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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Cats need homes after owner dies

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Brazos Animal Shelter is looking for homes for 28 cats after their owner died of cancer.
Foster homes are needed immediately for two cats that have week-old kittens. All necessary food, medical attention, cat carriers and oth ...

A&M student senate tackles outsourcing issue

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


Francisca Martinez fell to her knees Wednesday night at the podium and begged Texas A&M's student senate for help in opposing a plan that would outsource her custodial job to the private sector.
"We don't have a voice," the 55-year-old said t ...

A&M student senate tackles outsourcing issue

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


Francisca Martinez fell to her knees Wednesday night at the podium and begged Texas A&M's student senate for help in opposing a plan that would outsource her custodial job to the private sector.
"We don't have a voice," the 55-year-old said t ...

Police: Two arrested after dispute over money

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:45 AM PDT

Two Brazos County men were arrested on charges of driving recklessly after apparently chasing each other through parts of Bryan.Bryan police said an officer was on patrol in the area of East Villa Maria and South Texas Avenue about 1 p.m. Wednesday w ...

Portraits put foster kids' spirit on display

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


Liana Lowey said she got goose bumps just thinking of the two dozen powerful portraits of children hanging in Downtown Bryan in preparation for First Friday.
"You can just see the personalities. It's just beautiful," said Lowey, the executive dire ...

Plenty of festivities set for Easter

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


The members of the Bryan Elks Lodge 859 were inspired to host an Easter egg hunt by the children of lower-income families who live in the trailer parks next to the lodge.
Anna Perez, secretary for the lodge, said that the members wanted to give c ...

Store clerk charged with selling alcohol to minor in TABC sting

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 02:58 AM PDT

A 23-year-old Bryan man has been charged with selling alcohol to a minor.Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officers said they conducted a sting last month in Brazos County in which agents sent a 17-year-old woman into Springer's Shell in the 2600 b ...

Holiday Closings

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Here is what is open and closed for the Good Friday holiday.
* Federal offices: Open.
* State offices: Many state offices will be closed. The Bryan Department of Public Safety office will close at noon.
* City offices: Bryan, College Station and N ...

Bryan man charged with selling drugs

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:55 AM PDT

A 33-year-old Bryan man was arrested Thursday on drug charges after a police sting.
College Station police said officers received information from another investigation that Gavino Acosta III was dealing marijuana. In November, Acosta agreed to mee ...

Bryan man accused in copper wire theft

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:02 PM PDT

A 29-year-old Bryan man was arrested early Thursday on a theft charge after a police officer spotted him walking down a street with a roll of copper wire over his left shoulder near the Bryan Texas Utility storage center.
According to the affidavit ...

Scientific reactions

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Fifth-graders at Johnson Elementary watch as Texas A&M professor Jim Pennington sets a dollar bill coated with alcohol and water on fire to demonstrate exothermic reactions during a presentation of the Texas A&M Chemistry Roadshow at the scho ...

Pill sales soar, adding to addiction rate

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:02 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analysis shows, worrying experts who say the push to relieve patients' suffering is spawning an addiction epi ...

Court may be a target for Obama

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is laying groundwork to make the majority-conservative Supreme Court a campaign issue this fall, taking a political page from Republicans who have long railed against liberal judges who don't vote their way.
T ...

Rangers dedicate statue to fallen fan

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


ARLINGTON -- Nine months after a Texas Rangers fan died after falling over an outfield railing at a game, his 7-year-old son helped unveil a statue Thursday honoring his father and others who love America's pastime.
The life-size bronze statue dep ...

Shade likely to help grow spices

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:23 PM PDT

Dear Neil: I love to grow spices, but my apartment balcony faces the hot western sun. Plants wilt every day, and they don't do very well. What could I do?
A: There must be some easy and affordable way to erect temporary shade protection. Perhaps it ...

Shade likely to help grow spices

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 06:23 PM PDT

Dear Neil: I love to grow spices, but my apartment balcony faces the hot western sun. Plants wilt every day, and they don't do very well. What could I do?
A: There must be some easy and affordable way to erect temporary shade protection. Perhaps it ...

Hopes for Syria cease-fire dwindle as violence continues

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:04 PM PDT


BEIRUT -- Syria launched a blistering assault Thursday on the outskirts of its capital, shelling residential areas and deploying snipers on rooftops as international envoy Kofi Annan demanded every fighter lay down arms in time for a U.N.-brokered ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Saturday
* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, wisefamilyfarm@gmail.com or 229-5503.
* Brenham Farmers M ...

Google creates a spectacle with 'Project Glass'

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.
While wearing a pair, you can see directions to your
destination appear literally before your e ...

Doctors want to redefine autism

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:01 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- One child doesn't talk, rocks rhythmically back and forth and stares at clothes spinning in the dryer. Another has no trouble talking but is obsessed with trains, methodically naming every station in his state.
For the first time in ne ...

Doctors want to redefine autism

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:01 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- One child doesn't talk, rocks rhythmically back and forth and stares at clothes spinning in the dryer. Another has no trouble talking but is obsessed with trains, methodically naming every station in his state.
For the first time in ne ...

Former A&M, Cowboys assistant Joe Avezzano dead at 68

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 01:04 PM PDT


DALLAS -- Former Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe Avezzano, whose wild sideline antics made him a fan favorite when the Cowboys won three Super Bowls in the 1990s, died Thursday. He was 68.
Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple confirmed that Ave ...

Letters for April 6

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Democrats must be sensing their defeat
Judging from the increasingly vicious and invalid leftist media attacks upon conservatism and its spokespersons of late, it seems clear that liberals, near and far, are sensing their upcoming November election ...

Floriade expo opens in Holland

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT


VENLO, Netherlands -- The sun is shining, trees are budding, and flowers are unfurling their brilliant petals a bit earlier than planned, thanks to an early Dutch spring and the hundreds of gardeners putting finishing touches on Floriade, the once- ...

Calendar

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
April 6 is the early registration deadline for the Independence Community Events Fire & Ice Cook-Off on April 21 at the Independence Town Square. Categories include chef's choice, jackpot beans, chicken, pork ribs and brisket. ...

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