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- A grand outing
- Warrant issued in Maserati-patrol car wreck
- Interviews to start for top A&M position
- Bryan, CS close to ending suits
- BISD shortfall will mean staff cuts
- Trial opens in murder, kidnapping from womb case
- Some Houston teachers could be fired
- Drive targets bus stop sign violators
- Soldier jailed for angry rap song over deployment
- Clinton: US on verge of Iran sanctions
- Texas school board rejects child's longhair appeal
- Ore. ballot measure seeks pot dispensaries
- Fort Worth woman falls through pond ice, drowns
- U.S. warns Asian manufacturers
- Missing Arrow Trucking driver phones home, is safe
- Texas grandma dies, faced trial over dog mauling
- Super Bowl ad costs down but still pricey
- Source: Banks may get levied
- Cowell says he's leaving 'Idol'
- French New Wave director dies
- Catching Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- Weekend Strokes: Better Treatment
- Calendar
- TV Time Takes Years Off Your Life
- Exercise Preserves, Improves Memory
| Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST Cameron McGuire takes on the role of Peter and Leigh Marvin depicts a bird as the two dance together during a scene from Peter and the Wolf performed by The Brazos Valley Orchestra and Center Stage Production's ballet company in Rudder Auditorium on ...   |
| Warrant issued in Maserati-patrol car wreck Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST A warrant issued for the arrest of a woman driving a Maserati that slammed head-on into a College Station patrol car states that the 21-year-old was intoxicated behind the wheel, authorities confirmed Monday. The wreck a day earlier left Officer Trac ... |
| Interviews to start for top A&M position Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST A "precious few" candidates will be interviewed for Texas A&M University's presidency starting this week through next when the Board of Regents meets, an official said.The chair of the search committee, Richard Box, would not say exactly how many ... |
| Bryan, CS close to ending suits Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST If the Bryan and College Station city councils approve an agreement this week, the entities will be one step closer to dismissing lawsuits related to their landfill, officials said.Bryan officials said they have spent more than $198,900 on attorneys ... |
| BISD shortfall will mean staff cuts Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST Bryan Superintendent Mike Cargill said Monday that administrators will be looking at making staff cuts due to a $1.9 million deficit.Officials said they knew laying off teachers would have to be considered after a 5-cent property tax increase proposi ... |
| Trial opens in murder, kidnapping from womb case Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:58 AM PST PITTSBURGH -- A woman accused of cutting a baby from the womb of a pregnant teenager and passing it off as her own was incapable of knowing what she did was wrong, her defense attorney said Monday.Christopher Patarini will try to convince an Alleghen ... |
| Some Houston teachers could be fired Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:55 AM PST HOUSTON -- Some teachers in the largest public school system in Texas could be fired for failing to improve student test scores.Trustees are the Houston Independent School District on Monday were scheduled to review the proposal, which could face a ... |
| Drive targets bus stop sign violators Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportBryan police officers said they plan to launch an educational campaign Tuesday that targets drivers who illegally pass a school bus with its "stop" arm signal out. Under a state law, drivers must always halt for school buses when ... |
| Soldier jailed for angry rap song over deployment Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:56 AM PST SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A soldier is in a Georgia jail on charges he threatened his Army superiors in a rap song about being deployed to Iraq instead of being released from service.Spc. Marc A. Hall has been jailed since last month on military charges of ma ... |
| Clinton: US on verge of Iran sanctions Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:57 AM PST TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the Obama administration has concluded that the best way to pressure Iran to come clean on its nuclear ambitions is to impose sanctions aimed at the country's ruling elite.Clint ... |
| Texas school board rejects child's longhair appeal Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:28 PM PST MESQUITE, Texas -- A Dallas-area school board stood firm Monday night behind its ban on a 4-year-old boy's long, flowing hair.Officials with the Mesquite school district have had pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh under in-school suspension at Floyd Eleme ... |
| Ore. ballot measure seeks pot dispensaries Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:33 PM PST SALEM, Ore. -- The Obama administration's decision not to interfere in states' medical marijuana laws has emboldened a citizens' initiative to get the state of Oregon involved in providing the drug for residents who have permission to use it.Medical ... |
| Fort Worth woman falls through pond ice, drowns Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:30 PM PST FORT WORTH, Texas -- A woman drowned after she fell through the ice of a pond in far northern Fort Worth while trying to save her dog.Fort Worth fire-rescue divers pulled 34-year-old Andrea Benua from the pond just before noon Monday, about two hours ... |
| U.S. warns Asian manufacturers Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The top U.S. consumer product regulator is warning Asian manufacturers not to substitute other toxic substances for lead in children's items, a message that follows the launch of a government investigation into Chinese-made jewelry tha ... |
| Missing Arrow Trucking driver phones home, is safe Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:29 PM PST TULSA, Okla. -- An Arrow Trucking Co. driver who had been missing since Christmas Day has phoned his family and is safe in Iowa.Tulsa-based Arrow closed suddenly on Dec. 22 and hundreds of drivers were stranded across the nation -- including John Eis ... |
| Texas grandma dies, faced trial over dog mauling Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:27 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- Prosecutors in San Antonio say a woman facing trial over the 2009 dog mauling death of her 7-year-old grandson has died of apparent natural causes.Irma Barrera was 59. Barrera was to have been in court Monday on charges of injury to ... |
| Super Bowl ad costs down but still pricey Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST The economic slump has prices for Super Bowl commercial time falling for only the second time in its history, but it is still the most expensive on television.TNS Media Intelligence said Monday that 30-second commercials during next month's Super Bow ... |
| Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is weighing a levy on Washington-rescued banks to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bailout fund and to help balance a budget that is looking increasingly grim amid an ongoing economic crisis.A senior adm ... |
| Cowell says he's leaving 'Idol' Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST PASADENA, Calif. -- Simon Cowell, the acerbic Brit who has helped give "American Idol" some of its sharpest -- and nastiest -- moments, will leave the popular singing show after this season.The cantankerous judge said that "The X Factor," a show he c ... |
| Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST PARIS -- French New Wave director Eric Rohmer, known for "My Night at Maud's," "Claire's Knee," and other films about the intricacies of romantic relationships and the dilemmas of modern love, died on Monday. He was 89.Rohmer, also an influential fil ... |
| Catching Aggressive Prostate Cancer Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers are on the way to solving a critical question in the treatment of prostate cancer -- that is, how to tell at an early stage whether the cancer is aggressive or slow-growing. Researchers at Wake Forest University Bap ... |
| Weekend Strokes: Better Treatment Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:49 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Those who suffer strokes on the weekend may be more likely to receive a powerful clot-busting drug that those admitted during the week. The drug -- tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) -- has been found to improve recovery among ... |
| Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST TuesdayCLUBSBryan Noon Lions Club, 11:30 a.m. The Best Western Atrea, 1920 Austin's Colony Parkway, Bryan. 731-5300.Brazos County Senior Citizens Association luncheon, noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.College Station Kiwanis Club, noon, Hilton ... |
| TV Time Takes Years Off Your Life Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every hour you sit in front of the tube could up your risk of dying sooner from cardiovascular disease, new research shows. Researchers in Australia investigated the lifestyle habits of 8,800 adults and found each hour in front ... |
| Exercise Preserves, Improves Memory Posted: 11 Jan 2010 05:45 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Exercise is known to help protect the body against the affects of aging, but new research shows it may protect against and even reverse a declining mind. Each year, 10 to 15 percent of people with mild cognitive impairment will ... |
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