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- Man arrested in connection with area murder
- Brazos County Sheriff's Office moves quickly to identify body, make arrest
- A&M faculty discuss strategy for responding to criticisms
- Hospital officials push for a medical district
- Surveillance, interview videos played at capital murder trial
- Texas immigration bill approved by Senate
- Local Juneteenth events to mark abolition of slavery
- Man charged with possession of PCP
- Child stars stopping by eatery's benefit
- Texas State University student dies after fall from Sky Spiral tower
- Attorney says KBR enabled rapes
- U.S. students lagging in history
- Police: Pa. man dropped cinderblock on newborn
- Schools at top of Texans' concerns
- Plea bargain for dad over baby's body in ice chest
- Workers race to protect Iowa town from floods
- Obama pledges support for Puerto Rico
- FDA to clarify sunscreen claims
- U.S. Army is ditching berets
- Lower prices expected by economists
- Wildfire may be Arizona's biggest
- Social Security overpaid by $8B
- A guide to roughhousing
- Texas House OKs redistricting map
- Morgan sorry for homophobic joke
| Man arrested in connection with area murder Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Investigators are still waiting on an autopsy report to determine the cause of death of a body they believe is that of College Station resident Jose Cua-Caxaj, who was reported missing May 30. Police arrested Waldemar Monterroso, 27, at his workpl ... |
| Brazos County Sheriff's Office moves quickly to identify body, make arrest Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:54 AM PDT UPDATE: A Red Lobster name tag that was found at the site where a man’s body was discovered led authorities to Waldemar Monterroso, according to court documents released Tuesday. Investigators also found a black shirt bearing a Boston’s ... |
| A&M faculty discuss strategy for responding to criticisms Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT Faculty gatherings on the Texas A&M campus these days resemble a tribe banding together to figure out how to fend off an external threat. There are the young warriors who want to go to battle, the elders urging a measured response, and the lead ... |
| Hospital officials push for a medical district Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT The St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan is surrounded by businesses and nonprofit organizations devoted to medical causes. Nearby, there's three nursing homes, three assisted living centers, a senior living center, an inpatient rehab cente ... |
| Surveillance, interview videos played at capital murder trial Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:03 PM PDT Two videos -- one from surveillance cameras and the other a filmed interview -- were played by prosecutors Tuesday for a Brazos County jury during the first day of the capital murder trial of a College Station man. Corey Stewart, 33, is the second ... |
| Texas immigration bill approved by Senate Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:14 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas Senate Republicans flexed their muscle again, shoving aside angry and tearful objections from Democrats to pass a bill that gives police officers broader powers to ask people they detain about their citizenship status. The 19-12 vo ... |
| Local Juneteenth events to mark abolition of slavery Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportSeveral events are on tap this week to celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the day in 1865 when the abolition of slavery was announced in Texas.* The Juneteenth Celebration, Freedom Walk and Family Night and Festival, sp ... |
| Man charged with possession of PCP Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:39 AM PDT A 22-year-old man was charged with possession of PCP after a College Station officer reported that he trespassed in an area known for drug activity. Ocia Lee Sweed Jr. was charged Tuesday with possession of from four to 200 grams of a controlled sub ... |
| Child stars stopping by eatery's benefit Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Casa Rodriguez in downtown Bryan will be dedicating 15 percent of its food sales today to benefit the local Hispanic Forum's scholarship fund. The forum, which provided more than $45,000 in scholarship money to local applicants l ... |
| Texas State University student dies after fall from Sky Spiral tower Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:28 AM PDT SAN MARCOS -- School officials say a Texas State University senior has died after falling from a ladder within the Sky Spiral tower at the Aquarena Center on campus. Police in San Marcos say 26-year-old John Patrick Fox of Austin was pronounced de ... |
| Attorney says KBR enabled rapes Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A hostile work environment has been a longtime problem for military contractor KBR Inc., which failed to protect workers who were sexually assaulted or harassed, said an attorney for a woman who claims she was raped by co-workers in Iraq.J ... |
| U.S. students lagging in history Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT U.S. students don't know much about American history, according to results of a national test released Tuesday. Just 13 percent of high school seniors who took the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress, called the Nation's Report Card, ... |
| Police: Pa. man dropped cinderblock on newborn Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:52 AM PDT LAKE ARIEL, Pa. -- Police say a northeastern Pennsylvania man accused of killing his newborn daughter dropped a cinderblock on the girl twice because he said he and his girlfriend couldn't afford a second child.State police say 20-year-old Christophe ... |
| Schools at top of Texans' concerns Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- More than one-fifth of Texans say education is the most important issue facing the state, though it is unclear whether Republicans will pay a political price for cutting education funding, according to poll results released Tuesday by the ... |
| Plea bargain for dad over baby's body in ice chest Posted: 14 Jun 2011 02:25 AM PDT AMARILLO -- A Texas Panhandle man has reached a plea agreement for 20 years in prison over the death of his baby whose body was found in an ice chest.Prosecutors say Robert Sanchez Nunez pleaded guilty to enhanced aggravated perjury. A probation viol ... |
| Workers race to protect Iowa town from floods Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT HAMBURG, Iowa -- Dozens of workers raced Tuesday to add several feet to a levee that now stands as the lone barrier between Hamburg and the floodwaters of the Missouri River that threaten to fill the small town like a bathtub. Crews working for th ... |
| Obama pledges support for Puerto Rico Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- President Barack Obama told Puerto Ricans on Tuesday that he's committed to the success and self-determination of the U.S. island territory, welcome words that could help him with Puerto Rican voters in all states as the 2012 ... |
| FDA to clarify sunscreen claims Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Help is on the way if you're confused by the maze of sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Starting next summer, you can start looking for SPF 15 bottles and tubes with the label "broad spectrum" and feel confident t ... |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching the black wool beret and allowing soldiers to go bac ... |
| Lower prices expected by economists Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Consumers are spending cautiously in the face of still-high gasoline and grocery-store prices and restraining the economy's growth. But some relief could be on the way: Wholesale food prices dropped last month by the most in a year. ... |
| Wildfire may be Arizona's biggest Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT LUNA, N.M. -- A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona is burning more acres than the largest in state history, although some of that area is in New Mexico, where flare-ups that skipped along treetops Tuesday threatened a small mountain town. The Wal ... |
| Social Security overpaid by $8B Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Social Security Administration made $6.5 billion in overpayments to people not entitled to receive them in 2009, including $4 billion under a supplemental income program for the very poor, a government investigator said Tuesday. ... |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK -- It took an M.D. and a Ph.D. to come up with The Art of Roughhousing, a new parenting guide to good old-fashioned horseplay complete with ultra-simple diagrams for a safe "raucous pillow fight" or round of "human cannonball."Can the helico ... |
| Texas House OKs redistricting map Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Republican-controlled Texas House gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to a GOP plan to redraw congressional districts despite concerns from Democrats that it dilutes the votes of minorities.Democrats attacked the plan by Republican Rep ... |
| Morgan sorry for homophobic joke Posted: 14 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Comedian Tracy Morgan plans to return to Nashville next week to apologize to audience members who were offended by an anti-gay rant during a stand-up show on June 3.During the performance, the 30 Rock actor told the audience that ... |
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