Possibility of including dance team at football games causes stir Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST By BROOKE WEST news@theeagle.com The Aggie Dance Team has been performing for Reed Arena's basketball crowd for almost two decades, but the upcoming move from the Big 12 to the SEC has some debating whether the spirit group also should become a par ... |
Possibility of including dance team at football games causes stir Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST By BROOKE WEST news@theeagle.com The Aggie Dance Team has been performing for Reed Arena's basketball crowd for almost two decades, but the upcoming move from the Big 12 to the SEC has some debating whether the spirit group also should become a par ... |
Police: Babysitter lied about shooting Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST Eagle staff report A 26-year-old babysitter remained in custody late Sunday after College Station police said he made up a story about a crime to hide his own misdeed. Authorities said George Frank Stokes caught the attention of a motorist just be ... |
Afghans attack U.S. base Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan -- Demonstrators hurled grenades at a U.S. base in northern Afghanistan, and a gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured Sunday in the escalating crisis over the burning of Muslim holy books at an American ai ... |
Oil is gushing in West Texas Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST DALLAS -- The Permian Basin of West Texas is experiencing an oil boom, leading some of the region's top oilmen to predict that Texas oil production will double within five to seven years. Oil drillers over the last eight years have found that the ... |
'The Artist' wins five Oscars, including best picture Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:26 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The Artist won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Among other prizes for the black-and-white ... |
Analysis: Relief is unlikely for Texas schools Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST AUSTIN -- The director of the Texas Legislative Budget Board tried to be as diplomatic as possible when he talked to lawmakers about public education spending. John O'Brien, who retires from his non-partisan position in April, knew that some Repub ... |
Civilians, corporations want to be next in line to get drones Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Heads up: Drones are going mainstream. Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asia are in demand by police departments, border patrols, power companies, news ... |
Egypt opens divisive trial Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST CAIRO -- Egypt pushed ahead Sunday with the trial of 43 employees of pro-democracy groups, including 16 Americans, even as Egyptian and U.S. officials tried behind the scenes to resolve the case that has caused the deepest rift in their alliance in 3 ... |
Study: Young women have stem cells that produce eggs Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST WASHINGTON -- For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they'll ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they've discovered the ovaries of young women harbor very rare stem cells capable of prod ... |
New rule goes after back child support Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Thousands of poor and disabled men stand to lose their only income next year because of a change in government policy that will allow states to seize every dollar of federal benefits from people who owe back child support.Previously, st ... |
Army IDs last missing soldier in Iraq Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST BAGHDAD -- The U.S military announced Sunday that it has recovered the remains of the last American service member who was unaccounted for in Iraq, an Army interpreter seized by gunmen after sneaking off base to visit his Iraqi wife in Baghdad duri ... |
Newt Gingrich promoted moderate ideas in early campaign Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST CARROLLTON, Ga. — The young political candidate sought support from labor unions. He castigated corporations for “raping” the environment. He demanded that big oil companies open their financial books for inspection. This was not ... |
Western nations calls Syrian vote a 'farce' Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST DAMASCUS, Syria -- The U.S. and its allies dismissed the Syrian regime's referendum on a new constitution Sunday as a "farce" meant to justify the bloody crackdown on dissent. But voters in government strongholds suggested why some Syrians have no ... |
More Texas soldiers seeking aid Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST AUSTIN -- A growing number of Fort Hood soldiers, particularly those with children, are turning up at area food pantries because they're unable to make ends meet on their military salaries, according to a newspaper study. A review of Defense Commi ... |
Orange orbs still a mystery in N.C. Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two orange orbs, just about 10 feet off the ground, floated past Steve Woody and his father as they hunted deer more than 50 years ago. The mysterious lights passed them, then dropped down the side of a gorge in the Blue Ridge foothi ... |
Livestock Report Posted: 25 Feb 2012 11:40 PM PST Bryan Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's Feb. 21 sale: Head: 267 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $185-$260; 300-400 lbs., $217-$270; 400-500 lbs., $186-$242.50; 500-600 lbs., $155-$200; 600-700 lbs., $150-$165 Heifers: 200-300 lbs., $220-$ ... |
Capsule reviews of new movie releases Posted: 26 Feb 2012 05:25 AM PST "Act of Valor" -- In this high-quality recruitment video, sissy things like plot and character development have been chased out of the theater as if by a barking drill sergeant. Instead of narrative and story, the film takes its propulsion from its v ... |
The Dead Bring Injured Arms Back to Life Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST ATLANTA, GA ( Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They can happen during birth or a bad fall. Brachial plexus injuries occur when the head and shoulder are pushed in opposite directions and can cost kids the use of their arms. Now, with some assistance from the d ... |
The Dead Bring Injured Arms Back to Life -- In Depth Doctor's Interview Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:20 AM PST So with these kids who are born with this injury or I guess it can happen with trauma too, when they have this kind of stretchy thing like when their nerves get stretched out of shape, what happens to them as far as function? Dr. Peljovich: Well d ... |
The Dead Bring Injured Arms Back to Life - Research Summary Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:17 AM PST BACKGROUND: The brachial plexus consists of a network of nerves that originate near the neck and shoulder. These nerves begin at the spinal cord in the neck and are responsible for control of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. The brachial plexu ... |
Breast Cancer Survival with Mammography Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:13 AM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Discovering breast cancer can be devastating to women, but discovering it through mammography may give them a better chance of survival. Based on a study of almost 2,000 breast cancer patients, researchers at the Swedish Cance ... |
Reducing Death From Colorectal Cancer Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:12 AM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) New research has found that insulin production may persist for decades after the onset of type 1 diabetes. Beta cell functioning also appears to be preserved in some patients years after apparent loss of pancreatic function. "T ... |
Huntington's Disease Hope Posted: 26 Feb 2012 09:11 AM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Emotional disturbances, severe mental deterioration and uncontrollable body movements; these disruptive symptoms and more are characteristics of the incurable Huntington's disease. Affecting more then 100,000 people, Huntingt ... |
Calendar for Monday Posted: 26 Feb 2012 04:26 PM PST Mark Your Calendar Bethany Baptist Church is holding a Rummage Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 3 at the church, located at 9250 FM 391 and FM 2549. A chili and hotdog lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds of the rummage sale and lunc ... |
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