Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Spreading holiday cheer

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

Texas A&M Freshmen cadets from Company E-2 sign dozens of Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday cards Monday at Cafe Canterbury in the Episcopal Student Center in College Station. The cards will be sent to Texas veterans who are in V.A. hospitals as pa ...

Brazos Valley under fog advisory

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:43 AM PST

The National Weather Service on Monday issued an advisory warning drivers in the Brazos Valley area of dense fog.The weather service issued a dense fog advisory for southeast Texas -- including Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison and Washington countie ...

Capps named CS chief

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

Jeff Capps will begin his job as the new College Station police chief Monday, but the duties won't be entirely new to him. The 43-year-old was named interim police chief in June when Michael Ikner resigned the post to return to the Arlington Police D ...

Tips help locate convict

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

Tips called in to police Monday helped authorities capture an armed escaped convict from Brazos County who was wearing the same gray uniform he had stolen from a state prison guard a week earlier.Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr., a 49-year-old who was sente ...

Tuesday surgeries canceled at Trinity due to fire

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:44 PM PST

All surgeries scheduled for Tuesday at Trinity Medical Center in Brenham were canceled after a fire broke out in the nearby maintenance plant Monday afternoon. The facility is in a building separate from the hospital, but officials said they wanted ...

Capps named police chief in College Station

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 07:57 AM PST

College Station officials announced Monday that they’ve ended a search for a new police chief, but didn’t have to look beyond their own department to find the right person for the job. Jeff Capps officially will assume the position on Dec. 14. He ...

Escaped inmate with local ties found in Houston

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 06:24 AM PST

An escaped inmate who was serving life in prison for an aggravated sexual assault that happened in Brazos County was found Monday morning in Houston. Arcade Joseph Comeaux Jr., 49, fled a week ago while being transported from a prison unit in Hunts ...

Business owner says he's running for CS Place 2

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

A College Station business owner said he hopes to return trust to local government if elected to City Council in May. Phillip R. Garrett said he filed the required paperwork for a campaign treasurer Monday in hopes of running for Place 2. Candidates ...

Seniors: It's not too late to sign up for Tuesday's Holiday Helpers program at Target

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 12:49 PM PST

The two Target stores in Bryan and College Station are hosting a free program Tuesday morning for seniors. Officials said the 36th Annual Holiday Helpers shopping event will be from 8 to 10 a.m. at its locations at 3061 Wildflower Drive in Bryan an ...

Consol choirs set for performances

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

The A&M Consolidated High School Choir Program will present A Taste of Christmas program Friday and Saturday, with desserts served.Director of Choirs Travis Angel said each of the six Consolidated choirs will perform and then will unite for sever ...

Trio faces charges including drug, forgery, police say

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 03:09 AM PST

Police said three people face charges including marijuana possession and one faces a felony charge after she was found with stolen checks during a vehicle search in Bryan Sunday.Stephanie Lee Burnett, 21, of Bryan was arrested on two counts of forger ...

Target stores host program for seniors

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

The two Target stores in Bryan and College Station are hosting a free program Tuesday morning for seniors. Officials said the 36th Annual Holiday Helpers shopping event will be from 8 to 10 a.m. at its locations at 3061 Wildflower Drive in Bryan and ...

More candidates file in '09 elections

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

Sheriff's Deputy Greg Banks joined a crowded race for the Brazos County Pct. 4 justice of the peace position when he filed paperwork Monday with the local Democratic Party. Banks joins Democrats Manuel Aguilar and Martha Garcia Opersteny, who already ...

Bailout money could be redirected

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Under heavy pressure to get Americans back to work, President Barack Obama on Monday suggested using a suddenly available pot of money left over from the government's bank bailout to help create more jobs.Obama, who will address the sub ...

Fire dept: Medics went to Tiger Woods' complex

Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:05 AM PST

WINDERMERE, Fla. -- Fire department medics responded early Tuesday to a 911 call in the same block as Tiger Woods' Orlando-area home and took an adult patient to the hospital.A spokeswoman for Orange County Fire Rescue would not confirm local news re ...

EPA: Energy rules are needed

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from cars, power plants and factories, declaring there was compelling scientific evidence that global warming from ...

White brings new governor campaign to San Antonio

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 06:04 AM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- Houston Mayor Bill White says he will bring integrity to Austin if elected Texas governor.White returned to his hometown of San Antonio on Monday in one of his first campaign stops since announcing last week that he was abandoning his ...

AP source: No charges planned in Conn. chimp case

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:57 AM PST

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut prosecutor does not plan to charge the owner of a chimpanzee that mauled and blinded a woman in February, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.State's Attorney David Cohen refused to comme ...

Bush dedicates museum gallery

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

FREDERICKSBURG -- Former President George H.W. Bush used a large pair of gold scissors Monday to cut a red ribbon and dedicate an expansive new gallery that carries his name at the National Museum of the Pacific War.Bush and his wife, Barbara, were a ...

GoodGuide calls Zhu Zhu Pets unsafe

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

ST. LOUIS -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.But the maker of the robotic Zhu Zhu Pets hamsters defended its product Saturday against a study by San Francisco-based GoodGuide that said higher-than-allowe ...

Naked David in Texas decked out as St. Nick

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 05:51 AM PST

BIG SPRING, Texas -- While most deck their halls with boughs of holly, a Big Spring man chose to offer Michelangelo's "David" as a scantily clad Santa and plop him on his front lawn.Barry McBee wasn't aiming to offend with just a red Santa hat and ...

Riot police battle thousands of protesters in Iran

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

TEHRAN, Iran -- Tens of thousands of students, many shouting "Death to the Dictator!" and burning pictures of Iran's supreme leader, took to the streets on more than a dozen campuses in the biggest anti-government protest in months.Riot police and p ...

Shows influenced decade of TV

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

Mostly excellent, all of them memorable, here are the decade's Top 10 television achievements as tapped by the TV writers of The Associated Press.In no particular order, they are:* CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (premiered October 2000) and the franc ...

Subpoena rejected in Woods case

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

A Florida trooper who suspected Tiger Woods was driving under the influence sought a subpoena for the golfer's blood results from the hospital he was taken to after crashing his SUV, but prosecutors rejected the petition for insufficient information, ...

Giant waves crash on Hawaii's beaches

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST

HONOLULU -- Thousands of spectators and surfers are flocking to Hawaii's beaches to see the biggest waves in years crash ashore.Heavy traffic backed up for miles Monday along roads leading to Oahu's North Shore. Some of the world's most daring surfe ...

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