| Reliving day of terror: Pearl Harbor survivor John Whitley recalls chaos of attack Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST It was Sunday. That meant there'd be hot cakes. But it was Dec. 7, 1941, and there would be no breakfast that morning for John Whitley. Walking to the mess hall on his first day out of basic training, then-21-year-old Whitley saw a plane with th ... |
| Reliving day of terror: Pearl Harbor survivor John Whitley recalls chaos of attack Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST It was Sunday. That meant there'd be hot cakes. But it was Dec. 7, 1941, and there would be no breakfast that morning for John Whitley. Walking to the mess hall on his first day out of basic training, then-21-year-old Whitley saw a plane with th ... |
| Hard freeze forecast for Brazos Valley Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST The coldest temperatures of the year and the first hard freeze of the winter are predicted to hit the Brazos Valley on Wednesday night. "It's going to be below freezing for several hours, which will have an impact on plants and pets," said Don Co ... |
| Aggies George Mitchell, Terry Engelder hailed for fracking contributions Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST A pair of Aggies made a respected magazine's 2011 list of the top 100 global thinkers. George Mitchell, who earned a bachelor's in petroleum engineering in 1940, and Terry Engelder, who earned a doctorate from A&M in geology in 1973, were sel ... |
| Aggies George Mitchell, Terry Engelder hailed for fracking contributions Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST A pair of Aggies made a respected magazine's 2011 list of the top 100 global thinkers. George Mitchell, who earned a bachelor's in petroleum engineering in 1940, and Terry Engelder, who earned a doctorate from A&M in geology in 1973, were sel ... |
| Aggies George Mitchell, Terry Engelder hailed for fracking contributions Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST A pair of Aggies made a respected magazine's 2011 list of the top 100 global thinkers. George Mitchell, who earned a bachelor's in petroleum engineering in 1940, and Terry Engelder, who earned a doctorate from A&M in geology in 1973, were sel ... |
| Bryan City Council approves rezoning for new birth center Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST The Bryan City Council voted on Tuesday to allow a birthing center to open in a mostly residential area off 29th Street. The center will be located at the intersection of 29th Street and Coulter Drive, where the Scotty's House charity previously ... |
| Bryan City Council approves rezoning for new birth center Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST The Bryan City Council voted on Tuesday to allow a birthing center to open in a mostly residential area off 29th Street. The center will be located at the intersection of 29th Street and Coulter Drive, where the Scotty's House charity previously ... |
| Bryan City Council approves rezoning for new birth center Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST The Bryan City Council voted on Tuesday to allow a birthing center to open in a mostly residential area off 29th Street. The center will be located at the intersection of 29th Street and Coulter Drive, where the Scotty's House charity previously ... |
| Woman charged with felony in Walmart theft Posted: 06 Dec 2011 01:17 AM PST A 28-year-old woman faces a felony charge after an officer reported she and another person stole batteries and DVDs from a College Station Walmart store. Krystal Yvonne Miles of College Station was charged Sunday with theft of property valued at les ... |
| State: Mom who shot kids, self denied food stamps Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST SAN ANTONIO -- A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said ... |
| Bryan post office being considered for closure Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:14 PM PST DALLAS -- Ten mail processing centers in Texas, including one in Bryan, are among 252 nationwide targeted for closure this spring as part of a $3 billion cost-cutting move. The U.S. Postal Service said Monday that it seeks to move quickly to shut ... |
| Arrests at the Mexican border continue to drop Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:56 AM PST WASHINGTON -- The Border Patrol says arrests of illegal immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level since the Nixon administration.Agents made 327,577 arrests along the Mexican border in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. I ... |
| 3 bodies found in North Texas house, note on door Posted: 06 Dec 2011 12:22 AM PST FORT WORTH — Investigators say three people have been found shot to death in a North Texas house where a note was discovered on a door about a tragedy inside. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office says a man and two women were found dead Monda ... |
| Bryan police see spike in donations Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:13 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan Police Officers Association Blue Christmas toy drive got off to a slow start but has been flooded with donations in recent days. Officer Jon Agnew, spokesman for the department, said donations began coming in quickly follo ... |
| Rick Perry called top campaign donors from office phone Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Time and again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up his office phone in the months before he would announce his bid for the presidency. He dialed wealthy friends who were his big fundraisers and state officials who owed him for their jobs ... |
| Rick Perry called top campaign donors from office phone Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Time and again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up his office phone in the months before he would announce his bid for the presidency. He dialed wealthy friends who were his big fundraisers and state officials who owed him for their jobs ... |
| Ceremony honors fallen angels Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST Charles Walters, whose daughter was killed at the Northgate Parking Garage on March 1, 2009, after being struck by an out-of-control pickup, hangs an angel ornament in her honor during this year's Tree of Angels Ceremony at the Brazos County Administ ... |
| Santas, kids try to keep wish lists short Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST RALEIGH, N.C. -- A job for their mom or dad. Money for the heating bill. Food or a place to live. Maybe gloves or boots. More and more, Santas say the children on their laps are asking for less -- and Santa is promising less as well. With unemplo ... |
| Texas state parks hurting for funds thanks to drought, wildfires Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas parks received fewer visitors because of wildfires and drought this year, leading to a $4.6 million deficit, state officials said Tuesday at the launch of a campaign to encourage the public to visit more often and donate much needed ... |
| Texas state parks hurting for funds thanks to drought, wildfires Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST AUSTIN -- Texas parks received fewer visitors because of wildfires and drought this year, leading to a $4.6 million deficit, state officials said Tuesday at the launch of a campaign to encourage the public to visit more often and donate much needed ... |
| Feds: Couple lied to get tens of thousands of dollars in welfare Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST SEATTLE -- A Seattle chiropractor and his wife live in a $1.2 million waterfront home and have spent the past eight years flying to Moscow, Paris, Israel, Turkey, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. All the while, federal authorities say, the coup ... |
| Rhode Island faces flap over 'holiday' tree Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Carolers singing O Christmas Tree crashed Rhode Island's Statehouse tree lighting on Tuesday after Gov. Lincoln Chafee unwrapped a holiday hubbub by calling the 17-foot spruce a "holiday" tree. His seasonal semantics incensed s ... |
| Study: Presidents often outlive peers Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST CHICAGO -- White House wannabes take note: Contrary to the idea that being president speeds up aging, a study shows that many U.S. commanders in chief have actually lived longer than their peers. Using life expectancy data for men the same age as ... |
| Divisions over treaty threaten EU crisis fix Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST BERLIN -- Plans by France and Germany to save the euro through closer European unity faced a serious challenge Tuesday from Britain, as deep divisions emerged between the 17 EU nations that use the euro and the 10 others that don't. Threatened by ... |
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