Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Football coach Kevin Sumlin returns to Aggieland

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:21 PM PST

A smiling Kevin Sumlin was introduced as the new head football coach of Texas A&M at an introductory press conference Monday in a packed Hagner Auditorium.
"The thing I liked was how genuine his love for Texas A&M is, how much he loves work ...

Former chief of staff to speak at convocation

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:21 PM PST


Graduation ceremonies for Texas A&M students begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Andrew Card, former chief of staff to President George W. Bush, will be the commencement speaker in Rudder Auditorium.
The event with Card, who now serves as acting dea ...

Police: College Station man reported being robbed by three men

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 06:41 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old man faces a robbery charge after being accused of attacking a person in his College Station apartment late Sunday.
Bryan resident Curtis Ray McCoy was charged with robbery.
College Station police responded at 10:30 ...

Brazos County courthouse copes with renovations

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


For more than two years, Brazos County courthouse employees have endured the various issues and hiccups that come with renovating a building while it's occupied.
Rats have been caught in several offices, a leaky roof delayed the move into new qua ...

Former nursing home owner charged with perjury

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


A jury trial was set Monday for a 46-year-old Bryan woman accused of lying under oath during a civil suit involving the nursing home business she used to run.
Rose Munoz Rodriguez will return to the 272nd District Courtroom June 5 -- a year after ...

Man charged with indecency with child

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:03 AM PST

A 45-year-old College Station man was in jail Monday, accused of indecency with a child.
A Bryan detective said the guardian of a 4-year-old girl told him the child had reported being sexually abused.
In a July interview with the detective, the gir ...

Brazos Breeze Flute Choir to perform Sunday

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:06 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos Breeze Flute Choir will perform its annual Christmas concert Sunday in College Station.
The concert will start at 6 p.m. at A&M United Methodist Church, 417 University Drive. The choir will perform some original wo ...

3 hunters questioned in shootings at Texas school

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST


EDINBURG -- Three deer hunters suspected of possibly firing the shots that wounded two South Texas middle school students were taken in for questioning, but investigators hadn't determined early Tuesday whether the shootings were accidental, reckle ...

U.S uneducated about birth control

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable.
You can choose a contraceptive that's u ...

Christmas event planned for seniors

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:13 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportSouthwood Community Center in College Station will host a Christmas open house event for seniors on Wednesday.The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon at the center, 1520 Rock Prairie Road. It will feature activities and classes offer ...

Portions of CS intersection closed Tuesday

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 06:50 AM PST

College Station police on Tuesday are expected to close portions of the intersection of Wellborn and Graham roads to investigate a recent fatal wreck at that spot.Portions of the intersection will be closed about four hours starting at 8 a.m., and at ...

U.S uneducated about birth control

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable.
You can choose a contraceptive that's u ...

Houston Sterling gets probation for rule violation

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 05:53 AM PST

AUSTIN -- Houston Sterling High School was placed on two years' probation and given a public reprimand Monday by Texas' governing body for high school sports for giving athletes advance warning of a pending steroids test, a violation of state law.Ste ...

Texas A&M-Kingsville pitcher dead in stairwell

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:37 PM PST


KINGSVILLE -- Police say a Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman baseball player has been found dead in the stairwell of an off-campus apartment building.
An autopsy has been ordered on 18-year-old Travis Madden of Inez, who was a pitcher.
...

Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman target Obama at GOP debate

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:21 PM PST


MANCHESTER, N.H. -- There were no time limits, formal rules or reporters asking questions.
And if you ask Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman, they would say there were no clear winners or losers Monday night in what was billed as a "Lincoln-Douglas" p ...

Safety violations found at Head Start centers

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- A report released by the inspector general of the Health and Human Department spells out alarming safety violations in Head Start centers around the country.Head Start is the federal program that provides early education services to nea ...

Report: Texas 38th, up from last, in homeless kids

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:51 PM PST

DALLAS -- After Angelic Davis was laid off from her job as a collections agent last year and could no longer afford a small Dallas apartment, her 3-year-old daughter Kourtney often became confused about what it meant to be homeless."Mom, are we going ...

Texas deputy on admin duty after fatal shooting

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:10 AM PST

ELROY -- Investigators say a Central Texas deputy has been placed on administrative duty after fatally shooting a man who raised a gun toward the officer.Travis County sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade says the gunman was shot Sunday afternoon. His name ...

Deadly fire: Texas liquor store to give up license

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:51 PM PST

Eds: APNewsNow.FORT WORTH -- A North Texas liquor store has agreed to surrender its license after being accused of selling vodka to a teen who later died with five friends in a fire.The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Co ...

High court to look at state immigration laws

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 02:10 AM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Monday to rule on Arizona's controversial law targeting illegal immigrants. The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked several tough provisions in the Arizona law. One of thos ...

Scientists discover 208 new species

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


HANOI, Vietnam -- A psychedelic gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, a conservation group announced Monday.
The animals were discovered ...

Man killed by Texas deputy had shot near chopper

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST

ELROY -- Investigators say a Central Texas man had fired a shot into the air near a law enforcement helicopter before being killed by a deputy.The Travis County Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the man who died as 31-year-old Joshua Blair Samuel ...

Violations found at Head Start centers

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- A machete knife left near an outdoor play area. Household chemicals accessible to preschoolers. Widespread failures to conduct criminal background checks of employees.These violations and others were found at Head Start centers across t ...

Court to review immigration law

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court stepped into the fight Monday over a tough Arizona law that requires local police to help enforce federal immigration laws -- pushing the court deeper into hot, partisan issues of the 2012 election campaign.The court's ...

Advocates: 2 primaries will hurt minority voters

Posted: 12 Dec 2011 04:20 PM PST

AUSTIN -- A proposal to split Texas' 2012 primaries into two elections -- with some races decided in March and others in May -- would have a devastating effect on minority voter strength, particularly if maps drawn by the Legislature are used, attorn ...

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