Saturday, August 27, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Let the games begin

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Rudder's Clayton Lapp (51) and Garrett Fleitas (52) and their Ranger teammates wait for the signal to run onto the field for the second half against Taylor Friday. Rudder won the game in overtime 28-21.

Robertson County Boys and Girls Club event to honor locals' efforts

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT


It's been billed as a night of entertainment that's rarely seen in the rural community, but today there will be food, musical acts, wine tasting, a comedian and an illusionist at the Hearne Depot to celebrate the establishment of the Robertson Coun ...

Texas A&M approaches SEC step by step

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT


When Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin notified the Big 12 on Thursday that the Aggies might leave the conference, his spokesman called it the "next step in a process."
Another step will be taken Saturday morning when the Big 12's university ...

Justice of the Peace George Boyett sanctioned in ring incident

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT


Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace George Boyett has been publicly reprimanded by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct for his treatment of a 19-year-old defendant accused of theft for tossing an Aggie ring.
Andrew Slauter was arrested las ...

Police: Witness of hit-and-run wreck followed robbery suspects

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Police said a witness following a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident led them to suspects in the armed robbery of a jewelry salesman in College Station on Thursday.
Ivan Dario Carvajal, 28, of Houston, and Maria Gutierrez, 35, of Waco, were ...

Free care for the community

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT


A new free health clinic is operating in Bryan to fill in health care gaps in the community.
Dr. Karim and Asha Haji opened the People's Health Clinic three months ago, and the facility had a ribbon-cutting last week.
"Basically this clinic is f ...

Perry signs pledge on anti-gay marriage amendment

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:31 AM PDT


AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry has signed a pledge to back a federal constitutional amendment against gay marriage -- repudiating his earlier comments that marriage rights should be left up to individual states.
The Republican presidential hopeful sig ...

Weather Whys: Storm surge

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 03:47 AM PDT

Q: What is a hurricane storm surge?
A: The storm surge produced by a hurricane is often the most destructive feature of the storm, explains Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “A storm surge is an abnormal rise in sea level generated ...

Wreck led to robbery arrest

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA woman who followed a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident led police to suspects in the armed robbery of a jewelry salesman in College Station, authorities said Friday.Ivan Dario Carvajal, 28, of Houston, and Maria Gutierrez ...

Invasive species attacking Texas, A&M-Galveston researcher says

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Texas A&M University
It sounds like a 1950s B-horror movie — Attack of the Invasive Species — but the battle of invading plants and animals could be coming to your front door and is costing you millions of dollars. Two Texas A&M ...

Part of Texas 6 to close on Monday

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Northbound lanes along a portion of Texas 6 from Texas 21 to Tabor Road will be closed Monday morning while Bryan police work to reconstruct a fatal accident.
The closure will begin at 9 a.m. and police believe the roadway shoul ...

Invasive species attacking Texas, A&M-Galveston researcher says

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 02:54 AM PDT

Texas A&M University
It sounds like a 1950s B-horror movie — Attack of the Invasive Species — but the battle of invading plants and animals could be coming to your front door and is costing you millions of dollars. Two Texas A&M ...

Governor Rick Perry signs anti-gay marriage pledge

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Rick Perry has signed a pledge to back a federal constitutional amendment against gay marriage -- a reversal from a month ago when the Texas governor said he so supported individual states' rights that he was fine with New York's approval ...

Strip club entrance fee here to stay

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- A $5 entrance fee to Texas strip clubs is constitutional and not an improper restriction on nude dancing, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.Lower courts had called the so-called "pole tax" an improper burden on the free expression of nud ...

Hurricane Irene brings rain, heavy seas to coast

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 01:14 AM PDT


NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with rain Friday ahead of a weekend of violent weather that was almost certain to heap punishment on a vast stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts.
For hundreds ...

At least 52 people killed in deadly casino attack

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Mexicans have endured plenty of horrific crimes during their country's bloody five-year war against drug gangs: bodies hanging from overpasses, beheadings, mass slayings of migrants and gunfights on crowded steets.The torching of ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urges Congress to act

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT


JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a message for Congress: Do more to stimulate hiring and growth -- or risk delaying the economy's return to full health.
Bernanke held out the prospect Friday that the Fed may take fur ...

Tablets recalled; sabotage cited

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

LONDON -- The British company that makes Nurofen Plus painkillers recalled the tablets Friday because of suspected sabotage involving the use of drugs used to treat psychosis.The Reckitt Benckiser company said there have been five reported cases of o ...

Libyan rebels celebrate takeover

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

TRIPOLI -- Tripoli on Friday enjoyed its calmest day since the rebel takeover nearly a week ago, and hundreds even celebrated with a march chanting: "Hold your head high! You are a free Libyan." The more relaxed atmosphere was one of the strongest si ...

2 million ordered to leave as Irene nears East Coast

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:06 PM PDT


MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. -- Whipping up trouble before ever reaching land, Hurricane Irene zeroed in Friday for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the natio ...

Poll: Voters feeling better about GOP pool

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Republicans party elders are still grousing about the GOP choices for president -- but the voters who will choose the nominee are growing more satisfied with the possibilities with Texas Gov. Rick Perry now in the race.
Party leaders ...

Europe's debt impacting soccer

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT

MONACO -- It's not just European governments that are mired in debt. Financial problems are increasingly affecting the most beloved institutions on the continent -- soccer teams.Work stoppages, club bankruptcies and spiraling debts are all adding up ...

Love above denominations

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:37 PM PDT

"A butcher, a banker, a drummer and then....
Makes no difference what group I'm in;
I am everyday people.
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one for living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one...."
-- From Everyday People by Sly S ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Saturday
* Trinity Baptist Church, 1070 N. Harvey Mitchell Parkway in Bryan, will host the Awana Club Open House from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Meet Awana Club leader and teachers, ask questions and register children for the 2011-2012 Awana Club year to ...

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