Monday, August 22, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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5 killed in pair of wrecks

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


Police said four young adults from Brenham were killed when a truck driven by a 19-year-old intoxicated man slammed into their vehicle before dawn Sunday.
Across the Brazos Valley in an unrelated accident eight hours later, a 40-year-old Benchley ...

Hosts give international students a taste of Texas

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


After riding in a truck and learning how to barbecue and fish, four international Texas A&M students donned cowboy hats and flashed Gig 'em thumbs for a group photo.
The students -- three from China and one from India -- got a taste of the Lo ...

Hosts give international students a taste of Texas

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


After riding in a truck and learning how to barbecue and fish, four international Texas A&M students donned cowboy hats and flashed Gig 'em thumbs for a group photo.
The students -- three from China and one from India -- got a taste of the Lo ...

Man charged with public intoxication

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An 18-year-old College Station man remained behind bars Sunday after finding himself up a creek. Really.
College Station police said officers responded shortly after midnight to a theft at Chili's restaurant parking lot on Texas ...

Flood of claims brings Social Security disability to brink of insolvency

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security's disability program with benefit claims, pushing the financially strapped system toward the brink of insolvency.
Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decad ...

Stock market fueling economic fear

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The stock market is starting to feed economic fear, not just reflect it.
Stocks have fallen four weeks in a row. Some on Wall Street worry that the resulting blow to confidence, not to mention 401(k) statements, has set off a spiral o ...

CS man surrenders to police

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Several College Station residents were asked to leave their homes for a few hours Sunday while SWAT officers negotiated with a man threatening to harm himself, police said.
College Station police were called about 2:50 p.m. Sunday to the home on Tex ...

Aggies move in on campus

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Thousands of Aggies tried to stay hydrated as they descended on campus Sunday during Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day. Classes start August 29.

Aggies move in on campus

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Thousands of Aggies tried to stay hydrated as they descended on campus Sunday during Residence Hall Move-In Assistance Day. Classes start August 29.

Classes resume at most Texas public schools

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:42 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Summer vacation is over for millions of children in Texas.Classes resume Monday at public schools as districts deal with tighter budgets. The 2011 Texas Legislature, facing a $27 billion budget shortfall, cut $4 billion over the next two ye ...

Boy accidentally shot by brother in Lubbock

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:45 PM PDT

LUBBOCK -- Lubbock police say a 5-year-old has accidentally shot his 4-year-old brother in the stomach with a handgun.The boy was shot late Saturday. A spokeswoman at Covenant Women's and Children's Hospital says the 4-year-old was in critical condit ...

Norway victims remembered at service

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


OSLO, Norway -- Norway's prime minister urged his countrymen to look after each other and be vigilant for intolerance, as the nation concluded a monthlong mourning period with a candlelit memorial service Sunday to the 77 people killed by a right-w ...

Libyan rebels take the capital; Gadhafi's power waning

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli Sunday and met little resistance as Moammar Gadhafi's defenders melted away and his 42-year rule rapidly crumbled. The euphoric fighters celebrated with residents of the capital in Green Square, th ...

Penalty phase for Texas man who killed 4 relatives

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 11:42 PM PDT

EDINBURG -- A South Texas man convicted of killing his mother-in-law, his toddler son and his two stepsons could get the death penalty. The punishment phase is scheduled Monday in Edinburg for 45-year-old Roberto Aguirre Rojas. A jury last week form ...

5,000 kids hurt each year in falls from windows

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- More than 5,000 U.S. children and teens are injured each year in falls from windows, according to a study that suggests the problem stretches beyond urban high-rises.
The research found many children fall from first- and second-story wi ...

Obama, GOP clash over payroll tax cut

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- News flash: Congressional Republicans want to raise your taxes.
Impossible, right? GOP lawmakers are so virulently anti-tax, surely they will fight to prevent a payroll tax increase on virtually every wage-earner starting Jan. 1, rig ...

Pentagon adapts to new fight after 9/11

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The Sept. 11 attacks transformed the Pentagon, ravaging the iconic building itself and setting the stage for two long and costly wars that reordered the way the American military fights.
Compared with a decade ago, the military is bi ...

Jerry Lewis: Saving lives was an honor

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS -- Jerry Lewis said Saturday that his years of service to the Muscular Dystrophy Association helped make him a star, but he didn't provide details on his recent departure as the group's national chairman.In his first public appearance since ...

Calendar

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Monday
CLASSES
ChildrenNiños Bilingual Education -- Learn Spanish for Children, 8 a.m. to noon or 1 to 5 p.m. 2911 Texas Ave., Suite 203, College Station. For children up to 3 years old. $100 weekly. Register: info@childreninos.org or 229-56 ...

Simpson wins Wyndham for 1st PGA Tour title

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Webb Simpson grew up in North Carolina, and his favorite memory of the Wyndham Championship was caddying for Neal Lancaster as a teenager during a pro-am.That might change now that he's won the tournament.Simpson claimed his first ...

Rivers sharper than Romo as Chargers beat Cowboys

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

ARLINGTON -- Tony Romo was sharp. Philip Rivers was sharper. And the most accurate guy of all was San Diego coach Norv Turner.Rivers led San Diego to scores on two of his three drives, then Turner helped his club score another touchdown with two succ ...

Montana motors on at LLWS; Venezuela wins big

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- The boys from Billings have the perfect excuse to miss the start of school Wednesday back home in Montana -- they keep winning at the Little League World Series.Patrick Zimmer tossed five shutout innings and Ben Askelson hi ...

Astros miss chance in 9th, lose to Giants 6-4 in 11th

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Rookie J.D. Martinez watched Houston's best chance to sweep go right past him.Martinez struck out looking with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning. The Astros went on to lose 6-4 to the San Francisco Giants in the 11th Sunday ...

Police: LSU players delay meeting about bar fight

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 02:17 PM PDT

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Baton Rouge police say four LSU football players have hired a defense attorney and put off a meeting with police about a bar fight. The meeting was originally scheduled for Monday.Sgt. Donald Stone confirmed in an email that attor ...

Police seek witnesses after SF stadium shootings

Posted: 21 Aug 2011 01:41 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Police interviewed witnesses and looked for suspects Sunday after two men were shot and wounded following a San Francisco 49ers-Oakland Raiders preseason game, while the NFL and the mayors of the two cities jointly called for an end ...

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