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- A glimpse of home
- Police build wreck case
- Shelter's board lacks city's OK
- Wanted posters pay off for Brazos
- Three arrested during Bryan traffic stop
- Talk focuses on university staff
- 2 Texas wardens retire after sex offender escapes
- 2 Texas wardens retire after sex offender escapes
- A&M ranked ninth on best value list
- Ride-alongs aim to make motorists stop
- Bryan house fire under investigation
- Food stamp czar critical of Texas privatization
- Texas braces for fight over social studies lessons
- Teen accused of stabbing teacher to get treatment
- NY's top court rejects Rather's appeal against CBS
- Tump it over
- Judge: Roeder can build manslaughter defense
- Major quake hits Haiti; many casualties expected
- Pollution has town on edge
- Hutchison unveils border security plan
- Claire's pulls toxic jewelry
- Retainer-based doctors thriving
- UN cuts back on fraud inquiries
- Bird-plane collisions may pass 10,000
- Job count criteria changed
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST Jay Geronime had a family of four when he left for Iraq in October. But when he returned home Monday, the U.S. Army specialist was greeted by a new face. Geronime's daughter, Grace Elizabeth, was born on New Year's Day and was introduced to her fathe ...   |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST A 21-year-old former Blinn College student remained hospitalized Tuesday after the Maserati she was driving crashed head-on into a police cruiser Sunday morning.A warrant for her arrest on charges of intoxication assault of a police officer remained ... |
| Shelter's board lacks city's OK Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST Bryan appears to be in violation of a state law that requires the city to appoint an advisory committee for the Brazos Animal Shelter, officials indicated Tuesday.The City Council postponed a vote on a proposal to create such an advisory committee du ... |
| Wanted posters pay off for Brazos Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST Every Tuesday for 12 weeks, the photographs of 10 of Brazos County's most wanted individuals have appeared in The Eagle.The effort is part of a campaign launched by the Brazos County Sheriff's Department in cooperation with Brazos County Crime Stoppe ... |
| Three arrested during Bryan traffic stop Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:26 AM PST Three people face charges after police said they found drugs and alcohol during a routine traffic stop in Bryan.The driver, Altay Pulak, 21, of College Station, was arrested Monday on charges of possession of a controlled substance in an amount from ... |
| Talk focuses on university staff Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST Texas A&M Interim President R. Bowen Loftin met Tuesday with a group created in 2008 to further the interests of the university's staff. About 150 people attended the open forum of the University Staff Council at the Wehner Building on West Campu ... |
| 2 Texas wardens retire after sex offender escapes Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Two senior prison wardens are retiring rather than face disciplinary proceedings after a convicted sex offender armed with a smuggled gun escaped as he was being transferred from one prison unit to another, the Texas Department o ... |
| 2 Texas wardens retire after sex offender escapes Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Two senior prison wardens are retiring rather than face disciplinary proceedings after a convicted sex offender armed with a smuggled gun escaped as he was being transferred from one prison unit to another, the Texas Department o ... |
| A&M ranked ninth on best value list Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M ranks ninth on a list of the nation's "best value" public colleges in 2010, according to ratings by The Princeton Review. Selection criteria included more than 30 factors in academics, costs and financial aid. Full- ... |
| Ride-alongs aim to make motorists stop Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportSeveral Bryan police officers spent Tuesday on school buses looking for drivers illegally passing the bus while its "stop" signal was out.Police said they viewed the operation a success because the goal of the campaign was compli ... |
| Bryan house fire under investigation Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:04 PM PST Firefighters were unsure Tuesday night what started a house fire in the 400 block of West 16th Street. Bryan Fire Chief Mike Donoho said an elderly man lived in the home but had left about 10 minutes prior to the fire starting. Crews were on scene wi ... |
| Food stamp czar critical of Texas privatization Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:31 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas has the worst-performing food-stamp program in the nation, the Obama administration's top food stamp program official said Tuesday.Undersecretary of Agriculture Kevin Concannon aired his criticism in Austin, where he was checki ... |
| Texas braces for fight over social studies lessons Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:30 PM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Parents, teachers and activists will sound off Wednesday on how history -- topics from the fall of the Roman Empire to cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash -- will be taught to millions of Texas children for the next decade.The State Board o ... |
| Teen accused of stabbing teacher to get treatment Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:18 AM PST TYLER, Texas -- A teenager accused in the stabbing death of a high school teacher nearly four months ago will get mental health treatment after being declared unfit to proceed in the justice system.A forensic psychologist and the state agreed Monday ... |
| NY's top court rejects Rather's appeal against CBS Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:55 AM PST ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's top court Tuesday rejected Dan Rather's bid to reinstate his $70 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS Corp.Rather's motion was denied without comment Tuesday by the Court of Appeals.CBS spokeswoman Shannon Jacobs ... |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST Workers steady a bucket of concrete ready to pour into columns that will support the new extension of the Old Reliance bridge over Texas 6 on Tuesday afternoon. There will be an official groundbreaking ceremony at 2:30 p.m. on Monday to celebrate the ... |
| Judge: Roeder can build manslaughter defense Posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:56 AM PST WICHITA, Kan. -- A judge has again refused to block confessed killer Scott Roeder from arguing his belief that the shooting death of a Kansas abortion provider was a justified act aimed at saving unborn children.The 51-year-old Roeder has admitted ki ... |
| Major quake hits Haiti; many casualties expected Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The strongest earthquake in more than 200 years rocked Haiti on Tuesday, collapsing a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaging the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings. U.S. ... |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST DISH -- Like thousands of other Texans living atop one of the country's most productive natural gas fields, folks in this tiny town were giddy when drillers started offering up the fat checks.The mayor likened it to the Gold Rush, and many of the 20 ... |
| Hutchison unveils border security plan Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:02 PM PST HOUSTON -- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday her plan for security along the Texas-Mexico border includes expanding state participation in Homeland Security programs that let local law enforcement carry out some federal immigration laws and tha ... |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- A second international chain store said it is pulling from shelves jewelry that lab tests show contained high levels of the heavy metal cadmium, and Chinese regulators said they would investigate dangerous levels of the toxin in childr ... |
| Retainer-based doctors thriving Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST Over the counter cold-and-flu remedy: $5.99.Trip to the doctor's office: $20.Extra time to bend your doctor's ear: $1,500 a year and up.Primary care physicians are increasingly offering exclusivity to those willing to pay for it.These practices, know ... |
| UN cuts back on fraud inquiries Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations has cut back sharply on investigations into corruption and fraud within its ranks, shelving cases involving the possible theft or misuse of millions of dollars, an Associated Press review has found.At least five m ... |
| Bird-plane collisions may pass 10,000 Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Reports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife have soared in the year since a stricken US Airways jet landed in New York's Hudson River, and the government's tally for last year could reach or even exceed 10,000 for the first ti ... |
| Posted: 12 Jan 2010 04:00 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The White House has abandoned its controversial method of counting jobs under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus, making it impossible to track the number of jobs saved or created with the $787 billion in recovery money.Despite ... |
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