Friday, November 18, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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College Station Fire Department studies rescue fees

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST


College Station drivers rescued from wrecks by firefighters may soon have to say "thank you" by writing a check.
The city is considering developing a revenue recovery program that would charge the cost of responding to an accident to the driver w ...

Needed: Crowds at BCS Marathon

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


With the Atkinson Toyota BCS Marathon plus half-marathon just more than three weeks away, organizers say they've got everything under control except the one thing they can't control: The presence of spectators.
Chris Field, the race director, sai ...

Aggie Star Party set for tonight

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 12:05 AM PST

The public and A&M students are invited to learn more about the night sky during an Aggie Star Party at Texas A&M University tonight.
Participants can look through telescopes, find constellations and learn more about A&M astronomy during ...

Aggies remember Bonfire tragedy today

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PST


Aggies will come together on Friday to remember the 1999 collapse of Bonfire that killed 12 and injured 27.
Chris Dismuke, an A&M chemical engineering major who serves on the Student Government Association Traditions Council, said displays hav ...

Police: Shoplifter races out with toilet paper, alcohol and dog food

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:46 AM PST

Authorities said a 40-year-old man's attempt to get away with stolen beer, toilet paper and dog food taken from a College Station store resulted in a felony theft charge.
Milton William Duffee of Bryan was charged Wednesday with theft of property va ...

Soldiers in need of 'adoption'

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST


It was the first time the Marine smiled in the three months since he was deployed to Iraq.
All it took was "Howdy from Texas," scrawled across a post card from a thankful stranger.
"There was one Marine in my platoon from Texas, so I handed him ...

Dallas man found, charged in child's fatal beating

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:36 AM PST

DALLAS -- A Dallas man accused of kidnapping two children and beating a third to death was arrested after an Amber Alert.Christopher Anthony Garcia was being held in the Dallas County Jail Thursday on $1 million bail, following his Wednesday night ar ...

Man convicted of drug charge

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


It took a Brazos County jury less than one hour Thursday to convict a 44-year-old Bryan man of felony drug possession within a school zone.
Lawrence Edward Blue was found guilty of manufacturing and delivering crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of a ...

Window display winners to be announced tonight

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST

Papa Perez employee Armando Guardado hangs lights in the window at the restaurant Thursday in preparation for the Downtown Merchants Holiday Window Display Contest. The winner will be announced at the Lights On! Downtown event at Gloria Stephan Sale ...

Drought leaves slim pickings for migrating birds

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- From nesting grounds in Alaska and Idaho to the prairie potholes in Canada, thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese and other migratory birds are making their way south to their traditional winter watering holes in the America ...

Drought leaves slim pickings for migrating birds

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- From nesting grounds in Alaska and Idaho to the prairie potholes in Canada, thousands of sandhill cranes, snow geese and other migratory birds are making their way south to their traditional winter watering holes in the America ...

State doctor fired over sex abuse allegations

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:56 AM PST

AUSTIN -- A child psychiatrist at a state-run facility for people with mental illnesses has been fired over allegations that he sexually abused two residents.Texas Department of State Health Services spokeswoman Carrie Williams said Thursday the agen ...

Waiting for warmth

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

Dozens gathered at Twin City Mission in Downtown Bryan on Thursday morning to get free coats and blankets during the mission's annual Coat and Blanket Giveaway. Hundreds of blankets, coats, jackets and other items collected by the mission were distri ...

Road work to worsen Game Day traffic

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTraffic for Saturday's Texas A&M football game should be worse than usual this Saturday, as construction on Wellborn Road likely will cause additional delays. Northbound traffic on Wellborn Road will be reduced to one lane at Un ...

Retail gasoline prices down 4 cents across Texas

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 03:29 AM PST

HOUSTON -- Retails gasoline prices in Texas and nationwide have declined this week.AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price at the pump statewide was $3.22 a gallon, or 4 cents less than last week.The national average price for gasoline dropp ...

Role of underdog seems to suit Perry

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 01:42 AM PST

LAS VEGAS -- Rick Perry is sitting comfortably on a plush sofa in a hotel far from the strip that put the sin in "Sin City." It's the day after another presidential debate, and if the flat-screen in front of him were on, he'd hear plenty of appraisal ...

Public safety, police clear Occupy Dallas site

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PST

DALLAS -- Police have evicted all protesters at the Occupy Dallas campsite in a public safety sweep that led to 18 arrests.Police early Thursday cleared people from the site near city hall, a day after Dallas leaders told the 40 or so demonstrators t ...

Bryan to reopen renovated streets

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe city of Bryan will host a ribbon-cutting on Friday to celebrate the reconstruction of Bryan Avenue and Beck Street. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Bryan Avenue and 29th Street. The reconstructio ...

Voices for Children gets $5,000 grant

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportBrazos Valley Voices for Children was awarded $5,000 from the Texas Bar Foundation to fund the group's Court Appointed Special Advocates program. CASA volunteers work with abused and neglected children as they go through the court s ...

Fear spreads in Eurozone

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST


MADRID -- Fear, that contagious emotion, spread from country to country in Europe on Thursday as panicky investors worried the euro currency union could be heading toward an ugly breakup.
Spain and even France, one of the continent's core economic ...

State psychiatrist accused of sexual abuse

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST


SAN ANTONIO -- A child psychiatrist fired over allegations that he sexually abused two residents at a state hospital for the mentally disabled had been accused of sexually abusing patients several times during his 21 years working there, state offi ...

Census: 'Oldest old' group grows

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The rolls of America's oldest old are surging: Nearly 2 million now are 90 or over, nearly triple their numbers of just three decades ago.
It's not all good news. They're more likely than the merely elderly to live in poverty and to ...

Economy drives down U.S. births

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:19 PM PST


ATLANTA -- The economy may well be the best form of birth control.
U.S. births dropped for the third straight year -- especially for young mothers -- and experts think money worries are the reason.
A federal report released Thursday showed decl ...

Occupy protesters rally on two-month anniversary

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Occupy Wall Street protesters clogged streets and tied up traffic around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement's birth and signal they aren't ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police ...

Occupy Dallas camp cleared out

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


DALLAS -- Occupy Dallas protesters were evicted early Thursday morning after the demonstration at a campsite near City Hall reached a "tipping point" that included an offsite dispute between two participants, escalating offenses and unsanitary cond ...

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