| Construction worker with nerves of steel Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT A construction worker scales a beam Wednesday on the new Player Development Complex under construction near the Bright Football Complex at Texas A&M. |
| Construction worker with nerves of steel Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT A construction worker scales a beam Wednesday on the new Player Development Complex under construction near the Bright Football Complex at Texas A&M. |
| Local homeowners associations adjust to rule changes Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT Want to go green by harvesting rainwater and installing solar panels at your house? Your homeowners association can no longer stop you, even if it considers the projects eyesores. Religious symbols under 25 inches tall and flagpoles with United St ... |
| Gunman kills 1, wounds 3 outside Texas courthouse Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:53 AM PDT BEAUMONT -- A man at court with family members opened fire outside a Southeast Texas courthouse Wednesday, killing one person and wounding at least three others before briefly taking hostages at a nearby business, police said.The 40-year-old gunman h ... |
| Texas A&M System to charge tobacco users more for health plan Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT Tobacco users at Texas A&M will pay an extra $360 a year for health coverage starting Sept. 1 under a new A&M System policy that aims to keep people healthier and save money by cutting down on costs of treating tobacco-related diseases. T ... |
| Texas A&M System to charge tobacco users more for health plan Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT Tobacco users at Texas A&M will pay an extra $360 a year for health coverage starting Sept. 1 under a new A&M System policy that aims to keep people healthier and save money by cutting down on costs of treating tobacco-related diseases. T ... |
| Aggie returning to College Station to promote sexual fitness book Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT A College Station native and Aggie alum will be in town soon to promote a book about a topic that many folks have difficulty discussing. Greg Peterson, who lives in the Dallas area and earned a degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M, will be at ... |
| Pair accused of trying to pawn stolen saw Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:35 AM PDT Finders, keepers? Not according to the Bryan Police Department. Bryan police said officers were driving down North Texas Avenue when a man flagged them down about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and reported that two people had just stolen a saw from a constructi ... |
| Juarez documentary showing for free in Bryan Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A free premiere of the documentary film Murder Capitol of the World will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Premiere Cinemas in Bryan. The film's director and producer, Charlie Minn, will be available for questions and answers after t ... |
| Rains allow ranchers to restock Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:07 PM PDT The price of cattle has skyrocketed as recent rains brought life to nearly abandoned pastures, creating a demand for a commodity that many farmers had relinquished because of the drought, experts say. However, not as many ranchers may be wanting t ... |
| Weather Whys: Chinook winds Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PDT A: You sometimes hear of "Chinook winds." What are they? Q: Chinook winds are those that bring warm air to an area and temperatures can rise in a hurry, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. "Chinook is an Indian word meaning 'snow eater ... |
| Cirque du Soleil 'Dralion' artist eager to entertain Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:30 PM PDT When Svetlana Kholodovska got the call that she was the newest member of Cirque du Soleil, she said, "OK, thanks," and rolled back to sleep. In her defense, she was in Malaysia at the time, and it was 4 a.m. "I thought it was a dream," she said i ... |
| Scathing editorial by former executive targets Goldman Sachs Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs, arguably the most storied investment bank on Wall Street, has been compared to a money-sucking vampire squid and called the evil empire of finance. On Wednesday it got an entirely different kind of black eye -- delivered ... |
| Scathing editorial by former executive targets Goldman Sachs Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Goldman Sachs, arguably the most storied investment bank on Wall Street, has been compared to a money-sucking vampire squid and called the evil empire of finance. On Wednesday it got an entirely different kind of black eye -- delivered ... |
| Strong quakes shake Japan, but no apparent damage Posted: 14 Mar 2012 04:00 AM PDT TOKYO -- A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year's devastating tsunami.A magnitude-6.8 earthquake first struck the southern coast of ... |
| 'Muppet Manifesto' creates a new folk hero Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Sometimes, giving two weeks' notice just isn't enough. The Goldman Sachs muppet manifesto -- a departing executive's lengthy and very public screed against the company's blind pursuit of profits -- is only the latest example of taking ... |
| 'Muppet Manifesto' creates a new folk hero Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Sometimes, giving two weeks' notice just isn't enough. The Goldman Sachs muppet manifesto -- a departing executive's lengthy and very public screed against the company's blind pursuit of profits -- is only the latest example of taking ... |
| Barack Obama, David Cameron stand by Afghanistan mission Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Determined to show momentum in a war marred by setbacks, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minster David Cameron said for the first time Wednesday that NATO forces would hand over the lead combat role to Afghanistan forces next ... |
| A dirty business: Thefts of Tide on the rise Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- When police in suburban Washington raided the home of a suspected drug dealer last fall, they found the cocaine, all right, but also something unusual on the man's shelves: nearly 20 large bottles of liquid Tide laundry detergent. It ... |
| Bus crash kills 22 children, six adults in Switzerland Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT SION, Switzerland -- A tourist bus slammed head-on into a concrete wall in a Swiss Alps tunnel, killing 28 people, mostly children returning from a ski vacation. Swiss police said Wednesday the vehicle was not speeding and everyone was wearing seat ... |
| Mexican cartels turn to youths for drug trafficking Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT TIJUANA, Mexico -- Luis Alberto is only 14 but has the wizened gaze of a grown-up hardened by life. He never met his father, worked as a child, was hired by a gang to sell drugs and then got addicted to them. In October he checked into Cirad, a re ... |
| Learn to control your privacy on Google Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Like it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate. The company recently expanded its ability to combine data from its various services to create a highly detailed profile on you. Google says it's doing that ... |
| Boomers battle aging with activity Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- The country's largest generation is running, walking, swimming and using exercise machines in hopes of changing the face of aging. Baby boomers -- the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 -- are working to counteract the effe ... |
| CBS renews 18 prime-time series Posted: 14 Mar 2012 06:07 PM PDT NEW YORK -- CBS on Wednesday announced the renewal of a staggering 18 prime-time series for next season, making the annual May announcement of its fall schedule almost moot and sending a message of stability. Fans of television's top-rated network ... |
| 'Community' team reflects on hiatus Posted: 14 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Even the star's mother thought her son's NBC sitcom had been canceled: the low-rated but widely acclaimed quirky cult-favorite Community."It was on her Facebook page," noted comic-actor Joel McHale: "'Say it isn't so!"'Actual ... |
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