Saturday, July 16, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Hang on, cowboy

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:35 PM PDT

Preston Oyloe of Corsicana takes down a steer at the 40th annual Bryan Breakfast Lions Club PRCA Rodeo. The event started Thursday and runs through Saturday night at the Brazos County Expo.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in College Station

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:01 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A pedestrian was injured after she stepped in front of a vehicle and was struck early Thursday in College Station, police said.
Emergency crews responded at 8:06 a.m. to the wreck at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Manuel Dr ...

Bryan, College Station schools prep for STAAR

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT


Bryan and College Station teachers' curricula will begin changing this year as they move from preparing students for the TAKS to the next version of state-mandated testing.
The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills is being replaced this schoo ...

Bryan-College Station to get its first marathon

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Local marathon runners won't have to leave home this year to participate in a race.
Paul Atkinson, owner of Atkinson Toyota, recently announced his company is sponsoring a marathon and half-marathon on Dec. 11 in Bryan and College Station.
Local ...

Fans sad to see 'Harry Potter' go

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT


It was past 2 a.m. Friday and the credits for the final Harry Potter movie were rolling as patrons exited a movie theater in College Station, and Ali Boyd couldn't stop crying.
Her mom even packed her tissues for the occasion, when the series she ...

Jurors hear interrogation audio

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT


Deceptive tactics exposed deceitful answers as Bryan Police Department investigators and Franklin resident Michael Allen Peck exchanged lies in audio recordings played Friday during Peck's murder trial.
The recordings showed Peck, who faces murder ...

BP adopts new safety standards for Gulf drilling

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:15 AM PDT


ATLANTA -- BP says it has adopted new, safer standards for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
The announcement comes a year after the company capped its blown-out well about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast.
In a letter to U.S. regulato ...

Woman hospitalized after being hit by car

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Nicole Marie Taylor, 30, of College Station, remained hospitalized Friday evening after she stepped in front of a vehicle and was struck early Thursday in College Station, police said.
Emergency crews responded at 8:06 a.m. to th ...

College Station event to offer drunken driving test

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Northgate patrons will have a chance this Saturday to test their ability to drink and drive under the supervision of police without fear of being arrested.
The opportunity comes as part of an event sponsored by the local law enf ...

Nonprofit group plans free fishing event for kids

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The KIDFISH Foundation will be having a kids fishing event this Saturday at the Stephen C. Beachy Central Park in College Station from 8 to 11 a.m.
KIDFISH is a nonprofit program that aims to give children 16 and under the oppor ...

Police: Driver had cocaine in mustache

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 35-year-old Bryan man was arrested early Friday after a Bryan officer said he brushed cocaine from his mustache on the cop's uniform.
Edgar Salazar Alvarez was charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, posse ...

Robertson County fire destroys homes

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two houses and one mobile home were destroyed Friday in a fire in Easterly in Robertson County.
"All the buildings were complete losses," said Easterly firefighter Bobby Corn.
No one was harmed in the homes, which were unoccupie ...

Lawmakers clash as debt limit deadline nears

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Horror stories are flying about the damage that might be wreaked should Congress and President Barack Obama fail to cut a deal by the Aug. 2 deadline to increase America's borrowing limit. Nearly every American is in harm's way, either ...

Los Angeles braces for 'Carmageddon'

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Business owners touted promotions this week aimed at cashing in on the upcoming closure of part of heavily traveled Interstate 405, while city officials sought to assure the public that they were ready for the effects of a possible t ...

8 European banks flunk stress test

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:03 PM PDT

Eight of 90 European banks flunked stress tests projecting how they would fare in another recession, and 16 more barely passed -- but analysts doubted Friday's results would succeed in restoring confidence in the continent's shaky financial sector.So ...

Two of 'Texas 7' prison break gang lose appeals

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT


HOUSTON -- Two members of the notorious "Texas 7" prison-break gang moved a step closer to execution for killing a Dallas-area police officer after a federal court rejected their appeals.
The gang engineered the biggest prison escape in Texas hist ...

Perry touts new environmental laws

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:29 PM PDT

DENTON -- Some new Texas laws will further protect the environment as the state continues to lead the nation in oil and gas production, Gov. Rick Perry said Friday.During the recent legislative session, lawmakers worked to create a fair regulatory cl ...

Atlantis crew fixes 2nd failed computer

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:19 PM PDT

The pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that shattered their sleep.NASA declared all five of Atlantis' primary computers to be working, pending evaluation of ...

First 'Survivor' is ordered to pay up

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Reality TV star Richard Hatch asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to throw out a nine-month prison sentence handed down earlier this year for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won of the first season of the hit CBS s ...

'Harry Potter' works new charms with $43M overseas

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:16 AM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Harry Potter has conjured up a tidy sum from the first overseas debuts of his final film on its way to a potentially record-shattering opening weekend.
Distributor Warner Bros. says "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" too ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Sunday
* St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 2700 W. Villa Maria Road in Bryan, will hold worship service at 10 a.m. The Rev. Jeff Dungan will preach on "I saw the Light" (Acts 9:1-31) as part in the sermon series "In the Footsteps of the Apostles, ...

Letters for July 16

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT

A long wait to renew driver's license
On July 11, I went to the Department of Public Safety in Bryan office to renew my driver's license. What an experience. There was a line all the way out the door and at least 100 people sitting in chairs.
One m ...

Doc tests for 'bad driver' gene

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:28 PM PDT

HEFEI, China -- In China, where someone is killed in traffic every five minutes, one entrepreneurial doctor has an unusual approach for making roads safer: Treat bad driving like a disease you can diagnose before the driver even gets near a car.Dr. J ...

Calendar

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT

Saturday
CLASSES
ChildrenNiños Bilingual Education: Learn Spanish/English/French, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. 2911 Texas Avenue South, Suite 203, College Station. For parents and babies 0-3 years old or adults. $5/hour for family groups and $15 per hou ...

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