Thursday, December 22, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Jesus figurine stolen from Nativity

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


The person who stole a baby Jesus figurine from a Nativity scene in Texas A&M's All Faiths Chapel was probably playing a prank.
The thief left behind a cartoon dialogue bubble attached to Joseph that said, "He is risen." Mary, standing on the ...

Jesus figurine stolen from Nativity

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


The person who stole a baby Jesus figurine from a Nativity scene in Texas A&M's All Faiths Chapel was probably playing a prank.
The thief left behind a cartoon dialogue bubble attached to Joseph that said, "He is risen." Mary, standing on the ...

Ken and Diane Martin leaving Pepe's, closing Safari Grille

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


Every day for more than four decades, Ken Martin has gotten out of bed with a restaurant to run, a staff to manage and ideas for improvement.
That will come to an end Friday when he and his wife and business partner, Diane, close the doors to the ...

Investigators believe man, truck caught on camera linked to gun store burglary

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 07:39 AM PST

Investigators with the Brazos County Sheriff's Department are asking for help identifying a man they believe to be connected to the weekend burglary of The Great Texas Gun Co.
A young man with dark hair wearing a white and green polo shirt was capt ...

Wreck near Cameron kills CS woman, injures son

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:29 AM PST

A 62-year-old College Station woman was killed and her son seriously injured after the vehicle they were in was struck by an 18-wheeler in Milam County on Tuesday, police said.The wreck was reported at 3:28 p.m. on U.S. 77, about two miles north of C ...

Cake Junkie mobile unit back in business after 24-hour closure

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


He fielded a few phone calls from people who wanted to cancel their orders after reading in The Eagle that the health department temporarily closed Cake Junkie, but manager Josh Coufal said he lost no customers after he explained the reason for the ...

Cake Junkie mobile unit back in business after 24-hour closure

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


He fielded a few phone calls from people who wanted to cancel their orders after reading in The Eagle that the health department temporarily closed Cake Junkie, but manager Josh Coufal said he lost no customers after he explained the reason for the ...

Cake Junkie mobile unit back in business after 24-hour closure

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


He fielded a few phone calls from people who wanted to cancel their orders after reading in The Eagle that the health department temporarily closed Cake Junkie, but manager Josh Coufal said he lost no customers after he explained the reason for the ...

Police: Man robbed by 2 in Bryan

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:08 AM PST

Bryan police were investigating a man's report that he was robbed by two men, including one armed with a knife early Wednesday.
Police responded to a robbery call at 1:50 a.m. to an apartment complex at 999 West Villa Maria Road, Sgt. Rob Johnson sa ...

NASA shuttle simulator to land at Texas A&M

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


Texas A&M University will soon be home to the trainer that was used for all 135 space shuttle missions.
The Shuttle Motion Simulator will begin arriving from NASA in January, with another shipment following in June.
It will be installed in ...

NASA shuttle simulator to land at Texas A&M

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


Texas A&M University will soon be home to the trainer that was used for all 135 space shuttle missions.
The Shuttle Motion Simulator will begin arriving from NASA in January, with another shipment following in June.
It will be installed in ...

Weather Whys: Diamond dust

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:57 AM PST

Q: You sometimes hear the expression "diamond dust" in regard to weather. What is it?
A: Diamond dust occurs usually when the air is very cold, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. "The dust is not dust at all, but tiny ice crystals," h ...

Soyuz bound for space station blasts off

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:15 AM PST


MOSCOW -- A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International Space Station blasted off flawlessly from Russia's launch facility in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Mission commander Oleg Kononenko and his colleagues, Am ...

Home purchases up, but earlier sales look weaker

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 01:55 AM PST


WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans who bought previously occupied homes rose last month. But the National Association of Realtors says it overstated more than 3 million sales during and after the Great Recession, showing the housing market remai ...

Personalities share the best and worst sounds of Christmas

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:30 PM PST

One man's Christmas cheer is another man's kryptonite. Take songs, for example. Some find Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime to be a fun and bouncy joyride. Others find that it makes their ears bleed.
The Eagle's Caroline Ward asked personalit ...

Bryan man accused in car burglaries

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 32-year-old Bryan man who was arrested on charges of using cable lock pliers and other tools to burglarize cars remained in the Brazos County Jail on Tuesday night in lieu of $34,000 bail.
Mason Davis Wright was arrested Tuesd ...

Syrian troops allegedly kill 111 in 'organized massacre'

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST


BEIRUT -- As government troops advanced on a village in northwestern Syria, activists say the terrified residents fled into a valley for fear of being arrested or worse. What happened next, one of the activists said, was "an organized massacre."
T ...

Firefighters save the holiday

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

Firefighters remove Christmas presents and burned furniture from a home on Hardy Weedon Road that caught fire Wednesday. The two-story home suffered severe smoke damage, but no one was injured. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Suspect in immigration agent killing held in US

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 07:55 AM PST

WASHINGTON-- An alleged Mexican drug cartel member was arraigned in U.S. federal court Wednesday on murder charges from the roadside ambush of two U.S. immigration agents working south of the border.A spokesman for the U.S. District Court in Washingt ...

New FAA rules to help end flying while sleepy

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to do more to ensure pilots aren't too tired to fly, nearly three years after the deadly western New York crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots.
The F ...

New FAA rules to help end flying while sleepy

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to do more to ensure pilots aren't too tired to fly, nearly three years after the deadly western New York crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots.
The F ...

Air Force instructor faces sex charges

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:35 AM PST

An Air Force instructor has been charged with sexually assaulting female trainees at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.Joint Base spokesman Brent Boller said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Luis Walker faces up to five military charges that include aggr ...

8 charged in death of fellow U.S. soldier

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Even before the Army sent him to Afghanistan, supporters say, Pvt. Daniel Chen was fighting a personal war.
Fellow soldiers at a base in Georgia teased him about his Chinese name, crying out "Chen!" in an exaggerated Asian accent. The ...

2 Texans on probation accused of stealing toys

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 12:39 AM PST

BROWNWOOD -- Two Central Texas men on probation and doing community service for a holiday gift program have been accused of stealing donated toys. Both face probation revocation after allegedly taking items from Toys For Kids in Brownwood.The Brownwo ...

Top business stories in 2011

Posted: 21 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Europe took the financial world on a stomach-churning ride in 2011.
The rising threat of default by heavily indebted European countries spread fear across financial markets and weighed on economies worldwide. As the year came to a clos ...

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