryan were each char ... |
| Man accused of credit card abuse Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:31 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 31-year-old Bryan man remained in jail Sunday after being arrested on warrants for credit card or debit card abuse. Joseph Scott Kruer was also charged with possession of less than a gram of a controlled substance. Police said ... |
| Man eats marijuana during traffic stop, police say Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 19-year-old man faces a felony charge after an officer said he ate marijuana during a traffic stop. Joshua Raymond Thornton of Bryan was charged Friday with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possession of less ... |
| Gates: U.S. support troops will exit Afghanistan first Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:30 PM PDT FORWARD OPERATING BASE WALTON, Afghanistan -- A soon-to-begin U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should leave combat power intact as long as possible to press an anti-Taliban offensive, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He said s ... |
| MTV awards favor 'Twilight' films Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:29 PM PDT UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- The MTV Movie Awards was more like "The Team Edward Show." Twilight star Robert Pattinson sucked up the spotlight -- and some popcorn-shaped trophies -- at Sunday's shenanigan-packed ceremony. Among the goofy actor's mome ... |
| Acupuncture finds place in East Texas Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT By COSHANDRA DILLARD Tyler Morning Telegraph TYLER -- Roberta Land, 80, lay on her back in a mostly white room of a small clinic in an office complex. She was still as Randy Zhang, a licensed acupuncturist, retrieved plastic encased needles from a ... |
| Texas, Perry tackle turmoil in higher education Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT AUSTIN -- When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious. A conservative policy foundation and Republican Gov. Rick Perry have stirred a tempest on Texas campuses by questioning whether c ... |
| Forest fire in Arizona triggers new evacuations Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT GREER, Ariz. -- Authorities ordered more eastern Arizona residents to evacuate their homes Sunday as a 225-square-mile blaze that has grown into the third-largest in state history crept toward more buildings. The Apache County sheriff's office tol ... |
| Scientists increase time they can trap antimatter Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT GENEVA -- Nuclear scientists announced Sunday they have found a way to "trap" for more than 15 minutes elusive antimatter atoms that used to disappear after a fraction of a second. That will give scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear ... |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Pay attention to driving Thank you, Texas Legislature. We will all be more safe once texting while driving is against the law. At least we will still be free to eat that burrito with extra sauce, apply lip stick, retrieve a dropped CD, hand out ... |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:25 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar Members of the Bryan, Rudder and A&M Consolidated football teams will compete in the Crosstown Showdown Rib Eating Competition at 5 p.m. June 13 at Texas Roadhouse. Ten players from each team will compete in a relay to see who ... |
| Newport cemetery vandalism provokes community outrage Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT NEWPORT, R.I. -- Police say the night began with a small party and a campfire in the Common Burial Ground in Newport, one of Rhode Island's oldest cemeteries. A cemetery administrator places the party just behind a monolith marking the grave of 19t ... |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT CHICAGO -- They're not cures, but two novel drugs produced unprecedented gains in survival in separate studies of people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, doctors reported Sunday.In one study, an experimental drug showed so much benef ... |
| Cleveland man accused in 11 deaths going to trial Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:28 PM PDT CLEVELAND -- The bodies were removed many months ago, but the stench of them still clings to the boarded-up house on Imperial Avenue. The smell surfaces every so often: a reminder of the horrors that unfolded here in November 2009, when police beg ... |
| Sun Devils, Gators to play for NCAA softball title Posted: 05 Jun 2011 06:17 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY -- Even the hottest pitching staff in the Women's College World Series couldn't keep Florida's offense from another productive day.Kelsey Bruder and Brittany Schutte hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning Sunday night, sending F ... |
| Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT DALLAS -- The Miami Heat didn't blow this one. Now they're just two wins from being crowned NBA champions. Chris Bosh made a 16-foot, go-ahead jumper from the baseline with 39.6 seconds left and the Heat held on for an 88-86 victory over the Dall ... |
| Padres win 3rd straight home game, 7-2 over Astros Posted: 05 Jun 2011 02:27 PM PDT SAN DIEGO -- Chase Headley extended his career-high hitting streak to 15 games with an RBI double and the San Diego Padres won three consecutive home games for the first time this season with a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday. By taki ... |
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