Friday, December 30, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Steady beat: Hullabaloo band at A&M basketball game

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST

Drummer Chris Dorrell plays Thursday with other members of Hullabaloo, the official pep band of Texas A&M, during the Aggie men's basketball team's home match-up with Arkansas Tech at Reed Arena. The Aggies won 76-58.

Aggies enjoy bowl game-week entertainment

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


HOUSTON -- For players and coaches alike, a bowl game is a celebration. After a strenuous journey, it marks the end of the road -- for that particular season, at least.
Texas A&M's 2011 season didn't go as originally planned. A team that star ...

Aggies enjoy bowl game-week entertainment

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


HOUSTON -- For players and coaches alike, a bowl game is a celebration. After a strenuous journey, it marks the end of the road -- for that particular season, at least.
Texas A&M's 2011 season didn't go as originally planned. A team that star ...

Safety urged on New Year's Eve

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST


Local law enforcement is encouraging residents to enjoy New Year's Eve festivities, but safely and legally.
That means no drinking and driving, no shooting off fireworks in the city limits and no celebratory discharge of guns into the air.
The B ...

Drivers accused of drag racing past police station

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Perhaps a street directly in front of a police station isn't the best place to conduct a drag race.
College Station officers parked at the police station Wednesday were treated to an unusual spectacle -- two cars racing at high s ...

Drivers accused of drag racing past police station

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Perhaps a street directly in front of a police station isn't the best place to conduct a drag race.
College Station officers parked at the police station Wednesday were treated to an unusual spectacle -- two cars racing at high s ...

Man charged with assaulting woman, holding her against will

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:23 AM PST

A 40-year-old man faces two felony charges after being accused of holding a woman against her will and starting to choke her.
College Station resident Willie Griffin Jr. was charged Wednesday with assault of a household member including impeding bre ...

Fort Worth woman shoots, kills, home intruder

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:54 AM PST


FORT WORTH -- Police say a woman has shot and killed a man attempting to break into her west Fort Worth home.
After the homeowner heard someone trying to enter her house around 3:30 a.m. Thursday, she called her husband who told her to get the gun ...

Police say woman stole underwear

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:14 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station woman was arrested for stealing more than $200 worth of panties and makeup from Walmart, police said.
Loss prevention officers at the College Station store said they saw the 27-year-old woman select several ite ...

Police say woman stole underwear

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:14 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station woman was arrested for stealing more than $200 worth of panties and makeup from Walmart, police said.
Loss prevention officers at the College Station store said they saw the 27-year-old woman select several ite ...

San Jose mom accused of tossing toddler out window

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:54 AM PST

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A San Jose mother accused of tossing her toddler son out a second-story apartment window on Christmas Day has been charged with child abuse and child endangerment.Santa Clara County prosecutors say they decided against charging 24 ...

Good for the gander

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST

Queiontis Ward, 10, tries to coax a goose to eat a cracker from his hand Thursday at the Astin Recreation Area in Bryan.

Group to help prevent fires

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:32 AM PST

Special to The EagleTexas had more than 30,000 wildfires with nearly 4 million acres burned over the past year. Another 4,000 homes and other structures were destroyed.It was a record-breaking wildfire season that prompted educators and support agenc ...

Retail gasoline prices rise 4 cents across Texas

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:54 AM PST

HOUSTON -- Retail gasoline prices across Texas have jumped 4 cents this week as motorists continue traveling during the holidays, some to New Year's gatherings.AAA Texas on Thursday reported that the average price at the pump is $3.09 per gallon. The ...

Syrians rally near foreign monitors

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:02 PM PST


HOMS, Syria -- The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. T ...

Year-end jobs data promising

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The long-suffering job market is ending the year better off than it began.
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week has dropped by 10 percent since January. The unemployment rate, 8.6 percent in November, is ...

Year-end jobs data promising

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The long-suffering job market is ending the year better off than it began.
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits each week has dropped by 10 percent since January. The unemployment rate, 8.6 percent in November, is ...

Gunmen shoot, kill man in Houston apartment

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:26 AM PST

HOUSTON -- A man was shot and killed in a southeast Houston apartment as he attempted to flee gunmen trying to kick down the door.Houston police said the man, whose name was not released, was visiting a friend when several unknown men came to the apa ...

Police: 911 caller said 'I am shooting people'

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 11:40 PM PST

GRAPEVINE -- Police say further review of the 911 call from a suburban Dallas apartment where seven bodies were found Christmas morning reveals someone saying "Help ... Help" and "I am shooting people."Grapevine police say those words couldn't be hea ...

Perry fights to get back momentum

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:12 PM PST


COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- A swaggering Rick Perry parachuted into Iowa last summer at the top of the GOP presidential field with a job-creation message, an off-the-cuff speaking style and a fledgling campaign organization. He quickly nosedived.
Late ...

Friend: Christmas shooter had pulled away socially

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST


LANCASTER -- A Texas man who authorities say killed six family members before turning the gun on himself Christmas Day didn't like that his estranged wife was doing well, a family friend said Thursday.
"She was doing good on her own and I think th ...

Winter Texans flock to Gulf Coast

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST


ROCKPORT -- Linda Vander Woude spent one winter in Florida -- and then headed West.
The price of staying in Florida's popular Fort Myers area when her husband's job went overseas -- forcing an earlier-than-expected retirement -- was too high. The ...

Winter Texans flock to Gulf Coast

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:00 PM PST


ROCKPORT -- Linda Vander Woude spent one winter in Florida -- and then headed West.
The price of staying in Florida's popular Fort Myers area when her husband's job went overseas -- forcing an earlier-than-expected retirement -- was too high. The ...

Avoid holiday hangover with less booze, more H2O

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


CHICAGO -- Attorney Colleen Gorman has a holiday ritual that doesn't involve buying presents or counting down to midnight: She goes online to look for new hangover remedies she hasn't tried.
She already has scratched off those big "prevention" pil ...

Avoid holiday hangover with less booze, more H2O

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST


CHICAGO -- Attorney Colleen Gorman has a holiday ritual that doesn't involve buying presents or counting down to midnight: She goes online to look for new hangover remedies she hasn't tried.
She already has scratched off those big "prevention" pil ...

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