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- A&M System regents select new dean for College of Engineering
- Aggie uses Century Tree to raise scholarship funds
- Paula Hand's name removed from ballot for House election after check bounces
- A&M selects M. Katherine Banks to lead college
- Life sentence for Texas serial rapist
- District 14 hopeful Paula Hand out of race over bounced check
- Medic: Info from Jackson doctor didn't add up
- Perry attacks Romney, Obama in policy speech
- Sul Ross Elementary turns 50
- Camp LIFE breaks barriers for disabled
- Woman dies after being struck by car driven by son
- Blessing of Pets event set for Tuesday
- Federal court order blocks Texas redistricting
- No one hurt in blaze that destroys a jeep
- Drought could last through 2020
- Rudder royalty
- Calif. man found alive by his children after wreck
- Judge releases video of Casey Anthony
- Killing of U.S.-born terrorist raises questions
- Some wary of $5 debit card fee
- U.S. income falls in August
- Rapist gets life behind bars
- Hispanics leave Alabama schools
- USA Triathlon probing deaths
- Perry rails at Romney in policy speech
| A&M System regents select new dean for College of Engineering Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:57 AM PDT The head of Purdue University's civil engineering school was picked Friday as dean of Texas A&M's engineering college and overseer of all of the A&M System's engineering programs. M. Katherine Banks was selected by the A&M System Board ... |
| Aggie uses Century Tree to raise scholarship funds Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT Back in 2008, a Texas A&M graduate from Vernon was in town attending events for his 30-year college reunion when he found himself under what many call "the heart of campus." While admiring what's known by most Aggies as the Century Tree -- a ... |
| Paula Hand's name removed from ballot for House election after check bounces Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:40 AM PDT Texas House candidate Paula Hand's name has been removed from the November special election ballot after the check for her filing fee was returned for insufficient funds, a state official said Friday. The $750 check is one of two ways for a candidat ... |
| A&M selects M. Katherine Banks to lead college Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT The head of Purdue University's civil engineering school was picked Friday as dean of Texas A&M's engineering college and overseer of all of the A&M System's engineering programs. M. Katherine Banks was selected by the A&M System Boar ... |
| Life sentence for Texas serial rapist Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT EDNA -- A former Texas prison employee convicted of a being a serial rapist who targeted older women was sentenced Friday to life in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled woman. Jurors who deliberated Billy Joe Harris' sentence for less than 1 ... |
| District 14 hopeful Paula Hand out of race over bounced check Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT The ballot to select a replacement for State Rep. Fred Brown became slightly less crowded Friday after the Texas Secretary of State's Office removed Republican Paula Hand. A department spokesman said Hand's $750 check to pay the filing fee was re ... |
| Medic: Info from Jackson doctor didn't add up Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:29 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- The doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death never revealed that he had given the singer a powerful anesthetic, a paramedic told a jury hearing the physician's involuntary manslaughter case Friday. Paramedic Richard Senneff said D ... |
| Perry attacks Romney, Obama in policy speech Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT ATLANTA -- Rick Perry said Friday anyone with doubts about how he would govern as president should simply look at Texas. In his first domestic policy speech as a candidate seeking the Republican nomination for the White House, Perry touted his de ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT Charles Culver remembers the excitement of being one of the first students to move into a new school in Bryan. Sul Ross Elementary School had been built between wide-open fields and a heavily wooded area, the 60-year-old Culver recalls. Then there ... |
| Camp LIFE breaks barriers for disabled Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT Sterling Leija turned in the proposal to her professor seven years ago as a part of a project while she was attending Texas A&M, and now more than 500 children across the state have benefited from Camp LIFE -- a barrier-free camp held twice a y ... |
| Woman dies after being struck by car driven by son Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Austin police say a 68-year-old woman died after her son intentionally hit her with a car as she was being loaded into an ambulance. Cpl. Wuthipong "Tank" Tantaksinanukij say police and Emergency Medical Services on Thursday evening had ... |
| Blessing of Pets event set for Tuesday Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report As part of planned celebrations for St. Francis Feast Day, the St. Joseph Health System is hosting a Blessing of Pets ceremony scheduled from 4:30 until 6 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Manor. Animals can be brought to the assisted l ... |
| Federal court order blocks Texas redistricting Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT AUSTIN -- A federal judge has ordered Texas not to move forward with redistricting plans for congressional and state legislative seats until they are approved by the courts. A coalition of Democratic politicians, minority groups and civil rights ... |
| No one hurt in blaze that destroys a jeep Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:07 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportOne barn and one Jeep were destroyed Friday in a fire that broke out on Dick Elliott Road in northeast Brazos County. No one was injured in the blaze, which started when a Jeep caught fire for an unknown reason. That fire eventually ... |
| Drought could last through 2020 Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:44 AM PDT AUSTIN -- The state climatologist for Texas says the record drought of 2011 could be only the beginning of a dry spell that could last until 2020. State climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon tells the Austin American-Statesman says water planning is o ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT Rudder sophomore Shalynn McClendon helps classmate Jaxon Rangel paint his face Friday before the Rangers' homecoming game against Bastrop. The Bears beat the Rangers 27-17. |
| Calif. man found alive by his children after wreck Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT SANTA CLARITA, Calif. -- David Lavau's children drove slowly along the perilously curved mountain road, stopping to peer over the treacherous drop-offs and call out for their father, missing for six days. Then, finally, a faint cry: "Help, help." ... |
| Judge releases video of Casey Anthony Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Florida judge released a grainy jailhouse video of Casey Anthony being told that the remains of her 2-year-old daughter had been found in 2008 An Orlando television station argued in court for the release of the 15-minute video ... |
| Killing of U.S.-born terrorist raises questions Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama steered the nation's war machine into uncharted territory Friday when a U.S. drone attacked a convoy in Yemen and killed two American citizens who had become central figures in al-Qaida. It was believed to be t ... |
| Some wary of $5 debit card fee Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Angela Malerba, who works in public relations in Boston, carries a debit card because she likes to know when she buys something that she has enough in her account to pay for it. But paying $5 a month to use her own money? That's too much ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Americans earned less in August, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile economy.Their lower pay explains why consumers increased spending at a slower p ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT EDNA -- A former Texas prison employee suspected of a being a serial rapist who targeted older women was sentenced Friday to life in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled woman.Jurors who deliberated Billy Joe Harris' sentence for less than 10 mi ... |
| Hispanics leave Alabama schools Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the state's tough new law cracking down on illegal immigration. Education officials say scores of immigrant families ... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:06 PM PDT USA Triathlon is creating a task force to determine if anything more can be done to prevent deaths such as those that occurred at recent races in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Louisville, Ky. An independent panel of three physicians and tw ... |
| Perry rails at Romney in policy speech Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:28 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Rick Perry said Friday anyone with doubts about how he would govern as president should simply look at Texas. In his first domestic policy speech as a candidate for the White House, Perry touted his record on taxes, health care and the ... |
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