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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Patches of patriotism: Bushes accept Navasota woman's quilt for museum

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


To cope with the images she was seeing on television on Sept. 11, 2001, Navasota resident Laura Gunter pulled out her quilting materials and got to work.
"I was so sad and depressed I thought, 'What can I do besides pray?'" Gunter recalled. "So I ...

Severely injured dog gets a second chance

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


When Texas A&M regents professor Bob Strawser and his wife, Carol, found a dog on New Year's Day lying motionless in a median near the intersection of OSR and Texas 6, there was no discussion of whether to stop or not.
The Strawsers are veter ...

Getting ready for Big Event

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


Ben Bates was hooked on The Big Event his sophomore year after he went into local residents' homes during the pre-planning process of Texas A&M's service project that sees thousands of students fan out into the community to help with manual lab ...

Getting ready for Big Event

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


Ben Bates was hooked on The Big Event his sophomore year after he went into local residents' homes during the pre-planning process of Texas A&M's service project that sees thousands of students fan out into the community to help with manual lab ...

Police: Man found with drugs at hotel

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 21-year-old Houston man was arrested by College Station police who reported finding drugs in his hotel room on Thursday.
Officers went to the Hampton Inn in the 300 block of Texas Avenue in response to a report of burnt mariju ...

Authorities seek info on forgery suspect

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos County Sheriff's Office and Brazos County Crime Stoppers are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Julie Vasquez Galvan, wanted on a felony revocation warrant for a charge of forgery of a financial instrument ...

Authorities seek info on forgery suspect

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos County Sheriff's Office and Brazos County Crime Stoppers are seeking information regarding the whereabouts of Julie Vasquez Galvan, wanted on a felony revocation warrant for a charge of forgery of a financial instrument ...

A&M student reports theft in Evans Library

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A Texas A&M University student was studying in Sterling C. Evans Library Thursday afternoon when he was assaulted by a man who stole his cellphone, university police said.
The student said he was at a table on the fourth floo ...

A&M student reports theft in Evans Library

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A Texas A&M University student was studying in Sterling C. Evans Library Thursday afternoon when he was assaulted by a man who stole his cellphone, university police said.
The student said he was at a table on the fourth floo ...

Milam man accused in sex assault

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


A 23-year-old Milano man currently jailed in Milam County for aggravated sexual assault of a child was served with an additional sexual assault charge from Brazos County on Thursday.
According to the police report, on Jan. 12 an investigator with ...

Milam man accused in sex assault

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


A 23-year-old Milano man currently jailed in Milam County for aggravated sexual assault of a child was served with an additional sexual assault charge from Brazos County on Thursday.
According to the police report, on Jan. 12 an investigator with ...

Shooting hurts Afghan war effort

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he's at "the end of the rope," and a majority of Americans feel the same way.Of all the past decade's setbacks in the endeavor to form a solid alliance with Afghanistan and defeat the Taliban, the war ...

Killing probe finds alcohol use

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military bans alcohol for its troops in Afghanistan, but that doesn't stop some soldiers from having a bottle or two stowed away in their gear -- a fact highlighted by investigators' probe into whether alcohol played a ...

Air Force disciplining 2 mortuary supervisors

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT

DOVER, Del. -- The Air Force is disciplining the former commander of the Dover Air Force Base mortuary and a former key civilian aide after an investigation into retaliation against workers who blew the whistle on the mishandling of human remains, of ...

Suspect ID'd in Afghanistan shooting

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT


SEATTLE -- The attorney for a soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan said Friday the suspect is 38-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales from Lake Tapps, Wash.
The military had earlier declined to name the suspect. A senior U.S. of ...

Higher gas prices threaten economy

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Inflation remains tame throughout the U.S. economy, with one big exception: gas prices.
Those higher prices haven't derailed a steadily improving economy. But if they surpass $4 or $5 a gallon, experts fear Americans could pull back ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:05 AM PDT

Friday
* "Roses are Herbs, Too!" seminar, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gardens at Festival Hill. 17th Annual Herbal Forum sponsored by the Herb Society of America, Pioneer Unit. Plant sale features herbal plants and other garden plants suitable to this area tha ...

Jury convicts former Rutgers student

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about c ...

Irish diplomats launch holiday offensive

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


DUBLIN -- Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny is leading a global St. Patrick's Day charm offensive that seeks to woo investment from the United States, China and other countries to debt-crippled Ireland.
Kenny arrived Friday in Chicago to begin a fiv ...

Suit targets shipwreck loot

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT

TAMPA, Fla. -- A federal judge was considering Friday whether to force Florida deep-sea explorers to hand over to Spain the last of the treasure they recovered from a 200-year-old shipwreck.Last month, Spanish military planes flew home with nearly 60 ...

Lil Wayne leads hip-hop's SXSW overnight invasion

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


AUSTIN, Texas -- Lil Wayne was feeling inspirational while making an appearance at South By Southwest. Snoop Dogg admitted he was too high to notice he was performing on a stage six stories tall that looked like a vending machine. And rumors that E ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Saturday
* Northview Baptist Church, 1809 Tabor Road in Bryan, will host a Gospel concert featuring Jim Graham at 6 p.m. The church's youth director, Nick Poole, will be singing two songs. The event is free, but an offering will be taken.
Sunday
* ...

Arab-Muslim comedy finds voice after Sept. 11 tragedy

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The comedian who made his name on the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour made one thing clear when he opened a recent set at Michigan State University: "Tonight, it's not Islam 101."
For every joke Dean Obeidallah made about his Arab ...

Medical First! Bloodless Heart Transplant

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 02:03 AM PDT


Dr. Mark Galantowicz, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Co-Director of the Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital as well as a Professor of Surgery at The Ohio State Medical Center discusses bloodless transplant surgery.
Why do a blo ...

Medical First! Bloodless Heart Transplant - Research Summary

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 01:58 AM PDT


BACKGROUND: With someone needing blood every two seconds in the US for one reason or another, surgeries and medical procedures performed without the use of blood are preferable choice by many today. Reasons why bloodless surgeries are catching on a ...

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