Monday, September 19, 2011

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St. Joseph staying true to mission of service

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


Services have expanded, improved and become more specialized over the 75 years St. Joseph has been providing health care to Brazos Valley residents, but one thing has remained the same: Those who can't afford care can count on the hospital to provi ...

St. Joseph raising funds in telethon

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
St. Joseph Health System will host a telethon Thursday for the first time in its 75-year history to celebrate that anniversary.
The goal is to raise $100,000, said Tom Pool, vice president of philanthropy for the St. Joseph Found ...

Witness says he saw pair steal pipes

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two area residents charged Sunday with stealing from a construction site were busted after a man watched them through the scope of his rifle and called police, documents state.
According to the report, the witness -- who saw a ma ...

Bryan pedestrian hit, killed by truck

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 33-year-old woman walking in a turn lane on F.M. 288 died Sunday night after a Ford F-150 struck her, authorities said.
Bryan Officer Jon Agnew said the incident was reported at 9:17 p.m. and the woman, who was not being identi ...

Bush-Perry camps still clashing

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Here's the still-beating heart of the rift between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his predecessor, George W. Bush: When Bush was governor he refused to appoint Perry's brother-in-law to the Texas appeals court bench. With Perry now running for p ...

GOP still in favor of costly Medicare program

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- It's a massive health care entitlement with unfunded future costs over $7 trillion. Many conservatives are still upset at the way it was rammed through Congress.
But when the Republican presidential candidates were asked last week as ...

Study links rise in child abuse to the recession

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- An increase in child abuse, mostly in infants, is linked with the recent recession in new research that raises fresh concerns about the impact of the nation's economic woes.
The results are in a study of 422 abused children from mostly ...

Obama may not cave on debt plan

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Even as President Barack Obama prepares his opening bid on long-term deficit reduction, the White House wants to keep the focus on jobs and is determined to avoid getting sucked into another budget fight with lawmakers.Administration of ...

Yemeni forces kill 26 protesters

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital demanding ouster of their longtime ruler, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens, me ...

Strauss-Kahn denies being violent

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

PARIS -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn broke his silence four months after a New York hotel maid accused him of sexual assault, calling his encounter with the woman a "moral failing" he deeply regrets, but insisting in an interview on French television Sund ...

Apple beefs up security

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wanted: experienced security professional. Must have plan to thwart Chinese counterfeiters, protect secret blueprints from spies and keep workers from leaving super-secret unreleased smartphones behind in bars.A day after a recent re ...

Police: Parishioners attack man who shot pastor

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


LAKELAND, Fla. -- Derrick Foster was kneeling in prayer when the gunman burst through the front door of Greater Faith Christian Center Church. He heard shooting, then screams.
A former church member is accused of critically wounding the church's p ...

Palestine UN bid opposed by U.S.

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- With a tense week ahead for the future of the Middle East, the United States and Europe scrambled Sunday for a strategy that would help avoid a jarring showdown over whether to admit an independent Palestine as a new United Nations memb ...

Plane that crashed had camera inside

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

RENO, Nev. -- A World War II-era plane had a video camera facing outward, and memory cards were found at the scene where it crashed near a grandstand in Reno.Investigators with the NTSB said Sunday the cards will be analyzed to see if there is any fo ...

Feds working to protect turtles

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW ORLEANS -- Since mid-April, federal fisheries agents on the 1,631-mile Gulf Coast have spent nearly all their time making sure shrimpers are using equipment designed to let sea turtles swim safely out of shrimp trawls out of escape hatches, off ...

Groups fight to salvage street murals

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The mural on the side of the building is no longer so vibrant. Its oranges, rust-reds and heavenly blues have dimmed and splotches of dead gray stucco show through where images have been rubbed out, as if someone took an enormous eraser ...

'Men', 'Modern' get top honors at Emmys

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- The Emmys keep buying what Mad Men is selling. The 1960s Madison Avenue saga won its fourth consecutive best drama series award Sunday, while big-hearted romp Modern Family claimed its second best comedy trophy.
Modern Family produc ...

Fiestas Patrias

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Despite a barking dog, horsemen at Fiestas Patrias were able to keep their animals under control at the parade on William Joel Bryan Parkway Sunday afternoon. The annual event was attended by thousands of people from all across Texas, who came to enj ...

Letters for September 19

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT


UT doesn't want t compete on level field
Let me make sure I have this straight. The University of Texas wants the University of Oklahoma to stay in the Big 12 and offers to pool all of the Big 12 TV money and split it evenly with all the Big 12 sc ...

Calendar

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
The 8th Annual Buddy Walk is 11:30 a.m. Oct. 9 at Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. Support those with Down syndrome during the one-mile walk followed by fun activities. Entry is $15 per person or $55 for a family of four. DownSyndrome ...

Myers, Astros beat Cubs with help from video review

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 02:06 PM PDT

CHICAGO -- Brett Myers benefited from a reversed homer call to beat the Chicago Cubs again and Clint Barmes had a two-run single to help the Houston Astros to a 3-2 victory Sunday.With Chicago down by a run in the eighth and Starlin Castro on first, ...

Harrison, Beltre lead Texas past Seattle 3-0

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:51 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- Adrian Beltre got the best of friend and former teammate Felix Hernandez, hitting a two-strike pitch for a two-run homer in the fourth inning and propelling the Texas Rangers to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.Beltre lined hi ...

Romo rallies Cowboys, playing with fractured rib

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:48 PM PDT


SAN FRANCISCO -- Tony Romo rallied America's Team while playing with a fractured rib.
In a week when Romo vowed to play his best game, he delivered a gutsy comeback that looked unlikely when he briefly came out from halftime and then returned to t ...

Johnson helps Texans beat Dolphins 23-13

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:39 PM PDT


MIAMI -- With the game on the line, five-time Pro Bowler Andre Johnson found himself covered by a reserve cornerback. The result was no contest, just like the one-sided series between the Houston Texans and Miami Dolphins.
Johnson badly beat Nolan ...

Perkins, Young help Silver Stars even series

Posted: 18 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Jia Perkins scored 24 points and Sophia Young had 23 as the San Antonio Silver Stars beat the Minnesota Lynx 84-75 Sunday to even their first-round series.Becky Hammon added 18 for the Silver Stars, who had lost seven straight games to ...

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