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- In MLK's footsteps
- Bryan bridge project on solid ground
- Massive generator entering BV today
- Texas Task Force 1 stands down
- Scale of Haiti tragedy expands
- Serial rapist has elderly terrified
- Bound TCU student found dead in home
- Pope gunman released from Turkish prison
- Mass. Senate candidates battle to the end
- 5 people shot to death in southeast Texas
- Report: Marriage boost for men
- Victim to speak 'from the grave' in Peterson case
- Tanning bed risks may get spotlight
- What makes up cigarettes?
- 'Avatar' shooting for Oscar glory
- Less morbid Poe captured in portrait
- Taco Bell founder dead at 86
- Study: Raising Kids Lowers Blood Pressure
- NYC judge to rule on tossing Letterman extort case
- Overdose Risk In Chronic Pain Patients Linked to Prescriptions
- Suit Up: Walking With Cerebral Palsy - Research Summary
- Letters to the editor
- Calendar
- Migraines Linked to Depression?
- LA council set to vote on marijuana ordinance
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:21 PM PST Students from Bryan Collegiate High School participate in the 12th annual Freedom March in Bryan on Monday morning. ...   |
| Bryan bridge project on solid ground Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:27 PM PST No government official wants to see children walking home from school on a well-traveled, narrow bridge with no sidewalk. But local leaders have witnessed it and worried for years about the Old Reliance Road bridge that passes over Earl Rudder Freewa ... |
| Massive generator entering BV today Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST Look out Grimes County: A 1.7 million-pound generator making its way toward Central Texas will move at a snail's pace on your roadways starting late Tuesday afternoon.The 30-feet-wide, 18-feet-high and 308-foot-long generator is having to take unusua ... |
| Texas Task Force 1 stands down Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST FEMA officially decided early Sunday not to deploy College Station-based Texas Task Force 1 to Haiti, four days after Gov. Rick Perry activated the elite urban search-and-rescue team. Officials with the Federal Emergency Management Agency didn't ret ... |
| Scale of Haiti tragedy expands Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:28 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land, where injured survivors still died in the ... |
| Serial rapist has elderly terrified Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:31 PM PST With a serial rapist on the loose, Cassandra McGinty has developed a new routine when she arrives home: search room to room, a handgun or stun gun drawn.The predator has been assaulting older women in Central Texas over the past year, terrifying resi ... |
| Bound TCU student found dead in home Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:36 PM PST FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fort Worth police say the death of a Texas Christian University student whose bound body was discovered in her home does not appear to be foul play.Police say the body of the 20-year-old woman was discovered Monday night by her r ... |
| Pope gunman released from Turkish prison Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST ANKARA, Turkey -- The Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II nearly 29 years ago emerged from prison Monday, declared himself a messenger from God, then spent his first night of freedom in a luxury hotel room.Mehmet Ali Agca, 52, said he would talk t ... |
| Mass. Senate candidates battle to the end Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST BOSTON -- Nearly one year to the day after President Barack Obama was sworn into office as an agent of change, Massachusetts Senate candidates battled to the wire Monday in an election that threatened his agenda and reflected voters' frustration wit ... |
| 5 people shot to death in southeast Texas Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:39 PM PST BELLVILLE, Texas -- Five people who lived in a small home in an isolated area of southeast Texas were gunned down, and a man who lived with them was being held for questioning, authorities said Monday.Sgt. Paul Faircloth of the Austin County Sheriff' ... |
| Report: Marriage boost for men Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:29 PM PST NEW YORK -- Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it's men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data.The changes, summarized ... |
| Victim to speak 'from the grave' in Peterson case Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST JOLIET, Ill. -- Six years after she mysteriously drowned in a bathtub, Kathleen Savio is finally getting her day in court.Savio essentially will testify from the grave Tuesday, with witnesses expected to tell a judge in Illinois how Savio discussed a ... |
| Tanning bed risks may get spotlight Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk.Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous. But there's i ... |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST RICHMOND, Va. -- The Food and Drug Administration is working to lift the smokescreen clouding the ingredients used in cigarettes and other tobacco products.In June, tobacco companies must tell the FDA their formulas for the first time, just as drugma ... |
| 'Avatar' shooting for Oscar glory Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:32 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- James Cameron may get to proclaim himself king of the distant moon Pandora at the Academy Awards.Cameron -- who borrowed Leonardo DiCaprio's line from Titanic and declared himself "king of the world" when that film sailed to ... |
| Less morbid Poe captured in portrait Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:32 PM PST BALTIMORE -- Edgar Allan Poe's fertile imagination has endured for more than 150 years -- and so has his pale, death-haunted image, with his sunken eyes, a trim mustache and unruly mop of curly hair.However, scholars say Poe looked far more vigorous, ... |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:33 PM PST RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. -- Glen W. Bell Jr., an entrepreneur best known as the founder of the Taco Bell chain, has died. He was 86.Bell died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, according to a statement posted online Monday.The Irvine-based company ... |
| Study: Raising Kids Lowers Blood Pressure Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children have a tendency to drive their parents crazy, but new research suggests that having children also drives down blood pressure. Brigham Young University researchers found that being a parent is directly associated with ... |
| NYC judge to rule on tossing Letterman extort case Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:44 PM PST NEW YORK -- A television producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman over the late-night comic's love life is set to find out whether a New York City court will toss out the criminal case against him.A Manhattan judge is expected to rule Tuesday ... |
| Overdose Risk In Chronic Pain Patients Linked to Prescriptions Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study links the risk of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses to prescription use. Researchers say more and more Americans with chronic pain are taking medically prescribed opioids like Oxycontin and Vicodin. ... |
| Suit Up: Walking With Cerebral Palsy - Research Summary Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:36 PM PST BACKGROUND: According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, cerebral palsy refers to a neurological disorder that appears in infancy or early childhood and permanently affects body movement and muscle coordination. It is ca ... |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST I think those of us living deep in the heart of Texas have something to learn from liberal Massachusetts: namely, the fact that it's time for outspoken, principled representatives in Congress. The close race between Scott Brown and Martha Coak ... |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:34 PM PST TuesdayCLUBSBrazos County Senior Citizens Association luncheon, noon. 1402 Bristol St., Bryan. 822-6873.Bryan Noon Lions Club, 11:30 a.m. The Best Western Atrea, 1920 Austin's Colony Parkway, Bryan. 731-5300.College Station Kiwanis Club, noon, Hilton ... |
| Migraines Linked to Depression? Posted: 18 Jan 2010 05:47 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Migraine headaches and depression may share a strong genetic component. The study in the Netherlands involved 2,652 people who took part in the larger Erasmus Rucphen Family study. All of the participants were descendants ... |
| LA council set to vote on marijuana ordinance Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:45 PM PST LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles City Council is poised to vote on a medical marijuana ordinance after months of hammering out criteria that would shutter hundreds of dispensaries.Council members will take up the issue once again Tuesday, and they will ... |
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