Saturday, September 17, 2011

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High demand may cost some Aggies

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


The fact that the A&M football team has excited fans enough to sell all season tickets and student passes is bittersweet for those left without a seat.
Officials said they broke school records this year, selling more than 30,350 student footba ...

CSPD documents detail woman's account of Rubio trying to assault her while in custody

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 04:43 AM PDT

Former Deputy Constable Agustin Rubio was arrested for the second time in 2 1/2 weeks, this time on a warrant for trying to sexually assault a woman in June.
The charge is a third-degree felony, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a ...

Rubio arrested a second time

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


Former deputy constable Agustin Rubio posted $25,000 bail Friday and was released from jail hours after College Station police arrested him at his home on a felony warrant for attempted sexual assault of a woman in June.
It was Rubio's second arr ...

Steadily marching on

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


Texas A&M has made major progress regarding its long-range Vision 2020 goal of becoming one of the country's top 10 public universities, the school's president, R. Bowen Loftin, said Friday.
"We are on the right track, and we unquestionably ...

A&M's VET Team leaves Bastrop after treating 150 animals

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:51 AM PDT

The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team planned to demobilize today from Bastrop after two weeks of helping animals affected by the wildfire there.
The team treated more than 150 animals, some of which were severely injured in the fire that swep ...

Beat the Hell Outta Cancer Pet Walk/Run Saturday

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:36 AM PDT

Those who want to "beat the hell outta cancer" can grab their pets and join in a walk/ run on Saturday to raise funds for Texas A&M University's new Diagnostic Imaging and Cancer Treatment Center.
The A&M College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) ...

A&M's VET Team leaves Bastrop after treating 150 animals

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:51 AM PDT

The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team planned to demobilize today from Bastrop after two weeks of helping animals affected by the wildfire there.
The team treated more than 150 animals, some of which were severely injured in the fire that swep ...

Police: Woman stole UPS shipping slips

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 22-year-old woman was arrested Thursday after admitting to a College Station detective that she took UPS slips from The Shoe Department earlier this year.
In February College Station police were informed of suspicious UPS freig ...

Video: Pet of the week

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 02:21 AM PDT


CS man accused of running from police

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station man faces six criminal charges after allegedly fleeing from police officers and trying to hide by breaking into a home.
College Station officers responding a suspicious person report had been talking to Jayshan ...

Rare minnows rescued from Texas river amid drought

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 06:29 AM PDT


FORT WORTH — Wildlife biologists scooped up minnows from a shrinking Texas river Friday in one of the first rescues of fish threatened by the state’s worst drought in decades.
Hundreds of smalleye shiners and sharpnose shiners were col ...

All-Aggie Reunion Rodeo is Sept. 24

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Texas A&M Rodeo Club and the TAMU Rodeo Alumni Association will stage the 93rd annual All-Aggie Reunion Rodeo on Sept. 24.
Former Aggies will take on current Aggies in a variety of events, including calf roping, steer wre ...

All-Aggie Reunion Rodeo is Sept. 24

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Texas A&M Rodeo Club and the TAMU Rodeo Alumni Association will stage the 93rd annual All-Aggie Reunion Rodeo on Sept. 24.
Former Aggies will take on current Aggies in a variety of events, including calf roping, steer wre ...

NASA: Satellite pieces to hit Earth in a week

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 08:42 AM PDT


WASHINGTON -- U.S. space officials say they expect a dead satellite to fall to Earth in about a week.
NASA has been watching the 6-ton satellite closely. On Friday officials moved up their prediction for its arrival to Sept. 23, give or take a day ...

Fish to be rescued from Texas river amid drought

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT

LUBBOCK -- Wildlife biologists on Friday will evacuate two species of minnows from the shrinking waters of a West Texas river in the first of what could be several rescue operations involving fish affected by the state's worst drought in decades.Smal ...

3 dead, 56 injured in horrific Reno air show crash

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT


RENO, Nev. -- A vintage World War II-era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands Friday during a popular annual air show, killing at least three people, injuring more than 50 spectators and creating a horrific scene strewn with body parts and sm ...

Obama OKs overhaul of patent system

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a major overhaul of the nation's patent system to ease the way for inventors to bring their products to market. "We can't afford to drag our feet any longer," he said.Passed in a rare d ...

Exotic pets seized from drug kingpins strain zoos

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


TOLUCA, Mexico -- The three tiny squirrel monkeys led a life of luxury on a 16-acre ranch, surrounded by extravagant gardens and barns built for purebred horses.
More than 200 animals, ranging from mules to peacocks and ostriches, lived on the ran ...

Iowans curious about Perry

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT

ATLANTIC, Iowa -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has spent weeks under attack from all sides in the Republican presidential campaign. But in Iowa so far, the party faithful generally give him the benefit of the doubt. Caucus-goers turned out this week as he c ...

Texas drought forces minnow rescue

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT


FORT WORTH -- Wading through a muddy river bed to reach shallow pools of water, wildlife biologists scooped up hundreds of minnows Friday in one of the first rescues of fish threatened by the state's worst drought in decades.
The scientists collec ...

U.S. searches for Libyan weapons

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The United States said Friday it has warned oil companies operating in North Africa of an al-Qaida terrorist plot possibly using shoulder-launched missiles to fire at their headquarters or planes, and government officials said the U.S ...

Girl, 10, recounts Iraqi bus massacre

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT

KARBALA, Iraq -- The trip was intended to give Tabarak Thaer a glimpse of the world beyond Iraq's violence and misery. Instead, it brought the 10-year-old face to face with terror when insurgents boarded the bus she was riding, forced the male passen ...

2 allegedly drove around with friend's dead body

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT


DENVER -- Two men are accused of engaging in a disturbing re-enactment of the movie Weekend at Bernie's after authorities say they drove around town with a dead friend in the car, running up a bar tab on his account and eventually using his ATM car ...

Fighting intensifies in Libya

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT


SIRTE, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi supporters put up fierce resistance against offensives trying to storm two strongholds Friday, forcing revolutionary fighters into retreat in the mountains and turning Gadhafi's seaside hometown into an urban battlef ...

Learning more about our U.S. Constitution

Posted: 16 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

By BOB BLACK
Special to The Eagle
Today, on Constitution Day, do you know more than an eighth grader? How many of us could master the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills -- TEKS -- required curriculum?
Remember the significance of Marbury v. Mad ...

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