Sunday, February 26, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Illegal immigrant seeks top Aggie post

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


It's the season for wild rhetoric from office-seekers, so Jose Zelaya, a candidate for Texas A&M student body president, evoked skepticism when he told a small gathering of the student group Aggies Knitting, Crafting and More that he was an exp ...

Illegal immigrant seeks top Aggie post

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


It's the season for wild rhetoric from office-seekers, so Jose Zelaya, a candidate for Texas A&M student body president, evoked skepticism when he told a small gathering of the student group Aggies Knitting, Crafting and More that he was an exp ...

Brazos County House candidates spar over conservative values

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


The district lines haven't been set and the ballot hasn't been finalized, but the race to represent rural Brazos County in the Texas House has already heated up.
Last week, two of the four Republican primary candidates sparred publicly about thei ...

Brazos County House candidates spar over conservative values

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


The district lines haven't been set and the ballot hasn't been finalized, but the race to represent rural Brazos County in the Texas House has already heated up.
Last week, two of the four Republican primary candidates sparred publicly about thei ...

Index shows B-CS economy off to strong start in 2012

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


Despite modest growth in the Bryan-College Station economic index from December to January, its steady increase over five consecutive months suggests the local economy may be on the verge of recovery.
The index -- which is compiled by an Amarillo- ...

Index shows B-CS economy off to strong start in 2012

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


Despite modest growth in the Bryan-College Station economic index from December to January, its steady increase over five consecutive months suggests the local economy may be on the verge of recovery.
The index -- which is compiled by an Amarillo- ...

Texas A&M System chancellor tries to ease layoff fears

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp on Saturday sought to reassure System employees who fear losing their jobs under a possible privatization of services, but he offered no guarantee.
Sharp met with the media at the John Connally Building ...

Texas A&M System chancellor tries to ease layoff fears

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp on Saturday sought to reassure System employees who fear losing their jobs under a possible privatization of services, but he offered no guarantee.
Sharp met with the media at the John Connally Building ...

Pomp and pageantry

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Maria Roe rehearses a routine Saturday with other members of the Bryan High School Winter Color Guard at the Texas Color Guard Circuit Viking Indoor Classic at the school. The Bryan High Color Guard will travel to Dayton, Ohio, in April for the Winte ...

Museum to offer oceanography camp

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History will host an "Adventures in Oceanography" spring mini-camp from March 12 through 16.
The weeklong camp will be filled with exciting lessons, educational games, crafts and one-on-one pre ...

Police: Man gave alcohol to minors

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

A 26-year-old College Station man was arrested for allegedly providing alcohol to minors early Friday morning.
According to College Station police, officers were dispatched to the man's home in the 900 block of Colgate Drive after receiving reports ...

Police: Man gave alcohol to minors

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

A 26-year-old College Station man was arrested for allegedly providing alcohol to minors early Friday morning.
According to College Station police, officers were dispatched to the man's home in the 900 block of Colgate Drive after receiving reports ...

Robbery suspect allegedly had drugs

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 34-year-old Bryan man remained jailed Saturday after an officer found drugs in his home.
The College Station officer had gone to the apartment on the 400 block of Nagle Street on Friday to serve a robbery warrant on Rubin Quinc ...

Robbery suspect allegedly had drugs

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 34-year-old Bryan man remained jailed Saturday after an officer found drugs in his home.
The College Station officer had gone to the apartment on the 400 block of Nagle Street on Friday to serve a robbery warrant on Rubin Quinc ...

Authorities seeking hit and run suspect

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
College Station police were searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck two teenagers late Friday night at the intersection of Harvey Road and Dartmouth Street.
The driver of the vehicle, described only as a dark-colored p ...

Authorities seeking hit and run suspect

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
College Station police were searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck two teenagers late Friday night at the intersection of Harvey Road and Dartmouth Street.
The driver of the vehicle, described only as a dark-colored p ...

Taliban claims to kill U.S. troops

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A gunman killed two American military advisers with shots to the back of the head Saturday inside a heavily guarded ministry building, and NATO ordered military workers out of Afghan ministries as protests raged for a fifth day ...

BP faces fines, compensation in the billions

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


NEW ORLEANS -- On the cusp of trial over the catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, phalanxes of lawyers, executives and public officials have spent the waning days in settlement talks. Holed up in small groups inside law offices, war r ...

Nelson Mandela in hospital with stomach illness

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


JOHANNESBURG -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was hospitalized Saturday for a test to determine what is behind an undisclosed stomach ailment, and the country's current leader said the much beloved 93-year-old icon was in no danger.
...

Dozens killed in attacks on eve of Syria referendum

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria defied international calls to halt attacks on rebel enclaves as at least 89 people were killed nationwide Saturday on the eve of a constitutional referendum that the opposition sees as a ploy by President Bashar Assad's reg ...

Cancer's big burden: High care costs

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


Patti Tyree was afraid that cancer would steal her future. Instead, the cost of treating it has.
She had hoped to buy a small farm with money inherited from her mother. But copayments for just one $18,000 round of breast chemotherapy and one shot ...

Cancer's big burden: High care costs

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


Patti Tyree was afraid that cancer would steal her future. Instead, the cost of treating it has.
She had hoped to buy a small farm with money inherited from her mother. But copayments for just one $18,000 round of breast chemotherapy and one shot ...

Oscars counting on host Billy Crystal to shine

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal's host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.
Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, the show's producers, are laug ...

Oscars counting on host Billy Crystal to shine

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- The Oscar ceremony has much to prove Sunday, including whether a blockbuster-free field can draw a TV audience and if Billy Crystal's host routine remains a crowd-pleaser.
Brian Grazer and Don Mischer, the show's producers, are laug ...

Intel shows more militants than civilians die in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan

Posted: 25 Feb 2012 04:07 PM PST


ISLAMABAD -- American drone strikes inside Pakistan are killing far fewer civilians than many in the country are led to believe, according to a rare on-the-ground investigation by The Associated Press of 10 of the deadliest attacks in the past 18 m ...

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