Friday, February 24, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Honoring black history: Guest speakers share stories, advice

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


Wayland Moody had a question for third through fifth graders at Crockett Elementary in Bryan:
What are you going to do today to be a better person tomorrow?
"Tomorrow I want you to have an answer," instructed Moody, a former Crockett Rocket himse ...

A&M System might outsource jobs

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 03:51 PM PST


A&M System Chancellor John Sharp wants to outsource Texas A&M University's facilities services, a move that sparked fear and uncertainty Thursday among many of the department's 700 or so employees as rumors floated across campus.
Employee ...

Boy Scout helps College Station City Council make decision

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


The College Station City Council is a thoroughly deliberative body. Meetings often last late into the night as the seven members debate the merits of an issue.
But sometimes a decision comes up that can't be talked through -- the two choices are ...

Rain may boost Bluebonnets

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


Local wildflower experts are hopeful that the recent rains will result in colorful roadsides painted with wildflowers in a few weeks.
Last year's drought kept the number of Bluebonnets and other wildflowers disappointingly low, but the rain and w ...

Two local restaurants shut down

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Two local restaurants had to close Thursday after failing routine Brazos County Health Department inspections.
The department reported that On the Border, a College Station Mexican restaurant located across from Texas A&M, w ...

Pair of men indicted on burglary charges

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


A Brazos County grand jury indicted 37 people on 51 charges Thursday ranging from state-jail felonies punishable by two years in prison to second-degree felonies that carry a sentence between two and 20 years.
Two Bryan men -- Michael Allen Crens ...

College Station police say man stole candy from Target

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 20-year-old risked jail time -- and got it -- to get his hands on free Lifesavers Gummies, authorities said.
College Station police said they went to the Target on Texas Avenue after 9 p.m. Wednesday for a call about a theft in ...

Suspended student allegedly fled police

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
After being escorted off campus, a Bryan High School student decided to return and eventually led police on a foot chase after being asked to leave, authorities said.
A school resource officer said he was working at Bryan High on ...

Suspended student allegedly fled police

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
After being escorted off campus, a Bryan High School student decided to return and eventually led police on a foot chase after being asked to leave, authorities said.
A school resource officer said he was working at Bryan High on ...

Student delegation

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

West Point cadet James Whittington (left) sits with others Thursday while listening to a presentation for the Student Conference on National Affairs.

Student delegation

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST

West Point cadet James Whittington (left) sits with others Thursday while listening to a presentation for the Student Conference on National Affairs.

Soaring gas prices could hurt Barack Obama

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Soaring gasoline prices are threatening to undercut President Barack Obama's re-election prospects and offering Republicans an easy target. With prices pushing $4 a gallon and threatening to go even higher, Obama sought Thursday to c ...

Ryan confident in Rangers lineup

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 11:45 PM PST

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Texas Rangers president and CEO Nolan Ryan says the team assembling for this spring training "is as strong a club as we've ever been. "At a packed news conference Wednesday, the Hall of Fame pitcher spoke of how impressed he is wit ...

Poll: Cuts more popular than tax

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Most people like President Barack Obama's proposal to make millionaires pay a significant share of their incomes in taxes. Yet they'd still rather cut spending than boost taxes to balance the federal budget, an Associated Press-GfK po ...

Dallas County district attorney urges capital punishment review

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


DALLAS -- The Texas prosecutor leading an aggressive push to free wrongly imprisoned inmates, in a county where more than two dozen wrongful convictions have been overturned, is calling for a review of the capital punishment system in the nation's ...

Dallas County district attorney urges capital punishment review

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


DALLAS -- The Texas prosecutor leading an aggressive push to free wrongly imprisoned inmates, in a county where more than two dozen wrongful convictions have been overturned, is calling for a review of the capital punishment system in the nation's ...

President Barack Obama apologizes for Quran burning as protests continue

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another d ...

President Barack Obama apologizes for Quran burning as protests continue

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama apologized to Afghans on Thursday for the burning of Qurans at a U.S. military base, trying to assuage rising anti-American sentiment as an Afghan soldier gunned down two American troops during another d ...

California helicopter collision kills 7 Marines

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST


SAN DIEGO -- Two Marine Corps helicopters collided over a remote section of the California desert during a nighttime exercise, killing seven Marines in one of the Corps' deadliest training accidents in years.
There were no survivors in the latest ...

Author J.K. Rowling targeting adult audience with new novel

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Adult fans of J.K. Rowling can rejoice: She has a new novel coming, for grownups.
The kids will have to wait and see.
The author of the mega-selling Harry Potter series has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Brit ...

Pitcher Yu Darvish makes debut with Texas Rangers

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers would love to hear Yu Darvish's best go at "y'all."
"Some Texas twang, any type of slang," said fellow starter Colby Lewis, who spent time pitching in Japan in the opposite division as Darvish. "He'll have fun. ...

Author J.K. Rowling targeting adult audience with new novel

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Adult fans of J.K. Rowling can rejoice: She has a new novel coming, for grownups.
The kids will have to wait and see.
The author of the mega-selling Harry Potter series has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Brit ...

Pitcher Yu Darvish makes debut with Texas Rangers

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers would love to hear Yu Darvish's best go at "y'all."
"Some Texas twang, any type of slang," said fellow starter Colby Lewis, who spent time pitching in Japan in the opposite division as Darvish. "He'll have fun. ...

Pitcher Yu Darvish makes debut with Texas Rangers

Posted: 23 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Texas Rangers would love to hear Yu Darvish's best go at "y'all."
"Some Texas twang, any type of slang," said fellow starter Colby Lewis, who spent time pitching in Japan in the opposite division as Darvish. "He'll have fun. ...
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