Monday, October 31, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Time for the scary -- and sweet

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Luke Knight, 9, of College Station turns into Wolfman at the "Night at the Museum" Halloween Event at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Sunday. Thousands of trick-or-treaters and their parents visited the museum free of charge.

Arrests up on holiday weekend

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT


On any other weekend in College Station, a drunken man in a pink tutu being handcuffed by police might be a startling occurrence. This weekend, it was no surprise.
College Station police arrested 15 people Saturday for public intoxication, a larg ...

Public invited to talks about Texas A&M's future

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


The last four of Texas A&M's "commitment to excellence" dialogues will be held next month, starting Wednesday and going through Nov. 30.
The public is invited to attend the series of conversations to gauge the opinion of faculty, staff and st ...

Education, water issues among Texas amendments on ballot

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- College students, veterans' widows and landowners who conserve water could be among the beneficiaries if voters approve 10 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 8.
Proposition 1 would allow the surviving spouses of 100 pe ...

NATO refocused on Kabul security after deadly bombing

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- The weekend suicide bombing of a NATO convoy that killed 17 people in Kabul adds urgency to the U.S.-led coalition's work to expand a security bubble around the Afghan capital.
With most of the attacks in Kabul blamed on the ...

Texas is shooting donkeys, stirring burro backlash

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:45 PM PDT


PRESIDIO -- Unofficially, the state of Texas celebrates donkeys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the American West.
Officially? The policy on wild burros out here is shoot to kill.
Texas park rangers are trying to wipe ou ...

UT regents invest in firm with links to ex-chancellor, Rick Perry

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- University of Texas System regents invested $10 million in a private company with close ties to the system's former chancellor, his son and associates of Gov. Rick Perry, the Austin American-Statesman reported in Sunday's edition.
The re ...

Occupy protesters arrested in Austin and Oregon

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


PORTLAND, Ore. -- Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood.
In New York and many oth ...

Girl abducted from Dallas-area complex found dead

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:45 PM PDT

CARROLLTON -- Police say a 10-year-old Oklahoma City girl who disappeared while with her family visiting relatives in the Dallas area has been found dead. Carrollton police say Jasmen Gonzalez who was last seen Saturday night at an apartment complex. ...

Studies probe Republican candidates' plans

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Key proposals from the Republican presidential candidates might make for good campaign fodder. But independent analyses raise serious questions about those plans and their ability to cure the nation's ills in two vital areas, the econ ...

Global warming skeptic changes his tune after study

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- A prominent physicist and skeptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong. In the end, he determined they were right: Temperatures really are rising rapidly.
The study of the w ...

Search suspended in grain elevator blast

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


ATCHISON, Kan. -- Crews suspended their search Sunday for three people missing after a thunderous explosion at a Kansas grain elevator killed three workers and hospitalized two others with severe burns.
Officials with the company that owns and ope ...

Australian court mediates Qantas labor disputes

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


CANBERRA, Australia -- Qantas Airways could begin returning its grounded fleet to the skies as early as Monday after an Australian court intervened in a bitter labor dispute by ending strikes and canceling a staff lockout.
The arbitration court ru ...

U.S. suicide bomber allegedly kills 10

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


MOGADISHU, Somalia -- An al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group on Sunday posted a tape allegedly made by an American citizen who blew himself up during an attack on an African Union base in Somalia's capital that left at least 10 people dead.
The ...

James Brown's estate on way to fiscal recovery

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


COLUMBIA, S.C. -- James Brown's charitable trust had withered to just $14,000 and his estate was saddled with more than $20 million in debt before a professional money manager was able to turn it around, an attorney told The Associated Press.
Unde ...

FACT CHECK: GOP lawmakers spin funding tall tales

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- It's an outrageous tale: The federal government spends one out of every $10 in transportation aid on wasteful projects such as refurbishing a giant roadside coffee pot and constructing turtle tunnels.
That's what Republican lawmakers ...

Rejuvenating Old Eggs

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:52 PM PDT


By Alicia Rose DelGallo, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent
(Ivanhoe Newswire) The accepted view of female reproduction includes a pre-determined amount of eggs in the ovaries. This population of eggs becomes depleted over time, resulting in infertilit ...

Obesity and Contraception

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:52 PM PDT


By Ivanhoe Health Correspondent Melissa Colon
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Birth control is made as a one dose fits all. According to recent statistics, 66 percent of U.S adults are overweight or obese.  Women are included in the 66 percent, and asi ...

Coma Breakthroughs

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:59 PM PDT


NEW YORK, NY (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Up to 300 thousand Americans are living in a minimally-conscious state. It's a condition that's baffled doctors for decades with almost no effective treatments. Now doctors are trying new ways to wake these patien ...

Coma Breakthroughs - Research Summary

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:55 PM PDT


COMAS:  A coma is a state of prolonged unconsciousness that can be caused by several factors including traumatic head injury; stroke; brain tumor; drug or alcohol intoxication; or an underlying illness such as diabetes. A coma is considered a ...

Vaccine Fights Anal Cancer

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) The rate of anal cancer is increasing, particularly among men who have sex with men. A new study shows that a vaccine, used to fight HPV, successfully lowers the rates of anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN), which leads to canc ...

Letters for October 31

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT


A man of integrity who is honorable, respected
Early voting started last week. Please vote for John Raney in the race for Texas House District 14. We have the chance to send an experienced, principled representative to Austin to look after our int ...

Calendar

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
A Veterans Parade, sponsored by the Bryan Rotary Club, is set for Nov. 6 in Downtown Bryan For more information or to participate, call 693-1336 or email rcd56@suddenlink.net.
Monday
CLUBS
Star Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:45 a.m. ...

3M left powerless due to October snow

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. -- When winter's white mixes with autumn's orange and gold, nature gets ugly.
A freak October nor'easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leave ...

Vick, McCoy lead Eagles to 34-7 win over Cowboys

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT


PHILADELPHIA -- The "All-Hype" team finally played up to their super expectations.
Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes, LeSean McCoy had a career-best 185 yards rushing and two scores and the Philadelphia Eagles routed the Dallas Cowboys 34-7 ...

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