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- Petraeus, Crocker reconnect
- Final Review includes moment for lost cadets
- NFL star Brees to attend fundraiser
- Lightning may have sparked CS house fire
- Task force prepares for heavy rainfall
- Probe finds BP violated own policies
- Poll: Voters leaning left, but against incumbents
- BP confident in latest solution to plug oil leak
- Nonprofit agencies at risk of losing tax-exempt status
- Astronauts forced into shorter shuttle survey
- Specter feels 'victory in the air'
- Overcharging cab drivers cost $1.1M
- Thailand PM defends crackdown on protesters
- Ivory trade danger to elephants
- Survivor returns to Netherlands
- Healthy, natural soaps are all in the recipe
- Right at Home: welcoming the new neighbors
- CS actress finds success on Disney Channel
- CS author
- Bob Newhart celebrates 50 years in show business
- Our Neighbors
- Calendar
- School menus
- Sanders-Gryboski
- Rowe-Amador
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT At Texas A&M, the four-star general and the soft-spoken ambassador met again, taking questions as photos were snapped. This time, it was only one photojournalist, not dozens; the questions came from a local newspaper reporter, not panels of power ...   |
| Final Review includes moment for lost cadets Posted: 15 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT Kyle Field fell silent Saturday and members of The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band laid down their instruments at the beginning of this year's Final Review ceremony.Cadets took a moment to remember two of their own who died two days before they would have ... |
| NFL star Brees to attend fundraiser Posted: 15 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportNew Orleans Saints quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees will be in Robertson County this month as part of a fundraiser.Brees will stop at the New Baden Community Center May 29 to help raise money for the restoration of the buil ... |
| Lightning may have sparked CS house fire Posted: 15 May 2010 08:35 AM PDT Two College Station residents were displaced early Saturday after their home caught on fire.Officials from the Fire Marshal's Office believe the fire may have been started from a lightning strike.Fire Department officials said crews returning from a ... |
| Task force prepares for heavy rainfall Posted: 15 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportFour swiftwater rescue teams from Texas Task Force 1 were activated Saturday in anticipation of heavy rainfall in the Hill Country over the next two days.The teams will be stationed in San Antonio, along with two teams of helicopter ... |
| Probe finds BP violated own policies Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT HOUSTON -- The company whose drilling triggered the Gulf of Mexico oil spill also owns a rig that operated with incomplete and inaccurate engineering documents, which one official warned could "lead to catastrophic operator error," records and interv ... |
| Poll: Voters leaning left, but against incumbents Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- People want Democrats to control Congress after this fall's elections, a shift from April, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Saturday. But the margin is thin and there's a flashing yellow light for incumbents of both pa ... |
| BP confident in latest solution to plug oil leak Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT ROBERT, La. -- BP was confident Saturday its latest experiment using a mile-long pipe would capture much of the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, even as the company disclosed yet another setback in the environmental disaster.Engineers hit a snag ... |
| Nonprofit agencies at risk of losing tax-exempt status Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa -- More than 200,000 small nonprofits across the nation are days away from losing their tax-exempt status because they haven't filed a new form with the Internal Revenue Service.Many of these groups already operate on razor-thin budg ... |
| Astronauts forced into shorter shuttle survey Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A snagged cable forced Atlantis' astronauts to resort to a more inconvenient and less comprehensive method of inspecting their space shuttle Saturday as they sped toward a weekend rendezvous with the International Space Statio ... |
| Specter feels 'victory in the air' Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA -- U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter told a union rally Saturday that "victory is in the air" and reprised his charges that Democratic primary challenger Joe Sestak is misleading voters in Tuesday's Democratic primary and skipping too many votes i ... |
| Overcharging cab drivers cost $1.1M Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Hundreds of New York City cab drivers accused of repeatedly overcharging passengers will face a special tribunal.The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission on Friday issued the results of a monthlong probe into data revealing elevated meter ... |
| Thailand PM defends crackdown on protesters Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT BANGKOK -- Thailand's leader defended the deadly army crackdown on protesters besieging the capital's heart, saying Saturday the country's very future was at stake. Protesters dragged away the bodies of three people from sidewalks -- shot by army sni ... |
| Ivory trade danger to elephants Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT PUTIAN, China -- Carefully, the Chinese ivory dealer pulled out an elephant tusk cloaked in bubble wrap and hidden in a bag of flour. Its price: $17,000."Do you have any idea how many years I could get locked away in prison for having this?" said the ... |
| Survivor returns to Netherlands Posted: 15 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT AMSTERDAM -- The 9-year-old Dutch boy who miraculously survived a plane crash in Libya returned to the Netherlands aboard an airborne ambulance Saturday and was whisked away to a hospital in his hometown, where he must begin to rebuild his life witho ... |
| Healthy, natural soaps are all in the recipe Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Lindsey Mann is a waitress and Mikel Stone is a pedicab driver, but in their spare time they pursue a dream: crafting and selling healthy, chemical-free soaps that smell great and lather up well.After two years of trial and error, the Denver couple h ... |
| Right at Home: welcoming the new neighbors Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT "If strangers move into a neighborhood, it is not only unfriendly but uncivil for their neighbors not to call on them." -- Emily Post, "Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage," 1937When we moved across the country to our new town, many friendly nei ... |
| CS actress finds success on Disney Channel Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT The A&M Consolidated High School "star factory" has produced its share of success stories. It's been written here often about the pipeline from Tigerland to Times Square for the likes of Met singers Emily Pulley, Sasha Cook and Broadway's Tommy S ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT College Station author Janet Fox resigned from a five-year teaching career to pursue writing full-time in 2006. Her decision has paid off -- her first young adult novel was released last week by a major publishing house. The 319-page book, Faithful, ... |
| Bob Newhart celebrates 50 years in show business Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- "Fifty years!" Bob Newhart marveled. "It's like where the hell did the time go?"The comedian was ruminating recently as he relaxed between concert dates on a 14-city tour celebrating his golden anniversary in show business."I'll tell ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT NEEDS A HOMEScarlett is a mellow cat -- she loves to just lie around. Her favorite spot to be scratched is under her chin, but she is also a sucker for a good belly rub! She adjusts quickly to new surroundings and just finished raising six kittens. M ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Monday* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525.Tuesday* Bryan Noon Lions. 11:30 a.m. Best Western Atrea, 1920 Austin's Colony Parkway. 731-5300.* B/CS Christian Women's Connection Luncheon--Olives and Opposite ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.BryanMonday: Sea shaped fish sticks, hot dog, macaroni and cheese, green beans, fruit.Tuesday: Mexi taco quesadilla, toasted cheese sandwich, tomato soup with crackers, tossed salad with ranch dress ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Billy and Pat Sanders of Bryan, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Lisa Merle Sanders, to Anthony Thomas Gryboski, son of Tom and Marilyn Gryboski of Lakewood, WI. Lisa is a 1994 graduate of Brya ... |
| Posted: 15 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edward Rowe of New Boston, Texas, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Carmen Elise, to Mr. Aaron Edward Amador, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Amador, of Fort Worth, Texas.Carmen is the granddaughter of Erma Brewer a ... |
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