Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A salute to the victims

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

FORT HOOD -- Somberly reciting 13 names and 13 stories, President Barack Obama saluted the Americans killed at this Army post as heroes who died for their country -- and promised a nation demanding answers that "the killer will be met with justice."A ...

Red light suit filed

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Two College Station residents have challenged last week's election in which voters rejected red light cameras.John Hemrick and Gary Ives filed a petition in Brazos County District Court on Tuesday, arguing that the election should never have been all ...

Planned Parenthood denied injunction

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Planned Parenthood's attempt to block a former director from disclosing details of her eight years with the Bryan clinic failed Tuesday in a Brazos County courtroom.The clinic asked for an injunction after former director Abby Johnson revealed that s ...

Judge denies restraining order against former Planned Parenthood director

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 05:15 AM PST

A Brazos County judge on Tuesday denied Planned Parenthood’s effort Tuesday to block a former director of its Bryan clinic and an anti-abortion group from releasing details involving her eight years at the clinic. Planned Parenthood asked for an inj ...

Johnson says she plans to speak across U.S. on abortion industry

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Abby Johnson resigned from Planned Parenthood's Bryan clinic on Oct. 6. That's about all she and her former employer agree upon about their recent falling out. The 29-year-old's departure -- and Planned Parenthood's subsequent legal action against he ...

Lawyer probes cause of child's injury

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The defense attorney in the trial of a woman accused of catastrophically injuring a child in her day care spent almost all day Tuesday questioning the doctor who treated the child, trying to cast doubt on the doctor's diagnosis of blunt trauma to the ...

CS man drove stolen car, police said

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:53 AM PST

Police said they arrested a 41-year-old man after they caught him driving a stolen vehicle in Bryan.Artis Dontrae Washington of College Station was arrested Monday on a charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle, a state jail felony punishable by up to ...

A&M Muslim students fasting to fight hunger

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Every day, enough people go hungry across the Brazos Valley to fill half the seats at Kyle Field.On Thursday, at least a thousand more will join their ranks, pledging to voluntarily forgo their meals for the day so that those who go hungry without ch ...

St. Joseph celebrates new facility in CS

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Community members gathered Tuesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the St. Joseph Emergency Center and the Outpatient Diagnostic Center, which will open to the public on Monday. The $12 million, 15,000-square-foot facility is adjacent to St. Joseph ...

Veterans Day events

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Veterans Day Ceremony and Barbecue Dinner* WHO: Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial Board and the Museum of American GI* WHEN: 4 p.m. Wednesday* WHERE: Veterans Park* DETAILS: Event will include unveiling of names on the Wall of Honor, tours of the Lynn ...

Bryan OKs $1.7M for fire, police gear

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The Bryan City Council on Tuesday approved the purchase of more than $1.7 million worth of police and fire equipment. The Fire Department will get two new fire engines worth more than $1.2 million. A 20-year-old engine will be replaced, while the oth ...

Two groups honor teen driver program

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The Texas Transportation Institute's Teens in the Driver Seat program has been recognized for its effectiveness at reducing accidents.The Federal Highway Administration and the Roadway Safety Foundation presented the Roadway Safety Award last week.Th ...

Bryan PD starts Blue Christmas toy drive

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

The Bryan Police Department has begun its Blue Christmas toy-collection drive.Toys will be distributed to children in need on Dec. 19. New or gently used toys can be dropped off at:* Walgreens at Villa Maria Road and Texas Avenue* Walgreens at East 2 ...

Man kills 3, self in home

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

CLEVELAND -- A mental health official was among those who contacted a Texas sheriff's office to try to get help sent to a home where four people were later found dead.San Jacinto County investigators have said 43-year-old Oliver Bills Jr. fatally sho ...

Man put to death for 1999 Houston slaying

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

HUNTSVILLE -- A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago.Yosvanis "El Cubano" Valle, 34, had denied fatally shooting 28-year-o ...

AMA opposes 'don't ask' policy

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.The nation's largest doctors' group stopped short of saying it ...

Dems: 3 new agencies would curb Fed's power

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.The 1,136-page bill, rele ...

Poll says Obama's losing fans

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Elected last November on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country in recession while muscling through Congress a health care reform overhaul and weighing whether the should c ...

Bill Clinton urges health bill passage

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the party en ...

Families of trio plot each move

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

MINNEAPOLIS -- The families of three Americans accused of espionage in Iran are attempting the delicate feat of keeping a spotlight trained on the plight of their loved ones while trying to avoid the tangled politics of the tense U.S.-Iran relations ...

D.C. sniper executed

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

JARRATT, Va. -- John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind of the sniper attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in October 2002, was executed Tuesday.Muhammad died by injection at 9:11 p.m. at Greensville Correctional Center in ...

Stocks mostly fall as the dollar rises

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Caution returned to the stock market Tuesday as investors decided to slow an advance that has lifted the Dow Jones industrial average 475 points in five days.Stocks mostly fell in light trading, though the Dow tacked on 20 points to close ...

Working to treat our veterans better

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

Veterans Day is not just another shopping day or holiday. November 11th is a sacred day when all Americans take time to thank, salute and pray for our nation's veterans. At least once a year, my wife and I take our two young sons to Walter Reed Army ...

Kid must learn about our veterans

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

In many communities across America, Veterans Day will be observed, if at all, by a handful of aging men and women who will pause at cemeteries to lay flowers at the graves of those who served their nation at times of war.In an era of iPods and text m ...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cast member

Posted: 10 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- The glee club members twirl their wheelchairs to Proud Mary in joyful solidarity with Artie, the character who must use his chair even when the music stops.The scene in Wednesday's episode of the hit Fox series Glee, which regularly ce ...

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