Monday, March 26, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Players proud of coach, teammates this season

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 11:24 PM PDT


RALEIGH, N.C. -- Texas A&M's reign as defending national champion in women's basketball came to an end Sunday as Maryland rallied for an 81-74 victory in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament at PNC Arena before 3,108 fans.
Third-seeded A&M ...

Players proud of coach, teammates this season

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 11:24 PM PDT


RALEIGH, N.C. -- Texas A&M's reign as defending national champion in women's basketball came to an end Sunday as Maryland rallied for an 81-74 victory in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament at PNC Arena before 3,108 fans.
Third-seeded A&M ...

Slaying suspect being extradited to Brazos County

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


Local authorities are in the process of bringing a 27-year-old man believed to have shot and killed his older brother back to Brazos County, where he will be held on a capital murder charge pending a $1 million bond.
Sheriff Chris Kirk said Kyle W ...

Slaying suspect being extradited to Brazos County

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


Local authorities are in the process of bringing a 27-year-old man believed to have shot and killed his older brother back to Brazos County, where he will be held on a capital murder charge pending a $1 million bond.
Sheriff Chris Kirk said Kyle W ...

Feds may look into practice of asking job applicants for passwords

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


SEATTLE -- Two U.S. senators are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law, their offices announced Sunday.
Troubled by reports of the practic ...

Mexicans seeking hope after Pope visit, Mass

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


SILAO, Mexico -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Mexicans to wield their faith against poverty and drug violence, telling hundreds of thousands of worshippers in an open-air Mass on Sunday that they would find hope if they purify their hearts.
Benedict de ...

Director James Cameron completes diving mission

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:16 PM PDT


HONOLULU -- Hollywood icon James Cameron has completed his journey to Earth's deepest point.
The director of Titanic, Avatar and other films used a specially designed submarine to dive nearly seven miles. He spent time exploring and filming the Ma ...

Congregants wear hoodies to remember Trayvon Martin

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


EATONVILLE, Fla. -- Wearing hooded sweatshirts similar to the one that Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was killed, many preachers and worshippers echoed calls for justice Sunday in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida last ...

Islamists hold sway on Egyptian panel crafting constitution

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


CAIRO -- Egypt's Islamists have won a sizable majority on a 100-member panel tasked with drafting a new constitution, according to a list of names published Sunday by the country's official news agency. The list reinforces fears by secular and libe ...

U.S. compensates Afghans for deaths

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- The U.S. paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said Sunda ...

Hate crime charge possible in neighborhood watch shooting

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:01 PM PDT


MIAMI -- The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias and not simply a fight that sp ...

Brazil unearths old slave relics, painful history

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


RIO DE JANEIRO -- In a rundown part of Rio de Janeiro's harbor district, archaeologists are digging up fragments of a history many Brazilians would rather ignore.
Up to a million men and women forced into bondage in Africa emerged from the bellies ...

Barack Obama urges North Korea to change its ways

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:18 PM PDT


SEOUL, South Korea -- Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning North Kore ...

Dallas-area clinics closed for safety issues

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


DALLAS -- Eleven Dallas-area health clinics either face state sanctions or already have closed due to safety failures uncovered during an investigation into a massive Medicare fraud scheme.
The Dallas Morning News reported the issues Saturday aft ...

Health care law reaches high court

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply comes before the Supreme Court on Monday. The justices will decide whether to kill or keep the largest expansion in the nation's social sa ...

Dick Cheney's age reopens debate on transplants

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:01 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- Doctors say it is unlikely that former Vice President Dick Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart at age 71 that thousands of younger people also were in line to receive.
Still, his case reopens debate about whether ...

Bishop on trial for failure to report suspicions

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT


KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The charge is only a misdemeanor, but if prosecutors are able to win a conviction against Kansas City Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn, they could be opening up a whole new front in the national priest abuse crisis.
Finn is ac ...

Livestock Report

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 12:49 AM PDT

Bryan
Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's March 20 sale:
Head: 230.
Steers: 200-300 lbs., $165-$260; 300-400 lbs., $180-$255; 400-500 lbs., $170-$220; 500-600 lbs., $145-$201; 600-700 lbs., $135-$161; 700-800 lbs., $152-$160.
Heif ...

Letters for March 26

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:05 PM PDT

College Station needs a disaster warning system
After the recent tornadoes in Michigan, I decided to inquire about the presence of tornado sirens in College Station. I made several calls, including one to the mayor, and the response I received range ...

Blinn College livestock team

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 11:30 AM PDT

The Blinn College livestock judging team recently brought home a championship title at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Blinn bested 21 other colleges to win the overall livestock judging competition in one of only six national contests endorse ...

Calendar for Monday

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
The Cars For A Cure car show is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at First Victoria National Bank in the Tower Point shopping center, 1298 Arrington Road in College Station. The event is free to the public, but you can vote for y ...

Venus Williams rallies for win at Key Biscayne

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Venus Williams' career comeback now includes a come-from-behind win.Williams erased a match point and rallied Sunday to outlast Aleksandra Wozniak 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open.Williams is playin ...

Taylor's 22 lead KU to 80-67 win over Carolina

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:19 PM PDT


ST. LOUIS -- Back in December, Kansas was scuffling along at 7-3 and simply making the NCAA tournament would have been considered an achievement.
Look where the overachievers are headed now.
Kansas is on its way to the Final Four for the first ...

Kentucky knocks out Baylor despite Acy's 22 points

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 05:17 PM PDT


ATLANTA -- Quincy Acy and Baylor didn't back down from Kentucky. Not that it mattered.
Acy sent that message early in the game with a hard foul on Terrence Jones. Kentucky's answer was devastating.
The Wildcats went on a 16-0 run to take control ...

Parker scores 21 as Spurs beat 76ers 93-76

Posted: 25 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PDT


SAN ANTONIO -- Tony Parker scored 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Philadelphia 76ers 93-76 on Sunday night in a matchup of short-handed teams.
DeJuan Blair added 19 points for the Spurs, who won for the seventh time in eight games and ...

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