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- B-CS events honor those lost on 9/11
- Grief, reflection mark Flight 93 memorial ceremony
- Resilience of military praised at Pentagon
- New Yorkers seek normalcy in a post-9/11 world
- Riley Road fire has 3 pet monkeys on the lam
- Bastrop ISD campuses reopen Monday after wildfires
- Report: Bastrop fires are 50 percent contained
- Texas fire destroys 1,554 homes, 17 people missing
- 3 rapes in 9 days reported at Texas Christian University
- CS police officer assaulted at Ziegfest
- A call to volunteering after 9/11
- Breaking down Obama's jobs proposal
- Attack a reminder of long Afghan war
- Explorers did more than discover the North Pole
- Americans gather to mark day in their own ways
- Volunteers seek out unity 10 years later
- 9/11 brings world together in day of remembrance
- 'SpongeBob' may be bad influence on young kids
- Charlie Sheen survives his big Roast
- Calendar
- Cowboys flop at end against Jets
- NFL Roundup
- MLB Roundup
- Wilson, Beltre lead Rangers past A's 8-1
- Folk's FG leads Jets to 27-24 win over Cowboys
| B-CS events honor those lost on 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:18 PM PDT The Brazos Valley community didn't have one big event Sunday. No major speeches were given by politicians and no massive gatherings were organized at public memorials. Instead, residents and community groups found their own way to remember the 10t ... |
| Grief, reflection mark Flight 93 memorial ceremony Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -- A decade after 40 passengers and crew died when Flight 93 knifed into a Pennsylvania field, family members grieved and reflected on a sacrifice described by a former president as among the most courageous in U.S. history. On Su ... |
| Resilience of military praised at Pentagon Posted: 11 Sep 2011 06:06 PM PDT By ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Memories of horror and heroism echoed Sunday across the west side of the Pentagon where, a decade ago, a hijacked airplane carrying 59 doomed passengers and crew and 36,200 pounds of jet fuel smashed i ... |
| New Yorkers seek normalcy in a post-9/11 world Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT NEW YORK -- It was Sept. 11, and in Central Park, a little girl too small to know what that means soared above Manhattan in an airplane suspended from wires, giggling as the concrete skyline wheeled around her. The wind whipped 3-year-old Eve Dell ... |
| Riley Road fire has 3 pet monkeys on the lam Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Firefighters made more progress battling the massive blaze on the Grimes County border Sunday, but, just as they were starting to gain control, a new problem popped up -- monkeys. Authorities said three primates were on the loose in the area after ... |
| Bastrop ISD campuses reopen Monday after wildfires Posted: 11 Sep 2011 11:30 PM PDT BASTROP -- Students in Central Texas where wildfires ravaged more than 34,000 acres have been cleared to return to school. Classes resume Monday in the Bastrop Independent School District, which serves Bastrop, Cedar Creek, Red Rock, Rockne and P ... |
| Report: Bastrop fires are 50 percent contained Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT BASTROP -- The number of homes destroyed by a Texas wildfire has risen to 1,554 and is expected to further increase as firefighters enter more areas where the blaze has been extinguished, officials said Sunday. Seventeen people remain unaccounted f ... |
| Texas fire destroys 1,554 homes, 17 people missing Posted: 11 Sep 2011 07:23 AM PDT BASTROP -- The number of homes destroyed by a Texas wildfire has risen to 1,554 and is expected to further increase as officials enter more areas where the blaze has been extinguished, officials said Sunday. Seventeen people remain unaccounted for. ... |
| 3 rapes in 9 days reported at Texas Christian University Posted: 11 Sep 2011 07:23 AM PDT FORT WORTH -- Fort Worth police are investigating a string of reported sexual assaults in and around the Texas Christian University campus. The three attacks apparently occurred in a nine-day period beginning Aug. 18. Police say it appears that in al ... |
| CS police officer assaulted at Ziegfest Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:20 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Bryan man was charged with evading arrest Sunday after police said he pushed a police officer to the ground while being kicked out of Zeigfest at Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. The arresting officer wrote in her report that she saw ... |
| A call to volunteering after 9/11 Posted: 11 Sep 2011 08:10 PM PDT writers Tamara Lush, Denise Lavoie in Boston and Martha Waggoner in Raleigh, N.C., contributed to this report. ___ |
| Breaking down Obama's jobs proposal Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:21 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The real takeaway from President Barack Obama's jobs agenda? Workers probably can count on continuing to pay lower Social Security taxes. Employers may not have to pay as much, either. The long-term unemployed probably will keep draw ... |
| Attack a reminder of long Afghan war Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:17 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful Taliban truck bomb that wounded 77 American soldiers and killed five Afghans outside a combat outpost served as a reminder on Sunday that 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, nearly 100,000 U.S. troops are still fig ... |
| Explorers did more than discover the North Pole Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT NUUK, Greenland -- Two American explorers, one white, one black, made a historic assault on the North Pole a century ago and then headed home, leaving behind a legacy of daring and discovery, and of two little boys in sealskins -- their half-Inuit so ... |
| Americans gather to mark day in their own ways Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT At churches, we prayed. At fire stations, we laid wreaths. At football stadiums, hands and baseball caps over hearts, we lifted our voices in song and familiar chants of "USA!" -- our patriotism renewed once more as we allowed ourselves to go back ... |
| Volunteers seek out unity 10 years later Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- She was just a girl when she heard it on TV -- the notion of "people getting together" to do something relevant and helpful after the traumatic events of Sept. 11, 2001. And Alee Pagnotti listened. Now, 10 years later, the law ... |
| 9/11 brings world together in day of remembrance Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT PARIS -- An American expatriate in Paris cries over an indelible memory of sadness. Buglers play taps from Brussels to Bagram, Afghanistan. An Israeli retiree remembers her daughter: "My world was destroyed. For me, every day is Sept. 11." The wor ... |
| 'SpongeBob' may be bad influence on young kids Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT CHICAGO -- The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. The problems were seen in a study o ... |
| Charlie Sheen survives his big Roast Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:13 PM PDT CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Charlie Sheen smiled through a Comedy Central roast as Mike Tyson, William Shatner, actress Kate Walsh and half a dozen comedians riffed on his year. Sheen was famously fired from his sitcom Two and a Half Men in March after ... |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:18 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar LobsterFest 2011 is set for 6:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Brazos Center in Bryan. Tickets are $75; corporate tables are $1,000. There will be live and silent auctions. The LobsterFest 2011 Golf Classic will be Sept. 26 at Briarcr ... |
| Cowboys flop at end against Jets Posted: 11 Sep 2011 06:06 PM PDT EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Tony Romo didn't have to look far to lay the blame for the Dallas Cowboys' late collapse in a 27-24 season-opening loss to the New York Jets. He simply needed a mirror. "We win that football game if I don't do what I did. ... |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT Cardinals 28, Panthers 21: GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Cam Newton's NFL debut was as magnificent as they come, except for the outcome. Instead, another rookie scored the game winner. Patrick Peterson returned a punt 89 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and Ar ... |
| Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Nationals 8, Astros 2: WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg allowed one run over three innings in his second start back from Tommy John surgery, and the Nationals hit three consecutive home runs.Strasburg didn't display the same efficiency he did in his r ... |
| Wilson, Beltre lead Rangers past A's 8-1 Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT ARLINGTON -- C.J. Wilson scattered five hits over eight shutout innings, Adrian Beltre homered twice to reach 301 for his career and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat Oakland 8-1 on Sunday to eliminate the Athletics from playoff contention.Wilso ... |
| Folk's FG leads Jets to 27-24 win over Cowboys Posted: 11 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rex Ryan wanted this one badly for the New York area -- and his Jets delivered.But it was far from easy.Nick Folk kicked a 50-yard field goal with 27 seconds left, giving the Jets a 27-24 comeback victory over the Dallas Cowb ... |
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