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- Teens honor friend killed after accident
- Deputy's past spotty
- Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee: Embrace change
- 15 B-CS students named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists
- Last of fire-weary Texans get all-clear to go home
- Texas A&M joins global network
- Police: Intoxicated driver had cocaine
- Madisonville names next police chief
- Benefit to aid family of accident victim
- Deals with friends supplement Perry's wealth
- Gas prices slip 4 cents across Texas
- Calvert ceremony to honor Hall of Famer
- UBS blames trader in $2B loss
- Marine given Medal of Honor for rescue
- Supreme court halts execution
- Netflix taking hit over higher price
- Arsenic-in-juice report puts squeeze on Dr. Oz
- Prayer asks Jews to repair the world
- Scientists: 'Contagion' for real
- Mom's Put Babies At Risk For Allergies
- Garden calendar
- Replace trees lost during drought
- Two products control nutsedge
- 7 Foot Surgeon: Helping the Uninsured - Research Summary
- Treating Tumor-Associated Epilepsy
| Teens honor friend killed after accident Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT A memorial service will be held Tuesday for the 14-year-old College Station Middle School student who was killed while skateboarding on Wednesday. The service for Mark Harding Jr. will be at 5 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 4201 Texas 6 S ... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Even before former Deputy Constable Agustin Rubio resigned his post last week with Precinct 2 after being arrested on a felony charge of kidnapping, he had amassed a troubling work record in Brazos County dating back to 1994. Rubio was hired by t ... |
| Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee: Embrace change Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Universities must reinvent themselves or face irrelevance, America's highest paid and longest serving university president said Thursday at Texas A&M. "Embracing change is always an important, driving force for universities," said Ohio State ... |
| 15 B-CS students named National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eleven College Station students and four in Bryan were named semifinalists this week for the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced the names of about 16,000 semifinalists who will compete f ... |
| Last of fire-weary Texans get all-clear to go home Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:20 AM PDT BASTROP -- Officials say the last of thousands of Central Texas residents evacuated from devastating wildfires have been allowed to return to their homes.Bastrop County Judge Ronnie McDonald said Thursday the 34,000-acre fire was about 75 percent con ... |
| Texas A&M joins global network Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M Engineering on Thursday became part of a network that will allow researchers and developers across the university system to access a constantly evolving database of new technology and innovations from all over the world. The Aggie en ... |
| Police: Intoxicated driver had cocaine Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:58 AM PDT A woman reporting being kidnapped led to the arrest in College Station of a 26-year-old man on felony DWI and drug charges, according to police. Max Edward Brooks III of College Station was charged Thursday with at least his third driving while in ... |
| Madisonville names next police chief Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportClaude May, 68, was selected this week to serve as the next chief of police in Madisonville.He takes the place of Chief Gary Clendennen, who resigned his post for an unknown reason. Attempts to contact City Attorney John Bankhead fo ... |
| Benefit to aid family of accident victim Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A benefit to raise funds for the family of Wendy Dean, a mother of five from Benchley who died in a car accident in August, will be held Saturday. The event, which will include auctions, raffles, food for sale and karaoke, will ... |
| Deals with friends supplement Perry's wealth Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT AUSTIN -- When it comes to presidential candidates, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a man of modest means. Perry's state salary peaked at $150,000 after two decades as a public official, and he and his wife earned just over $2 million in wages between 19 ... |
| Gas prices slip 4 cents across Texas Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:23 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Retail gasoline prices have slipped 4 cents this week across Texas.AAA Texas on Thursday reported that the average price at the gas pump is $3.44 per gallon.The association's weekly survey also found that the nationwide price of gasoline h ... |
| Calvert ceremony to honor Hall of Famer Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA dedication ceremony honoring baseball Hall of Famer Rube Foster is scheduled to take place starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Payne-Kemp Park in Calvert.A Texas Historical Commission marker will be unveiled honoring the Calvert na ... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT LONDON-- One man armed with only a computer terminal humbled a venerable banking institution yet again. This time it was Swiss powerhouse UBS, which said Thursday that it had lost roughly $2 billion because of a renegade trader.The arrest of 31-year- ... |
| Marine given Medal of Honor for rescue Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation's highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a ferocious "killing zone" in Afghanistan to save 36 lives at extr ... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE -- The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution Thursday of a black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago after his lawyers contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.Duane Buc ... |
| Netflix taking hit over higher price Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Netflix's decision to raise prices by as much as 60 percent is turning into a horror show.The customer backlash against the higher rates, kicking in this month, has been much harsher than Netflix Inc. anticipated. That prompted manag ... |
| Arsenic-in-juice report puts squeeze on Dr. Oz Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT Arsenic in apple juice! Fed to babies! And it probably came from China! Television's Dr. Mehmet Oz is under fire from the FDA and others for sounding what they say is a false alarm about the dangers of apple juice.Oz, one of TV's most popular medical ... |
| Prayer asks Jews to repair the world Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Editor's note: This is one of a series of columns dealing with how different faiths seek peace. Sunday was the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the attempt to destroy the White House or the Capit ... |
| Scientists: 'Contagion' for real Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch. Contagion, a Hollywood thriller that opened last weekend, rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its gripping tale of a fictional global epidemic driven by a new kind of virus. Audiences ha ... |
| Mom's Put Babies At Risk For Allergies Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:19 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) What you eat during pregnancy could determine whether or not your child is at risk for developing allergies, according to this study. The research found that if a mother's diet contains a certain group of polyunsaturated fatty ... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Saturday * Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. hpw@tconline.net, www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com or 229-5503. * Tenth Street Farmers Ma ... |
| Replace trees lost during drought Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Home landscapes, parks and byways are dotted with them -- trees covered with brown leaves. Are they dead? Do I replace them? These are questions we are all asking during the unprecedented weather of 2011. In some instances, trees have gone into ea ... |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Dear Neil: Our lawn is being overrun by nutsedge (nutgrass). What can I use to control it? A: The two products labeled for control of nutsedge ("nutgrass") are Image and Sedgehammer. You probably won't get much control this late in the growing seaso ... |
| 7 Foot Surgeon: Helping the Uninsured - Research Summary Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:57 AM PDT BACKGROUND: According to the Commonwealth Fund and Bloomberg News, the number of Americans who lack health insurance for at least part of the year reached 52 million in 2010. This number is about 40 percent higher than the 38 million who went witho ... |
| Treating Tumor-Associated Epilepsy Posted: 15 Sep 2011 02:43 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Glioma, one of the most deadly and common types of brain tumor, is often associated with seizures, but the origins of these seizures and effective treatments for them have been elusive. Scientists have found that human gliomas ... |
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