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- Conference helping black students become leaders
- Marching for Martin Luther King Jr.
- Nine dogs lost in Millican home fire
- Roads open, power back on after truck hits utility pole
- Home construction mishap injures four
- Woman reports cash stolen in CS robbery
- Woman OK after accident
- Local shelters offer deals for pet owners
- Truck crash downs Bryan utility pole
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day used for voter ID law rally
- Mitt Romney's business history attacked at debate
- Injured sea turtle on the mend at Texas A&M Galveston
- Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk
- John Cornyn says a primary delay likely
- Pilot program puts emphasis on deporting criminals
- Historic Florida tree burns down
- Officials fear ship's fuel polluting ocean
- Mexico cartels target choppers
- Calendar
- GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll mess
- Experts say captain error — not ship — responsible in crash
- CES home to technology of the weird
- T-Rob, Taylor lead No. 7 Kansas over No. 3 Baylor
- No. 3 UConn women rout No. 24 UNC 86-35
- Clijsters, Li Na into 2nd round at Australian Open
| Conference helping black students become leaders Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST A group of Texas A&M students spent part of their Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday preparing for the 24th annual Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference, a four-day event first put on in 1989 to bring black students together to excha ... |
| Marching for Martin Luther King Jr. Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST Events celebrating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. didn't end with the march Monday from Sadie Thomas Park to Kemp Elementary in Bryan. At 5 p.m. Thursday, Harry Belafonte will be the guest speaker in Rudder Theatre at Texas A&M for t ... |
| Nine dogs lost in Millican home fire Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Officials are investigating the cause of a fire in Millican that destroyed a mobile home and killed nine dogs inside Monday afternoon. South Brazos County volunteer fire crews were dispatched to the home shortly after 3:30 p.m. ... |
| Roads open, power back on after truck hits utility pole Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:16 AM PST Old Hearne Road and Woodville Road have reopened after an 18-wheeler hit a power line causing it to break about 10 a.m., according to officials. Crews restored power to 50 homes in the area around 2:30 p.m., said Bob Wheeler, spokesman for Bryan Te ... |
| Home construction mishap injures four Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportFour people were taken to area hospitals Monday when a house they were working on near Brenham collapsed. The accident happened shortly after 2 p.m. at a home under construction in the 8900 block of F.M. 389. The structure, which wa ... |
| Woman reports cash stolen in CS robbery Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station police are investigating a robbery that happened in the 2000 block of Texas Avenue about 2:50 p.m. Monday.Authorities said they responded to College Station Medical Center and spoke with a woman who reported cash was ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportA woman suffered non-life threatening injuries during a rollover accident in the 6000 block of Texas 21 East on Monday. The woman had to be extracted from the vehicle by firefighters, officials said. Emergency crews responded to the ... |
| Local shelters offer deals for pet owners Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The Bryan Animal Center is offering free dog and cat adoptions through Friday, and the Brazos Animal Shelter has spay/neuter rebates available this month. The Bryan Animal Center, 2207 Finfeather Road, is open from noon to 6 p.m. ... |
| Truck crash downs Bryan utility pole Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportAbout 50 homes were without power for several hours Monday after an 18-wheeler hit a utility pole, causing it to break.Bryan Texas Utilities crews were called to the area of Old Hearne Road and Woodville Road in Bryan after the 10 a ... |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day used for voter ID law rally Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Hundreds of people rallied Monday outside the South Carolina capitol to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and protest the state's voter identification law. While rallies in previous years have often been focused on protest ... |
| Mitt Romney's business history attacked at debate Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly s ... |
| Injured sea turtle on the mend at Texas A&M Galveston Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST Houston Chronicle GALVESTON -- The small Kemp's ridley turtle looked miserable. His carapace was cracked, his lungs were damaged, his front right flipper was gone, a chunk was missing from the edge of his shell and he had pneumonia. Two fishermen ... |
| Study: Babies try lip-reading in learning to talk Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too. It happens during that magical stage when a baby's babbling gradually changes from gibberish into syllables and eventually into that ... |
| John Cornyn says a primary delay likely Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST AUSTIN -- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn says he doesn't expect the Texas primary to be held on April 3 and calls the potential delay "not desirable." The Texas Republican said Monday he believed a later primary date was likely considering that the U.S. Su ... |
| Pilot program puts emphasis on deporting criminals Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST DENVER -- In a trial of a politically divisive program, U.S. prosecutors in Denver and Baltimore are reviewing thousands of deportation cases to determine which illegal immigrants might stay in the country -- perhaps indefinitely -- so officials ca ... |
| Historic Florida tree burns down Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST Associated Press LONGWOOD, Fla. -- Investigators are ruling out arson after one of the world's oldest cypress trees caught fire and collapsed in central Florida. Division of Forestry spokesman Cliff Frazier said the fire was not the work of an arso ... |
| Officials fear ship's fuel polluting ocean Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST ROME -- Italy's cruise liner tragedy turned into an environmental crisis Monday, as rough seas battering the stricken mega-ship raised fears that fuel might leak into pristine waters off Tuscany that are part of a protected sanctuary for dolphins, ... |
| Mexico cartels target choppers Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican armed forces and prosecutors have suffered at least 28 gunfire attacks on helicopters in the five years since the government launched an offensive against drug cartels, according to official documents made public Monday.The ... |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST Mark Your Calendar The 2012 Home Expo is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25 and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 26 at the Brazos County Expo. The event is hosted by the B-CS Home Builders Association. For information on exhibiting in the show, call 696 ... |
| GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll mess Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST WASHINGTON -- When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end po ... |
| Experts say captain error — not ship — responsible in crash Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST NEW YORK -- The grounding and capsizing of the Costa Concordia has raised questions about the safety of the ever-increasing size of cruise ships. But experts say that these new megaships have the latest safety and navigation technology and pose lit ... |
| CES home to technology of the weird Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST LAS VEGAS -- A motorized, seat-less unicycle, a video game you control with your eyes, and a mind-reading headset that serves as a game controller were among the more bizarre gadgets being shown off at this year's International Consumer Electronics ... |
| T-Rob, Taylor lead No. 7 Kansas over No. 3 Baylor Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Tyshawn Taylor coasted down the right side of the lane, lofted a pass over the Baylor defense, then stood back and watched as Thomas Robinson took to the air, grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it down with rim-rattlin ... |
| No. 3 UConn women rout No. 24 UNC 86-35 Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST STORRS, Conn. -- Bria Hartley scored 17 points and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 15 to help No. 3 Connecticut beat 24th-ranked North Carolina 86-35 on Monday night, handing the Tar Heels the worst loss in school history.It only took 8 1/2 minutes for ... |
| Clijsters, Li Na into 2nd round at Australian Open Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Kim Clijsters began the defense of her Australian Open title with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Portuguese qualifier Maria Joao Koehler on Monday, showing no signs of the hip problem that forced her to withdraw from a tuneup event. ... |
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