Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Families, fans happy to cheer Aggies on to win in Florida

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:45 PM PDT


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- With an 11-2 lead in the deciding game of the Tallahassee Super Regional, the Texas A&M fans who made the journey to Florida to watch the Aggies had the luxury of marching down to the screen above their team's dugout and ch ...

Human remains found in Brazos County

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:55 AM PDT

Authorities have confirmed that a skull found on property off Grassbur Road is from a human.
Brazos County Sheriff's Lt. Tommy Randall said the landowner's animals had dug up the skull.
Investigators began combing the area for the remainder of the ...

Lawyers open capital murder trial today

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Opening arguments are set to begin at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the capital murder trial of a 33-year-old College Station man accused of participating in the killing of a convenience store clerk in April 2010.
Corey Stewart was arrested within 24 hour ...

Jury picked in CS convenience store murder trial

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:44 AM PDT

A jury was selected in the capital murder trial of a 33-year-old College Station man accused of taking part in the slaying of a convenience store clerk last year.
Opening arguments are set for 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the 361st District Court.
Corey S ...

Arrest made after remains identified

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT


A 26-year-old man was arrested Monday night in connection to the death of a College Station man whose body was found along Grassbur Road.
Waldemar Monterrosso was arrested on a warrant for the murder of Jose Cua-Caxaj, Brazos County Sheriff's offi ...

Seniors fired up for competition

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Growing older doesn't have to mean giving up on athletic ambition -- just ask the dozen men and women who participated Monday in a precursor to the largest multi-sport event in the world for seniors.
About 200 basketball camp attendees gathered ou ...

State Rep. Fred Brown gets job in Temple

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


State Rep. Fred Brown confirmed Monday that he has accepted a job in Temple, but said he has no plans to stop serving Bryan-College Station in the Legislature.
Instead, he said in two separate telephone interviews that he will commute from his Br ...

CS man charged with breaking into Bryan store

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

A 21-year-old faces a felony burglary charge after police said he stole cash and cigarillos from a Bryan store.
Dexter Tyrone Williams of College Station was charged Monday with burglary of a building and evading arrest or detention. He also had a p ...

Police: Bryan restaurant employee robbed at gunpoint

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:19 AM PDT

Bryan police on Monday were investigating a report of an armed robbery at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant the night before.Police responded about 10:30 p.m. for a report of an aggravated robbery at the restaurant at 3312 South College Ave., Officer Jon Agn ...

Teachers might gain access to juvenile records

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT


DALLAS -- Texas is close to enacting a law that would provide teachers with detailed information about the criminal histories of their students, opening juvenile files that have always been confidential and are unavailable in most states.
The leg ...

Texas Legislature battles over immigration bill

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Houston and Dallas law enforcement officials said Monday that they oppose legislation that would free up officers in so-called sanctuary cities to ask about the immigration status of anyone pulled over during a traffic stop, questioned as a ...

GOP candidates unite against Obama in debate

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


MANCHESTER, N.H. — Republican White House hopefuls condemned President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy from the opening moments of their first major debate of the campaign season Monday night, and pledged emphatically to repeal h ...

Senate opens hearing on immigration bill

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Senate is holding a public hearing on an immigration bill that bans police agencies from adopting policies that bar officers from asking people they detain whether they are in the country legally.Gov. Rick Perry last week a ...

Analysis: Some states have long recovery ahead

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT


At statehouses around the country, the Great Recession is far from over: It could take years for many states to climb out of the hole and return to pre-downturn spending levels.
An Associated Press examination of 50 balance sheets shows state budg ...

Experts say economy will pick up with time

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The best cure for the economy now is time.
That's the overwhelming opinion of leading economists in a new Associated Press survey. They say the Federal Reserve shouldn't bother trying to stimulate the economy -- and could actually do ...

Bachmann throws hat into GOP ring

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:11 PM PDT


ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, an outspoken Republican with close ties to the tea party, announced Monday that she is running for president, a candidacy that could further shake up a volatile fight for the GOP nomination.
The ...

Libyan rebels head for Tripoli

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:17 PM PDT


MISRATA, Libya -- Libyan rebels Monday broke out toward Tripoli from the opposition-held port of Misrata 140 miles to the east, cracking a government siege as fighters across the country mounted a resurgence in their four-month-old revolt against M ...

Town doesn't give Jordan king a pass

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT


AMMAN, Jordan -- Stone-throwing youths in a poor southern town exploded in anger at rough handling by police during a visit by King Abdullah II on Monday, a symptom of simmering popular frustrations in Jordan even as the monarch moves toward democr ...

Hoax has readers shocked by blogger's identity

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT


LONDON -- A 40-year-old American man living in Scotland said Monday he's sorry for posing as a Syrian lesbian blogger who offered vivid accounts of life amid revolt and repression in Damascus, a hoax that has exposed the difficulty of sifting trut ...

Airlines got $3.4B in bag fees in 2010

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Passengers hate them, but airlines can't afford to give them up -- those aggravating bag fees.
U.S. airlines collected $3.4 billion for checked luggage last year, according to a government report issued Monday. That's up 24 percent fro ...

Houston group turns napping into a religion

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

By NAHEEDA SAYEEDUDDIN
Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON -- The woman stood before her congregation, delivering her sermon.
Some listened intently, while others were sprawled out on the pews already in deep slumber.
Her message was a simple yet importa ...

First lady, Hollywood join forces to boost military

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:12 PM PDT


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Michelle Obama wants to see more stories of military families on TV and in movies, so she came to Hollywood to do something about it.
The first lady met with members of the writers, producers, directors and actors unions ...

Letters for June 14

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Failure to use Rainy Day Fund will reverberate
Texas' political leaders currently pursue two contradictory strategies for funding education and research. In 2007, Texas voters established the $3 billion Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of ...

Bombers top Victoria Generals 8-3

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:43 PM PDT


Brazos Valley centerfielder Greg Olson was 3-for-3 and scored three runs to lead the Bombers to an 8-3 win over the Victoria Generals.
The Victoria Generals had four hits in the sixth inning, but managed only one more for the game Monday at Brazos ...

Calendar

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
Belles: A Play in Two Acts and Thirty-Nine Phone Calls concludes with Friday through Sunday performances at StageCenter Theatre in downtown Bryan. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are availab ...

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