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- United Way President Hank Roraback steps down
- Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin disapproves of outsourcing timeline
- Chilifest regular Pat Green ready to rock festival again
- Father jailed after violating criminal trespass warning
- Bryan-College Station job fair attracts 46 companies
- Report: Baylor exceeds limits on calls, texts to recruits
- Suspect in ATV, RV thefts already in jail
- Golden disc
- Many believe autism research may turn corner
- National Mall makeover gets competitive
- Investors believe jobs report hints at larger problems
- Bomb threats torment University of Pittsburgh
- Study: European fungus killing bats in U.S.
- Netflix retooling suggestions
- Syrian forces fire over Lebanon and Turkey borders
- Divisions persist as Iran nuke talks near
- Shrunken Texas lake still home to big fish
- Author to read from book tonight
- Letters for April 10
- Calendar for Tuesday
- United Way CEO resigns amid agency's financial difficulties
- Florida teen's death not going to grand jury
- Facebook buying photo-sharing app Instagram
- Dragic leads Rockets to 94-89 win over Blazers
- Jazz end Spurs' 11-game win streak
| United Way President Hank Roraback steps down Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:24 PM PDT The president of the United Way of the Brazos Valley resigned Monday before the charity's governing board was set to meet and discuss his job status. Hank Roraback had been on paid administrative leave for a week following the revelation that the ... |
| Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin disapproves of outsourcing timeline Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:24 PM PDT Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said the A&M System chief's timeline regarding the possible outsourcing of many rank-and-file staff jobs was "not a timetable I felt appropriate." "I made that very clear," Loftin told a meeting of the ... |
| Chilifest regular Pat Green ready to rock festival again Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:23 PM PDT Few people know Chilifest better than Pat Green. The singer-songwriter is making his ninth appearance on the Snook stage Saturday, and there's a reason for his devotion. "I've played, I think, just about every big college party you can play in th ... |
| Father jailed after violating criminal trespass warning Posted: 09 Apr 2012 03:17 AM PDT A resisting arrest charge was lodged against a 41-year-old man accused of returning to his daughter's College Station apartment 20 minutes after being issued a criminal trespass warning. College Station police were called to Southgate Village A ... |
| Bryan-College Station job fair attracts 46 companies Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:23 PM PDT Companies from the Brazos Valley and beyond will gather in College Station this week to collect résumés and meet prospective new employees. The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce's annual job fair is set for 1 to 5 p.m. Wednes ... |
| Report: Baylor exceeds limits on calls, texts to recruits Posted: 09 Apr 2012 06:06 AM PDT WACO — Less than a week after its women’s basketball team won the national championship, Baylor said Monday it has been involved in a three-year investigation with the NCAA into what are believed to be hundreds of impermissible phone ca ... |
| Suspect in ATV, RV thefts already in jail Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:06 PM PDT A&M senior Tyler Zimmermann warms up for disc golf with friends Jourdan and Steven Boudreaux (not pictured), who are brothers, at the start of the course Monday afternoon. A halo circled the sun during their game, which started at 3 p.m. Tuesday' ... |
| Many believe autism research may turn corner Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT ATLANTA -- More than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade researching autism. In some ways, the search for its causes looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on everything from genetics to the age of the father, the wei ... |
| National Mall makeover gets competitive Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Lakeside gardens, dining rooms hovering over water, grassy new amphitheaters and underground pavilions at the foot of the Washington Monument have emerged as finalists in a design competition to overhaul neglected sites on the Nationa ... |
| Investors believe jobs report hints at larger problems Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Economists mostly shrugged off news that U.S. hiring slowed in March as a one-month aberration warped by warm weather. But what if they're wrong? What if the sharp drop in job creation signaled something more ominous? Investors appe ... |
| Bomb threats torment University of Pittsburgh Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT PITTSBURGH -- Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have prompted professors to start holding classes outside and forced security officials to implement new building access measures and offer a $ ... |
| Study: European fungus killing bats in U.S. Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- The mysterious deaths of millions of bats in the United States and Canada over the past several years were caused by a fungus that hitchhiked from Europe, scientists reported Monday. Experts had suspected that an invasive species wa ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old friend. It's a critical mission as Netflix faces pressure from its Internet video rivals and s ... |
| Syrian forces fire over Lebanon and Turkey borders Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Syrian forces opened fire across two tense borders Monday, killing a TV journalist in Lebanon and wounding at least six people in a refugee camp in Turkey on the eve of a deadline for a cease-fire plan that seems all but certain to fail. ... |
| Divisions persist as Iran nuke talks near Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran is signaling a possible compromise offer heading into critical talks with world powers deeply suspicious of its nuclear program: offering to scale back uranium enrichment but not abandon the ability to make nuclear fuel. The p ... |
| Shrunken Texas lake still home to big fish Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- One desperately low lake in drought-stricken West Texas is producing some big fish. Wildlife officials say two Texas anglers have recently landed bass weighing more than 13 pounds apiece from the O.H. Ivie Reservoir. The lake 200 miles ... |
| Author to read from book tonight Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT By NANCY STEBBINS Special to The Eagle Tonight, the people of the Brazos Valley have an opportunity to hear an award-winning and critically acclaimed author, Helena María Viramontes, read from her published book of short stories, The Moths a ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:05 PM PDT Baseball still captivates as America's pastime Jacques Barzun still lives among us at age 104 in San Antonio. Prolific author and esteemed teacher, he may be best known for one sentence that appears in God's Country and Mine, a book he wrote at 47: ... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:23 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar A Symposium for the Collaboration of Veterans Organizations is set for Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the American Legion Post 159 in Bryan. All veterans organizations are invited. For more information or to R.S.V.P. for breakfas ... |
| United Way CEO resigns amid agency's financial difficulties Posted: 09 Apr 2012 06:36 AM PDT The president of the United Way of the Brazos Valley resigned Monday, the same day the charity's governing board was set to meet and discuss his job status. Hank Roraback was placed on paid administrative leave last week by the United Way's execu ... |
| Florida teen's death not going to grand jury Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT ORLANDO, Fla. -- A grand jury will not look into the Trayvon Martin case, a special prosecutor said Monday, leaving the decision of whether to charge the teen's shooter in her hands alone and eliminating the possibility of a first-degree murder cha ... |
| Facebook buying photo-sharing app Instagram Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Facebook is spending $1 billion to buy the photo-sharing company Instagram in the social network's largest acquisition ever. On the surface, that's a huge sum for a tiny startup that has a handful of employees and no way to make money. ... |
| Dragic leads Rockets to 94-89 win over Blazers Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. -- Goran Dragic scored 22 points and the Houston Rockets completed a perfect four-game road trip with a 94-89 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. Chase Budinger added 15 points off the bench for the Rockets, who be ... |
| Jazz end Spurs' 11-game win streak Posted: 09 Apr 2012 05:01 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY -- Devin Harris scored 25 points, including 11 straight in the fourth quarter, and the Utah Jazz halted the San Antonio Spurs' 11-game winning streak and boosted their own playoff hopes with a 91-84 victory Monday night. Paul Millsa ... |
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