Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A&M baseball team Florida bound

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Texas A&M coach Rob Childress wouldn't mind having at least a couple of more games at home this season, but he and the Aggies will long remember their final effort before the refurbished stadium is christened Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
"Th ...

A&M baseball team Florida bound

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Texas A&M coach Rob Childress wouldn't mind having at least a couple of more games at home this season, but he and the Aggies will long remember their final effort before the refurbished stadium is christened Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
"Th ...

Submit nod for System chief

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 01:18 AM PDT


Know someone who might make a good Texas A&M System chancellor? Now you can nominate him or her to replace outgoing system chief Mike McKinney.
The A&M System has set up a website where users can suggest a candidate. The form asks for jus ...

No bodies found in Texas home after psychic tip

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 11:07 AM PDT


HARDIN — No bodies were found Tuesday at a Texas farmhouse where a person claiming to be a psychic told officials multiple bodies were buried, a sheriff’s official says.
Liberty County Sheriff’s Capt. Rex Evans said there was no ...

Texas drought not likely to set record

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT


The ongoing and seemingly endless drought isn't the worst Texas has experienced, and it's not likely to get that way, according to Texas A&M-based state climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon.
"Assuming we get anything even close to normal rainfall ...

College Station voting districts under review

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


A citizen board is preparing to review whether geography should matter when College Station elects its City Council members.
Council seats are currently at-large positions, meaning anyone inside the city can run and everyone who lives in the city ...

Program aims to cut code enforcement violations

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT


Brenham Police Chief Rex Phelps is about to launch a community program he hopes will not only help make the town safer but also enhance the quality of life for residents.
Starting June 15 and for the next four to six months, police will be on the ...

Police: Man burglarized home for pain pills

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:55 AM PDT

A 25-year-old College Station man has been charged with burglary of a habitation after an officer said he admitted to stealing pain pills from a neighbor's home.Joshua Michael Quinlan was already in the Brazos County Jail after being charged May 25 w ...

20-year-old linked to murder sentenced to 3 years

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 20-year-old Bryan man was recently sentenced to three years behind bars after pleading guilty to organized criminal activity for his involvement in the murder of 17-year-old Christopher Hutchson on Mother's Day 2010.
Joey Reye ...

Is Internet sex cheating? Many folks say yes

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 10:13 AM PDT


Jon Austin's wife, Amy, had a blunt assessment for her husband as the Minneapolis couple watched Rep. Anthony Weiner's stunning confessions on television this week.
"You'd be dead," she told him.
Regardless of his professional future, it's Weiner ...

Tropical depression forms south of Acapulco

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:37 AM PDT

MIAMI -- The National Hurricane Center is reporting that the first tropical depression of the 2011 Eastern Pacific hurricane season has formed and could become a tropical storm within the next few days.The center said Monday morning that the storm in ...

Tip about bodies in rural Texas turns up nothing

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 02:00 AM PDT

HARDIN -- The investigation into a tip about multiple bodies being buried at a rural Texas farmhouse has now turned to the tipster after authorities turned up nothing in a search of the property.Liberty County deputies, the Texas Rangers and FBI agen ...

Texas teen to be tried as adult in sister's death

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:31 AM PDT

TYLER -- A judge has ruled that a 15-year-old East Texas boy accused of killing his sister by shooting her in the head will stand trial as an adult.Mark Nathaniel "Nate" Anderson of New Chapel Hill is charged with murder and was in the Smith County J ...

A&M sorority to host family health event

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of Texas A&M University will be bringing "Black Family Health Day" to Bryan on Saturday. Alpha Kappa Alpha is a Greek organization established by African-American college- educated women. Black Fa ...

Forum planned on gas drilling effects

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA coalition of environmental groups will present a forum on Sunday to address the effects of natural gas drilling.The event will include a showing of the documentary Gasland.Organizers said the forum is intended to educate the commu ...

President wary of slow economy

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- With few options at hand and his poll numbers sagging, President Barack Obama expressed concern Tuesday about the sudden slowdown in the economy but said he is not worried about a second recession and the nation should "not panic."The p ...

Police: Pa. man beat girl, 2, to toughen her up

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:46 AM PDT

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania man faces attempted homicide charges for allegedly beating his fiancee's 2-year-old daughter because he thought the girl's upbringing had been too lenient.Investigators say 24-year-old Brandon Bishop told officers the ...

Leaders could spend more for cleaner beaches

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 12:07 AM PDT

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Corpus Christi leaders will consider spending more money in a tight budget year to keep beaches clean and attract additional visitors.Council members, during a budget workshop Tuesday, said Corpus Christi needs to step up beach main ...

Surfing Madonna mosaic draws mass following

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT


ENCINITAS, Calif. -- The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since.
The striking mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe riding a wave was affixed to a wa ...

GOP chairman demands Weiner resign

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:49 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Republican Party said Tuesday that Rep. Anthony Weiner should resign after admitting to sexually charged online relationships with several women and lying about his misdeeds.Reince Priebus said in a statement that ei ...

Retaliation trial for Texas sheriff starts Tuesday

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

LUBBOCK -- A jury will hear opening statements in the trial of a West Texas sheriff accused of helping retaliation against two nurses who made an ethics complaint anonymously against a doctor who was his friend.The Midland County jury will begin hear ...

NATO unleashes barrage of airstrikes in Libya

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant Tuesday in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes yet -- at least 40 thunderous daylight attacks that sent plumes of smoke billowing above the Libyan leader's central Tripoli comp ...

Bounce houses can be very dangerous

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT


OCEANSIDE, N.Y. -- They look like harmless fun -- fluffy, inflated castles, ships and slides filled with children jumping around carelessly, their parents letting their guard down a bit during playtime.
But an accident that sent three of the huge ...

E. coli probe short on time, experts say

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT

LONDON -- Health experts say time is running out for German investigators to find the source of the world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, and some have been surprised -- even shocked -- at lapses in the German investigation.German health officials are ...

Gates racked up miles as wartime Pentagon chief

Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT


BRUSSELS -- Robert Gates' days as defense secretary now number just 24. But before he goes, consider this number: 646,094.
That's the number of miles he has traveled outside the U.S. in 41/2 years while leading a wartime Pentagon, according to his ...

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