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- 11 years in the making
- Commencement speaker challenges Aggies
- 2 Texas A&M cadets killed in wreck
- Visitation, wake today for teen killed in Bryan
- Jury sent on a break
- TxDOT gathers input from residents
- CS man in critical condition after wreck
- 6 indicted in Houston over alleged bogus marriages
- Many jobs cut likely won't return
- Tough economy, more children in Texas foster care
- 3 arrests made in bomb probe
- Tube next attempt at fixing oil leak
- Calif Marine major sentenced for passing secrets
- New Alamo plan finds opposition
- Teacher was uncertified
- Experts say college not necessarily for everyone
- Poll: Public supports Obama, more drilling
- Specter, former critic, calls Kagan 'forthcoming'
- NASA: All on track for Friday launch
- 3-D films face high expectations
- Mulch helps prep gardens for summer heat
- Garden Calendar
- Mutation interesting, but needs to be pruned
- Letter for May 14
- Splashing into summer
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT It's noon Wednesday and John Comstock just finished his last college final. Ever. The 29-year-old wheels himself into the Dixie Chicken as his girlfriend, Jen Seelig, tries to allow his passage by holding the heavy wooden doors swinging back and fort ...   |
| Commencement speaker challenges Aggies Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT The head of U.S. Central Command and one-time commander of all forces in Iraq encouraged graduating Aggies to serve the public. "Stay true to your Aggie values," Gen. David Petraeus told roughly 6,000 in attendance Thursday night in Reed Arena. "Do w ... |
| 2 Texas A&M cadets killed in wreck Posted: 14 May 2010 03:25 AM PDT Two Texas A&M Aggie Band freshmen died in a three-vehicle wreck in Bastrop early Thursday evening. Eighteen-year-olds Tanner Lloyd Ferris, of Vidor, and his passenger, Nathan Shearod, of San Antonio, died in the wreck that occurred around 5:20 p ... |
| Visitation, wake today for teen killed in Bryan Posted: 14 May 2010 01:20 AM PDT Visitation and a wake will be held today for the 17-year-old who died after being shot in a backyard in Bryan Sunday.Visitation for Christopher Hutchson of Bryan will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Jones-Washington Mortuary, and a wake will be hel ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Testimony in the capital murder trial of a man accused of killing two Texas A&M student siblings took a break on Thursday as jurors were sent home without hearing any evidence. But lawyers remained in the courtroom to settle disputes about whethe ... |
| TxDOT gathers input from residents Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Population growth estimates predict the number of people living in Texas will double by 2040.On Thursday at the Brazos Center, residents were invited to give their input as to how the Texas Department of Transportation should manage long-term plans t ... |
| CS man in critical condition after wreck Posted: 13 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA College Station man remained in the hospital Thursday night in critical condition after being ejected during a single-vehicle accident in the 6200 block of Rock Prairie Road. The wreck happened around 3 p.m. College Station polic ... |
| 6 indicted in Houston over alleged bogus marriages Posted: 14 May 2010 03:06 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A federal grand jury in Houston has indicted three Americans and three Cambodian nationals in an alleged bogus marriage and visa fraud scheme.U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno on Friday announced three people were arrested in the Houston are ... |
| Many jobs cut likely won't return Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Fewer construction workers will be needed. Don't expect as many interior designers or advertising copywriters, either. Retailers will get by with leaner staffs.The economy is strengthening. But millions of jobs lost in the recession cou ... |
| Tough economy, more children in Texas foster care Posted: 14 May 2010 03:08 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- The Department of Family and Protective Services will try to persuade more relatives of abused and neglected children in Texas to take in the youngsters as the foster care rolls grow.Commissioner Anne Heiligenstein, who testified Thu ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT WATERTOWN, Mass. -- Three Pakistani men suspected of providing money to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested by the FBI in a series of Thursday morning raids across the Northeast, law enforcement officials said.The searches in M ... |
| Tube next attempt at fixing oil leak Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- BP officials said Thursday they would thread a small tube into a jagged pipe on the seafloor to suck oil to the surface before it can spew into the Gulf and add to a disaster apparently set in motion by a long list of equipment failures ... |
| Calif Marine major sentenced for passing secrets Posted: 14 May 2010 03:09 AM PDT Associated PressCAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Camp Pendleton Marine officer who leaked intelligence documents to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has been sentenced to 90 days in confinement.Maj. Mark Lowe also was sentenced Thursday to a re ... |
| New Alamo plan finds opposition Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- The Texas Historical Commission has urged the Alamo's overseers to focus plans for a new building on visitor needs rather than a library.The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which oversees the site under an agreement with the state, ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A former charter school teacher fired after a cell phone video showed her allegedly beating a 13-year-old student does not have a teaching certificate and never needed one.Sheri Lynn Davis, who was fired Monday as a science teacher at Jami ... |
| Experts say college not necessarily for everyone Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT COLUMBIA, Mo. -- In a town dominated by the University of Missouri's flagship campus and two smaller colleges, higher education is practically a birthright for high school seniors like Kate Hodges.She has a 3.5 grade-point-average, a college savings ... |
| Poll: Public supports Obama, more drilling Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Gulf of Mexico oil spill hasn't stained President Barack Obama nor dimmed the public's desire for offshore energy drilling, according to a new Associated Press-GfK Poll.More people surveyed said they approved of Obama's handling of ... |
| Specter, former critic, calls Kagan 'forthcoming' Posted: 13 May 2010 05:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan won praise from a former critic Thursday, when Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania emerged from a private meeting calling her solid candidate.Specter's reaction suggested Kagan, the solicitor general wh ... |
| NASA: All on track for Friday launch Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With good weather expected, NASA was optimistic as it headed toward Friday's launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its final voyage.Atlantis is set to blast off at 2:20 p.m. Forecasters said there is a 70 percent chance of good ... |
| 3-D films face high expectations Posted: 13 May 2010 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK -- With Avatar now out of theaters, the industrywide 3-D juggernaut is itself entering another dimension.The immense box-office success of James Cameron's sci-fi epic proved the considerable draw of 3-D, and subsequent 3-D releases benefited ... |
| Mulch helps prep gardens for summer heat Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT To prepare your garden for the summer, you should apply mulch around all vegetables, fruits, flowers, vines, shrubs and trees.What is mulch? Simply put, mulch is a protective ground covering that saves ground water, reduces evaporation, prevents eros ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Saturday* A&M Garden Club meeting, 9:30 a.m. 1651 Rock Prairie Road, Professional Building II, Senior Circle Rooms. Program: Growing Citrus presented by Sarah McReynolds, Texas Garden Club.* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Ave ... |
| Mutation interesting, but needs to be pruned Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Dear Neil: I've attached a photo of a mutation that has occurred in my asparagus bed. The asparagus is in its third year, and it looks like some odd type of cactus. What can you tell me about asparagus mutations?A: This is a process called "fasciatio ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Ready to go to work for College Station residents Thank you, College Station voters, for the trust you have placed in me to serve as your mayor. I pledge to you my best efforts to fulfill the platform on which I campaigned: listen to all our cit ... |
| Posted: 13 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT Neal Elementary Coach Aimee Petroski leads a group of students down a water-slicked tarp during the school's Wacky Water Day Thursday. Students enjoyed snow cones, tossed water balloons and listened to music during the summer-themed event. ... |
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