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- Football returns to Aggieland
- Rudder injury halts game
- Man gets maximum for 2010 slaying in Brazos County
- Police get ready for rowdy crowds
- Give blood at drive Saturday and get free meal, T-shirt
- Man gets life in prison for murder
- Blood drive planned in honor of Sept. 11
- 5 residents could win free trip to Italy
- Pilot not guilty on 1 count of lying over drowning
- Fundraising firefighters
- Prep football player, 15, dies days after practice
- Turkey expels Israel official over flotilla raid
- No jobs added in August; report renews fears of recession
- Special aircraft to join Texas wildfire fight
- Tropical Storm Lee may leave most of Texas dry
- Jobs report could show signs of modest growth
- US stock futures plunge after weak jobs report
- Thousands go missing in Libya war chaos
- CDC: 2 sickened by swine flu
- Lawmakers avoiding town halls
- Halliburton sues BP over blowout
- Speaker: Honor WWII survivors still alive
- Outrage explodes over 'diet' picture book for kids
- Holiday time for reflection
- New Saliva Test may Predict Risks for Cancer
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT Come to Sunday's Aggie football opener against Southern Methodist University prepared for the heat, game organizers say, and they don't mean the on-field action. Highs for Sunday should cool down, at least compared to the unusually hot days this ... |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 03:32 PM PDT The Rudder Rangers' game against Leander Rouse was suspended with 5:02 left in the 4th quarter Friday night after Rudder defensive lineman David Wilganowski collapsed on the field. Wilganowski, who has committed to play for Rice University, was tak ... |
| Man gets maximum for 2010 slaying in Brazos County Posted: 02 Sep 2011 07:45 AM PDT District Judge Travis Bryan III sentenced a Franklin man to life behind bars in the strangling death of a 28-year-old Bryan woman. A jury in July found Michael Allen Peck guilty of the first-degree felony and he opted to have the judge decide his se ... |
| Police get ready for rowdy crowds Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT Preparing for a potential gameday crowd of nearly 90,000 takes a concerted effort and the cooperation of all local law enforcement agencies. While Texas A&M head football coach Mike Sherman and his assistants finalize their strategies and tactics ... |
| Give blood at drive Saturday and get free meal, T-shirt Posted: 02 Sep 2011 10:17 AM PDT A local business owner is hosting a blood drive Saturday in Bryan to commemorate the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in three states. Kamal Ahmad Rahman said the drive — which will be done through the help of The Blo ... |
| Man gets life in prison for murder Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT A 46-year-old Franklin man received a life sentence Friday for murdering a 28-year-old Bryan woman whose body was found off Sandy Point Road in January 2010. State District Judge Travis Bryan III imposed the maximum sentence on Michael Allen Peck, wh ... |
| Blood drive planned in honor of Sept. 11 Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A local business owner is hosting a blood drive Saturday in Bryan to commemorate the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks in three states. Kamal Ahmad Rahman said the drive -- which will be done through the help ... |
| 5 residents could win free trip to Italy Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan and College Station Rotary clubs are seeking Brazos County applicants for a 2012 all-expense paid trip to southern Italy. Five residents between the ages of 25 and 40 will be chosen to be part of the Group Study Exchange P ... |
| Pilot not guilty on 1 count of lying over drowning Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:01 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A federal jury found a Department of Homeland Security pilot not guilty Friday of lying about his role in the drowning of a would-be illegal immigrant in the Rio Grande, but couldn't reach a verdict on three of four counts.Jurors found Jam ... |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT College Station firefighter Walter Noel collects money from motorists Thursday at the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive during the annual Fill the Boot Campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The firefighters will continue ... |
| Prep football player, 15, dies days after practice Posted: 02 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT ALDINE -- A 15-year-old football player near Houston has died after school officials say the student became ill during practice earlier this week.The sophomore at Aldine's Eisenhower High School died Thursday. School district spokesman Mike Keeney sa ... |
| Turkey expels Israel official over flotilla raid Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and cut military ties on Friday over Israel's refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, further straining a relationship that had been a cornerstone of regiona ... |
| No jobs added in August; report renews fears of recession Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Employers added no jobs in August -- an alarming setback for the economy that renewed fears of another recession and raised pressure on Washington to end the hiring standstill. Worries flared Friday after the release of the worst job ... |
| Special aircraft to join Texas wildfire fight Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE -- Special aircraft capable of scooping up lake water while in flight will join the fight Friday against a wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes in a North Texas lakeside community.Three of the twin-engine, amphibious CL-215 ... |
| Tropical Storm Lee may leave most of Texas dry Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Parched Texans hoping for drought relief from a tropical storm moving slowly through the Gulf of Mexico should prepare for disappointment and even the heightened threat of wildfires in parts of the state, experts said Friday. Tropical S ... |
| Jobs report could show signs of modest growth Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Businesses likely shrugged off recession fears and kept hiring in August, although not nearly enough to lower the unemployment rate. Analysts forecast that the economy added 93,000 jobs last month, down from 117,000 in July. The une ... |
| US stock futures plunge after weak jobs report Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT U.S. stock futures are plunging after a key report showed that the government added no net jobs last month and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.1 percent. The report was the weakest in almost a year. It reflects lingering fears that the ec ... |
| Thousands go missing in Libya war chaos Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- In the days since the five brothers vanished at a checkpoint manned by Gadhafi loyalists, a small army of friends and relatives have fanned out across Tripoli. They have searched hospitals and morgues. They have traveled to nearb ... |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT A new strain of swine flu has shown up in two children in Pennsylvania and Indiana who had direct or indirect contact with pigs. The virus includes a gene from the 2009 pandemic strain that might let it spread more easily than pig viruses normally do ... |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Too much yelling, not enough listening. Facing organized, often raucous confrontations at political events, some members of Congress this summer abandoned the longtime tradition of open meetings with the folks back home. It was g ... |
| Halliburton sues BP over blowout Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- BP PLC has engaged in a "cover up scheme" to hide its culpability for the deadly rig explosion that spawned last year's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the oil giant's partners in the drilling project claims in a newly ... |
| Speaker: Honor WWII survivors still alive Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A Marine who fought in the Battle of Okinawa urged Americans on Friday to honor those who served in World War II now, while veterans from that conflict are still alive. E. Bruce Heilman, speaking at a ceremony marking the ... |
| Outrage explodes over 'diet' picture book for kids Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Messages of good health and positive self-esteem for girls aren't hard to come by in kid lit, so what's the deal with all the attention for a not-yet-published rhyming picture book about an obese, unhappy 14-year-old named Maggie? The ... |
| Posted: 02 Sep 2011 05:29 PM PDT By PETER TARLOW This year the Jewish New Year, Rosh Ha'Shanah, is celebrated from sundown on Sept. 28 until sundown on Sept. 30. Rosh Ha'Shanah is different from many other New Year celebrations. These holy days are a time for thinking, for refle ... |
| New Saliva Test may Predict Risks for Cancer Posted: 02 Sep 2011 12:52 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire)---Millions of people around the world are diagnosed with cancer each year. To increase survival rates, prevention and detection is mandatory. Scientists have now created a new test that may be able to identify cancer causing subs ... |
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