Thursday, August 25, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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New artist joins the Bryan scene

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT


With no professional training or schooling, Barbara German left behind her 15-year career as a teacher to pursue her dream of becoming an artist.
German is beginning to see some reward for that risk, and on Friday evening she will be featured in ...

Burned girl gets second skin graft

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


The two North Zulch children who were severely burned last week remained in a Dallas hospital Wednesday with family as they recovered from their injuries.
Sherri Peters, a longtime friend of the family, said Leiya Jones, 4, had her third surgery ...

Sen. Ogden rails 'politics of ambition'

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


State Sen. Steve Ogden, a powerful Bryan Republican, blasted both parties Wednesday and what he called "the politics of ambition" to explain failures of the last Texas Legislature.
Ogden told a group of some 350 at a luncheon in College Station t ...

East Coast checks bridges, readies plans for Irene

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:10 PM PDT


BUXTON, N.C. -- From North Carolina islands connected to the mainland by just a handful of bridges to the waterlogged shores of New England, officials are calculating what they need to do if Irene becomes the first major hurricane to strike the Eas ...

Storm causes damage in Bryan-College Station

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Rain finally fell on Bryan-College Station Wednesday ... but don't worry, it should be about 105 degrees on Thursday.
"It's unlikely you'll get any showers the rest of the week, but [Wednesday night] y'all kind of hit the jackpot," said Chris McK ...

Suspect in Brenham wreck not a U.S. citizen

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


The man police are holding in connection with an accident last weekend in Brenham that left four people dead is an illegal immigrant, authorities confirmed Wednesday.
Roberto Castillo, 19, has remained in jail on $2 million bail since his arrest e ...

Gig 'Em week activities welcome new students

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 01:47 AM PDT

Gig 'Em Week activities will be held through Sunday for new Texas A&M University students and their families.
Gig 'Em Week, the week before the start of the fall semester and the first week back on campus for many students, began Sunday. Fall se ...

Drought can't keep pasture-raised beef market down

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT


Owners of local ranches that sell natural, pasture-raised beef say the costs of business have increased because of the drought, but they're still seeing a rise in the demand for their products.
Pasture-raised beef -- that is, beef from cows that a ...

Local mother made to dance

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT


She took ballet lessons as a young girl, was a cheerleader in high school and participated in dance competitions as a student at Baylor, but Leslie Lewis said she's always wanted to explore hip-hop dancing.
That interest in the expressive dancing ...

Drought can't keep pasture-raised beef market down

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT


Owners of local ranches that sell natural, pasture-raised beef say the costs of business have increased because of the drought, but they're still seeing a rise in the demand for their products.
Pasture-raised beef -- that is, beef from cows that a ...

U Federal charges filed in massive Arizona wildfire

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:56 AM PDT

PHOENIX -- Federal charges have been filed against two cousins accused of accidentally causing the largest forest fire in Arizona's history by leaving a campfire unattended. The U.S. attorney's office on Wednesday announced the charges against Caleb ...

A&M to say farewell to retiring employees

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Texas A&M will hold a reception for a pair of longtime employees in the president's office from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday in Rudder Exhibit Hall.
The public is invited to attend the reception for Sheran A. Riley and Susan B. Ambr ...

Federal lawyer: no room for Ala. immigration law

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:37 AM PDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Lawyers for the federal government and for a coalition of civil rights groups asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a new Alabama law cracking down on illegal immigration, arguing that it stomps on basic rights, like freedom o ...

Storms brings high winds to Texas

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 11:13 PM PDT


DALLAS -- Storms that moved across Texas brought winds up to 70 mph that downed trees and power lines, taking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
National Weather Service officials say the storms Wednesday brought very little rain thou ...

Post-9/11 NYPD more covert

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has become one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if pr ...

Gig 'Em all week, Ags

Posted: 25 Aug 2011 12:08 AM PDT

Gig 'Em Week activities will be held through Sunday for new Texas A&M University students and their families.
Gig 'Em Week, the week before the start of the fall semester and the first week back on campus for many students, began Sunday. Fall se ...

Mobile food truck is vying for TV spot

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Veritas Wine & Bistro mobile food truck needs votes through Sept. 12 to help win a national contest called "The Great Food Truck Race."
Executive Chef Tai Sung Lee said the winner of the competition, sponsored by Food Network ...

Mobile food truck is vying for TV spot

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:21 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Veritas Wine & Bistro mobile food truck needs votes through Sept. 12 to help win a national contest called "The Great Food Truck Race."
Executive Chef Tai Sung Lee said the winner of the competition, sponsored by Food Network ...

Historic East Coast vulnerable to earthquakes

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- There was a crack in the Washington Monument, and capstones were broken at the National Cathedral. In the District of Columbia suburbs, some people stayed in shelters because of structural concerns at their apartment buildings.
A day ...

Houston votes to turn off red light cameras

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 07:37 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- Houston city leaders have voted to permanently turn off the city's red light cameras, more than nine months after residents voted to remove them.During its meeting Wednesday, Houston City Council approved a resolution turning the cameras o ...

Man accused of threatening woman

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in College Station after allegedly threatening a woman with a firearm.
According to the police report, Charles Raymond Torres of College Station was arrested on a charge of aggravated assau ...

Google settles ad probe for $500M

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Google Inc. has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a U.S. government investigation into the Internet search leader's distribution of online ads from Canadian pharmacies illegally selling prescription drugs to American consumers. ...

Officials mull Irene evacuations

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


HATTERAS, N.C. -- Hurricane Irene could hit anywhere from North Carolina to New York this weekend, leaving officials in the path of uncertainty to make a delicate decision. Should they tell tourists to leave during one of the last weeks of the mult ...

19-year-old arrested for drug charges

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 19-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in College Station after police reported finding cocaine and marijuana in his apartment.
An officer who had been dispatched to Tyler Hardy Guglielmo's apartment to investigate a loud noise ...

Apple focusing on Jobs-less future

Posted: 24 Aug 2011 05:04 PM PDT


SAN FRANCISCO -- Since Steve Jobs' return to Apple Inc. in 1997 as CEO, the company has been on an unparalleled upswing, highlighted by the immense popularity of the iPad and iPhone.
Now, with Jobs no longer leading, Apple will have to prove it ca ...

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