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- Texas Task Force 1 rescuers recall NY efforts
- Attacks prompt security changes
- Teaching the new generation about Sept. 11
- Muslim family trying to break stigma after attacks
- Andrew Card recalls delivering news of attacks to President Bush
- Andrew Card recalls delivering news of attacks to President Bush
- Locals share Sept. 11 stories
- No ordinary Game Day
- No ordinary Game Day
- Kolache Festival draws a crowd
- Grimes blaze is still dangerous
- B-CS economic index inches up
- 9/11 heroes inspired a nation
- One man's account of his day Sept. 11
- Lenses shield photographers as they capture history
- Flight 93 victims honored at site
- Arts Watch: BV museum thrilled to be stop on Cole tour
- Fall energy can reinvigorate home
- Creative uses for Shrinky Dinks keep growing
- Castor beans: a touch of the tropics, anywhere
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- School menus, Sept. 12-16
- Reach Out
- Green-Sivells
- Cash 50th
| Texas Task Force 1 rescuers recall NY efforts Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT The smell of raw jet fuel and saturated concrete powder cloak the memories that trigger sleepless nights almost 10 years later for a now-retired New York police detective. For Chris Gallagher and others who responded to the Sept. 11 attacks on the ... |
| Attacks prompt security changes Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Improved communication among first responders and a higher level of awareness among citizens has better prepared the nation for attacks like 9/11, but terrorism experts aren't sure whether that translates into making the country safer. "Right now, ... |
| Teaching the new generation about Sept. 11 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT The whiteboard in A&M Consolidated High School room G-1280 announced to students that their lesson would be special on Friday: "History of Terrorism (9/11)". But most of the students seemed to think nothing of it as they filed in for third per ... |
| Muslim family trying to break stigma after attacks Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Kamal Ahmad Rahman wants back the smile he used to receive walking down the street. "After September 11th, that smile vanished," said Rahman, a 2001 Texas A&M agriculture business graduate. His wife, who wears a hijab -- or Muslim head cove ... |
| Andrew Card recalls delivering news of attacks to President Bush Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Texas A&M's acting Bush School dean was part of an indelible moment in American history: As President George W. Bush's chief of staff, he whispered into Bush's ear that the U.S. was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Andrew Card walked over to B ... |
| Andrew Card recalls delivering news of attacks to President Bush Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Texas A&M's acting Bush School dean was part of an indelible moment in American history: As President George W. Bush's chief of staff, he whispered into Bush's ear that the U.S. was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Andrew Card walked over to B ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Just about anyone who was old enough to remember has a story to tell about where they were and what they were doing when they found out about the Sept. 11 attacks. Televisions were switched on in classrooms across the country, co-workers gathered ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Editor's note: Butch Ireland was an Eagle photographer who snapped the picture of the "Red, White and Blue Out" at Kyle Field on Sept. 22, 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Student organizers of the event asked spectators at A&M's ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:16 PM PDT Editor's note: Butch Ireland was an Eagle photographer who snapped the picture of the "Red, White and Blue Out" at Kyle Field on Sept. 22, 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Student organizers of the event asked spectators at A&M's ... |
| Kolache Festival draws a crowd Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT CALDWELL -- Some visitors proved Saturday that you don't have to be from Caldwell -- or Czech -- to have fun with friends and family at the Burleson County Chamber of Commerce's 27th annual Kolache Festival. Cars lined the sides of streets for se ... |
| Grimes blaze is still dangerous Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Firefighters on Saturday were still battling the remnants of the Riley Road fire, which had consumed more than 21,000 acres in Grimes, Waller and Montgomery counties, and evacuation orders remained in effect for some area residen ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:15 PM PDT The local economic index increased by two-tenths of a percent from June to July -- a step in the right direction if not a significant increase, economists said. The Bryan-College Station index is compiled by Karr Ingham, an Amarillo-based economi ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ga. -- When volunteer John House shows people around the National Infantry Museum, he pauses next to an exhibit in the Vietnam-era section and points to one of the lifelike mannequins posed in a combat stance. A hero fought in this batt ... |
| One man's account of his day Sept. 11 Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Close your eyes and picture Sept. 11. The memories are cauterized, familiar forever. The second plane banks and slides in, the fireball blooms, the towers peel away as if unzipped from the top. Start with the Tuesday morning and the bl ... |
| Lenses shield photographers as they capture history Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT People look at some news photos shot on Sept. 11, 2001, and wonder how those who took them could bear to keep working in the face of such tragedy. Richard Drew said his lens acts as a filter: "The things are happening over there, on the other sid ... |
| Flight 93 victims honored at site Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -- The 40 passengers and crew who fought back against their hijackers aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 performed one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, former President George W. Bush said Saturday at a ceremony dedicating th ... |
| Arts Watch: BV museum thrilled to be stop on Cole tour Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT For good reason, the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History counts itself lucky to be part of the three-year tour of "Wild Lands: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Landscape Painting." The museum at the Brazos Center in Bryan is the first stop ... |
| Fall energy can reinvigorate home Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Spring may be the season of cleaning out clutter and brightening up the home, but fall can be equally inspiring. You can feel it in the air: Bright yellow school buses have returned to the roads and store shelves are stocked with crisp, fresh note ... |
| Creative uses for Shrinky Dinks keep growing Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT The basic idea behind Shrinky Dinks hasn't really changed in the 38 years they've been around: The flexible sheets of shrinkable plastic can still be cut, colored and popped into an oven to shrink one-third in size, becoming hard and unbendable. B ... |
| Castor beans: a touch of the tropics, anywhere Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Sweltering heat and bright sunlight do not a tropical garden make, even if many common garden plants, from marigolds to okra, do hail from the tropics. That tropical look comes from lush, bold foliage. Castor bean is an annual, but don't think th ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Sunday * BCS R/C Helicopter Club. 8 a.m. Brothers Pond Park field, Rio Grande Boulevard at Ponderosa Drive. * TAMU Women's Club. 1:30-3 p.m. College Station Conference Center. 2011-2012 opening meeting and interest group sign-up. afbusch1@gmail.co ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. College Station Monday: French toast sticks, sausage patty, juice, chicken nuggets, egg roll, rice pilaf, green peas with carrots, fruit. Tuesday: Breakfast burrito, banana, spaghetti with meat ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT * Stand Ready to Serve on Sept. 11's National Day of Service and Remembrance. To be "Standing Ready" is to be prepared to help your community in times of disaster. Standing Ready Disaster volunteers can serve their community in a variety of roles t ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Andrew and Gale Green of College Station are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Andrea Nicole Green, to Jason Stephen Sivells, son of Stephen and Melanie Sivells of Austin, TX. Andrea received her Ma ... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT Leon and Linda (Restivo) Cash were married on September 3, 1961 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Bryan. They celebrated their 50th anniversary with their family at Royalty Pecan Farms with dinner catered by Maddens. Their ... |
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