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Not-so musical chairs: SEC rule may force Aggie Band to move

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The Aggie Band may have to find a new place to sit in Kyle Field because of a Southeastern Conference rule that students can't sit directly behind the visiting bench.
The longstanding rule, meant to protect the safety of the visiting players, pro ...

Publicist: Whitney Houston dead at 48

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:02 AM PST


LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and ...

Not-so musical chairs: SEC rule may force Aggie Band to move

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


The Aggie Band may have to find a new place to sit in Kyle Field because of a Southeastern Conference rule that students can't sit directly behind the visiting bench.
The longstanding rule, meant to protect the safety of the visiting players, pro ...

Publicist: Whitney Houston dead at 48

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:02 AM PST


LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and ...

Publicist: Whitney Houston dead at 48

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 11:02 AM PST


LOS ANGELES — Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died. She was 48.
Publicist Kristen Foster said Saturday that the singer had died, but the cause and ...

Bryan-College Station economic index reveals growth

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


Although the Bryan-College Station economic index remained relatively flat for 2011 as a whole, the index ended the year on a high note in December after fourth-quarter growth in most sectors.
The index grew for the fourth consecutive month, risi ...

Bryan-College Station economic index reveals growth

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


Although the Bryan-College Station economic index remained relatively flat for 2011 as a whole, the index ended the year on a high note in December after fourth-quarter growth in most sectors.
The index grew for the fourth consecutive month, risi ...

Friends Furrever

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST

Brazos Animal Shelter volunteers Cheyenne Stowers and Jennifer Bateman help lab mix puppies Dakota and Hayden create puppy paw Valentines on Saturday at the shelter's Love Furrever event. It featured "speed dating" to help visitors find their perfec ...

Iola agency begins rebuild

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


It wasn't the best of weeks for the volunteer fire department in the Grimes County hamlet of Iola.
On Tuesday, the department's chief, Earl Sword, was arrested along with his mother and sister, both department employees, for allegedly embezzling f ...

Quantifying success in College Station

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


What qualities make a successful College Station school district student?
It's a question the school board believes warrants further discussion as the district grapples with maintaining student services while making necessary budget cuts.
School ...

Quantifying success in College Station

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


What qualities make a successful College Station school district student?
It's a question the school board believes warrants further discussion as the district grapples with maintaining student services while making necessary budget cuts.
School ...

Brenham book sale set for Feb. 22-25

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
The Fortnightly Club of Brenham will hold its annual Used Book Sale benefit from Feb. 22 to 25 at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Brenham.
The sale will feature more than 20,000 books, both new and used, including a large s ...

Woman charged with theft, assault

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old Bryan woman was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft after attempting to take items from the Walmart in College Station and hitting a store employee with her car, police sa ...

Showing off their love (of running)

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST

Runners pass balloons at the starting line at the Junior League of Bryan-College Station's Downtown Love Run in Bryan on Saturday.

President Barack Obama still feeling backlash from birth control decision

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- It's not like he wasn't warned.
As President Barack Obama considered a decision on birth control that would turn into an unexpected political nightmare, he heard it from inside and outside his White House: He risked a fierce backlas ...

President Barack Obama still feeling backlash from birth control decision

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- It's not like he wasn't warned.
As President Barack Obama considered a decision on birth control that would turn into an unexpected political nightmare, he heard it from inside and outside his White House: He risked a fierce backlas ...

Syria violence spreads to Lebanon

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


BEIRUT -- Clashes between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen in a northern Lebanese city left two people dead and 12 wounded Saturday in the latest skirmish between Lebanese factions over the crisis in neighboring Syria, security officials said.
Lebanese ...

As debt mounts, Greece must pick its poison

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens?
Because the alternative might be worse.
Gree ...

Officials say Romney wins caucuses

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST


PORTLAND, Maine -- Mitt Romney narrowly won Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor ...

Biologists fear fate of rare toad

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST

By PAM LEBLANC
Austin American-Statesman
BASTROP -- Mike Forstner tromps along the mucky edge of a pond, trilling loudly as he sweeps the beam of his flashlight over the bank.
He's hoping for an answering call from an endangered Houston toad, but ...

Border gates leave citizens feeling trapped

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


BROWNSVILLE -- Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence and the violence raging across the Rio Grande in Mexico.
...

Cash smugglers challenge border

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border -- and professed ignorance about the $277,556 officers found hidden inside. The bags were handed to her a ...

Accusations, security leaks plague Vatican

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST


VATICAN CITY -- Money laundering at the Vatican bank. Corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. Even a purported plot to kill Pope Benedict XVI.
The Vatican is being besieged by near-daily leaks of confidential documents and tabloid-style r ...

Whitney Houston's death leaves mixed legacy

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
Houston's publicist, Kristen ...

Unity Theatre celebrates Canadian officer in 'Billy Bishop'

Posted: 11 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Last New Year's Eve, Unity Theatre observed a decade in its home at 300 Church Street in Brenham. What was a warehouse and the original home of Schleider Furniture and Brenham Wholesale Grocery became Unity's home on the last day of 2001.
Brenham br ...

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