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- Pit bulls in good spirits despite shocking wounds
- Drought puts trees on A&M campus in distress
- New Bush dean Andrew Card talks Mideast, fundraising
- Cooking show returning to B-CS
- Pet of the week video: Cinderella
- Bass Classic to begin Oct. 28
- Homeless man jailed on drug charges
- Weakened Irene is still a threat
- Irene tests D.C. disaster plans
- N.Y. shoppers out despite the storm
- City's water-saving plan paid off
- Initiation ceremony
- Historic site gets needed care
- Hurricane quiets New York City
- Libyan rebels work to install new government
- Tripoli faces severe food, fuel shortages
- U.S.: Al-Qaida second-in-command reported dead
- Poll: Obama losing key voters
- Arts Watch: Check out 'Chess' before it's too late
- Feathers catching the fancy of fashion insiders
- School menus, Aug. 29-Sept. 2
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- Volz 50th
- Starnes-Charleton
- Pratt-Van Dyck
| Pit bulls in good spirits despite shocking wounds Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT The burned and beaten puppy straddling death when found nearly two weeks ago in south Brazos County is rapidly recovering at Texas A&M and expected to live, a doctor said. Pit bull Vonn -- formerly Vici -- scarfed scrambled eggs and chicken l ... |
| Drought puts trees on A&M campus in distress Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT They lower electric bills, increase property values, clean the air and purify water. "Trees are on the job 24/7 for us and we hardly ever notice them," said John Giedraitis, urban forestry manager for the Texas Forest Service. "They give us a lot, ... |
| New Bush dean Andrew Card talks Mideast, fundraising Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT Andrew Card, President George W. Bush's ex-chief of staff, was hired as temporary dean of Texas A&M's Bush School because of his fundraising prowess, insiders have said. Over the next two years, Texas A&M will find out just how good at hi ... |
| Cooking show returning to B-CS Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:18 PM PDT The world's largest cooking school is coming to Bryan-College Station for the sixth year in a row. The Taste of Home Cooking School will start at 6:30 p.m. September 13 at the Brazos County Expo and will feature demonstrations of 12 recipes app ... |
| Pet of the week video: Cinderella Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:42 AM PDT |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:13 PM PDT Local residents and families have an opportunity to attend a three-day music festival featuring Billy Currington, Pat Green and Robert Earl Keen at no cost in October. The lineup is part of the fifth annual Toyota Texas Bass Classic taking place ... |
| Homeless man jailed on drug charges Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:22 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 38-year-old homeless man was arrested on drug charges Friday after attempting to flee from a Bryan police officer. The officer had approached Michael Ray Cline with a felony warrant for Cline's arrest, according to an arrest re ... |
| Weakened Irene is still a threat Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT NEW YORK -- A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Irene shut down New York and menaced other cities more accustomed to snowstorms than tropical storms as it steamed up the East Coast on Saturday, unloading a foot of rain on North Carolina and V ... |
| Irene tests D.C. disaster plans Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Already bruised by an earthquake that damaged two of its iconic structures, the nation's capital was watching and waiting Saturday for its first hurricane in more than a half-century, a storm that could test its ability to protect bot ... |
| N.Y. shoppers out despite the storm Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:27 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Many stores in New York were closed on Saturday as Hurricane Irene neared, with some posting comical signs like "Blame the weatherman. Not us" and "Evidently 'The Show Must Go On!' means nothing to Irene." But New York's shopping distri ... |
| City's water-saving plan paid off Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:17 PM PDT EL PASO -- For decades this city in far West Texas defied the look of most desert communities, with neighborhoods boasting lush, green lawns and residents freely running their sprinklers.Then a study released in 1979 showed just how close El Paso was ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:22 PM PDT Trent Houghton, 18, a fish from Rensselaer, Ind., keeps an eye on veteran crew-cut clipper Janice Atcherton as he gets a haircut at her Eastgate barbershop. He was one of more than 800 cadet freshmen relieved of their locks in the Aggie tradition. |
| Historic site gets needed care Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:22 PM PDT By SCOTT HUDDLESTON San Antonio News-Express SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Conservation Society, faced with the daunting task of saving one of the state's most threatened historic sites, called on one of the best in the business. One of the first ... |
| Hurricane quiets New York City Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:22 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The normally bustling streets emptied out and the rumble of the subways came to a stop. New York buttoned up Saturday against Hurricane Irene, which threatened to paralyze Wall Street and give the big city its worst thrashing from a st ... |
| Libyan rebels work to install new government Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:25 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- For 42 years, during the long rule of Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan government barely even existed: state institutions had little power, the military was kept purposefully weak, tribal divisions were magnified. Gadhafi was the Brot ... |
| Tripoli faces severe food, fuel shortages Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebel fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli on Saturday, as severe shortages of fuel, water and electricity paralyzed the battle-scarred capital and the stench of growing piles of garbag ... |
| U.S.: Al-Qaida second-in-command reported dead Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- U.S. and Pakistani officials said Saturday that al-Qaida's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat. Si ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Whites and women are a re-election problem for President Barack Obama. Younger voters and liberals, too, but to a lesser extent. All are important Democratic constituencies that helped him win the White House in 2008 and whose suppor ... |
| Arts Watch: Check out 'Chess' before it's too late Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bryan-College Station is enjoying its annual surge of energy brought about every August by the anticipation of another school year and football season, all while The Theatre Company stage has been hosting a not-so-ordinary game of chess. That's Ches ... |
| Feathers catching the fancy of fashion insiders Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The fashion flock seems to have developed a fancy for feathers: They're decorating cocktail dresses and bohemian jewelry, and being braided into hair. They're statements of femininity and luxury -- without being too frilly, experts sa ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. College Station Monday: French toast sticks, sausage patty, juice, popcorn chicken or fish nuggets, broccoli and cheese, fresh wheat roll, fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast burrito, banana, soft tacos o ... |
| Posted: 27 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 Senior Advisory Committee meeting. 10 a.m. Southwood Community Center. Visitors are welcome. mrodgers@cstx.g ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:13 PM PDT Mary and Dick Volz celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 26, 2011. They were married in Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Racine, Wisconsin. Locally, they are members of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. To celebrate their anni ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT Charles and Susie Starnes of Plainview, Texas, and Gene and Maggie Charleton of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Emily Jane Starnes and Ian Eugene Charleton. Emily is the granddaug ... |
| Posted: 27 Aug 2011 05:11 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 ... |
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