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- Massive machinery trucking through Bryan-College Station
- Local burn bans lifted; likely temporary
- A&M athletics CFO Jeff Toole calls Loftin names online
- Wreck leaves one dead, three injured
- Chancellor Sharp could fire A&M System workers
- Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years in star's death
- Police: Possibly armed person on bike stole laptop
- Nine honored for their heroic actions
- Cain tells aides he is reassessing his campaign
- American Airlines parent company seeks bankruptcy protection
- Texas teen fights for life after bonfire accident
- Officials push heating safety as winter sets in
- FBI issues alert for father of slain NJ girl
- Santa Claus to visit Bush Library Saturday
- Southeast Texas man killed in tree accident
- Texan allegedly drove no-hands before fatal wreck
- UT panel recommends 2.6 percent tuition hike
- American Airlines soared before financial nosedive
- American Airlines soared before financial nosedive
- Smuggler to be sentenced in immigrant deaths case
- Texas Supreme Court rejects tax challenge
- Contractor sued by recognized Marine Dakota Meyer
- Review: 398 serving life without parole
- Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray gets 4 years in jail
- Google's maps going indoors
| Massive machinery trucking through Bryan-College Station Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST Two large pieces of oil field machinery, each weighing 356,000 lbs., will be creeping up Texas 6 Wednesday as they make a trip from the Port of Houston to Canada. The trucks hauling the free water knockout vessels -- which can separate water from oil ... |
| Local burn bans lifted; likely temporary Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST Smoke re-emerged on the Grimes County horizon this week, bringing back memories of this summer's devastating wildfires. But this time it is coming from legal controlled burns, a small sign that recent rain has tentatively helped the parched regio ... |
| A&M athletics CFO Jeff Toole calls Loftin names online Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:07 PM PST The chief financial officer for Texas A&M's athletic department is in trouble after making derogatory comments about A&M President R. Bowen Loftin on TexAgs, a popular website for Aggies. Jeff Toole, who graduated from A&M in 1980, cal ... |
| Wreck leaves one dead, three injured Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:50 AM PST A 70-year-old woman died and three others were injured after a teenager ran a red light in Bryan late Monday, police said. A 17-year-old was driving east on East Martin Luther King Jr. when he disregarded a red light at the intersection with North E ... |
| Chancellor Sharp could fire A&M System workers Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST All communications employees within the A&M System can now be fired directly by Chancellor John Sharp, according to a resolution approved this month. The Board of Regents-approved resolution states that the chancellor, in consultation with th ... |
| Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years in star's death Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:26 AM PST LOS ANGELES -- The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession." ... |
| Police: Possibly armed person on bike stole laptop Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:02 AM PST Bryan police on Tuesday were investigating a report by a man that he was robbed of his lap top late the night before. Officers responded at 9:40 p.m. to Texas Avenue at the intersection with Wayside Drive after a man reported he was walking wh ... |
| Nine honored for their heroic actions Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST Community recognition for a job well done is rare for public servants, but Tuesday night about 50 people gathered to honor the work of emergency service personnel, firefighters and police officers at a banquet sponsored by the Sons of the American Re ... |
| Cain tells aides he is reassessing his campaign Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:41 AM PST ATLANTA -- Embattled presidential candidate Herman Cain told aides Tuesday that he's reassessing his campaign a day after an Atlanta businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican.Cain has denied the affair as well as several ... |
| American Airlines parent company seeks bankruptcy protection Posted: 29 Nov 2011 12:06 AM PST FORT WORTH -- American Airlines and its parent company are filing for bankruptcy protection as they try to cut costs and unload massive debt built up by years of high fuel prices and labor struggles. There will be no impact on travelers for now. T ... |
| Texas teen fights for life after bonfire accident Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:08 PM PST FORT WORTH -- A rural North Texas teen has been put in a medically induced coma following a bonfire accident at his relatives' home, a family spokeswoman said.Garrison Rayne Newby suffered burns over 90 percent of his body the day before Thanksgiving ... |
| Officials push heating safety as winter sets in Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST For the past 10 or so months, area firefighters have been urging residents to use caution to prevent outdoor fires. But as the burn bans are being lifted and the temperatures are dropping, concern is shifting to the increased risk of indoor fires ... |
| FBI issues alert for father of slain NJ girl Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:02 AM PST TRENTON, N.J. -- The FBI turned up the heat Tuesday on a New Jersey man being sought nationwide for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a park creek, still strapped into her car seat. The agency issued a crime alert for t ... |
| Santa Claus to visit Bush Library Saturday Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The annual Holidays in the Rotunda event hosted by the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is scheduled for this Saturday. The free event, which will include ornament-making classes for children, holiday-themed singing pe ... |
| Southeast Texas man killed in tree accident Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:08 PM PST ORANGEFIELD -- A Southeast Texas man has died after a tree fell on him as he tried to cut and collect some firewood.The Orange County Sheriff's Office says 70-year-old Edwin Worthy of Orangefield was dead at the scene Tuesday afternoon. An autopsy ha ... |
| Texan allegedly drove no-hands before fatal wreck Posted: 29 Nov 2011 02:06 AM PST FORT WORTH -- Police say a North Texas woman accused of causing a fatal wreck while going the wrong way on Interstate 35 had been driving with her hands behind her head.Brittany Dawn Burton of Arlington was jailed Tuesday on charges of intoxication m ... |
| UT panel recommends 2.6 percent tuition hike Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:02 AM PST AUSTIN -- Tuition could be going up at the University of Texas at Austin.A tuition advisory panel has recommended raising in-state student tuition by 2.6 percent for each of the next two years, to support current programs and improve graduation rates ... |
| American Airlines soared before financial nosedive Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST American Airlines used to bill itself as "something special in the air," and it was. It was the first airline to offer curbside check-in. The first with computerized reservations. It invented the frequent-flier program and came up with the deeply ... |
| American Airlines soared before financial nosedive Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST American Airlines used to bill itself as "something special in the air," and it was. It was the first airline to offer curbside check-in. The first with computerized reservations. It invented the frequent-flier program and came up with the deeply ... |
| Smuggler to be sentenced in immigrant deaths case Posted: 29 Nov 2011 11:08 PM PST MCALLEN -- A Mexican man is to be sentenced in the 2004 drowning of nine Central American immigrants when the vehicle in which they were being smuggled fell into a South Texas canal.Joel Cardenas-Meneses is to be sentenced Wednesday in McAllen on 11 ... |
| Texas Supreme Court rejects tax challenge Posted: 29 Nov 2011 01:06 AM PST AUSTIN -- Texas' main business tax does not violate the state constitutional ban on a personal income tax, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that threatened to have a major impact on the state budget.The Texas Legislature created the bus ... |
| Contractor sued by recognized Marine Dakota Meyer Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- A U.S. Marine given the nation's highest award for valor is suing a defense contractor that he says ridiculed his Medal of Honor, called him mentally unstable and suggested he had a drinking problem, thereby costing him a job. Dako ... |
| Review: 398 serving life without parole Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:18 PM PST HOUSTON -- A review of Texas prison records shows juries around the state have sent 398 convicts to prison with no chance of parole in the six years since the life without parole law took effect. Texas was the last state with capital punishment to ... |
| Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray gets 4 years in jail Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession." ... |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2011 04:01 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports.An upgrade of Google's mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within stores, malls, airports and transit centers in the ... |
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