Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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State Sen. Steve Ogden urges moderates to vote

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


Bryan Republican Steve Ogden, who is widely respected in the state senate for his expertise on budget issues, took aim Monday at politics at the federal level -- but not how some may expect from a conservative.
The chair of the powerful Senate Fi ...

State Sen. Steve Ogden urges moderates to vote

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


Bryan Republican Steve Ogden, who is widely respected in the state senate for his expertise on budget issues, took aim Monday at politics at the federal level -- but not how some may expect from a conservative.
The chair of the powerful Senate Fi ...

Texas president Powers weighs in on budget, lawsuit and rivalry

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

University of Texas President William Powers Jr. said he's observed a growing frustration with higher education in recent years.
Tuition is increasing and class sizes are growing. People across the country are questioning whether universities are fu ...

Texas president Powers weighs in on budget, lawsuit and rivalry

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

University of Texas President William Powers Jr. said he's observed a growing frustration with higher education in recent years.
Tuition is increasing and class sizes are growing. People across the country are questioning whether universities are fu ...

Baylor stays undefeated

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST

Players on the Aggie bench show frustration in the waning moments of their loss to Baylor on Monday night at Reed Arena in College Station. This was the last regular season game the rivals will both play in as Big 12 members. The No. 1 Bears beat the ...

SEC move increases football season ticket prices

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


A move to the Southeastern Conference means Aggie fans will have to dig deeper in their pockets if they want to purchase season tickets for A&M's inaugural season in the nation's premier football conference.
A&M on Monday announced an incr ...

SEC move increases football season ticket prices

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


A move to the Southeastern Conference means Aggie fans will have to dig deeper in their pockets if they want to purchase season tickets for A&M's inaugural season in the nation's premier football conference.
A&M on Monday announced an incr ...

Sheriff's office seizes six gaming machines from Bryan store

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


Six gaming machines were confiscated from inside a Bryan convenience store Monday by the Brazos County Sheriff's Office, while investigators working for the county attorney executed a search warrant at the business.
Brazos County Attorney Rod Ande ...

Sheriff's office seizes six gaming machines from Bryan store

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST


Six gaming machines were confiscated from inside a Bryan convenience store Monday by the Brazos County Sheriff's Office, while investigators working for the county attorney executed a search warrant at the business.
Brazos County Attorney Rod Ande ...

Bryan man faces felony drug charge

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 05:12 PM PST

A 39-year-old Bryan man remained jailed Monday on $16,000 bail after authorities said he sold crack cocaine in a school zone and attempted to hide the evidence, according to narcotics officers.
Officers did surveillance on Andre Lamarc Hill's home ...

Two men arrested in alleged grow house

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:06 PM PST

Two Bryan men were released Monday from Brazos County Jail after authorities arrested them Sunday for allegedly growing about 40 marijuana plants inside their residence in the 5900 block of Old Spanish Trail, according to officials.
Brooks Ryan Winf ...

Texas prepares for health care law

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST

AUSTIN -- The percentage of Texans with health insurance would rise from 74 percent to 91 percent under the new federal health care law, a state official told lawmakers Monday.State Medicaid Director Billy Millwee also said the state is prepared to i ...

TransCanada to build pipeline linking Oklahoma and Texas

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The White House on Monday welcomed a Canadian company's plan to build an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas after President Barack Obama blocked the larger Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.
The new proposal by Calgary-based TransCan ...

WikiLeaks publishes leaked emails from Texas firm

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST


LONDON -- Private intelligence firm Stratfor is in the business of shedding light on the world for its many clients. On Monday, anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks was the one shedding light on Stratfor, saying it had more than 5 million of the company's ...

Cartels testing border on foot

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST


DEMING, N.M. -- Border drug smuggling operations have turned to small packs of young, aggressive men who are increasingly using the remote Texas-New Mexico desert, federal agents say.
Agents said some of the illegal immigrants carry 50 pounds of d ...

Cartels testing border on foot

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST


DEMING, N.M. -- Border drug smuggling operations have turned to small packs of young, aggressive men who are increasingly using the remote Texas-New Mexico desert, federal agents say.
Agents said some of the illegal immigrants carry 50 pounds of d ...

U.S. vows to stick to Afghanistan plan

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is sticking determinedly to its stay-the-course message in Afghanistan despite a week of anti-American riots, the point-blank killing of U.S. military advisers and growing election-year demands to bring the tr ...

U.S. vows to stick to Afghanistan plan

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:04 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is sticking determinedly to its stay-the-course message in Afghanistan despite a week of anti-American riots, the point-blank killing of U.S. military advisers and growing election-year demands to bring the tr ...

Student killed in Ohio school shooting

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST


CHARDON, Ohio -- A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Cleveland high school Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, authorities sa ...

Proposed budget may end NASA's Mars goal

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:05 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- NASA said Monday it's not giving up on Mars, but it'll have to get there later and at a lower price.
Earlier this month, the president's budget canceled joint U.S.-European robotic missions to Mars in 2016 and 2018. Now top science o ...

Leap day babies embrace their uniqueness

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Peter Brouwer turns 56 on Wednesday. But if you count the times he's celebrated his true birth date, he's only turning 14.
Brouwer is a Leap day baby. And like a lot of people born Feb. 29, he relishes the uniqueness of his birthday. H ...

Evidence suggests bats may carry flu

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST


ATLANTA -- For the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear.
The surprising discovery of genetic fragments of a flu virus is the first well-documented report of ...

'Berenstain Bears' co-creator dies

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:03 PM PST


PHILADELPHIA -- Jan Berenstain, who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books that have charmed preschoolers and their parents for 50 years, has died. She was 88.
Berenstain, a longtime resident of Solebury in south ...

A Solution for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:40 AM PST


Washington, DC ( Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Passed from mother to son, duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common fatal genetic disease of children. One in 3,500 boys is diagnosed with it. Over time, they lose more and more muscle, until their lungs ...

A Solution for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? -- In Depth Doctor's Interview

Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:38 AM PST


Talk to us about where we are right now with personalized medicine.
Dr. Hoffman: Personalized medicine there's different embodiments or sort of definitions to it. There's some in current use particularly with regards to drugs. So if you take some ...

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