Saturday, January 14, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Texas A&M reactivates two Corps squads

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


A sign that Texas A&M's Corps of Cadets is expanding: Two of the group's units were reactivated in a pair of ceremonies Friday.
Squadron 1 and Company F-1 will each have 31 student members. The Corps has plans to reactivate more units in the ...

Fowler cancels visit to Gander Mountain

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Country singer Kevin Fowler will perform at 9 p.m. Sunday in College Station, but an appearance scheduled for earlier in the day at Gander Mountain has been canceled.
Fowler's hits include Beer, Bait and Ammo, Best Mistake I Ever ...

Consol students earn nursing certifications

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Eighteen A&M Consolidated High School Health Science Technology students recently earned certifications as nurse's aides.
The students completed the program through the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. The c ...

Consol students earn nursing certifications

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Eighteen A&M Consolidated High School Health Science Technology students recently earned certifications as nurse's aides.
The students completed the program through the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. The c ...

A&M Corps of Cadets reactivating two units

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 01:51 AM PST

Two ceremonies will be held today to reactivate two former units of Texas A&M University's Corps of Cadets at the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center.A&M officials said the units were being reactivated to accommodate the growth of incoming student ...

Sign-ups stiill open for College Station Citizens Police Academy

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Registration is open for those interested in participating in the College Station Citizens Police Academy.
The ten-week program is free and will begin Feb. 7. The deadline to apply is Jan. 27 by 5 p.m.
Classes will meet every ...

'Top global thinker' to speak at A&M Jan. 20

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 01:02 AM PST

Terry Engelder, a fracking expert who was recently named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," will speak at Texas A&M University on Jan. 20.
Engelder, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, earned his doctora ...

Texas Ranger to be promoted to captain

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Texas Ranger Frank Malinak will be promoted to captain within the Texas Department of Public Safety starting Feb. 1.
Malinak was a ranger in the Bryan area from 1995 until 2009, when he was promoted to lieutenant and moved to Wa ...

Ramps on University Drive at Wellborn Road opening today

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:03 AM PST

Workers will open the ramps connecting University drive to Wellborn Road in College Station today.The Texas Department of Transportation project is expected to be completed in the afternoon, when the ramps will be opened to traffic and the signals at ...

Quality time

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Bill Anderson and his daughter Nicole, 11, fish at Stephen C. Beachy Central Park in College Station on Friday. The College Station Parks and Recreation Department will host a Texas Parks and Wildlife Learn to Fish event at the park from 9 a.m. unti ...

Museum plans dance for dads, daughters

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 12:05 AM PST

The Children's Museum in Bryan is holding a "Daddy-Daughter Dance" on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4.
The Feb. 3 event is for girls under 6 and the one on Feb. 4 is for girls for girls 7 and older. Both will be from 6 to 9 p.m.
The events will include dancing, ...

Conflict with Iran looming larger

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Tensions rising by the day, the Obama administration said Friday it is warning Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.
Spokesmen were vague on what the United ...

Court clears immediate enforcement of abortion law

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

AUSTIN -- A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for the immediate enforcement of a new abortion law in Texas requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before the procedure.Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott had asked the three-judge panel to c ...

Houston toddler found unharmed in abandoned SUV

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:09 AM PST

HOUSTON -- An 18-month-old toddler was found safe early Friday some 15 hours after an apparent car thief drove off with an SUV the baby's mother had left running in the parking lot of Houston Walmart.Police and spectators broke out in cheers and appl ...

Conflict with Iran looming larger

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Tensions rising by the day, the Obama administration said Friday it is warning Iran through public and private channels against any action that threatens the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.
Spokesmen were vague on what the United ...

Tribe looks to teenagers to revive bison demand

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 02:15 AM PST


FLANDREAU, S.D. -- It seems an unlikely concept: teenagers forgoing the immediacy of a McDonald's Big Mac to don an apron, grab a meat patty and learn how to cook their own lower-fat version in the kitchen.
But for a group of students at the Flan ...

Hopefuls fail to get on ballots

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 03:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Many of Mitt Romney's presidential challengers are having trouble fulfilling a fundamental requirement of running for public office: getting on the ballot.Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman have all failed to qual ...

Mexico City under siege

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


MEXICO CITY -- Mounds of debris piled up at illegal dumping sites around the city in recent weeks as the metropolis grappled with an avalanche of refuse after closing one of the world's largest landfills.
Garbage trucks queued up for more than six ...

Some causes and fixes for dying St. Augustine grass

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST

Dear Neil: We have property in the Brownsville area, and we have had significant dying-out of the St. Augustine in our yard. I've checked for grub worms, and I have applied a fertilizer and fungicide, but none has helped. I vaguely remember your resp ...

Some causes and fixes for dying St. Augustine grass

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST

Dear Neil: We have property in the Brownsville area, and we have had significant dying-out of the St. Augustine in our yard. I've checked for grub worms, and I have applied a fertilizer and fungicide, but none has helped. I vaguely remember your resp ...

Sonogram law now in effect

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


AUSTIN -- A federal appeals court cleared the way Friday for Texas to immediately being enforcing a new law requiring doctors to conduct a sonogram before performing an abortion.
The three-judge panel agreed to a request by the state's Attorney Ge ...

Plant cool-season vegetables now

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST


If gardeners know the best planting times and best adaptable varieties for vegetable crops, they can make wiser choices and look forward to better production. The date that a crop is started will be a major factor toward success.
A big challenge ...

Plant cool-season vegetables now

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:36 PM PST


If gardeners know the best planting times and best adaptable varieties for vegetable crops, they can make wiser choices and look forward to better production. The date that a crop is started will be a major factor toward success.
A big challenge ...

Child left in stolen SUV

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 03:17 PM PST

HOUSTON -- An 18-month-old toddler was found safe in Houston early Friday about a block away from a Walmart parking lot where his mother's idling SUV had been stolen with him strapped into the back seat 15 hours earlier.Police and spectators cheered ...

Dublin's sweet drink lost in bitter divorce

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


DUBLIN -- Dublin didn't invent Dr Pepper, but no other place has embraced the soft drink quite like it has.
A dozen or so signs and murals around town tout the virtues of the local version of the drink, Dublin Dr Pepper, which was first bottled in ...

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