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Remembering His sacrifice

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Members of Santa Teresa Catholic Church in Bryan re-enact the Passion of Christ Friday during a presentation of the Stations of the Cross along William Joel Bryan Parkway.

Director of Texas Task Force 1 Bob McKee resigns

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT


The director of Texas Task Force 1 resigned on Friday without explanation, almost four weeks after being placed on administrative leave following a complaint lodged on an ethics hotline.
Bob McKee, who has served for a decade as head of the state' ...

Director of Texas Task Force 1 Bob McKee resigns

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT


The director of Texas Task Force 1 resigned on Friday without explanation, almost four weeks after being placed on administrative leave following a complaint lodged on an ethics hotline.
Bob McKee, who has served for a decade as head of the state' ...

BISD may expand college high school program

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


The Bryan school district is considering opening its early college high school program to students from other school districts.
The school board will vote on April 16 on whether to expand the Bryan Collegiate High School program, which has remaine ...

BISD may expand college high school program

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


The Bryan school district is considering opening its early college high school program to students from other school districts.
The school board will vote on April 16 on whether to expand the Bryan Collegiate High School program, which has remaine ...

Texas A&M System Chancellor: Contract to save millions

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT


Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp announced that a renewed three-year contract with Medco -- a pharmaceutical insurance company -- will save the system $6.5 million in the first year.
Medco Health Solutions Inc. provides prescription dr ...

Carson and Barnes Circus coming to Bryan

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


The world's largest traveling big-top circus is coming to Bryan for two days.
Tickets are on sale now for the Carson and Barnes Circus, which performs April 13 and 14 at Lake Bryan off Sandy Point Road to benefit the Endangered Ark Foundation. The ...

Down the barrel

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Roberto Aguilar works inside of a rebar structure Friday at the Wellborn Road underpass project at the intersection of the Old Main entrance to the Texas A&M campus. Traffic on Wellborn has been reduced to one lane in each direction as work conti ...

Easter joy

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Ivorynika Honore, 12, tosses plastic Easter eggs out before the Lincoln Center's annual Easter Egg Hunt on Friday. The event also featured face painting, food, games and music.

Easter reminds us to be grateful

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

By BRUCE CHABOT
"On this most holy night, when our Lord Jesus passed from death to life, the Church invites her children throughout the world to come together in vigil and prayer..." -- from the Easter Vigil liturgy
You and I both know that, for re ...

Easter reminds us to be grateful

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

By BRUCE CHABOT
"On this most holy night, when our Lord Jesus passed from death to life, the Church invites her children throughout the world to come together in vigil and prayer..." -- from the Easter Vigil liturgy
You and I both know that, for re ...

Jobs growth slows

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. job market took a breather in March after its best hiring stretch since the Great Recession.Employers added 120,000 jobs last month -- half the December-February pace and well short of the 210,000 economists were expecting. The ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Sunday
* Faith United Church (UUC), 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, will celebrate Easter Sunday with a "SonRise" service at 7 a.m., followed by a pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. There will also be an Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m., followed by worsh ...

Jet crashes; pilots eject

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Emergency crews searched the charred remains of a Virginia Beach apartment complex Friday after a fighter jet crashed into it just after takeoff in what Navy officials called a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction."
Two Nav ...

Police officer killed in Austin

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- A police officer was shot and killed early Friday at a Walmart in Austin, and a suspect has been charged with capital murder, officials said.
Senior Police Officer Jaime Padron was shot in the neck and died at the scene, Austin Police Ch ...

Three men cleared in '94 robbery

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


DALLAS -- Three men convicted of a nearly 20-year-old aggravated robbery in Dallas were formally declared innocent Friday by a judge, marking the first time the county with the most exonerations in Texas overturned three convictions at once.
Distr ...

National PTA seeks to reverse declining membership

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT


When Otha Thornton, president-elect of the National PTA, signed up to help lead the PTA at Maryland's Meade Senior High School in 2005, the chapter had about 25 members. Within two years, membership soared to 400 as the school community mobilized t ...

President Barack Obama invokes GOP icons in re-election pitch

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is embracing an unlikely group of political icons as he tries to paint Mitt Romney as extreme: He's praising Republican presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan.
The Democratic pre ...

Syrian refugees flee to Turkey as violence escalates

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:07 PM PDT


REYHANLI, Turkey -- After days of relentless shelling and sniper attacks, thousands of Syrian refugees streamed across the border into Turkey with horrific accounts Friday of mass graves, massacres and burned-out homes.
The latest reports of escal ...

TEEX's McKee resigns; investigation continues

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 04:49 AM PDT

The director of Texas Task Force 1 resigned Friday, almost four weeks after being placed on administrative leave following a complaint lodged on an ethics hotline.
Bob McKee, who has served for a decade over the state’s urban search and rescue ...

Matt Lauer says that he's not leaving 'Today'

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Matt Lauer is sticking with NBC's Today, ending speculation that the top-rated show might have to face ABC's rising Good Morning America without him.
Lauer has signed a long-term contract to remain as co-host of the No. 1 morning sh ...

Letters for April 7

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Why give Chuck Norris a platform for his ideas?
Must The Eagle provide Chuck Norris with a means to further his pseudoscience (vaccines lead to autism), government conspiracy (arsenic in apple juice), and anti-government rhetoric (Eagle, April 4)?
...

Calendar for Saturday

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:09 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The Blinn Ex-Student Spring Golf Tournament is 12:30 p.m. on April 13 at Brenham Country Club. Cost is $255 per team and there is an optional skins game for $30 per team. Entry deadline is April 10. Hole sponsorships are availabl ...

Report: Borrowing increases in U.S.

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Americans took out more loans to buy cars and attend school in February but used their credit cards less frequently for the second straight month.
The Federal Reserve said Friday that consumers increased borrowing by $8.7 billion.
...

American Airlines scrambles to repair planes damaged by hail

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 05:08 PM PDT

FORT WORTH -- American Airlines canceled another 296 flights Friday as repairs continued on planes grounded by hail damage in Texas, but it hoped to be nearly back to normal operations Saturday.
Spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said the cancellations Frid ...

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