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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Fire efforts dying down

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT


STONEHAM -- The Plantersville-Stoneham Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday will resume oversight of the almost-extinguished Dyer Mill Fire as the final state and national incident management officials head home.
Incident commander Gene Phillips s ...

Search continues for missing 11-year-old girl

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT


Authorities were searching late Friday for 11-year-old Katlin Coleman, who had not been seen by her family since Tuesday afternoon.
Coleman was last seen sometime between noon and 1 p.m. on June 21 at her home in north Bryan, where she reportedly ...

The Stafford Main Street fighting noise citations

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT


An officer's response to a noise complaint is straightforward -- issue a warning, write a citation, or determine there's no need for police intervention.
But the factors that influence that decision -- history of complaints, number of people pres ...

The shows will go on: Some organizers plan on having fireworks

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT


Despite burn bans and prohibitions on fireworks in some counties, Brazos Valley residents still have the opportunity to see pyrotechnic displays for the Fourth of July holiday.
The Burleson county judge's office has issued two exemptions to the c ...

CS man accused of breaking in, attacking his ex

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

A 25-year-old College Station man was released from jail Friday after he was arrested on charges of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and assaulting another man with broken glass from the window he entered through.
Jerome Samuel Shields was arr ...

CS man accused of breaking in, attacking his ex

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:15 PM PDT

A 25-year-old College Station man was released from jail Friday after he was arrested on charges of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and assaulting another man with broken glass from the window he entered through.
Jerome Samuel Shields was arr ...

Video: Pets of the week — kittens

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Absent GOP lawmakers stall Texas House

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- When Republicans grabbed a supermajority in the Texas House, the joke was that Democrats wouldn't even have to show up for the GOP to pass bills into law.
But now it's Republicans who are skipping out on the special session called by Gov ...

Lawmakers 'kick the can' on state budget

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:20 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Texas lawmakers started the year promising to make hard choices to solve the largest budget shortfall in the state's history. They delivered one speech after another about not "kicking the can" down the road.
Yet that's exactly what they ...

BP, Transocean squabble over blowout preventer

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT


ATLANTA -- BP and Transocean are at odds over who should get possession of a key piece of evidence in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation once additional testing is complete.
Transocean, responsible for maintaining the blowout preventer tha ...

Opening ceremony held for Twin Oaks Landfill

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT

City of College Station Public Works employee Chris Ford walks between garbage hauling trucks from the City of College Station and the City of Bryan during an opening ceremony Friday for the new Twin Oaks Landfill off of Texas 30. The ribbon-cutting ...

Power grid experiment could throw off clocks

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers -- and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast."A lot of people ...

Rep. Joe Barton pushing legalization of online poker

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT


U.S. Rep. Joe Barton introduced a bill Friday to legalize online poker, hoping to pull the estimated $6 billion industry out of the shadows at a time when its top operators face serious legal troubles.
The Republican lawmaker from Texas told The A ...

Syrian forces kill 15 during an anti-Assad protest

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT

BEIRUT -- Defying government guns, thousands of Syrian protesters poured down city streets and a main highway Friday to press demands for President Bashar Assad's ouster. Security forces opened fire, killing at least 15 people, including two children ...

Documents show bin Laden thought al-Qaida needed name change

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:08 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that al-Qaida was suffering from a marketing problem. His group was killing too many Muslims and that was bad for business. The ...

Google faces antitrust review by FTC

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:18 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have begun a formal antitrust investigation into Google's business practices.
In a blog post Friday, the Internet search giant said it received notification from the Federal Trade Commission of the review on Thursd ...

Government says coal swap is not even

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:19 PM PDT

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Department of Interior officials raised concerns Wednesday over a proposal to transfer 232 million tons of federal coal to a private company under an exchange touted as benefiting Montana's Northern Cheyenne tribe.
Deputy Assistan ...

New York becomes largest state to OK gay marriage

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:06 PM PDT

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and th ...

Columbo actor Peter Falk dies at 83

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The best way to celebrate Peter Falk's life is to savor how Columbo, his signature character, fortified our lives.
Thanks to Falk's affectionately genuine portrayal, Lt. Columbo established himself for all time as a champion of any vie ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Sunday
* Christ Holy Missionary Baptist Church, 1119 Arizona St. in College Station, will hold its 31st Church Anniversary and Homecoming Celebration with sermons at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. by special guest the Rev. A.C. Clark III. Pleasant Grove Baptist ...

Calendar

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARA benefit for Harper Moore is being held Saturday. Harper's Heroes Shrimp Boil & Bar-B-Que will be from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Best Western Atrea. There will be live music, raffles, silent auction and fun. For tickets, visit harper ...

How you can help

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:16 PM PDT

* Red Cross: Donations can be made at houstonredcross.org; specify that the funds go to the "Fire Hurts, Red Cross Helps" campaign.
* First Baptist Church on Church Street in Navasota: Accepting water, toiletries, diapers, wipes, towels and pillows.
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By the numbers

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Noise complaints and responses by Bryan-College Station Police Departments from Jan. 1 to June 19.
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Tyson Gay out of 100 at US nationals

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:27 PM PDT

EUGENE, Ore. -- Anyone who saw the way he slowly uncoiled from his crouch and lumbered down the track during his first race at nationals could tell -- something was wrong with Tyson Gay.It turned out to be something big -- a hip injury that forced o ...

Silver Stars edge Sparks in OT

Posted: 24 Jun 2011 05:23 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Jia Perkins scored 31 points and Becky Hammon had 22 points and nine assists to help the San Antonio Silver Stars rally for a 90-80 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.Hammon sent the game into overtime when sh ...

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