Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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SEC and A&M 'a perfect match'

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:39 PM PDT


As luck would have it, University of Florida president Bernie Machen and Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin would always sit together at meetings of the Association of American Universities, which includes 61 of the leading public and private ...

Big 12 news cools threat of Baylor lawsuit

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT


The Southeastern Conference has received no new assurances that it won't be sued for accepting Texas A&M into its ranks, but officials from the conference and A&M indicated Monday that they believe they are on solid legal ground.
A&M' ...

3 men wanted in Bryan jewelry store heist

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:03 AM PDT

Authorities were looking Monday for three men who they said robbed a Bryan jewelry store using a weapon.
The robbery was reported at 11:11 a.m. at Joyeria, 1305 West William J. Bryan Parkway, Officer Jon Agnew said. Two employees were inside when th ...

Chef Tai wins food truck contest

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT


When Tai Lee accepted a nomination into a national Food Network food truck competition, he had few expectations.
"I didn't think I was going to win, to be honest with you," said Lee, executive chef and managing partner at Veritas Wine and Bistro. ...

3 men rob Bryan jewelry store

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:18 PM PDT


No arrests had been made late Monday in the jewelry store robbery that police say was committed by three Hispanic men earlier in the day.
The owner of Joyeria, at 1305 W. William Joel Bryan Parkway, was able to fire a shot at a car the men jumped ...

Man charged with driving car toward cop

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:46 AM PDT

An 18-year-old man remained jailed Monday, accused of driving at a high rate of speed toward an officer, who jumped out of the way, then tracked the teen to his apartment, according to court documents.Michael Austin Morrow of College Station was char ...

Police: Driver suffered seizure before crashing into house

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:35 AM PDT


A 44-year-old man drove through two yards and hit a house in College Station after having a seizure Sunday, police said.
The College Station man was driving north on Spearman Drive at 2:17 p.m. when he left the roadway, and hit some bushes, trees ...

5 local schools on statewide honor roll

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Five local schools have been named to the Texas Business & Education Coalition honor roll.
Cypress Grove Intermediate and Pebble Creek and Rock Prairie elementaries in College Station and Johnson and Sam Houston elementaries ...

Police: Man yelling in grocery parking lot was drunk

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 56-year-old Navasota man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after witnesses reported the man was yelling at people in a grocery store parking lot to "keep between the lines."
According to a College Station police ...

Texas lawmaker sends Christmas greetings in Sept.

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:03 AM PDT


AUSTIN -- Thousands of Central Texas residents have received Christmas and New Year's greetings from their state senator -- this month.
"Hope you had an extra special Christmas holiday season," Sen. Jeff Wentworth said in a winter legislative news ...

Company: Power back on in Texas wildfire area

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:09 AM PDT

AUSTIN -- Power is back on in all parts of a Central Texas county affected by the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative officials made that announcement Monday.Crews have been restoring power to homes and bu ...

Hurricane Hilary churns up surf, far from land

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 04:19 AM PDT


MIAMI -- Forecasters say Hurricane Hilary continues to kick up rough surf and rip currents along the coast of Mexico.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday that Hilary remained a Category 3 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds near 125 ...

Bryan elementary school marks 50 years

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Sul Ross Elementary School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a community reception on Sunday.
The event will be from 2 to 4 p.m. in the school's cafeteria and will include a children's program, music and presentations. The ...

Remembering fallen brothers

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:51 PM PDT

The Pipes and Drums of Bryan-College Station firefighters takes formation with the Honor Guard to start the Fallen Firefighter memorial ceremony at College Station Firehouse 2 at noon Monday. Officials from across the Brazos Valley came to attend the ...

Perry's upbringing a contrast to GOP foe Romney

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


JEFFERSON, Iowa -- Call it a personal class war: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is trying to draw sharp class lines with his chief GOP presidential rival, the well-heeled former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
"As the son of tenant farmers, I can promise ...

Oil pipeline plan runs into opposition

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


TOPEKA, Kan. -- Environmentalists told officials from the U.S. State Department on Monday they opposed the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, claiming it would move a "dirtier" and "environmentally devastating form of energy" from Canada through Ka ...

Schools may bear brunt of oil refinery tax refunds

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


PASADENA -- Some of the nation's largest oil refineries are seeking huge tax refunds that could force school districts and local governments across Texas to give back tens of millions of dollars they were counting on to pay teachers and provide oth ...

Dead Sea Scrolls go online

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


JERUSALEM -- Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel's national museum and web ...

Piranha caught in Houston lake

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


HOUSTON -- A fish caught by a pre-teen girl at a suburban Houston lake last month has been identified as a red-bellied piranha, making it only the second piranha ever verified in Texas waters and the first in nearly 30 years, Texas Parks and Wildli ...

Ex-inmate says last meals shouldn't die

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- A former Texas inmate who cooked the final meals for hundreds of condemned prisoners is offering to start doing it again at no cost to the state now that officials have ended the practice of allowing the special last requests.Brian Price, ...

Barack Obama faces fundraising challenges

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


SAN JOSE, Calif. -- This is no 2008, when money seemed to fall from the sky for a young senator named Barack Obama.
In theory, fundraising should be even easier this time for the Democrat who shattered money records in his first White House campa ...

Deal to keep D.C. running advances

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:24 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.
The agreement ensured there would be no interruption i ...

UK fans love Taylor Lautner at movie premiere

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT


LONDON -- Taylor Lautner kept his shirt on but still whipped his U.K. fans into a frenzy at the European premiere of his latest film, Abduction.
The heartthrob from the Twilight Saga series was greeted with a very noisy welcome -- mostly shrieking ...

Archie's 70th looks at cancer, help for families

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 05:23 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA -- For families of ill children, a night or two or even more at the Ronald McDonald House is one way to help focus on their ailing kids without having to shoulder the burden of hotel costs. It's a lesson that the gang in Riverdale -- inc ...

Eye-opening Gene: The Key to Treating Blindness? - Research Summary

Posted: 27 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT


BACKGROUND: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a rare, inherited disease in which the light-sensitive retina of the eye slowly and progressively degenerates. Eventually, blindness results. Rather than being considered a single disease, RP instead is view ...

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