Tuesday, September 20, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Prosecutor Jarvis Parsons seeks DA spot

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


The atrium inside the Brazos County Administration building was unusually crowded at noon Monday as an area prosecutor declared his candidacy for district attorney.
The announcement from Jarvis Parsons, 35, drew a crowd of at least 100 people -- i ...

Flooding damages Brazos County Courthouse

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:47 AM PDT


A rare early morning thunderstorm triggered a leak in the roof of the Brazos County Courthouse, leaving many officials scrambling to salvage whatever files and property they could.
The four-story courthouse has been under construction for more th ...

Aggie-bought billboard shalt send a message in Waco

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Frustrated with Baylor's perceived effort to block Texas A&M from joining the Southeastern Conference, a group of Aggie fans has taken its message to the streets.
As a result, drivers on Interstate 35 in Waco near the nation's largest Baptist ...

Courthouse leak blamed on construction error

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


As the thunderstorms rolled into Bryan-College Station shortly after 3 a.m. Monday, County Attorney Rod Anderson lay awake at home wondering if he'd be able to move into his new office on the first floor of the Brazos County Courthouse later that d ...

A&M student killed in Brazos County wreck

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:31 AM PDT

A 22-year-old man died late Sunday after investigators said he drove off a Brazos County roadway.
Jacob Brent Hughes, a Texas A&M University student from Center, died at the scene on I&GN Road, two-tenths of a mile north of Capstone Drive, ...

Rock the Republic dials down festival

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Rock the Republic, a music, art and poetry festival, will return to Downtown Bryan this year in a scaled-down version, its co-founder said Monday.Cody Marx Bailey said last year's three-day event struggled financially and had staffing issues. The rev ...

Police: Woman stabbed outside Bryan bar

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:33 AM PDT

An argument outside a Bryan bar late Sunday led to a 37-year-old woman being stabbed several times and the suspect now is on the run, police said.Officers were called at 8:47 p.m. to the Double D's bar in the 100 block of West 23rd Street after a cal ...

Witnesses: Man attempted to hit girlfriend with vehicle, police say

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 03:48 AM PDT

Bryan police on Monday continued to investigate a report of a man attempting to run over his girlfriend with a car a day earlier.Police responded at 1:16 p.m. to the parking lot of the Reveille Ranch apartments, Officer Jon Agnew said.A man attempted ...

Candidates fight to label Perry

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry's Republican rivals are struggling to find a coherent, easy-to-grasp argument against the Texas governor, who tops GOP presidential polls despite attacks from all sides.In fact, it's the "all sides" nature that complicates th ...

Accused 'Twilight Rapist' pleads insanity

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT


EDNA -- A Texas man suspected of being a serial rapist who targeted older women told jurors Monday that he was sexually abused as a child, suffers from multiple personality disorder and has been visited by aliens.
Billy Joe Harris, 54, then verba ...

Department of Justice: Voting maps do not comply with federal law

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:06 AM PDT

AUSTIN -- The U.S. Department of Justice says state-drawn maps for House and Congress do not meet federal anti-discrimination requirements.But, in the Monday filing with a federal court, the Justice Department left the door open for the state to prov ...

2 boys, deputy rescued from SE Texas woods

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 12:31 AM PDT


LIBERTY CITY -- A Coast Guard helicopter crew using a spotlight has guided two boys and a law officer to safety out of some woods in Southeast Texas.
The rescue happened early Monday near Liberty, about 40 miles northeast of Houston.
The Liberty ...

FBI reports decrease in crimes nationwide

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Violent crime dropped 6 percent in 2010, marking the fourth straight year-to-year decline, while property crime was down for the eighth straight year, falling 2.7 percent, the FBI reported Monday.
Nationwide, there were an estimated ...

Rivals ask: Is Perry weak on the right, or left?

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:31 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry's Republican rivals are struggling to find a coherent, easy-to-grasp argument against the Texas governor and GOP front-runner. Republican voters who watched last week's presidential debate and its aftermath might wonder: Shou ...

Thousands lose power after North Texas storms

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 01:58 AM PDT

DALLAS -- Crews worked to restore power to thousands of homes and businesses that have lost electricity due to Texas storms.Dallas-based Oncor reports more than 13,000 customers without electricity Monday. The utility says nearly 10,000 of the outage ...

Ceremony marks planned Brazos Valley fair

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A ribbon-cutting is set for Wednesday to celebrate the first Brazos Valley Fair & Expo set for next year.
The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting will be at 4:30 p.m. at the Brazos County Expo. An open ho ...

As gay military ban ends, officer sheds his alias

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:38 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- J.D. Smith came into being when a gay student group in upstate New York needed a speaker to talk about the U.S. military's ban on openly gay troops. In the 16 months since then, he advised the Pentagon on the policy, became an oft-qu ...

President Barack Obama takes a stand for tax increases

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Drawing clear battle lines for next year's elections, a combative President Barack Obama on Monday demanded that the richest Americans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion. He promised to veto an ...

5 die at biker fest; carbon monoxide suspected

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:46 AM PDT


CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Fumes from a generator leaked into a camper, killing three men and two women who were at a biker festival to raise money for needy children, an organizer for the event said.
Police were investigating the deaths but said no fo ...

Death toll for Nevada air crash rises to 10

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 04:31 AM PDT


RENO, Nev. -- Moments after the nation's deadliest air racing disaster, a sense of calm pervaded.
A souped-up WWII-era P-51 Mustang fighter plane had crashed in Nevada, spraying shrapnel everywhere. Video of the scene showed paramedics, police an ...

Many losing hope of being rich

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Who believes they'll be a millionaire?
About two in 10 Americans do -- a small showing of optimism compared to Australians, but downright cheery next to Britons when asked about becoming wealthy in the next 10 years, according to a ...

Proposed fee increase

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- It's not just millionaires who'd pay more under President Barack Obama's latest plan to combat the deficit.Air travelers, federal workers, military retirees, wealthier Medicare beneficiaries and people taking out new mortgages are among ...

Obama announces debt plan built on taxes on rich

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:11 AM PDT


WASHINGTON -- In a blunt rejoinder to congressional Republicans, President Barack Obama called for $1.5 trillion in new taxes Monday, part of a total 10-year deficit reduction package totaling more than $3 trillion. "We can't just cut our way out o ...

Real-time tracking of diseases helps docs improve diagnosis

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The doctor doesn't think your sore throat is bad enough yet to order a strep test -- unaware that a dozen people across town were diagnosed with strep throat just last week.Doctors rarely know what bugs are brewing in the neighborhood u ...

Yemen soldiers flee from sticks

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT

SANAA, Yemen -- Thousands of protesters backed by military defectors seized a base of the elite Republican Guards on Monday, weakening the control of Yemen's embattled president over this poor, fractured Arab nation. His forces fired on unarmed demon ...

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