Monday, June 13, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Educators worry schools won't recover from funding cuts

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Educators fear a new measure that will slash $4 billion in funding to Texas public schools over the next two years will permanently handicap them because it removes any long-term obligation for the state to maintain a minimum support lev ...

Prenatal testing may put bigger burden on parents

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Imagine being pregnant and taking a simple blood test that lays bare the DNA of your fetus. And suppose that DNA could reveal not only medical conditions like Down syndrome, but also things like eye color and height. And the risk for de ...

Man charged after holding CS officer in headlock, police say

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 03:01 PM PDT

A 23-year-old Bryan resident was arrested on three charges after police said he held a College Station officer in a headlock after a weekend concert.
Other officers sprayed chemical irritants on James Robert Seal after he couldn't be subdued otherwi ...

Man, 37, drowns in Lake Bryan

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The body of a 37-year-old College Station man was found almost 2 1/2 hours after he was reported missing while swimming Sunday at Lake Bryan.
Martin Castillo-Mendez was found by emergency crews who were called to the lake 5 miles ...

21-year-old woman dies in car accident

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old College Station woman was killed in a two-car accident near Milano early Sunday.
Authorities said Kristin Coats was driving alone on Texas 79 at about 5:45 a.m. when she drifted across the two-lane highway and struc ...

Clinton honors '98 embassy victims

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday honored the victims of the American embassy bombings in East Africa in 1998 and told survivors that justice had been served with the killing of the attacks' suspected ...

Police: Dallas crowds good spirited, few arrests

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:15 AM PDT


DALLAS -- Dallas police have reported no major problems despite large downtown crowds celebrating the first NBA championship title for the Mavericks.
No property damage or injuries were reported after fans crowded into downtown Dallas streets foll ...

Pentagon Papers on display in Austin

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Precisely 40 years after they began to appear in The New York Times, triggering a constitutional crisis over freedom of the press, the Pentagon Papers will be released at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum and other sites Monday.
O ...

States considering minor penalties for teen sexting

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A congressman who sends an X-rated photo of himself jeopardizes his reputation and his job. But in many states, teens caught doing the same thing can risk felony charges, jail time and being branded sexual offenders.
That's bec ...

Evacuation order lifted for two Arizona towns

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT


SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. -- Firefighters on Sunday expressed the first real sense of hope that they were making progress in their battle against a huge eastern Arizona wildfire burning since May, as officials began allowing roughly 7,000 residents to r ...

Report: Perry's religious giving below U.S. average

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


SAN ANTONIO -- Gov. Rick Perry, who often displays his faith at prayer breakfast speeches and has called the nation's governors to a prayer meeting, has fallen far short of the scriptural mandate for financial support for the church, according to a ...

Giffords' first post-shooting photos released

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT


HOUSTON -- Images of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were posted early Sunday on her Facebook page, two photos that show her with shorter, darker hair but few signs that she suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
The photos were taken May 17 outs ...

Dozens vie for seats at Casey Anthony trial

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Spectators trying to get one of the 60 courtroom seats available to the public in the Casey Anthony trial have created scenes reminiscent of the running of the bulls in Spain or a Walmart on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Those wh ...

'Book of Mormon' wins big at the Tony Awards

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The profane and hysterical The Book of Mormon took home nine Tony Awards on Sunday including the prize for best musical, a considerable achievement for a pair of first-time Broadway playwrights known more for their raunchy cartoons feat ...

Welcoming home winners

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Texas A&M Yell Leaders David Benac (left) and Patrick Ivey lead the Texas A&M men's and women's track teams in the Aggie War Hymn during a welcome home celebration in honor of the athletes' unprecedented third straight National Championship a ...

Engelbrecht 50th

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:14 AM PDT

Travis and Camille Kennedy Engelbrecht are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married in First United Methodist Church, Bryan, on June 10, 1961, where they still worship. The Engelbrechts were blessed with two sons; Keith David, wh ...

Letters for June 13

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT


'Listen my children and you shall hear ...'
For a tea party movement so wrapped in American Revolutionary War vigor, I find it quite disconcerting that one of its larger public figures, Sarah Palin, could not correctly recount the story of Paul Re ...

Calendar

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Monday
CLASSES
Jazz 101-Introduction to Jazz Improvisation, 7:30 to 9 p.m. The Frame Gallery, downtown Bryan. www.framegallerydowntown.com/events/classes-workshops.
CLUBS
American Association of Individual Investors (AAII), 9:30 a.m. Watercrest a ...

Palin emails test new media

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT


The analysis of Sarah Palin's emails over the past few days may end up teaching us more about the future of journalism than about the former Alaska governor's past.
Drawing on methods used by both Wikileaks and social networks, traditional news or ...

Obesity surgery may not extend life for all

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- Very obese older men hoping to live longer may be let down by a new long-term study that found weight-loss surgery didn't increase survival for people like them -- at least during the first seven years.
Prior studies found stomach stapl ...

College Station man drowns at Lake Bryan

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 08:56 AM PDT

Emergency crews found the body of a 37-year-old College Station man who was reported missing while swimming this morning.
Martin Castillo-Mendez was found by emergency crews who were called to the lake five miles west of Bryan at about 9:30 a.m.
Th ...

Mavericks top Heat 105-95 for NBA title

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:45 PM PDT


MIAMI -- For Dirk Nowitzki, the resume is complete. He's an NBA champion.
For LeBron James, the agonizing wait continues for at least one more year.
A season that began with Miami celebrating the signings of James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh -- a ...

MLB Roundup

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:44 PM PDT

Twins 6, Rangers 1: MINNEAPOLIS -- Francisco Liriano sniffed his second no-hitter of the season until Adrian Beltre led off the eighth inning with a clean single, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Sunday.Liriano (4-6), who held t ...

Frazar wins 1st PGA Tour title in 355th try

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Harrison Frazar has won his first PGA Tour title in his 355th tournament, beating Robert Karlsson with a par on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday at the St. Jude Classic.Frazar won a month before turning 40 when Karlss ...

Zusi scores twice to lead Sporting KC past FC Dallas

Posted: 12 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT

FRISCO -- Graham Zusi scored two goals, including one off a stunning 50-yard free kick in the 55th minute, to help lift Sporting Kansas City to a 4-1 victory over FC Dallas Sunday night.The Kansas City snapped a 10-game winless streak (0-6-4) with th ...

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