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- Voters to decide on CS election changes
- Professor gets high honor
- Bryan street sweeper hits man
- Man struck by Bryan street sweeper
- Obama calls US AAA nation despite AA+ Rating
- Public invited to Feast for Food Bank
- Obama to announce fuel standards for big vehicles
- Army approves atheism-themed concert at Fort Bragg
- Texas wildlife faces years of recovery
- Arab nations want to end revolt
- London riots get bigger
- Dow, global markets post big losses
- Troops killed in Afghanistan were targeting Taliban leade
- Somalis starving for help
- Blues great gets a street
- 'Housewives' is facing final season
- Migraine Makeover
- Migraine Makeover - Research Summary
- Rethinking Breast Cancer Approach
- Stopping Mindless Eating
- Facebook: Good and Bad for Kids?
- Cyberstalking & Cyberbullying Have Lasting Effects
- Disc Degeneration
- Calendar
- S&P's political judgment called into question
| Voters to decide on CS election changes Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT The College Station City Council on Monday chose to leave it up to the voters to decide whether to lengthen council term lengths to four years or move municipal elections to November. Those two options will be placed on this year's November ballo ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT Physics professor George Kattawar is a walking ad for Texas higher education: In a career spanning six decades, he did most all of his research and earned all his degrees in the Lone Star State. He was recently honored as Distinguished Texas Scie ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT A Bryan man remained hospitalized in serious condition Monday after being struck by a city street sweeper. Officials said Melvin Workman, 29, was getting out of a pickup that had stopped on Martin Luther King Jr. Street near King's Mart to let him ... |
| Man struck by Bryan street sweeper Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:55 AM PDT Three men Monday were taken to an area hospital after a pickup was hit from behind by a city of Bryan street sweeper. Melvin Workman, a 29-year-old employee at Mobile Mechanics Plus, was getting out of the passenger side of the pickup near Martin L ... |
| Obama calls US AAA nation despite AA+ Rating Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday essentially dismissed the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. credit rating, trying to reassure investors and the public that the nation's leaders need only show more "common sense and compromise" to tame a ... |
| Public invited to Feast for Food Bank Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportResidents are invited to the Brazos Valley Food Bank's 18th annual Feast of Caring from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Brazos Center.Although the meal of rice, beans, sausage, salad and dessert is free, those who attend are e ... |
| Obama to announce fuel standards for big vehicles Posted: 08 Aug 2011 11:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Fire trucks and concrete mixers, semis, heavy-duty pickups and all trucks in between will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and emissions of heat-trapping gases under new efficiency standards being announced Tuesday ... |
| Army approves atheism-themed concert at Fort Bragg Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:15 AM PDT RALEIGH, N.C. -- A concert event organized by atheist, agnostic and other non-theist soldiers has been cleared by the Army to take place next spring at Fort Bragg, concert organizers and a spokesman for the post said Monday. Organizers planned to ... |
| Texas wildlife faces years of recovery Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT CANADIAN -- In a muddy pile of sand where a pond once flowed in the Texas Panhandle, dead fish, their flesh already decayed and feasted on by maggots, lie with their mouths open. Nearby, deer munch on the equivalent of vegetative junk food and wild ... |
| Arab nations want to end revolt Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Despite five months of blistering attacks on dissent, the Syrian regime has yet to score a decisive victory against a pro-democracy uprising determined to bring down the country's brutal dictatorship. President Bashar Assad still has the ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT LONDON -- A wave of violence and looting raged across London and spread to three other major British cities on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to contain the country’s worst unrest since race riots set the capital ablaze in the 1980s. In ... |
| Dow, global markets post big losses Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:07 PM PDT The stock market buckled Monday under the weight of a crisis in Europe and danger of recession at home. Reeling from a downgrade of American debt, the Dow Jones industrials plunged 634 points. It was the worst day for the market since the financia ... |
| Troops killed in Afghanistan were targeting Taliban leade Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- The 30 U.S. troops and eight Afghans who died in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan were on a mission targeting a Taliban leader when an insurgent with a rocket-propelled grenade reportedly fired on the chopper and shot i ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT DADAAB, Kenya -- Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official warned Monday in the starkest death toll prediction yet. To highlight the crisis, the wife of Vice President J ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Chicago blues great Buddy Guy now has his own street.The city of Chicago has renamed the stretch of Wabash Street in front of his club, Legends, "Buddy Guy Way."The blues guitarist says he "wanted to cry" when the honor was bestowed Sunday ... |
| 'Housewives' is facing final season Posted: 08 Aug 2011 12:43 AM PDT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Wisteria Lane is facing a dead end. ABC is confirming reports that "Desperate Housewives" will be starting its eighth and final season come fall. "We want to make sure it has its victory lap," ABC Entertainment President P ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:58 PM PDT PHOENIX, Ariz. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nearly 30 million Americans suffer from migraines -- severe headaches that can be extremely painful and debilitating. They can prevent people from working, socializing and living normal lives. Now, a common plas ... |
| Migraine Makeover - Research Summary Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:53 PM PDT BACKGROUND: According to the Mayo Clinic, a migraine headache can cause intense throbbing or pulsing that is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light and sound. Migraines can cause pain that lasts for hours to days. Sometimes ... |
| Rethinking Breast Cancer Approach Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:51 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows removing lymph nodes because of the presence of microscopic cancer cells found in the sentinel node has no impact on survival among women with early-stage breast cancer. Researchers studied more than 5,000 w ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:50 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Dieters who make simple changes in their surroundings can expect to eat healthier without giving it much thought, according to new research. Brian Wansink, Ph.D., presented his findings at the Annual Convention of the America ... |
| Facebook: Good and Bad for Kids? Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:49 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Ever wonder how all that time spent on Facebook is affecting your child? A new study shows social media may offer risks and benefits for kids. At the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, researchers pr ... |
| Cyberstalking & Cyberbullying Have Lasting Effects Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:49 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you've been stalked, bullied, or harassed online, your health could suffer. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, about 850,000 adults are targets of cyberstalking each year. About 20 percent of online stalkers use ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 07:49 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Nearly 80 percent of the population suffers low back pain at some point in their lives. A new study sheds light on the process of spinal disc degeneration. Using a computational model of the lumbar spine, scientists from the ... |
| Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:09 PM PDT Tuesday CLASSES Beginning and Intermediate Computer Class, 9 and 10:45 a.m. Southwood Community Center. Four-week course designed for senior adults. $45. parksweb.cstx.gov or 764-6371. ChildrenNiños Bilingual Education -- Learn Spanish for ... |
| S&P's political judgment called into question Posted: 08 Aug 2011 05:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The S&P downgrade was more of a statement on the toxic political landscape in Washington than a comment on the nation's ability to pay its bills. But S&P has its own checkered history. Just a few years ago, the company gave it ... |
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