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- Navasota church a field of donations for wildfire victims
- Bryan targets after-hours clubs
- Texas A&M trisomy study gets $10K from state agency
- Bienski not running for Brown's seat
- Texas A&M trisomy study gets $10K from state agency
- B-CS economy continues slide in May
- Grimes County to host gun, knife show
- Suds and sustenance at car wash put on by nursing students
- Space Shuttle Atlantis has near-perfect first day
- Panetta: Defeat of al-Qaida 'within reach'
- South Sudan celebrates first day of independence
- Fort Hood defense has few options
- Famed tabloid makes final issue after 168 years
- Veteran amputee dies on roller coaster
- Casey Anthony verdict met with anger
- Ag official probes Corps on flooding
- 40 dead in a day in Mexico
- King James Bible makes public debut in Austin
- Home births on the rise in recent years
- Africa on his mind: A&M professor wants DNA record of huntable species
- Mediterranean decor evokes sun, sea
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- Reach Out
- Arts Watch: Head downtown for some laughs
- Students of the Week
| Navasota church a field of donations for wildfire victims Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT Thirty-eight dining tables, sagging beneath the weight of piles of clothing, crowd the gym inside the First Baptist Church of Navasota. More than 1,000 pairs of shoes snake along the outer perimeter of the stockpiled apparel. In a room adjacent to ... |
| Bryan targets after-hours clubs Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT There's no after-hours nightclubs in Bryan right now, but police officers know that they can sprout up any time like a weed in a garden. That's because they have done so several times before. There was Carrie B's at South College Avenue and Dodge ... |
| Texas A&M trisomy study gets $10K from state agency Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT The Department of State Health Services has offered up to $10,000 to assist the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health in its probe of the confirmed cluster of babies born with the defect trisomy 18 in Brazos County. The two entities began i ... |
| Bienski not running for Brown's seat Posted: 09 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT Bryan Mayor Jason Bienski said Saturday he will not be a candidate for the Texas House seat opened by Fred Brown's resignation. Bienski, who has been mayor for 14 months, said he instead will concentrate on Bryan's "unfinished business," such the hi ... |
| Texas A&M trisomy study gets $10K from state agency Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT The Department of State Health Services has offered up to $10,000 to assist the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health in its probe of the confirmed cluster of babies born with the defect trisomy 18 in Brazos County. The two entities began i ... |
| B-CS economy continues slide in May Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT After climbing slightly toward the end of 2010 and flattening out in early 2011, the Bryan-College Station economic index fell for the fourth month in May. The drop was three-tenths of a percentage point, from 118.6 in April to 118.3. "I think it ... |
| Grimes County to host gun, knife show Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The second annual Gun & Knife Show will be staged by the Friends of Grimes County on July 16 and 17. Admission is $5 for the event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 1 ... |
| Suds and sustenance at car wash put on by nursing students Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT Blinn nursing student Elliot Laferriere is reflected in a hubcap as she and other nursing students wash cars Saturday to raise money for their graduation ceremony in December. Students also collaborated on a cookbook that is available to buy. For mo ... |
| Space Shuttle Atlantis has near-perfect first day Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:17 PM PDT The space shuttle Atlantis hasn't performed like a ship ready for retirement. The first full day of the final flight of the aging space shuttle fleet -- the most complicated machines ever built -- was practically flawless. NASA officials say the ... |
| Panetta: Defeat of al-Qaida 'within reach' Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Al-Qaida's defeat is "within reach," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief. He said eliminating as few as 10 of the group's top figures could cripple its abil ... |
| South Sudan celebrates first day of independence Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:24 PM PDT JUBA, South Sudan-- South Sudan celebrated its first day as an independent nation Saturday, raising its flag before tens of thousands of cheering citizens elated to reach the end of a 50-year struggle. U.S. President Barack Obama called the day a ... |
| Fort Hood defense has few options Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- More than two dozen soldiers have testified about the day they were shot in a crowded Fort Hood building in November 2009. Some told of looking the gunman in the eye as he fired. A Senate investigation has announced its findings about ... |
| Famed tabloid makes final issue after 168 years Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT LONDON -- Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed off with a simple front page message: "THANK YOU & GOODBYE," leaving the media establishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought down the ... |
| Veteran amputee dies on roller coaster Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT DARIEN, N.Y. -- A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at an upstate New York amusement park. Teams of inspectors on Saturday were examining the R ... |
| Casey Anthony verdict met with anger Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- For nearly two months, the murder trial of Casey Anthony was a living entity. It breathed daily across national television airwaves, then was reinforced nightly on cable TV programs that dissected every word uttered in the courtroo ... |
| Ag official probes Corps on flooding Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has taken the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to task for its handling of the Missouri River in a letter questioning its decision not to release more water from dams earlier in the spring to prevent ... |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Fighting among the Zetas gang and other vicious drug cartels led to the deaths of more than 40 people whose bodies were found in three Mexican cities over a 24-hour span, a government official said Saturday.At least 20 people were kill ... |
| King James Bible makes public debut in Austin Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:21 PM PDT By SCOTT HUDDLESTON San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO -- To people wandering by, the big book in a display case on the Central Library's sixth floor might look like just an old, heavy volume of forgotten prose about who knows what. But to Frank ... |
| Home births on the rise in recent years Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- One mother chose home birth because it was cheaper than going to a hospital. Another gave birth at home because she has multiple sclerosis and feared unnecessary medical intervention. And some choose home births after cesarean sections ... |
| Africa on his mind: A&M professor wants DNA record of huntable species Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT James Derr remembers sitting in his office nearly 20 years ago when a professor recommended a radical proposal for a grant from the National Science Foundation. The idea was to study North American bison under the label of conservation biology, ev ... |
| Mediterranean decor evokes sun, sea Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Influenced by Spanish, Italian, French, Turkish, Moroccan and Greek seaside lifestyles, Mediterranean decor is simple and relaxed, and easily adapted to Western homes. The natural hues of the region -- marine, almond, olive, sunshine and chalk -- ... |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Sunday * BCS R/C Helicopter Club. 8 a.m. Brothers Pond Park field, Rio Grande Boulevard at Ponderosa Drive. Monday * American Association of Individual Investors. 9:30 a.m. Watercrest at Bryan, second-floor activity room. Group with roundtable-st ... |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT * Scotty's House Advocacy Center, which provides a supportive and nurturing environment for abused children and their families, is looking for family care volunteers to welcome clients and their non-offending family members. Volunteers provide comfo ... |
| Arts Watch: Head downtown for some laughs Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Nine comedy sketches with four directors -- blend it together and you have the newest offering by StageCenter Theater. It's called Splitting Issues, and for the next two weekends it's just one more reason downtown Bryan should be a consistent enterta ... |
| Posted: 09 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Students of the week receive a T-shirt courtesy of The Eagle and C.C. Creations. Teachers: Please send nominations in this format and JPEG photos to neighbors@theeagle.com. Anisha Datta Facts: 13-year-old eighth-grader at A&M Consolidated Middl ... |
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