Sunday, February 19, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Texas A&M's Memorial Student Center renovations taking shape

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


On a recent Friday, some 300 workers plugged away on the renovation of the Memorial Student Center, the so-called living room of the Texas A&M campus that is expected to reopen in April after nearly three years.
"This was needed for a univers ...

Texas A&M's Memorial Student Center renovations taking shape

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


On a recent Friday, some 300 workers plugged away on the renovation of the Memorial Student Center, the so-called living room of the Texas A&M campus that is expected to reopen in April after nearly three years.
"This was needed for a univers ...

Texas A&M student hopes to be first female yell leader

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


Samantha Ketcham has been watching Texas A&M football since her dad sat her in front of the television in "Future Aggie" baby clothes.
Through the years, she would admire A&M's yell leaders, but never seriously considered becoming one her ...

Texas A&M student hopes to be first female yell leader

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


Samantha Ketcham has been watching Texas A&M football since her dad sat her in front of the television in "Future Aggie" baby clothes.
Through the years, she would admire A&M's yell leaders, but never seriously considered becoming one her ...

2 Blinn students die in car accident

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST


Two Blinn College students were killed and another teenager was injured early Saturday morning in a collision at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Holleman Drive.
Police said the accident occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. when a Toyota 4-Runner ...

Police: Man failed to stop, had PCP

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 33-year-old Bryan man was arrested and charged with possession of PCP after a police officer noticed him driving erratically on West 28th and Main streets.
In addition to a charge of possession of a controlled substance between ...

Winnefeld to speak at A&M conference

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be among the featured speakers at Texas A&M University's 57th annual Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA). This year's theme is "Reviving ...

Gas hits record high for time of year

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year.
At $3.53 a gallon, prices are already up 25 cents since Jan. 1. And experts say they could reach a record $4.25 a gallon by late April.
"You're going to see a lot more sta ...

Texas abortion law sparks anger

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST

DALLAS -- Some pregnant women avert their eyes. Others shed tears or simply tune out the abortion doctors as they describe the fetus and offer them a chance to hear the heartbeat and view the image.These are the varied reactions seen in clinics acros ...

Houston museum gearing up for grand 'dino' display

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST

By ALLAN TURNER
Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON -- Out of visitors' sight at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, a prehistoric menagerie is emerging from pine crates stamped "Fragile."
Back-room denizens include a shark-bodied reptile that died givin ...

Shooting latest woe for immigration agency

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The deadly office shooting in California involving a federal immigrations supervisor and a special agent is the latest mark against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the law enforcement agency created after the 2001 terror att ...

Officials: Man was planning suicide bombing

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The Moroccan man accused of plotting to carry out what he thought would be a suicide bombing at the U.S. Capitol told acquaintances that America's war on terrorism was a war on Muslims and that they needed to be ready for battle, acco ...

NYPD spied on Muslim students across Northeast

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST


NEW YORK -- The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated ...

Family, friends say goodbye to Whitney Houston

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:56 PM PST


NEWARK, N.J. -- The best voices of a generation all paid tribute to her. But in the end, the most powerful voice at Whitney Houston's funeral was her own.
The first notes of I Will Always Love You, at the end of a 31/2-hour remembrance of the pop ...

World-famous violinist in town for concert

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

If hearing good music and watching snazzy dance is your thing, this is a banner week for you to take in a smorgasbord of performing arts in the Brazos Valley.
It starts today at 5 p.m. at Rudder Theatre when Maestro Marcelo Bussiki raises his baton ...

Decorators bring fun back to homes with kitsch

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:15 PM PST


Kitchens have become so serious. All that granite, dark wood and stainless steel. The heart of the home these days is more like a sleek and severe shrine to haute cuisine.
But kitchens don't have to be as stressful as an episode of "Top Chef." Des ...

Youth shaping future of entertainment

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:17 PM PST


CHICAGO -- Young people want their music, TV and movies now -- even if it means they get these things illegally.
A recent Columbia University survey found, in fact, that 70 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said they had bought, copied or downloaded ...

Barnett 62nd

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Doris and LeRoy Barnett were married in 1950 at First Christian Church in Bryan, TX.
They have two children: Ronnie Scott wife Sherri & Charlotte McClinton and husband Larry. They’ve been blessed with four grandchildren and two great-gran ...

Tedrick 60th

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST

William and Wanda Tedrick were married February 22nd 1952.
They have six children, Maresa, Melinda, Charles, Ben, David, Eric and their spouses, 17 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
The couple plan to celebrate their anniversary with frien ...

Regents must set example of fiscal care

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


Eagle Editorial Board
Texas A&M students will be asked to pay more to attend their beloved university in the fall under a 3.95 percent tuition hike proposed by President R. Bowen Loftin.
For the average Texas student, that translates to $1 ...

Our Neighbors calendar

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Monday
* Star Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675.
* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.
* Brazos Genealogical Association, 6 to 8 p.m. McDonald's Communit ...

Our Neighbors: School menus

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.
College Station
Monday: Chicken nuggets or beef & cheese nachos, carrots, fruit, rice krispy treat.
Tuesday: Corn dog or chef salad, macaroni & cheese, black eyed peas, fruit.
Wednesday ...

Calendar for Sunday

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:01 PM PST

Mark Your Calendar
The 2012 Home Expo will be on Feb. 25 and 26 at the Brazos County Expo. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Feb. 25 and 1 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 26. The event is hosted by B/CS Home Builders Association. For more information, call 696-0272 ...

Parties battle for control

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Bruised from the payroll tax cut brawl, congressional Republicans want to change the subject and push legislation they say would create jobs by promoting transportation and energy projects, cutting business taxes and helping companies ...

Critical GOP has cut U.S. nuclear arsenal the most

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:57 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's consideration of severe cuts in nuclear weapons generated a flurry of GOP criticism -- "reckless lunacy" in the words of Arizona Rep. Trent Franks. But the historical record shows that in the two decades sin ...

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