Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Children get a taste of the symphony

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra conductor and director Marcelo Bussiki conducts Concerto in F, Movement 1: Allegro by George Gershwin, a piece that was part of this year's Children's Concert in Rudder Auditorium on Monday morning. The local symphony ...

Texas A&M moves forward with Big 12 exit plan

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST


Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin said Monday that progress has been made in negotiating a fee for the Aggies' withdrawal from the Big 12 Conference and he hopes to have an agreement "fairly soon."
He made the statement after the A&M Sys ...

Scott & White makes insurance deal with College Station Medical Center

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST


Scott & White Health Plan customers will be able to receive covered care at College Station Medical Center beginning Feb. 1 under an agreement announced Monday by the two companies.
The move comes after St. Joseph Health System announced in No ...

Committee open to Brazos Valley medical examiner

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

Discussions about bringing a medical examiner's office to the Brazos Valley and to establish an airport friendly zone around Easterwood Airport were received positively Monday by those at an Intergovernmental Committee meeting. "In some meetings prev ...

Meth recipe fills hospitals with burn patients

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 AM PST


ST. LOUIS -- A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment -- ...

BISD names director for testing

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

The Bryan school district has created a new position to help oversee campus testing, master plans and fund utilization.The school board on Monday unanimously approved hiring Donna Willett as the director of student assessments and planning. Superinte ...

49-year-old facing third DWI charge

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:04 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A man with five arrests and three convictions for driving while intoxicated was arrested again this week after a witness reported he was driving erratically.
Desi Clarence Robinson, 49, of College Station remained in the Brazos ...

Police: Man took uncle's cash, card

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A man accused of using his uncle's credit card to buy gaming systems, gas and cigarettes without permission was arrested this week on two counts of credit card abuse.
Samuel Spencer Bell, 23, of College Station told police during ...

Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich battle at debate

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST


TAMPA, Fla. -- Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich clashed repeatedly in heated, personal terms Monday night in a crackling campaign debate, the former Massachusetts governor tagging his rival as a Washington "influence ...

Texas redistricting fight could further delay primary

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST


AUSTIN -- A federal court in San Antonio said Monday that the only way to hold Texas' primary elections on April 3 is for all sides to agree on temporary political maps by a Feb. 6 deadline.
"If all parties want to maintain the current election sc ...

Greg Abbott files suit for voter ID law

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott asked a federal court on Monday to clear the way for the state's voter ID law as it waits to hear from the Department of Justice.
Abbott said the Obama administration was hostile to laws like the one pa ...

Alabama shaken by deadly storm system

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST


OAK GROVE, Ala. -- Knowing this community's history of tornadoes, Jhan Powers gets nervous anytime violent weather rolls in. While her house was spared this time, a tornado demolished nearby mobile homes -- all of which were just a short drive from ...

Gabrielle Giffords says farewell to Tucson and service — for now

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST


TUCSON, Ariz. -- On a bittersweet day for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the outgoing congresswoman spent her final hours in Tucson as the city's U.S. representative, finishing the meeting she started on the morning she was shot and bidding farewell to c ...

Pumps to go to work on cruise ship in Italy

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST


ROME -- Nudged gently by the tides off Tuscany, the capsized Costa Concordia has been deemed stable enough on its rocky perch for salvagers to begin pumping fuel oil from its giant tanks as early as Tuesday.
The cruise liner, its hull gashed by a ...

Economy to dominate Barack Obama's speech tonight

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Eager to command center stage in a year dominated by Republican infighting, President Barack Obama is polishing a State of the Union address that will go to the heart of Americans' economic anxiety and try to sway voters to give him f ...

Aggies put up a fight but fall to No. 5 Kansas

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST


LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas coach Bill Self called his team "selfish" and "soft." Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor bemoaned an "ugly" performance.
Just imagine what they would have said if Kansas lost.
Thomas Robinson bailed out the fifth-ranked Jayhawks ...

Aggies put up a fight but fall to No. 5 Kansas

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST


LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas coach Bill Self called his team "selfish" and "soft." Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor bemoaned an "ugly" performance.
Just imagine what they would have said if Kansas lost.
Thomas Robinson bailed out the fifth-ranked Jayhawks ...

Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka win children's book awards

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST


NEW YORK -- This year's winners of the top prizes in children's literature were honored for stories of resilience over the most everyday troubles: a boy grounded by his parents, a dog that loses its favorite toy.
Jack Gantos' Dead End in Norvelt w ...

Off- Label Drugs: Risk VS Benefit - Research Summary

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:58 AM PST


BACKGROUND: In the United States new drugs are tested in clinical trials before they are approved for use in the general public. The clinical trials are done to prove that the drug: works to treat a certain medical condition, works the way it is ex ...

Off- Label Drugs: Risk VS Benefit

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:56 AM PST


WASHINHTON, DC (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Meant for a specific condition, but prescribed to treat another. It's called off-label drug use and doctors around the country are doing it for their patients.  Here are some benefits and potential dangers. ...

Sex Safe for Heart & Stroke Patients

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:44 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) If you have stable cardiovascular disease, it is more than likely that you can safely engage in sexual activity.
"Sexual activity is a major quality of life issue for men and women with cardiovascular disease and their partners ...

Estrogen Influences Your Mood

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:44 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Estrogen has a wide range of effects on the body and brain. The link between estrogen and emotion was first investigated over a century ago and showed that estrogen can improve mood.
During PMS approximately 75% of reproduct ...

Exercise Games Improve Adult Brains

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:43 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Virtual reality exercise games could be linked to higher cognitive benefits for adults who are older. A new study finds virtual reality exercise otherwise known as "exergames" combines computer enhanced environments and featur ...

Letters for January 24

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


Rick Perry got it wrong on Turkish government
As an American of Turkic descent, member of the TurkishPAC and the U.S. Turkic Network, I am writing to express my deep outrage regarding Gov. Rick Perry's Jan 16 response to Brett Baier's Turcophobic ...

Calendar

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Mark Your Calendar
Citizens for Wellborn is holding a chili fundraiser beginning at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Wellborn Community Center. There will be chili from Junek's and bluegrass music by Hopes Creek, along with a candidate's forums for candidates ...

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