Friday, June 10, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Who needs ramps?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Camp chief Phillip Dyson helps camper Fletcher King, 12, rappel down the side of Kyle Field at Camp Adventure, an outdoor and adventure-themed day camp sponsored by the Department of Health and Kinesiology on the Texas A&M campus. Campers also le ...

College Station police searching for missing man

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:22 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
College Station police said they’re looking for a man they said was last seen around 2:30 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1000 block of Autumn Circle.
Jose Santiago Cua-Caxaj, 27, is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 135 p ...

Students ho-hum about SLATE

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


A program that gives Texas A&M teachers cash awards based on anonymous student evaluations has been deeply unpopular among faculty members but has been met more with apathy by students.
The voluntary program known as SLATE, or Student Led Awa ...

Power outages not expected to affect Texans

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT


If all goes as predicted, Texans won't need to worry about power shortages this summer, even in the face of the grueling heat and drought conditions, local and statewide officials say.
The estimated summer peak usage forecast is 63,898 megawatts ...

Man displaced by fire near Caldwell

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:55 AM PDT


One man was displaced when his home caught on fire in Burleson County early Thursday.
Caldwell and Cade Lake firefighters responded about 5 a.m. to the fire on the single-story wood-frame house in the Cade Lake subdivision off F.M. 908, about 5 mi ...

CS council rejects park

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT


Student housing developments have popped up in Bryan-College Station with tanning beds, resort-style pools and fake mermaids waving from a metal windmill.
Is a wakeboarding park next?
Maybe someday, but not quite yet after the College Station Ci ...

Two men charged with felony theft in vehicle burglaries

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 01:53 AM PDT

Police arrested two men on felony theft charges after an officer reported seeing them break into vehicles at a Bryan apartment complex early Thursday.Bryan residents Bobby Ray Smith Jr., 19, and Cody Bair Massey, 20, were each charged with theft of p ...

Outdoor workers bear the heat

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


Whether patrolling the roads, delivering the mail, or working on a construction site, those whose jobs keep them outdoors are taking precautions against the nearly unbearable hot weather.
"Now that we're in triple digits, you see the motorcycle of ...

Bryan man charged with child porn possession

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:26 AM PDT

A 39-year-old Bryan man was arrested after police reported finding images of child pornography on his computer.
Troy Daniel Thoele was charged Wednesday with five counts of child pornography.
An officer with the Office of the Attorney General said ...

Summer fun for kids

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


Parents: Are the summer months starting to look never-ending as you try to find activities to keep the kids busy while they're out of school?
Don't sweat it. Brazos County has a multitude of events, activities and camps to entertain and educate ch ...

Man displaced by fire near Caldwell

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
One man was displaced when his home caught on fire in Burleson County early Thursday.
Caldwell and Cade Lake firefighters responded about 5 a.m. to the blaze at the single-story wood-frame house in the Cade Lake subdivision off F ...

Texas wrecker rear-ends car, kills 9-year-old girl

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:33 AM PDT

FRISCO -- A 9-year-old girl was killed and her mother and sister injured after a wrecker slammed into the back of their car on a suburban Dallas road.Frisco Police Sgt. Adam J. Henderson said the Wednesday night accident occurred on the southbound ac ...

Alabama OKs illegal immigration law

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT


MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama vaulted past Arizona on Thursday with what is being called the most restrictive law in the nation against illegal immigration, requiring schools to find out if students are in the country lawfully and making it a crime t ...

Texas town's senior class pranksters arrested

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 07:27 AM PDT

THRALL -- A senior class prank to close school for one day by disabling buses and gluing campus doors shut has backfired, resulting in the arrest of two Central Texas teens.Seventeen-year-old Zachery Candelas of Coupland and 18-year-old Jared Cumming ...

Officers return gunfire at border

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Suspected drug runners in Mexico began shooting at U.S. law enforcement agents from across the Rio Grande on Thursday, forcing the U.S. officers to return fire and injuring at least three of the suspects on the Mexico side, Texas autho ...

Study: Preschool benefits last into adulthood

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- Preschool has surprisingly enduring benefits lasting well into adulthood, according to one of the biggest, longest follow-up studies of its kind.
Better jobs, less drug abuse and fewer arrests are among advantages found in the study tha ...

Capsule carries 3 to space station

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It's a full house again at the International Space Station.A Russian capsule carrying three astronauts from three countries docked at the orbiting lab on Thursday. The linkup ended a two-day trip for the Soyuz spacecraft that ...

Raging Arizona wildfire rekindles forest debate

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. -- A raging wildfire that could become the largest in Arizona history is rekindling the blame game surrounding ponderosa pine forests that have become dangerously overgrown after a century of fire suppression.Some critics put the ...

Spain: Thief hid in suitcase

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT

MADRID -- A man was arrested in Spain after curling himself up inside a large suitcase that was placed in an airport bus cargo bay and sneaking out to steal from other people's luggage, police said Thursday.The man arrested last week was 5'10" tall a ...

Fleeing Syrians tell of desertion

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT


GUVECCI, Turkey -- Syrian policemen turned their guns on each other, soldiers shed their uniforms rather than obey orders to fire on protesters, and three young men who tried to escape were beheaded by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad.
As mo ...

Chamber holding ribbon cuttings

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce is hosting or has hosted the following ribbon cuttings:* Brazosland Classic Realty, 700 E. University Drive, Suite 108, in College Station, will have a reception at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday ...

Ceremony for small businesses June 15

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe 18th Annual Bryan Rotary Club/Newman 10 Performance Awards will be June 15.The awards were created to recognize the Top 10 fastest-growing small businesses in Brazos County. Recognition is given to companies for their achievemen ...

Venue for Tony Awards stirs labor dispute

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- A labor dispute is threatening to make a mess of the Tony Awards, forcing actors to cross picket lines to attend the red carpet for Broadway's biggest ceremony.
Hundreds of members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Empl ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Saturday* Independent Growers Market, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Garden-direct fruit and vegetables.* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkw ...

Summer vegetables can still be planted by mid-June

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT

By NEIL SPERRY
mailbag@sperrygardens.com
Dear Neil: Why has my St. Augustine developed long, ugly runners that arch out from the ground?
A: There probably is some very minor pathogen involved. You'll notice that there are only nubs where roots sho ...

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