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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Parents share story to raise awareness of danger of hot cars

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT


For the first few years following Callie Sue Quinn's death, her mother and father would do something to remember the occasion -- clean a local park, plan a fundraiser for Phoebe's House or help with some other community service project.
Over 10 y ...

Record heat becoming the regular

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


Breaking records doesn't mean what it used to when it comes to the weather.
"There's just a few places in the state that haven't broken their all-time records for most 100-degree days this summer," said Matt Moreland, a meteorologist with the Nat ...

Dismantled Corps unit boasts big names

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:15 PM PDT


It's been a big week for Squadron 6, the now-defunct Texas A&M Corps of Cadets unit that, at one time, claimed both Democrat John Sharp and Republican Gov. Rick Perry.
Sharp was named the sole finalist for chancellor of the 11-university A&am ...

Man threatened ax attack, police say

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Reports
A 24-year-old Bryan man remained jailed without bail Saturday after police said he threatened to chop his mother with an ax.
According to the police report, Avery Darnell Tucker threatened to assault his mother and destroy her f ...

Wife allegedly used machete on husband

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Police said they arrested a 42-year-old Bryan woman after she used a machete during an argument with her husband and left him with a cut on his cheek and above his eye.
Rosaura Luna got into an argument with her husband Friday n ...

Burleson grass fire contained in an hour

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A grass fire in Burleson County near Caldwell burned 30 acres Saturday afternoon, but no structures were damaged.
The fire on C.R. 148 just off F.M. 3058 was first reported around 6:45 p.m. to the Burleson County Sheriff's Offic ...

Mud volleyball play of the day

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT

Monika Morales lunges for the ball while playing mud volleyball Saturday at the Hog Splash Mudd Volleyball Tournament in Snook. The event was a fundraiser for Hospice Brazos Valley.

Flipping out for back-to-school

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:16 PM PDT

Nygel Starling, 12, attempts a front flip Saturday while playing on an inflatable climbing wall at the eighth annual Concerned Black Men of the Brazos Valley Back-to-School Party at Veterans Park. The event featured a school supply giveaway, music, f ...

Congresswoman Giffords learns truth about shooting

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT


PHOENIX -- For months after the spasm of violence that shattered her world, Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shielded from the wider scope of that January morning, when a gunman shot her in the head, badly wounding her and 12 others out ...

Schools prepare for first day in wake of state budget cuts

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


DALLAS -- In one fast-growing Texas district, two new schools will sit empty this year because there's no money for teachers. Another district's cuts mean students who want to take the bus will have to pay $185 a semester for the ride. In yet anoth ...

East Texas towns back out of Holiday Trail

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


NEW ORLEANS -- Three Texas towns seceded from a longtime promotion with two west Louisiana cities, giving a new turn to the annual Holiday Trail of Lights.
Until this year, the trail linked Marshall, Jefferson and Kilgore, Texas, with Natchitoche ...

Iran gives U.S. men 8 years in jail

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT


TEHRAN, Iran -- Two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that include espionage, state TV reported Saturday, a sharp blow to hopes their releas ...

Libyan rebels set sights on capital

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan rebels said they launched their first attack on Tripoli in coordination with NATO late Saturday, and Associated Press reporters heard unusually heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital. The fighting erupted just hours afte ...

Reality TV isn't glamorous for all

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Reality came crashing in on Russell Armstrong. With the second season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills set to premiere in a few weeks, and a pending lawsuit and divorce, the venture capitalist-turned reality personality hanged h ...

Bachmann works to appeal to broader audience

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT


GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Pigeonholed as a right-wing disciple, Michele Bachmann is offering herself as a presidential candidate who can unite the GOP's disparate base and appeal to Republicans of all ideological stripes.
"Fiscal conservatives -- I'm on ...

Perry talks troop withdrawal while in South Carolina

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT


GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday thoughtful discussion is needed to bring U.S. troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq as he wrapped up his first week of campaigning for the GOP's presidential nomination.
Perry has emphasized ...

Oceans call to A&M grad student

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


To Julia O'Hern, the oceans of the world still are much unexplored frontiers.
O'Hern, a Texas A&M oceanography grad student, has logged more than 300 days at sea, a feat not accomplished by her Aggie peers.
With more than 15 research cruises ...

Arts Watch: Steve Martin and his bluegrass band hit Aggieland

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

The only time I saw comic Steve Martin in person was in 1971, as a junior in college.
We all gathered at the school's auditorium to see The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band play a concert. The Dirt Band was about the hottest country act going at that time as ...

School menus, Aug. 22-26

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.
College Station
Monday: Chicken nuggets, beef and cheese nachos, carrots, fruit, rice krispy treat.
Tuesday: Corn dog or chef salad, macaroni and cheese, black eyed peas, fruit.
Wednesday: Ove ...

Our Neighbors Calendar

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Monday
* Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675.
* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.
Tuesday
* Bryan Noon Lions Club. 11:30 a.m. Best Western Atrea, 1 ...

Hubacek 50th

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:07 PM PDT


Ed and Betty Hubacek celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner hosted by their children and a trip to New Orleans, LA. They were married on August 19, 1961 at St. Joseph’s Church in Bryan. They have two children, Terri an ...

Newton 50th

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Congratulations to Mary and Ron Newton of Greenville, North Carolina, as they celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary.  They were married 50 years ago on August 12, 1961 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Littleton, Colorado.  
Th ...

Jentsch-Chavarria

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:03 PM PDT


Jan Mikeal of College Station and Frank and Linda Jentsch of Hearne, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jenna Jentsch, to Leo Chavarria III, son of Leo and Sally Chavarria Jr. of Bryan, Texas.  ...

Pratt-Van Dyck

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT


Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Pratt of Bryan, TX are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Meagan LeeAnn Pratt, to Brian William Van Dyck, son of Dr. John Dyck of Spring, TX and Patti Van Dyck of Lexington, TX.
Meagan ...

Medina-Riley

Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:58 PM PDT


Rudy and Gloria Medina of Bryan and Susan Edwards of Iola, TX are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Lisa Renee Medina, to Sean Michael Riley, son of Dr. Mark and Jane Riley of Bryan.
The bride-elect is ...

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