Monday, January 16, 2012

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Keeping Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream alive with stories, art

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


North Bryan Baptist Church pastor Sam Hill said passing down stories about Martin Luther King Jr. is key to keeping alive the dream that the civil rights leader had for everyone.
"I think that there's danger of relaxing to the point where we forge ...

Warrior shooting for spot at games

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST

With a yearlong tour in war-torn Iraq, Bedias native U.S. Army Sgt. Fred Prince was preparing for a second deployment until he learned leukemia ravaged his body. That diagnosis -- which was made a year ago next month -- sent him into a series of batt ...

2 allegedly found with crack in car

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Two Bryan men remained jailed Sunday on felony drug charges after police said they discovered crack cocaine in their car while they were parked outside a local apartment complex, officials said.
Joe Curtis Williams Jr., 27, and P ...

Police arrest repeat Bryan drug offender

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 30-year-old Bryan man with five previous drug convictions was released from Brazos County Jail on Sunday after being arrested on a felony drug charge, according to Bryan police.
Jacob Eugene Braswell was charged with intent to ...

Officers: Guns found during DWI arrest

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 25-year-old College Station man was released from jail Sunday after being arrested for driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying two guns, officials said.
Bernard Paul Rainey was pulled over at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday a ...

Cruise ship captain under fire for leaving before passengers

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


GIGLIO, Italy -- Maritime authorities, passengers and mounting evidence pointed Sunday toward the captain of a cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan coast, amid accusations that he abandoned ship before everyone was safely evacu ...

UN chief tells Syria's president to stop the killing

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


BEIRUT -- The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria's president stop killing his own people and said the "old order" of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East on a day when activists said 27 people died.
Secretary-General Ban ...

Newt Gingrich criticizes film attacking Mitt Romney

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- It's become a case of the unsubstantiated vs. the discredited.
Mitt Romney's never-supported boast to have created more than 100,000 jobs as a venture capitalist has been countered by an attack film so flawed that the Republican pres ...

Five left in GOP rivalry without Jon Huntsman

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Jon Huntsman will withdraw Monday from the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign manager told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Campaign manager Matt David said Huntsman will announce his withdrawal at an event ...

Rick Perry sticks up for Marines in Afghanistan video

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry on Sunday accused the Obama administration of "over-the-top rhetoric" and "disdain for the military" in its condemnation of a video that purportedly shows four Marines urinating on corpses in ...

Russian space probe crashes into the Pacific Ocean

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


MOSCOW -- A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars came down in flames Sunday, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said.
Pieces from the Phobos-Ground, w ...

Tribes entitled to ancestral bones

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


BERKELEY, Calif. -- On a bluff overlooking a sweep of Southern California beach, scientists in 1976 unearthed what were among the oldest skeletal remains ever found in the Western Hemisphere.
Researchers would come to herald the bones -- dating ba ...

Syracuse coach's accuser admits he was lying about abuse

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A prison inmate who was one of four men to accuse a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse when they were children has admitted that he made up his claim.
The accuser, Floyd VanHooser, wrote in a le ...

Archaeologists stumble on rare Egyptian tomb

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


CAIRO -- In a rare find, Egyptian and Swiss archaeologists have unearthed a roughly 1,100-year-old tomb of a female singer in the Valley of the Kings, an antiquities official said Sunday.
It is the only tomb of a woman not related to the ancient E ...

Silent film wins 3 awards at Golden Globes

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


The black-and-white silent film The Artist came away with the most prizes with three wins at the Golden Globes, but the show spread the love around among a broad range of films and TV shows.
Wins for The Artist included best musical or comedy and ...

MLK Day events

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events include:
* At 10 a.m. Monday, the MLK Freedom March starts at Sadie Thomas Park, 129 Moss St., in Bryan, and end at Kemp Elementary School, 1601 W. W. Martin Luther King Jr. St.
For more information, call 492-1 ...

Calendar

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Mark Your Calendar
The 5th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast is 5 p.m. Thursday at Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M campus. Harry Belafonte will be the guest speaker. You can purchase tickets online at http://boxoffice.tamu.edu ...

Statue, play offer new look at Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- On the National Mall in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. is a towering, heroic figure carved in stone. On the Broadway stage, he's a living, breathing man who chain smokes, sips liquor and occasionally curses.
As Americans honor K ...

Natural gas surplus means lower prices

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


NEW YORK -- The price of natural gas is plummeting at a pace that has caught even the experts off guard.
A 35 percent collapse in the futures price over the past year has been a boon to homeowners who use natural gas for heat and appliances and to ...

Imprisoned Warren Jeffs still holds sway over sect

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


SALT LAKE CITY -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs may be serving a life-plus-20-year sentence in a Texas prison, but his grip on most of his 10,000 followers doesn't appear to be lessening and some former insiders say he's imposing even more ri ...

Wagner rallies to win Sony Open

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

HONOLULU -- Johnson Wagner played bogey-free over the last 12 holes and won the Sony Open for his third PGA Tour title.Six players had a share of the lead Sunday at some point in the final round. Wagner was the only player who stayed there, closing w ...

NBA Roundup

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

Warriors 99, Pistons 91: AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- David Lee scored 24 points and Monta Ellis added 22 to help the Golden State Warriors win on the road for the first time this season, 99-91 over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night.
Golden State won at ...

Janet Evans qualifies for 800m Olympic swim trials

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Janet Evans qualified for the Olympic trials in the 800-meter freestyle on Sunday, her second qualifying time in two days since coming out of retirement.The 40-year-old Evans finished in 8 minutes, 49.05 seconds at the Austin Grand Prix. Ev ...

Duncan helps Spurs improve to 9-0 at home

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan had 24 points and 11 rebounds, leading San Antonio to a 102-91 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday keeping the Spurs perfect at home.The Spurs have won all nine of their home games and are 0-4 on the road. The 9-0 start ...

College Basketball Roundup

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

No. 5 Ohio State 80, No. 7 Indiana 63: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lenzelle Smith Jr. more than doubled his career high with 28 on Sunday to lead No. 5 Ohio State to a surprisingly easy 80-63 victory over seventh-ranked Indiana.
Jared Sullinger added 16 point ...

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