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Aggie women have Great triumph

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Texas A&M's Kristi Bellock (from left) and Kelsey Bone celebrate with teammates from the bench as the final seconds tick off the clock during the Aggies' 69-47 win over the Albany Great Danes at Reed Arena on Saturday. The Aggies will next face A ...

Texas A&M, NCAA work together to root out drug use

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


Though performance-enhancing drug scandals have hogged sports headlines for the past decade, administrators, athletic directors and college coaches have shifted their focus to street drugs.
"We've talked with coaches, and they have a new worst nig ...

Coaches weigh in on drug use, consequences

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


Here's what coaches from other sports at Texas A&M had to say on the issue:

* A&M men's basketball coach Billy Kennedy: "The only drug that I have experienced in basketball is marijuana. It's an issue in every sport. We test our guys on ...

Struggling parent company closing Loupot's bookstores

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


Two of Bryan-College Station's oldest college bookstore chains are closing some -- if not all -- of their stores this month as their parent company attempts to recover from financial struggles.
Loupot's Bookstores and Traditions Bookstores were b ...

Reenactors stage World War II battle

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


Underneath the sunny Saturday sky, dozens of men dressed in American and German World War II uniforms prepared to vividly demonstrate the combat between the two armies as the Americans fought to cross the Rhine River and enter Germany.
Some of th ...

Caldwell man says he stabbed woman

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Police: DWI suspect threatened officer

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT

Shooting hurts U.S. ties with Afghans

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- The massacre of 16 Afghan civilians was a dagger to the U.S.-led coalition's hearts and minds campaign, which was already in decline after 10 years of war.
Coalition forces will still help bolster the Afghan government and se ...

Green with enjoyment at O'Bannon's Irish Pub

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Decked out in green for St. Patrick's Day, Ashley McIntyre plays her fiddle Saturday while joining revelers at O'Bannon's Irish Pub in College Station.

More details emerge about alleged Afghan gunman

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


LAKE TAPPS, Wash. -- On a winding road of wood-frame homes tucked amid towering trees, Robert Bales was the father who joined his two young children for playtime in the yard, a career soldier who greeted neighbors warmly but was guarded when talkin ...

Family questions killing of teen

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


SANFORD, Fla. -- Calls made to police show that a black teenager was terrified as he tried to get away from the white neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, and that the volunteer was not defending himself as he has claimed, the teen's family t ...

GOP candidates head to Illinois

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


BAYAMON, Puerto Rico -- Looking toward the critical primary in Illinois, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney wrapped up a shortened campaign trip to Puerto Rico on Saturday as he prepared for more tough contests against chief rival Ric ...

Obama urges Congress to end tax breaks for oil industry

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Pump prices on his mind, President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop alternative sources of energy.
Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address that he ex ...

Obama urges Congress to end tax breaks for oil industry

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Pump prices on his mind, President Barack Obama says Congress should kill tax breaks for the oil and gas industry and help develop alternative sources of energy.
Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address that he ex ...

Supreme Court to weigh health coverage mandate

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Death, taxes and now health insurance? Having a medical plan or else paying a fine is about to become another certainty of American life, unless the Supreme Court says no.
People are split over the wisdom of President Barack Obama's ...

One of Libya's top criminals arrested

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:24 PM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya -- Mauritania on Saturday arrested Moammar Ghadafi's former intelligence chief, accused of attacking civilians during the uprising in Libya last year and the 1989 bombing of a French airliner. The International Criminal Court, France ...

Dozens killed by blasts in Syria

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


DAMASCUS, Syria -- Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people.
There have been a ...

Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies at 91

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT


BERLIN -- John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name -- a legal battle that had not yet ended when he died Saturday at age 91 -- made him one of t ...

Creator of energy drink Red Bull dies

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:23 PM PDT

BANGKOK -- Chaleo Yoovidhya, the self-made Thai billionaire who introduced the world to "energy drinks" and co-founded the globally popular Red Bull brand, has died. He was in his 80s.Chaleo died of natural causes in Bangkok on Saturday, according to ...

There's plenty of chances to 'Savour the Arts'

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT


Saturday is a special day as the Arts Council of the Brazos Valley invites you get a mighty dose of not just what art looks like, but how far reaching the term arts is. Afterall chefs are artists, jewelry designers are artists, pumpkin carvers are ...

Alpha dog

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Dressed as a hot dog, Kade Orsak, 12, attempts to tackle his friend Zach Zubia, 14, as they compete in race at a Texas A&M baseball game during a break between innings.

Quite a shine

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Roman "Wolf" Grimaldo, 41, takes advantage of recent mild and dry weather to polish the chrome on his rims in his driveway in Bryan.

School menus

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

College Station
Monday: Chicken nuggets or egg roll, rice pilaf, green peas with carrots, fruit.
Tuesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce or baked potato, roasted vegetable blend, garlic bread, fruit ice.
Wednesday: Poor boy sandwich or BBQ beef sandwi ...

Our Neighbors calendar

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Monday
* Star Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675.
* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.
* Brazos Genealogical Association, 6 to 8 p.m. McDonald's Communit ...

Bridge results

Posted: 17 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

* The March 9 Star Duplicate Bridge winners were: N/S -- 1, Cindy DuBois and Bob Young; 2, Richard Duble and Joe Nance. E/W -- 1, Josephine Williamson and Betty Mahoney; 2, Ellen Tessin and Lila Palmer.
* The March 12 Star Duplicate Bridge winners w ...

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