Monday, August 29, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Queen Theater coughs up wallet lost in World War II

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT


For 65 years, a wallet belonging to a Brazos County native and World War II veteran sat hidden, unnoticed and long forgotten somewhere inside The Queen Theater in Downtown Bryan.
Much to his surprise, the item and all its contents were returned l ...

Irene: Wet, deadly and expensive, but no monster

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 11:51 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The storm that had been Hurricane Irene crossed into Canada overnight but wasn't yet through with the U.S., where flood waters threatened Vermont towns and New Yorkers who returned to work had to make do with a slowly reopening transit ...

Energy conservation urged for hot days

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTexans are urged to conserve as much electricity as possible between 3 and 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in anticipation of record breaking usage amounts, officials said. "We can't stress this enough, we need everyone to conserve electr ...

Hurricane Irene leads to at least 24 deaths

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT


Hurricane Irene had led to the deaths of at least 24 people in eight states as of Sunday evening:
CONNECTICUT:
-- In Prospect, 89-year-old Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a falling tree limb pulled power lines onto her house and sta ...

Police busy with alcohol-related busts

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station police filed at least six charges of driving while intoxicated and took a handful of others to jail for alcohol-related offenses overnight Saturday.Four -- three 18-year-olds and a 28-year-old -- were arrested on a d ...

New tropical depression forms, Jose to lose steam

Posted: 29 Aug 2011 12:12 AM PDT


MIAMI -- A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands and could soon become a tropical storm.
The depression has maximum sustained winds early Monday near 35 mph (55 kph). But the U.S. National Hurricane Cen ...

Woman faces third or more DWI charge

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 43-year-old Bryan woman with at least three DWI convictions spent time in Brazos County Jail over the weekend after picking up another charge, according to court documents.
College Station police responding to a call about a po ...

Flooding in East expected to continue for days

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT


KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. -- From North Carolina to New Jersey, Hurricane Irene's winds and storm surge fell short of the doomsday predictions. But the danger is far from over: With rivers still rising, severe flooding is feared across much of the Eas ...

Millions on East Coast left without power

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT


It could take weeks to restore power to millions of people left in the dark by Tropical Storm Irene.
The lights went out for more than seven million people and businesses from Folly Beach, S.C., to Portland, Maine. And thousands of utility workers ...

Hurricane forecasts still have room to grow

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Hurricane Irene was no mystery to forecasters. They knew where it was going. But what it would do when it got there was another matter.
Predicting a storm's strength still baffles meteorologists. Every giant step in figuring out the ...

Irene's price tag to be less than feared

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Tropical Storm Irene's trek up the East Coast caused less damage than many had feared, a bit of reassuring news for a fragile economy.
Insured damages from the storm will likely range between $2 billion and $3 billion, and total loss ...

Survivors recount atrocities of Gadhafi's forces

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Retreating loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi killed scores of detainees and arbitrarily shot civilians over the past week, as rebel forces extended their control over the Libyan capital, survivors and a human rights group said Sunday.In ...

6 years after Katrina, Lower 9th Ward still bleak

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls hardly imaginable now.St. Claude Avenue, the once moder ...

Superintendent gives back pay to save district programs

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT


FRESNO, Calif. -- Some people give back to their community. Then there's Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who's really giving back. As in $800,000 -- what would have been his compensation for the next three years.
Until his term e ...

El Paso trying to consolidate budgets for schools, security

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

EL PASO -- El Paso's three largest school districts will be the first in Texas to explore ways to consolidate their security forces and hopefully cut their combined $15 million security budgets.A bill by state Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, requiring E ...

29 killed in Iraq mosque bombing

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to the brink of civil war five years ago.Ir ...

Baby news tops awards at show

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT


Beyonce and Jay-Z's offspring doesn't even have a name yet, but it was the indisputable breakout star of Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, upstaging everyone, even Katy Perry's win for video of the year.
Perry, who had the most nominations coming i ...

Letters for August 29

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Feral Cat Allies, Spay Day play important role
One evening last October, a stray cat showed up at my back door. I couldn't turn her away with an empty belly. What I didn't know then was that her belly wasn't entirely empty.
A few weeks later, si ...

Calendar

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
The final Bryan Little League Fall Ball Late Registration date is 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 3 at the Bryan National Little League board room. Cost is $35 per player. Go to www.bryanunited.com, www.bryannationallittleleague.com or www. ...

Worries, relief left in Irene's wake

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Stripped of hurricane rank, Tropical Storm Irene spent the last of its fury Sunday, leaving treacherous flooding and millions without power -- but an unfazed New York and relief that it was nothing like the nightmare authorities feared.
...

MLB Roundup

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Brewers 3, Cubs 2: MILWAUKEE -- Zack Greinke pitched effectively into the eighth to remain perfect at home, Corey Hart homered for the second time in as many days and the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Chicago Cubs with a 3-2 win on Sunday.Greinke (13-5 ...

Brees leads Saints to 40-20 win over Raiders

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT

OAKLAND, Calif. -- There's nothing like a trip to Oakland to get Drew Brees ready for the regular season.Brees threw for 189 yards and led New Orleans to scores on all three drives he played in the Saints' 40-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Su ...

Kelly Kraft beats UCLA star Patrick Cantlay in US Amateur final

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:59 PM PDT

ERIN, Wis. -- Kelly Kraft took the lead when Patrick Cantlay bogeyed the 16th hole, then hung on for a 2-up victory in the U.S. Amateur final Sunday at Erin Hills.Kraft, who is from Denton, is an accomplished college golfer who just finished his seni ...

Kubiak: Foster 'day-to-day' with same injury

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:50 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak is optimistic Arian Foster will be ready for the regular-season opener after the star running back re-aggravated a hamstring injury in Saturday's preseason game in San Francisco.Foster, the NFL's leading ru ...

Astros beat Giants 4-3 in 11th

Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:35 PM PDT


SAN FRANCISCO -- Matt Downs delivered a go-ahead single with one out in the 11th inning and the Houston Astros beat the stumbling San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Sunday to salvage a four-game split.
Jose Altuve got things going with a one-out double a ...

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