Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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Rain not going away just yet

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


Fans of Tuesday's rainy weather should remain happy, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS forecast predicts rain early Wednesday with chances diminishing to 20 percent Wednesday night. Temperatures should reach a high of 71 and dip ...

Bryan raises hangar rates at Coulter Airfield

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


Over the objections of recreational pilots who worry they are being pushed out of their municipal airport, the Bryan City Council on Tuesday voted to increase airplane hangar rates at Coulter Airfield.
City officials said the changes are largely ...

Bryan raises hangar rates at Coulter Airfield

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


Over the objections of recreational pilots who worry they are being pushed out of their municipal airport, the Bryan City Council on Tuesday voted to increase airplane hangar rates at Coulter Airfield.
City officials said the changes are largely ...

Jury trial begins in 2008 shooting case

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 06:44 AM PST

A jury trial began Tuesday for a 28-year-old Bryan gang member charged with engaging in criminal activity for a 2008 shooting outside a local bar.
Cabrera "Marco" Antonio Agundiz is accused of pointing a gun at and shooting at Brandon Scott Rosales ...

Bryan schools to pay staff to resign

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST


Bryan school district employees have another opportunity to receive a bonus for resigning early.
However, the bonus will be less than last year's offer and is available only to the first 150 people to request it.
Assistant Superintendent Timothy ...

Bryan schools to pay staff to resign

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST


Bryan school district employees have another opportunity to receive a bonus for resigning early.
However, the bonus will be less than last year's offer and is available only to the first 150 people to request it.
Assistant Superintendent Timothy ...

Texas A&M plans service for late professor Howard Kaplan

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST


Howard Kaplan was called the ultimate scholar: Even at 79, the Texas A&M distinguished sociology professor and expert in the study of deviant behavior planned books and other projects.
"In spite of all this, he was never late for dinner or mi ...

Texas A&M plans service for late professor Howard Kaplan

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST


Howard Kaplan was called the ultimate scholar: Even at 79, the Texas A&M distinguished sociology professor and expert in the study of deviant behavior planned books and other projects.
"In spite of all this, he was never late for dinner or mi ...

Six new breeds eligible to compete at Westminster dog show

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:17 AM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Six dogs will make history this year as the newest breeds eligible to compete at Westminster. If they have visions of winning, though, history is against them.
The names of some of these rookie breeds competing in this year's Westmi ...

Courtroom tense during shooting trial

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST


The atmosphere was tense Tuesday in the 85th District Court as the trial got under way for a 28-year-old Bryan man facing life imprisonment for his alleged involvement in a 2008 attempted shooting.
One of the witnesses for the prosecution in the j ...

Meeting to focus on proposed 4-mile trail

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportThe second of two public meetings to gather comments about the possible Greenway Trail linking Westfield and Lick Creek parks will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Creek View Elementary School. Attendees will be able to view exhibi ...

A night for Tigers: Consol dominates Bryan

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

A&M Consolidated senior Cody Hamilton (left) celebrates with classmate Conner Svajcla after an Alex Caruso slam dunk in the second quarter during the boys A&M Consolidated vs. Bryan basketball game in Tiger Gym on Tuesday. A&M Consolidate ...

A night for Tigers: Consol dominates Bryan

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

A&M Consolidated senior Cody Hamilton (left) celebrates with classmate Conner Svajcla after an Alex Caruso slam dunk in the second quarter during the boys A&M Consolidated vs. Bryan basketball game in Tiger Gym on Tuesday. A&M Consolidate ...

A night for Tigers: Consol dominates Bryan

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST

A&M Consolidated senior Cody Hamilton (left) celebrates with classmate Conner Svajcla after an Alex Caruso slam dunk in the second quarter during the boys A&M Consolidated vs. Bryan basketball game in Tiger Gym on Tuesday. A&M Consolidate ...

President Obama: American dream in peril

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto ...

President Obama: American dream in peril

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Declaring the American dream under siege, President Barack Obama delivered a populist challenge Tuesday night to shrink the gap between rich and poor, promising to tax the wealthy more and help jobless Americans get work and hang onto ...

VA office digs into gravesite errors

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


A review of cemeteries administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs has revealed problems with 123 gravesites, including eight cases in which people were buried in the wrong gravesite.
The other mistakes consisted primarily of headstones and ...

Drought, wildfires took toll on Texas parks

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Wildfires caused as much as $11 million in damage to Texas state parks and, coupled with the worst single-year drought in state history, continue to drive down the parks' visitation rates, a top official told state lawmakers Tuesday.
Car ...

Mitt Romney's tax returns reveal massive wealth

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns represent an extraordinary accounting of the household finances and far-reaching corporate investments of one of the richest U.S. presidential candidates in generations, with an annual income t ...

Mitt Romney's tax returns reveal massive wealth

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns represent an extraordinary accounting of the household finances and far-reaching corporate investments of one of the richest U.S. presidential candidates in generations, with an annual income t ...

Last of secret JFK tapes released

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST


BOSTON -- Final recordings President John F. Kennedy secretly made in the Oval Office include an eerie conversation about what would become the day of his funeral.
In talking to staffers while trying to arrange his schedule, Kennedy remarked that ...

Son says Joe Paterno died in good spirits

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno was upbeat and confident in his final days and didn't die broken-hearted over his firing in November as Penn State's longtime football coach, his son said Monday.
Scott Paterno said his Dad was "serenely calm," be ...

Teachers losing tenure rights in many states

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- America's public school teachers are seeing their generations-old tenure protections weakened as states seek flexibility to fire teachers who aren't performing. A few states have essentially nullified tenure protections altogether, ac ...

Gadhafi loyalists seize city after battle

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST


BENGHAZI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan mountain city in the most serious challenge to the central government since the strongman's fall, underlining the increasing weakness of Libya's Western-backed rulers as they t ...

'Artist' breaks silent-film barriers

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST


PARIS -- The French star of The Artist says its cast and crew knew their challenge by doing a silent, black-and-white film that broke many rules of movies today -- a bet that paid off with 10 Oscar nominations.
After the Academy Award nominations ...

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