Friday, February 3, 2012

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Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

Former First Lady Barbara Bush talks to a student from Youens Elementary in Houston via video-conferencing during Thursday's 2012 Reading Discovery Distance Learning Program at the Presidential Conference Center adjacent to the Bush Library. The conf ...

Less green to go green

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST

Running a home off green energy in College Station is likely to soon become cheaper.The city is working on lowering the cost of participation in its Wind Watts program, which allows customers to buy wind power for an additional fee on their electrici ...

Former A&M official Jay Kimbrough gets new state job

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST


Four months after pulling out a knife while being dismissed from his position as a top A&M System administrator, Jay Kimbrough, a good friend of Gov. Rick Perry, has landed another high-level state job.
The former deputy chancellor of the 11- ...

Former A&M official Jay Kimbrough gets new state job

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST


Four months after pulling out a knife while being dismissed from his position as a top A&M System administrator, Jay Kimbrough, a good friend of Gov. Rick Perry, has landed another high-level state job.
The former deputy chancellor of the 11- ...

Police use pepper spray on unruly College Station student

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


A 14-year-old was sprayed with pepper spray outside his middle school Thursday morning after fighting police officers.
The A&M Consolidated Middle School student was taken to the Brazos County Juvenile Detention Center and charged with assault ...

Kimbrough named to DPS assistant director position

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 03:32 AM PST

Jay Kimbrough, a former deputy chancellor for the A&M System and a good friend of Gov. Rick Perry, has landed another state job, four months after he pulled a knife out while being dismissed from his post by a pair of lawyers.
He’ll be wo ...

Man, 52, accused of kicking officer during DWI arrest

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:18 AM PST

A College Station man remained behind bars Thursday after authorities said he threatened to kill an officer following a scuffle with police during his arrest on a DWI charge.
Duncan Eric Helton, 52, was taken into custody after a minor car accident ...

CS police: Man charged with hitting pregnant girlfriend

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:58 AM PST

A 21-year-old College Station man was charged with hitting his pregnant girlfriend after the pair fought over whether to keep a gun in the house, court documents state.
College Station police responding to a call from the 3100 block of Cain Road at ...

Streak of light likely a meteor

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The large, glowing, blue-green flying object residents reported seeing Wednesday night to authorities, media outlets and online resources across the state was most likely a meteor, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed Thursd ...

CS police: Man charged with hitting pregnant girlfriend

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:58 AM PST

A 21-year-old College Station man was charged with hitting his pregnant girlfriend after the pair fought over whether to keep a gun in the house, court documents state.
College Station police responding to a call from the 3100 block of Cain Road at ...

Blinn enrollment drops in Bryan

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST


For the first time in five years, Blinn College's Bryan campus recorded a decrease in its spring enrollment from the previous year.
Though overall enrollment within the Blinn system rose to 16,600 students in the current semester, enrollment at th ...

Off to see the wizard

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST

Patti Wunneburger helps her daughter, Bryan High School junior Abby Wunneburger, get into costume Thursday before the final dress rehearsal of the school's production of The Wizard of Oz at the Bryan Civic Auditorium. The show opens Friday at 7 p.m., ...

Man allegedly stole bras from Walmart

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 22-year-old man was arrested on charges of stealing women's lingerie, authorities said.
College Station police responded to a theft call at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Walmart on Brothers Boulevard. Employees reported spotting the ...

Tom Light donates to education fundraiser

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Money donated by Tom Light Chevrolet will go toward supporting the fifth annual "50 Men Who Can Cook" event that will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Brazos County Expo, 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan.
The dealership donated $5 ...

Tom Light donates to education fundraiser

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Money donated by Tom Light Chevrolet will go toward supporting the fifth annual "50 Men Who Can Cook" event that will take place at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Brazos County Expo, 5827 Leonard Road in Bryan.
The dealership donated $5 ...

Rain contributed to fatal highway wreck

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An 81-year-old Somerville man died Thursday afternoon after losing control of his truck on State Highway 36 in Burleson County.
According to the Department of Public Safety, Edwin Henry Moravec was driving a 1999 Chevy pickup in ...

Don't chop the tops off crape myrtles

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST

Chopping off the top of crape myrtles has become a common practice that destroys the natural beauty of these attractive landscape plants. Crape myrtles do not require pruning to bloom.
With distinctive smooth bark and graceful limbs, crape myrtles r ...

Protests continue after soccer game in Egypt

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST


CAIRO -- Security forces clashed Thursday with stone-throwing protesters enraged by the failure of police to prevent a soccer riot that killed 74 people, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt.
The deaths Wednesday night ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST

Friday
* Arbor Day Celebration, 10:30 a.m. Veteran's Park. Hosted by A&M Garden Club. Two live oak trees will be planted to celebrate 75 years of Garden Club in District V of Texas Garden Clubs.
Saturday
* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m ...

War experience aids hostages

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


NAIROBI, Kenya -- Roy Hallums was enduring his 311th day of captivity, blindfolded, his hands and feet bound, stuffed into a hole under the floor of a farm building outside Baghdad. He heard a commotion upstairs and managed to get the blindfold off ...

How to reshape Texas sage plants

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST

Dear Neil: Can I trim and reshape my Texas sage plants (see photo)? They're so leggy. When should I do it?
A: Trim them now, before new growth commences. You can remove 30 to 40 percent of their top growth, but do so one branch at a time, so that yo ...

Rain washes away D-FW drought

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


HOUSTON -- The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is still a long way off from being out of a historic drought, and climate experts are warning against any pr ...

Report: NYPD targeted Shiites

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST


NEW YORK -- The New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Shiite Muslims and their mosques, based solely on their religion, as a way to sweep the Northeast for signs of Iranian terrorists, according to interview ...

Mass hysteria rare, usually affects girls

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST


ATLANTA -- Fifteen teenage girls report a mysterious outbreak of spasms, tics and seizures in upstate New York. But tests find nothing physically wrong.
Scores of adults in Northern California report crawling skin sensations and other bizarre sym ...

Colorado slow to consider fat ban

Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST


DENVER -- The nation's leanest state is taking its sweet time as it considers a proposal aimed at getting junk food out of schools.
A Colorado House committee was expected to discuss a bill that represents the nation's toughest regulations meant ...

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