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- Aggie football team warming up
- Bryan likely to maintain property tax rate
- Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assaults
- Restrictions on Brazos County inmates lifted after chickenpox outbreak
- Dow rallies after Fed statement, up 429 points
- Plotkin to lead A&M Sea Grant program
- Police: Driver cited after hitting poles
- Harestock to promote local music
- Teen charged with punching child, cutting person
- CSPD officers among 21 finalists for excellence award
- Officials say mother kills her 2 children
- Girl, 6, allegedly videotaped mom having group sex
- Girl, 6, allegedly had to videotape mom having sex
- Art any way you look at it
- Event to aid family that lost its home
- Nyad ends 2nd attempted swim from Cuba to Florida
- Few details on exit of area police chief
- Federal Reserve to keep low rates for 2 years
- US stocks rise slightly after big fall
- London triples police force; riots spread
- Social networking spreads British riots
- Flash mobs become 'malicious'
- Gender test raises ethical concerns
- French can access baguettes anytime
- Afghans not receiving U.S. visas
| Aggie football team warming up Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Aggie Byron Jones-Campbell, a junior running back, stretches Tuesday during the Aggies' first fall practice at the Texas A&M football practice facility in College Station. |
| Bryan likely to maintain property tax rate Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT The Bryan City Council indicated on Tuesday that it plans to keep its tax rate stable for the upcoming fiscal year, staving off an increase for the 12th consecutive year. That rate is 63.64 per $100 valuation, meaning a home worth $100,000 will l ... |
| Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assaults Posted: 09 Aug 2011 04:52 AM PDT SAN ANGELO -- Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides in what his church deemed "spiritual marriages." The head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesu ... |
| Restrictions on Brazos County inmates lifted after chickenpox outbreak Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Restrictions on the movements of about 120 Brazos County inmates were lifted Tuesday, weeks ahead of schedule, Sheriff Chris Kirk told the Commissioners Court at its regular meeting. Two confirmed cases of chickenpox last week forced imposition o ... |
| Dow rallies after Fed statement, up 429 points Posted: 09 Aug 2011 08:39 AM PDT NEW YORK -- Stocks are rising at the closing of trading after the Federal Reserve said it has discussed policy moves it can make to spur the economy. The Fed also said growth has been slower than expected. The Dow Jones industrial average is clos ... |
| Plotkin to lead A&M Sea Grant program Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT The new director of the Texas Sea Grant College Program said it will be a homecoming to return to Texas A&M University, her alma mater.Pam Plotkin of Cornell University was selected by the College of Geosciences following a nationwide search to b ... |
| Police: Driver cited after hitting poles Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:57 AM PDT A teen was cited early Tuesday after police said he struck two utility poles flipped his vehicle.Bryan police responded at 1:35 a.m. to the 900 block of North Texas Avenue, Sgt. Dennis Thane said. The 17-year-old fell asleep, Thane said. The vehicle ... |
| Harestock to promote local music Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT What started as a small gathering of friends three years ago has grown to become a fundraising event featuring more than 30 musicians and benefiting several local charities. The fourth annual Harestock, also known as the Great American Boxcar Festiva ... |
| Teen charged with punching child, cutting person Posted: 09 Aug 2011 03:19 AM PDT A 17-year-old Bryan woman was arrested after police said she punched a child and cut another family member with a knife.The woman was charged Monday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury ... |
| CSPD officers among 21 finalists for excellence award Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT The criminal investigation division of the College Station Police Department was recently selected as one of 21 finalists to receive the Excellence in Criminal Investigation Award from a globally recognized policing association. The International ... |
| Officials say mother kills her 2 children Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:49 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Harris County Sheriff's Office officials say a woman has killed her two children and then apparently tried to kill herself.The Houston Chronicle reports that the boy and girl -- each under 5 years old -- were killed Tuesday night.The woman ... |
| Girl, 6, allegedly videotaped mom having group sex Posted: 09 Aug 2011 11:49 PM PDT DALLAS -- Authorities in Texas have charged a Dallas woman with forcing her 6-year-old daughter to repeatedly videotape her having group sex.According to police records, the 24-year-old woman is charged with indecency with a child by exposure, a thir ... |
| Girl, 6, allegedly had to videotape mom having sex Posted: 09 Aug 2011 01:20 AM PDT DALLAS -- Dallas police say a mother has been accused of forcing her 6-year-old daughter to use cellphone video to record the woman having group sex. The Dallas Morning News has not identified the mother, to protect the identity of the child in th ... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Arts Council of the Brazos Valley Program Director Craig Hollinger moves sculptures created by artist Carol Zeigler, of Oglesby, while setting up an exhibit at the Arts Council gallery on Tuesday. An opening reception for the exhibit which features p ... |
| Event to aid family that lost its home Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A benefit to help North Zulch family members who lost their home in a fire over the weekend has been scheduled for Saturday. The fish fry proceeds will go to help Marcus O'Neal, his wife and their four children recover from the ... |
| Nyad ends 2nd attempted swim from Cuba to Florida Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:18 AM PDT HAVANA -- Wind conditions and "less than ideal currents" prompted marathon swimmer Diana Nyad to end her second bid to swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys about halfway through her journey early Tuesday.Elaine Lafferty, who was on the boat according t ... |
| Few details on exit of area police chief Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportSeveral questions about what led Madisonville Police Chief Gary Clendennen to resign his post remained unanswered Tuesday. Mayor Terri Creel said she was informed by interim city manager Kevin Story Tuesday morning that Clendennen h ... |
| Federal Reserve to keep low rates for 2 years Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve guaranteed super-low interest rates for two more years Tuesday -- an unprecedented step to arrest the alarming decline of the stock market and the economy. Wall Street roared its approval and finished a wild day wi ... |
| US stocks rise slightly after big fall Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:06 AM PDT NEW YORK — Bargain hunters helped push the Dow back above 11,000 briefly Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 193 points, or 1.8 percent, to 11,003 in morning trading. On Monday, the Dow had its worst day since 2008. It plunged 63 ... |
| London triples police force; riots spread Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT LONDON -- Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods. An eerie calm prevail ... |
| Social networking spreads British riots Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT LONDON -- Some of the text messages read like real-time rallying calls for rioters."If you're down for making money, we're about to go hard in east London," one looter messaged before the violence spread.Still others direct looters to areas of untapp ... |
| Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT The July 4 fireworks display in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights was anything but a family affair.As many as 1,000 teenagers, mobilized through social networking sites, turned out and soon started fighting and disrupting the event. Thanks to so ... |
| Gender test raises ethical concerns Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found. Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have been s ... |
| French can access baguettes anytime Posted: 09 Aug 2011 02:24 AM PDT PARIS -- France is the home of the baguette, that savory, crisp staple of a fabled gastronomy. But just try getting a fresh one in the evening, or on a holiday, or even in August, when many of the country's 33,000 bakeries are closed.Jean-Louis Hecht ... |
| Afghans not receiving U.S. visas Posted: 09 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Ahmad Taki is desperate to get out of Afghanistan, fearing for his life after receiving death threats in midnight phone calls because he works for the Americans. Nine months after applying for a visa to the U.S. designed for cas ... |
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