Did you remember? Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:16 PM PST Paulette Suchodolski checks out the Valentine's Day selection Monday at Target in College Station, looking for a gift to give to her child's teacher. |
Rain not enough to get Brazos Valley out of drought Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST A bone-dry stock pond on W.C. Scasta's 10,000-acre ranch near OSR may have been the most obvious of many signs that a severe drought was damaging his ranchland in late 2011. What had been like a small lake was reduced to an empty 11-foot hole in t ... |
A&M president unveils plan for student seats at Kyle Field Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST The Aggie Band likely will shift two sections north of its spot behind the opposing players' bench in Kyle Field starting next season due to an SEC rule that bars students from sitting in the first 25 rows behind the visiting team between the 30-ya ... |
A&M president unveils plan for student seats at Kyle Field Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST The Aggie Band likely will shift two sections north of its spot behind the opposing players' bench in Kyle Field starting next season due to an SEC rule that bars students from sitting in the first 25 rows behind the visiting team between the 30-ya ... |
A&M professor tracks the evolution of smooching Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST It's around Valentine's Day each year that calls come flooding in to Vaughn Bryant's voicemail from people wanting to know more about the researcher's expertise on a timely topic. The Texas A&M anthropology professor who oversees A&M's pal ... |
A&M professor tracks the evolution of smooching Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST It's around Valentine's Day each year that calls come flooding in to Vaughn Bryant's voicemail from people wanting to know more about the researcher's expertise on a timely topic. The Texas A&M anthropology professor who oversees A&M's pal ... |
Board OKs artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST On Monday, the Bryan school board voted unanimously to move forward with installing artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium, which also will get a new track. Meanwhile, a partial artificial surface will go in at Rudder High School for practice p ... |
Board OKs artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST On Monday, the Bryan school board voted unanimously to move forward with installing artificial turf at Merrill Green Stadium, which also will get a new track. Meanwhile, a partial artificial surface will go in at Rudder High School for practice p ... |
Bryan man charged with family assault Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:24 PM PST Eagle Staff Report A 32-year-old Bryan man was charged with assault after police were called to a disturbance in the 2800 block of Forest Bend Street just before 7 a.m. Sunday. A woman at the home told police that she'd gone to a concert with Rober ... |
Texas redistricting sides in a stalemate Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:24 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- Compromise over bitterly disputed Texas voting maps remained elusive Monday after neither the state nor minority rights groups seemed to budge during another weekend of court-ordered negotiations meant to help save an April primary. Th ... |
Soldier's death stirs debate over arming medevacs Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan -- It took a medevac unit 59 minutes to get U.S. Army Spec. Chazray Clark to a hospital in southern Afghanistan after receiving a call that a roadside bombing severed three of his limbs. Clark did not survive. "I need ... |
President Barack Obama's budget faces hurdles Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay ... |
Trimming extras from your plate a healthy strategy Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Call it the alter-ego of super-sizing. Researchers infiltrated a fast-food Chinese restaurant and found up to a third of diners jumped at the offer of a half-size of the usual heaping pile of rice or noodles -- even when the smaller ... |
Israel accuses Iran in bomb attempts Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST NEW DELHI -- Israel blamed Iran on Monday for bomb attacks on its diplomats' cars in India and Georgia, heightening concerns that the Jewish state was moving closer to striking its archenemy.Iran denied responsibility for the attacks that appeared to ... |
Greek rioters target historic sites Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST ATHENS, Greece -- Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and cleanup crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens on Monday following a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout cre ... |
China seizing iPads in name dispute Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST BEIJING -- Authorities have seized Apple iPads from retailers in a city in northern China due to a dispute with a domestic company that says it owns the iPad name, an official said Monday. The Chinese company said it is asking for similar action in ... |
Croatian museum curates the history of broken hearts Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST ZAGREB, Croatia -- What becomes of a garden gnome hurled in fury at a car during a stormy breakup? Or a teddy bear that was once a Valentine's Day present? A wedding dress from a marriage gone awry? An ax that smashed through household furniture? ... |
Authorities say Whitney Houston found underwater in tub Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:22 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Whitney Houston was underwater and apparently unconscious when she was pulled from a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub, and she had prescription drugs in her room, authorities said Monday. The regal pop star's family made arrang ... |
Affordability stakes Fashion Week claim Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:23 PM PST NEW YORK -- Oscar de la Renta, say hello to Kohl's and QVC. Carolina Herrera, wave to Bebe and Levi's and J.Crew if you've got a second during New York Fashion Week.Like never before, mall brands and chain stores are strutting their affordable stuff ... |
Calendar Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:27 PM PST Mark Your Calendar The Brazos Valley Symphony will present From Vivaldi to Piazzolla ... The Four Seasons at 5 p.m. Sunday at Rudder Theatre. Tickets are $32 for adults and $12 for students and children. For tickets, visit boxoffice.tamu.edu. Visit ... |
Independent group inspecting Apple suppliers Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:51 PM PST NEW YORK -- Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.Amid growing criticism over labor and environmental prac ... |
Analysis: A budget plan or a campaign document? Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election -- more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Dem ... |
Analysis: A budget plan or a campaign document? Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election -- more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Dem ... |
Mountain West, C-USA to form new league Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:57 PM PST Members of Conference USA and current and future members of the Mountain West are taking a bigger-is-better approach to college sports leagues.The 16 schools announced plans Monday to form a new league that will begin in 2013 and have as many as 24 t ... |
College Basketball Roundup Posted: 13 Feb 2012 04:13 PM PST MEN No. 4 Kansas 59, Kansas State 53: MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Tyshawn Taylor had 20 points and Jeff Withey added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas, which is alone in first place in the Big 12. The Jayawks (21-5, 11-2) won for the 36th time in their l ... |
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