Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Friendly competition

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

Alexis Grice, 10, goes up against dad Herman Grice after backing him down in the paint at Miller Park in College Station Monday. Monday was marred by wet, cold weather until the sun broke through by mid-afternoon, inviting residents to enjoy more fav ...

Libraries share most-borrowed books in Bryan-College Station

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST


Bryan-College Station residents who check out books from libraries apparently share similar taste with those who shell out money to buy one.
At least that's been the case recently: The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, was the most borrowed book from Br ...

Survey: Economy to pick up, but remain vulnerable

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:15 PM PST


WASHINGTON-- The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 -- if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.
Unemployment will barely fall from the current 8.6 percent rate, though, ...

Drug cartels develop radio network

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST


MEXICO CITY -- When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming.
The alert goes out from a taxi driver or a street vendor, equipped with a high-end handheld radio ...

Iowa campaign trail nearing end

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:13 PM PST

DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa caucus campaign that has cycled through several Republican presidential front-runners entered its final week Monday, as unpredictable as the day conservatives began competing to emerge as Mitt Romney's chief rival.Romney, ...

Experts fret about new painkiller

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation's second most-abused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.
The new pills contain the highly addictive pai ...

Gunman dressed as Santa, victims' identities to be released today

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


GRAPEVINE -- Police in a quiet Fort Worth suburb worked Monday to piece together a family history after a man dressed in a Santa Claus suit apparently shot six relatives and himself on Christmas.
Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling sai ...

Transplant team dies in helicopter crash

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


MIAMI -- A heart surgeon from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant was killed Monday when his helicopter crashed, officials said.
The helicopter departed the clinic in Jacksonvi ...

'Portal 2' top game of 2011

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


It's a good time to be a gamer, as studios continue to release thrilling adventures with clever stories, tight gameplay and spectacular production values. So many fine games have been released in 2011 -- particularly in the last few months -- that ...

Virgina Tech loses case

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST

The email that arrived at Virginia Tech's health center in November 2007 was detailed and unmistakably ominous. It concerned a Tech senior named Daniel Kim and came from an acquaintance at another college. "Daniel has been acting very suicidal recent ...

Missing girl found dead, baby-sitter charged

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST


FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A missing 9-year-old Indiana girl has been found dead, and the neighbor who was watching her before she disappeared was arrested on a murder charge Monday night, authorities said.
The body of Aliahna Lemmon was found in n ...

Pair of unmanned probes set to orbit moon

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- The moon has come a long way since Galileo first peered at it through a telescope. Unmanned probes have circled around it and landed on its surface. Twelve American astronauts have walked on it. And lunar rocks and soil have been hau ...

Calendar

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:10 PM PST

MARK YOUR CALENDARSA New Years Concert, a free Christian music concert with the Blackwood Quartet and the Toney Brothers of Nashville is scheduled for 7 p.m. Jan. 3 at the First Mexican Baptist Church of Bryan, North Sims and 16th streets. TuesdayCLU ...

Sweelling goes down in Romo's hand

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST

IRVING -- All the negative tests on quarterback Tony Romo's bruised throwing hand are positives for the Dallas Cowboys.
Coach Jason Garrett said Monday that the swelling is going down and that a number of different tests have confirmed the original ...

Brees breaks Marino's record

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:32 PM PST

NEW ORLEANS -- Quite a night for Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints -- a record and a rout.
Brees set the NFL record for yards passing in a season, breaking a mark that Dan Marino had held for 27 years, and the New Orleans Saints clinched the NF ...

Sports in brief

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:28 PM PST

NBA's return draws big TV ratings on Christmas
NEW YORK -- NBA fans seem more excited about basketball's return than bitter about the lockout based on television ratings for the league's delayed openers.
The five Christmas games Sunday averaged 6.2 ...

Orlando beats Houston

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:25 PM PST

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Orlando Magic may not know exactly what twists may lie ahead of them during the remainder of this year's fast-paced NBA schedule. What they can count on, however, is that the team as it exists presently will have its best nights ...

NBA Capsules

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:25 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Kris Humphries shrugged off loud booing to finish with 21 points and 16 rebounds, and Deron Williams had 23 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, helping the New Jersey Nets beat the Washington Wizards 90-84 Monday night in the sea ...

Mavs lose to Nuggets to fall to 0-2

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:25 PM PST

DALLAS -- Ty Lawson and the Denver Nuggets opened their season with a performance that sent a clear message to the rest of the NBA.
Not about them. About the Dallas Mavericks.
The reigning champions have quickly become a team everyone wants to pla ...

Spurs beat Grizzlies

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:22 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Manu Ginobili never saw the Memphis Grizzlies play that badly in the playoffs, and is pretty sure he won't again.
But the San Antonio Spurs will take it.
Ginobili scored 24 points and San Antonio ran away from what barely resembled ...

Missouri beats North Carolina

Posted: 26 Dec 2011 04:22 PM PST

SHREVEPORT, La. -- James Franklin's hard running and timely passing led Missouri to an easy win in its final game as a member of the Big 12. It also gives the Tigers plenty of hope heading into their new home in the Southeastern Conference.
Franklin ...

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