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- Cause of house fire unknown
- Howard Buffett shares photos from travels; endows scholarship
- Auctioneer qualifies for competition in a bid to be the best
- Parents removed from sports stands
- U.S. graduation rate moves up — but still short of goal
- Drunken driving suspect hits cow
- Mitt Romney sweeps delegates in Puerto Rico
- Original underground railroad ran south
- Lab using new DNA technology to solve property crimes
- Austin High band gets in on the act at South by Southwest
- Putin's promises will challenge Russia economy
- Drivers using apps to map the United States
- Outcome a mystery as health care law goes before court
- Israel still suspicious of Iran's nuclear weapon plans
- Accused soldier 'snapped' in Afghanistan, some say
- Accused soldier 'snapped' in Afghanistan, some say
- 1940 Census to offer glimpse into past
- Friends of SRPH introduced
- Friends of SRPH introduced
- Colombian star Juanes says SXSW is life-changing
- Eminem drops in on 50 Cent's 'Get Rich' SXSW show
- 'Mythbusters' duo unleash spin-off
- Letters for March 19
- Calendar for Monday
- Lawyer for Afghan killings suspect to visit him
| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT No one was seriously injured Sunday when a massive fire destroyed a two-story rental home in Bryan. The blaze was reported just before 4:30 p.m. on Sulphur Springs Road near Cavitt Street. Authorities said late Sunday that they still were trying ... |
| Howard Buffett shares photos from travels; endows scholarship Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT The 14-year-old eldest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, Howard G. Buffett, steadied his camera, and secretly snapped photos of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia in 1969. He quickly switched up the film before the soldiers seized the roll. ... |
| Auctioneer qualifies for competition in a bid to be the best Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT Growing up in Wharton, Greg Goudeau loved to visit cattle markets in nearby Hungerford and watch the quick-tounged auctioneers sell hundreds of steers and heifers in a day. He said he was thrilled to see how the auctioneers ensured that buyers we ... |
| Parents removed from sports stands Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT |
| U.S. graduation rate moves up — but still short of goal Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:10 PM PDT HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High. Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, but Heather Dixon, the student ... |
| Drunken driving suspect hits cow Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:42 PM PDT A 48-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge after authorities said he hit a cow while driving drunk on Old San Antonio Road early Sunday. A Department of Public Safety report said the truck that Grover Gene Hixson II was driving was badly damaged ... |
| Mitt Romney sweeps delegates in Puerto Rico Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Mitt Romney scored an overwhelming win Sunday in Puerto Rico's Republican presidential primary, trouncing chief rival Rick Santorum on the Caribbean island even as the two rivals looked ahead to more competitive contests th ... |
| Original underground railroad ran south Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- While most Americans are familiar with the Underground Railroad that helped Southern slaves escape north before the Civil War, the first clandestine path to freedom ran for more than a century in the opposite direction. Stories ... |
| Lab using new DNA technology to solve property crimes Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT By ANITA HASSAN Houston Chronicle HOUSTON -- A thief wearing gloves walks into a parking lot, perhaps using the cover of night, smashes a car window and takes what's inside the vehicle, all in a matter of minutes. It's the general technique for ma ... |
| Austin High band gets in on the act at South by Southwest Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Stars of all stripes and celebrity hit town to close out South By Southwest, but it was a marching band that stole the show Saturday. Members of the Austin High band watched their star turn in the premiere of filmmaker Emmett Malloy's Bi ... |
| Putin's promises will challenge Russia economy Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin's lavish promises of higher wages and benefits for soldiers, doctors and teachers were a key element in winning a new term in the Kremlin. But the price tag, estimated at $160 billion or more over his six-year term, worries ... |
| Drivers using apps to map the United States Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- When Benjamin Gleitzman moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay area, he used a talking turn-by-turn driving app to guide him across the country. In the middle of Wyoming, the voice told him to turn left where there was no roa ... |
| Outcome a mystery as health care law goes before court Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Here's a thought that can't comfort President Barack Obama: The fate of his health care overhaul rests with four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices. His most sweeping domestic achievement could be struck down if they stand t ... |
| Israel still suspicious of Iran's nuclear weapon plans Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT JERUSALEM -- Despite saber-rattling from Jerusalem, Israeli officials now agree with the U.S. assessment that Tehran has not yet decided on the actual construction of a nuclear bomb, according to senior Israeli government and defense figures. Even ... |
| Accused soldier 'snapped' in Afghanistan, some say Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PDT He is accused of the kind of crime that makes people shiver, the killing of families in their own homes under cover of night, the butchery of defenseless children. Under normal circumstances, Americans would dismiss such an act as worthy of only on ... |
| Accused soldier 'snapped' in Afghanistan, some say Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:11 PM PDT He is accused of the kind of crime that makes people shiver, the killing of families in their own homes under cover of night, the butchery of defenseless children. Under normal circumstances, Americans would dismiss such an act as worthy of only on ... |
| 1940 Census to offer glimpse into past Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:10 PM PDT NEW YORK -- It was a decade when tens of millions of people in the U.S. experienced mass unemployment and social upheaval as the nation clawed its way out of the Great Depression and rumblings of global war were heard from abroad. Now, intimate d ... |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 01:35 AM PDT The 2012 Friends of the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health (Friends of SRPH) were introduced at a luncheon and program hosted by Dean Craig Blakely. First lady, Anita Perry, again is serving as Honorary Chair of Friends ... |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 10:28 AM PDT The 2012 Friends of the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health (Friends of SRPH) were introduced at a luncheon and program hosted by Dean Craig Blakely. First lady, Anita Perry, again is serving as Honorary Chair of Friends ... |
| Colombian star Juanes says SXSW is life-changing Posted: 18 Mar 2012 06:52 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Juanes didn't get to cross Eminem off his South By Southwest bucket list, but it's still been one of the best weeks of his life. The Colombian rock star capped off his trip to Austin, Texas, with a concert Friday night, meaning he had to ... |
| Eminem drops in on 50 Cent's 'Get Rich' SXSW show Posted: 18 Mar 2012 06:49 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- The rumors were true: Eminem joined 50 Cent to recreate "Get Rich or Die Tryin"' Friday night at South By Southwest. It was a throwback to the heyday of gangster rap at the music conference and festival as 50 Cent hit the stage at ... |
| 'Mythbusters' duo unleash spin-off Posted: 18 Mar 2012 01:35 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Bang. Bang. Bang.Three bowling balls unexpectedly spring off a ramp raised high above everyone in the room, missing the intended target -- a basket made out of duct tape -- and smashing into the floor before rolling in various directio ... |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT Bryan needs railroad Quiet Zone designation Let's face it: The trains that run through Bryan-College Station are nipping away at our sanity. As I write this letter, a train horn screams, shaking the foundation of my house. My neighbors live clos ... |
| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:45 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar Texas A&M Horticulture Club's 30th Annual Spring Plant Fair is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 24 at the Horticulture/Forest Science Building front lawn. Large selection of plants and warm season vegetables, cacti and succulents. Even ... |
| Lawyer for Afghan killings suspect to visit him Posted: 18 Mar 2012 05:26 PM PDT SEATTLE -- With formal charges looming against his client within days, the lawyer for an Army sergeant suspected in the horrific nighttime slaughter of 16 Afghan villagers flew to Kansas and was preparing for his first face-to-face meeting with the ... |
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