Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Infernos in 2 BV communities rage on

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 04:26 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
FLYNN — A small Leon County region continued late Monday to be clutched by an inferno that consumed 16 homes, a church, cemetery and more than 15 other structures.
Most of the damage near Flynn, 12 miles southwest of ...

Another wildfire hits Grimes County

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT

A wildfire that spread from Montgomery County into Grimes has prompted the mandatory evacuation of at least 60 residences in the Lake Hollyhills subdivision in the southern part of the county Monday afternoon.
The neighborhood is near F.M. 1774, sou ...

Brothers are family first, principals second

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:14 PM PDT


Two new principals at local schools share more than just the enthusiasm for their jobs: They share a past and an ancestry.
Mike Martindale, the top administrator at the yet-to-be-opened College Station High School, and Scott Martindale, named Davi ...

Anderson bar burns down

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:14 PM PDT


Authorities are expected Tuesday to continue investigating what caused a fire that consumed Buckshot Bar on F.M. 244 near Anderson on Sunday evening.
No injuries were reported, thanks in part to the quick thinking by a few of the 20 or so customer ...

How to help the Bastrop wildfire victims

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 09:36 AM PDT

For information on the Bastrop wildfires, go to: www.centex.redcross.org/index.asp?IDCapitulo=F9ZLZNZ3KD
In response to the catastrophic wildfires in Central Texas, Catholic Charities of Central Texas is accepting donations to support families and i ...

Blaze in Bastrop forces 5,000 to flee

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:14 PM PDT


BASTROP -- A roaring wildfire raced unchecked Monday through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Central Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid advance fanned in part by howling winds from the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
At least 5,0 ...

Texas redistricting goes to Federal Court

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Opponents of a new Republican congressional redistricting plan in Texas are hoping to prove in federal court the plan illegally dilutes minority voting strength.A trial to determine the legality of the redrawn congressional and state House ...

Obama challenges GOP to create jobs

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

DETROIT -- President Barack Obama used a boisterous Labor Day rally to put congressional Republicans on the spot, challenging them to place the country's interests above all else and vote to create jobs and put the economy back on a path toward growt ...

Reports detail collapse of Gadhafi's regime

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- As the uprising grew against Moammar Gadhafi, secret reports from his vaunted intelligence service flowed back to Tripoli. Some were mundane -- how agents erased anti-regime graffiti. Others were more deadly -- a spy volunteered t ...

Communities brace for another round of bad weather from Lee

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

ATLANTA -- The slow-moving remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped rain across the South and whipped up twisters that damaged dozens of Georgia homes as the system pushed farther inland on Monday. Several people were swept away by floodwaters.In Missis ...

Pakistan arrests al-Qaida leader

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT


ISLAMABAD -- A battered al-Qaida suffered another significant blow when Pakistani agents working with the CIA arrested a senior leader believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the globe, Paki ...

Japan hit with typhoon, 34 reported dead

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

TOKYO -- Japan braced for more heavy rain and floods Monday as the death toll from the worst typhoon to hit the country in seven years climbed to 34. Rescuers searched for 55 others who remained missing, and tens of thousands of families struggled wi ...

Mubarak's first trial day turns into a circus

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

CAIRO -- The prosecution's first witness in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak startled the court in a stormy session Monday, testifying that police were not ordered to fire on protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square in a contradiction ...

Somali famine is spreading

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A famine spreading through Somalia is killing more than a hundred children each day, the U.N. said Monday, and warned that hundreds of thousands more people may die in the coming months unless they receive urgent help.The starva ...

Flu shot needles shrinking

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT


WASHINGTON — It’s flu vaccine time again — and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk.
The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long needle is hitting the market this fal ...

Gladiator ruins found in Austria

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT


PETRONELL-CARNUNTUM, Austria -- They lived in cells barely big enough to turn around in and usually fought until they died. This was the lot of those at a sensational scientific discovery unveiled Monday: The well-preserved ruins of a gladiator sch ...

Standing up for the humanity within

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Editor's note: This is one of a series of columns leading up to Sunday's community-wide 9/11 10th anniversary Interfaith Remembrance and Peace Service at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Bryan.
I grew up in a predominately white middle-class s ...

Obesity: A Worldwide Phenomenon

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:49 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows obesity rates are increasing around the world, but they vary widely in different countries.
Worldwide, about 1.5 billion adults are overweight, and 0.5 billion are obese. Obesity accounts for between 2 perc ...

Tool Tells Patients How Long They Have Left

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:49 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cancer patients with advanced disease often want to know how long they have left to live. Now, a new scoring system may be able to accurately predict how long these patients will survive, according to a new study.
Typically, ...

Stomach Viruses linked to Diet Change

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:48 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire)---- Upset stomach? Changes in your diet could be the cause. The human body has many types of viruses and bacteria in the gut that network together throughout the entire digestive system and some of the foods you eat could be cont ...

Vitamin A: A Lifesaver?

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:48 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study suggests children in low- and middle-income countries should be given vitamin A supplements to prevent death and illness.
Vitamin A is a nutrient that must be obtained through one's diet. Vitamin A deficiency in ...

Cataracts could cause Insomnia in the Elderly

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 03:47 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire)--- If you are a senior citizen and you are finding it hard to get to sleep at night, a new study may have some answers for you. A natural yellowing of the eye lens that absorbs blue light s has been linked to sleep disorders in t ...

Calendar

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Tuesday
CLASSES
Beginning and Intermediate Computer Class, 9 and 10:45 a.m. Southwood Community Center. Four-week course designed for senior adults. $45. parksweb.cstx.gov or 764-6371.
CLUBS
Bryan Noon Lions Club, 11:30 a.m. The Best Western Atre ...

Third & Short

Posted: 05 Sep 2011 05:37 PM PDT

NFLMETAIRIE, La.-- The New Orleans Saints have given coach Sean Payton a contract extension through 2015.The team says Monday that Payton has agreed to the deal.Payton took over as coach in 2006 and led the Saints to the NFC South title. Three years ...

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