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- On MLK holiday, Bryan community looks to the past and the future
- Girl Scouts on annual mission to sell famed cookies
- CS resident wins national title
- Roommate jailed in Bryan knife incident
- CS man, 27, held in another's stabbing
- Police: Man spit on papers during arrest
- Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins
- Texas steadily recovers
- Dems face Mass. challenge
- '09 saw rise in terror charges
- Recession hobbles college leaders' pay
- 'Chemical Ali' to hang in Iraq
- Biden calls leaders about elections
- 'Avatar' best drama at Golden Globes
- NASA listens for silent Mars lander
- Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works
- 5 people found dead in southeast Texas home
- Plastics Linked to Heart Disease
- Caring Through Sharing: Life Changing Stories
- Calendar
- Holiday events and closings
- Cookie breakdown
- Longevity Gene Could Slow Dementia
- Adult Obesity Rates May Have Steadied
- SPORTS IN BRIEF
| On MLK holiday, Bryan community looks to the past and the future Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST Linda Asberry is the principal of an elementary school on a street where she said Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream is carried out each day.The street -- which is less than 3 miles long and crosses over two main roads in Bryan, Texas Avenue and Texas 21 ...   |
| Girl Scouts on annual mission to sell famed cookies Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST Day 20 of sticking to a New Year's resolution to lose weight might be the toughest yet. Starting Wednesday through Feb. 27, about 700 or so Girl Scouts will be roaming Bryan-College Station, selling the famous cookies.Last year, Bethany Monsees sold ... |
| CS resident wins national title Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station resident Harrison Wellmann won the Punt, Pass & Kick national championship Sunday, beating a home-crowd favorite and two other finalists to earn a national television cameo.Harrison claimed the title for boys ... |
| Roommate jailed in Bryan knife incident Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA 34-year-old woman remained jailed late Sunday on a felony charge after police said she chased her roommate with a knife.Bryan officers responded to a disturbance with a weapon around 4 a.m. Sunday in the 3600 block of Wellborn ... |
| CS man, 27, held in another's stabbing Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA 27-year-old College Station man was arrested after police said he stabbed a man in the thigh Sunday afternoon.Authorities responded to reports of a stabbing in the 300 block of Manuel Street just after 3 p.m.The victim was take ... |
| Police: Man spit on papers during arrest Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST -- Eagle Staff ReportA College Station man was arrested on a second driving while intoxicated charge over the weekend after police said he wrecked his truck.A Department of Public Safety trooper was called Saturday to the one-vehicle crash on South D ... |
| Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Prayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from Haiti's huddled homeless Sunday, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was straining the world's ability to respond and igniting flare-ups of violence amid the ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:03 PM PST DALLAS -- Texas will be "last in, first out" among states battling the recession, although a recovery that has already started will require patience, a leading economist says.The Lone Star State proved resilient because of advantages such as weather, ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST BOSTON -- A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday's Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate ac ... |
| '09 saw rise in terror charges Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Federal prosecutors charged more suspects with terrorism in 2009 than in any year since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, providing evidence of what experts call a rise in plots spurred by Internet recruitment, the spread of al-Qaida overs ... |
| Recession hobbles college leaders' pay Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST The recession has reached the executive suites of the nation's public universities and colleges, putting a stop to a string of large annual pay increases for school presidents.A survey released Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education showed compe ... |
| 'Chemical Ali' to hang in Iraq Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for ordering the most infamous of his crimes, the attacks against the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed more than 5,000 people in clouds of poiso ... |
| Biden calls leaders about elections Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Joe Biden's office says the vice president has been in touch with the top three Iraqi political leaders about their upcoming national elections.Biden's office says he contacted Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, President Jalal Talab ... |
| 'Avatar' best drama at Golden Globes Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The science-fiction blockbuster Avatar won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the Titanic filmmaker's prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.It was a r ... |
| NASA listens for silent Mars lander Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- Will Phoenix rise from the dead? Don't bet on it.Despite the odds, NASA on Monday will begin a three-day effort to listen for signs of life from the Phoenix lander, presumed frozen to death near Mars' north pole after spending five mon ... |
| Task force: Screen kids, obesity treatment works Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST CHICAGO -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight -- a move that could transform how doctors deal with overweight childre ... |
| 5 people found dead in southeast Texas home Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST -- Wire reportBELLVILLE -- Authorities say five people have been found dead in a home in southeast Texas.Sgt. Paul Faircloth with the Austin County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that one person was in custody Sunday night and was being ... |
| Plastics Linked to Heart Disease Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Exposure to a chemical commonly found in plastics has been linked to cardiovascular disease, a new study shows. The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) has been a hot topic of conversation among the medical community in recent years. It ... |
| Caring Through Sharing: Life Changing Stories Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:48 PM PST By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Thanks to advances in the fields of medicine and science, people all over the world are receiving better health care and living longer, healthier lives. It's our mis ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:06 PM PST MondayCLUBSCollege Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525.HEALTH & WELLNESSSeniors Golf Tournament, 9 a.m. Texas A&M University Golf Course $5 entry. No advance registration; just show up and play. Brazos County Health Department imm ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST 12th Annual Freedom March to honor the life of Martin Luther King Jr. * Begins at 10 a.m. Monday* The march will start at Sadie Thomas Park and conclude at Kemp Elementary School * Kathy Merrill, assistant city manager of College Station, will speak ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST At $3.50 a box, the sale of the cookies helps keep several programs going for the Girl Scouts. Here's a breakdown:* $1.20 helps to fund girl programs* 90 cents goes to the local troop and service unit* 85 cents pays for the cost of the cookies* 25 ce ... |
| Longevity Gene Could Slow Dementia Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists have discovered a "longevity gene" that helps slow age-related decline in brain function in older adults. Drugs that mimic the gene's effect are now under development and could help protect against Alzheimer's d ... |
| Adult Obesity Rates May Have Steadied Posted: 17 Jan 2010 05:46 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One third of U.S. adults are obese, but new data suggests the fat epidemic may be slowing. From the period of 1976-1980 to 1988-1994, the prevalence of obesity in adults increased by 8 percent, and statistics from 1999-2000 sho ... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2010 04:01 PM PST Bears' Adams, 26, dies after having heart attackGREENWOOD, S.C. -- Gaines Adams, an All-American defensive end at Clemson whose career never blossomed in the NFL with Chicago and Tampa Bay, died Sunday after going into cardiac arrest. He was 26.He di ... |
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