Saturday, December 31, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Tigers triumph

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST

A&M Consolidated's Tierra Tucker raises the trophy as she and her teammates celebrate winning the McDonald's All-Star Invitational Basketball Tournament. The Lady Tigers defeated Rudder in the title game.

TIGM a bust in meeting job goals

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


When Gov. Rick Perry in 2005 used one of Texas' largest-ever job creation grants to create a biomedical research center in Brazos County, he promised the $50 million would save lives and bring thousands of high-paying jobs to the state.
But more ...

Timeline of money spent and jobs lost:

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

Dec. 2003 -- The South Montgomery County Woodlands Economic Development Partnership writes Gov. Rick Perry, saying that The Woodlands-based Lexicon Pharmaceuticals was searching for a site for a new institute for biotechnology innovation.
Feb. 28, ...

Ags aim to end losing streak

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST

HOUSTON -- The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas might want to consider using two monkeys from the Houston Zoo to be honorary captains for Saturday's game at Reliant Stadium between Texas A&M and the Northwestern Wildcats.A&M has lost five strai ...

Cash Advance clerk tells police 2 men robbed her at gunpoint

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST

Bryan Police Department officers are looking for information about a robbery Thursday at First Cash Advance.
Authorities said they responded at 9 a.m. to 3203 Freedom Boulevard to find a clerk had been robbed at gunpoint by two men.
 The cler ...

Bastrop family sells fireworks to rebuild home

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


A Bastrop family that lost its home to this fall's wildfires is working to rebuild as the New Year approaches.
One way they're doing that is buying and selling fireworks.
Sheena Patterson said her husband, Scott Hann, her mother and the couple's ...

Deputies: Man drove on wrong side

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


Drink, drive and perhaps end up going the wrong way down F.M. 2818, heading straight toward a deputy's vehicle.
A Bryan man learned that lesson Friday morning.
Brazos County deputies saw a red Chevrolet driving on F.M. 2818 on the wrong side of ...

Burglary suspect caught by car owner

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportA car owner caught a burglar in the act early Friday morning in Downtown Bryan and held him until police arrived.Bryan officers responding to a report of burglary of a motor vehicle outside the LaSalle hotel arrived to find the car ...

Bryan police seek robbery suspect

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportBryan Police Department officers are seeking information about a robbery reported Thursday at First Cash Advance.Police responded at about 9 a.m. to the payday-loan establishment at 3203 Freedom Blvd., where a clerk said she had bee ...

Convict arrested on assault charge again

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station man was arrested for assaulting a family member after having previously been convicted of the same crime.
College Station police were dispatched to the 2000 block of Longmire Court for a civil disturbance call a ...

New Year, election a chance to stand up for justice

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST

By TERI MASSENGALE
Special to The Eagle
"Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."
St. Augustine
We have just finished a very exciting holiday season. Visitors are gone, and we have the house to ourselves once again. The decorations are p ...

Gas and other fuels are America's top export

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST

NEW YORK -- For the first time, the top export of the United States, the world's biggest gas guzzler, is -- wait for it -- fuel.Measured in dollars, the nation is on pace this year to ship more gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel than any other single exp ...

New law aids veterans' spouses in Texas

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Tens of thousands of spouses of totally disabled veterans in Texas will qualify for significant property tax relief under a new law taking effect Jan. 1.
Texas law already exempts veterans who are declared 100 percent disabled because of ...

Syrians protest despite Arab monitors' presence

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


BEIRUT -- In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance to show an Arab League observer mission the strength of the opposition movement.
Despite the monitors' ...

Parents on the hook for teens' parties

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Parents of teens: If you think a drinking disaster at your kid's party can't happen at your house, not with your kid, because he's a good kid, it's time to wake up and smell the whiskey bottle tossed on your lawn.
Because of the high r ...

Pipe leaks cost city 18 billion gallons

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


HOUSTON -- A review of Houston water records shows the city lost more than 18 billion gallons of water potentially worth tens of millions of dollars at the height of this summer's punishing drought.
A Houston Chronicle examination of records shows ...

Memorial service held for victims of shooting

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST


LANCASTER, Texas -- Hundreds of people gathered again to remember six people killed in Texas by a family member who then turned the gun on himself.
The ceremony, conducted Friday at the Cedar Canyon Dude Ranch in Lancaster, did not honor 56-year-o ...

Texas hotel worker falls to her death in elevator shaft

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Federal and state officials are investigating the death of a housekeeper who fell six stories down a service elevator shaft in a San Antonio hotel where she worked.Gloria Rodriguez, 65, had worked at the historic downtown hotel for 12 ...

World's Smallest Preemies Growing Up and Doing Fine

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:35 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In 1989, Madeline Mann became the world's smallest surviving baby after she was born at Loyola University Medical Center. She weighed 280 g. (9.9 oz.) -- about the size of an iPhone. In 2004. Rumaisa Rahmam set a Guinness Worl ...

Mom-Daughter Depression Connected

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) Postpartum depression affects children's social and emotional development. According to this study, Oxytocin, a hormone associated with love and produced naturally in the body, can help protect children from the negative effects ...

The Soap Wars

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 03:01 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) Hand washing with antibacterial soap proves to kill significantly more bacteria than non-antibacterial, according to this review of dozens of studies.
Researchers Donald Schaffner and Rebecca Montville of Rutgers University's ...

Stroke Robot Therapy

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:47 AM PST


ATLANTA, GA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- From brush-strokes, to stroke. A robot is helping an artist get his function, and confidence back. While you read this story, someone in the U.S. will have a stroke. For many, it can disable limbs, making even simp ...

Tiny Tools Remove Huge Tumor

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:46 AM PST


New York, NY (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Imagine being told you have a five pound tumor growing inside you.  Now imagine getting that news when you're 13.  That's exactly what happened to one girl, but a minimally invasive option, usually reser ...

Stroke Robot Therapy -- In Depth Doctor's Interview

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:45 AM PST


For patients who have strokes what are the challenges that you are trying to address in new ways?Dr. Butler: Some of the biggest challenges that effect people who have stroke are their movement limitations. There are over seven hundred and fifty th ...

Tiny Tools Remove Huge Tumor -- In Depth Doctor's Interview

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 02:44 AM PST


You have been doing this for quite a while you were one of the pioneers in this.Dr. Rothenberg:  Minimally Invasive surgery really started right around 1990 and it started just after that in pediatric surgery but not many pediatric surgeons ad ...