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Climber at heart

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Cire Lewis, 3, makes her way through a group of rings as she plays with her cousins and aunts at Sue Haswell Park in Bryan late Friday afternoon. ...

College Station laboratory to test water samples from Gulf of Mexico

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Water samples from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are being sent to College Station from coastal areas across the country. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration directed state and local officials nationwide to send the majority ...

Thuesen's exes testify in trial

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

The murders of John Thuesen's ex-girlfriend and her brother were the culmination of an escalating pattern of violence and rage, prosecutors and ex-girlfriends of the former Marine said Friday. The 26-year-old was found guilty of capital murder on Thu ...

Lawyer turns himself in

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

A former local attorney turned himself into police Friday and was charged with felony theft and money laundering. Stephen Bennett Syptak was released from the Brazos County Jail Friday after posting $15,000 bail.Syptak is accused of taking $58,935 f ...

26-year-old indicted on murder charge

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA Brenham man was indicted on a capital murder charge Friday in connection to a 2006 shooting death of a man inside his Brazos County home.Artis Lee Pollard, 26, was arrested in February after DNA evidence linked him to Terrell McCo ...

Funeral services set for Consol student

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportFuneral services for an A&M Consolidated High School junior and member of the Tiger Band who died from a brain aneurysm are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Central Baptist Church in Bryan.Visitation for 18-year-old Trenton Reed ...

Pebble Creek names new school principal

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station school officials on Friday named Annette Roraback as the principal of Pebble Creek Elementary. Roraback has served the last three years as academic coordinator for the school and previously taught fourth-grade at Sou ...

GM to make cuts in Europe

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

BERLIN -- While the rest of General Motors Co. rose to its financial feet in the first quarter, the auto giant's European unit continued to struggle with high costs and a declining market.On Friday CEO Ed Whitacre got the last big piece of his plan t ...

Fundraiser for radio show host Saturday

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportIt takes a lot for the co-host of the Morning Show on KORA-FM to miss work, but Roy Munse has been away from the microphone while battling cancer.The 30-year radio veteran underwent chemotherapy in Dallas this week to shrink tumors ...

Texas 21 will have lanes closed Sunday

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTraffic will be reduced to one lane each direction along parts of Texas 21 on Sunday while Bryan police reconstruct a fatal auto-pedestrian accident that happened May 8.From 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., both eastbound lanes will be closed i ...

Practicing paces

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Special Olympic equestrian Nancy Appelman, 18, rides her horse, Amigo, and smiles down at volunteer Lei Lani Warrick after the pair successfully navigated a small practice course Friday at the Brazos County Expo. They were among several competitors g ...

Problems from spill mounting

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT

GRAND ISLE, La. -- Officials closed the public beach here Friday as thick gobs of oil resembling melted chocolate washed up, a very visible reminder of the blown-out well that has been spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a month.Up to now, only ...

Texas adopts new curriculum

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, slavery, America's relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items.The id ...

CHL may be way to avoid lines at Capitol

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- With security concerns on the rise, metal detectors finally were installed and turned on at the Texas Capitol Friday. But citizens, lobbyists and other visitors can escape the lines -- if they carry a concealed handgun.In the building where ...

AP: Texan faked way into army

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

FORT WORTH -- A Texas man with no military experience tricked the Army into letting him enter a reserve unit as a noncommissioned officer earlier this year, a deception that placed an untrained soldier in a leadership position in a time of war, an As ...

New fuel efficiency rules

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama directed the government Friday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs, setting the nation's sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel the ...

Schaffner 50th

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT

Joe and Lois Schaffner of Bryan/College Station celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday May 21, 2010.They met and married in Ames Iowa, later moved to Bryan/College Station in 1963. Dr. Joe Schaffner began teaching at Texas A&M in the ...

Faith Calendar

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT

Saturday* United Full Gospel Baptist Church, 1600 W. Martin Luther King Jr. St., in Bryan, will host gospel recording artists Gloria and Sherica Cooks for an anniversary service at 7 p.m. Gloria Cooks is celebrating 30 years in the music industry, an ...

Saved by grace, not mitigating circumstances

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

By MATT IDOMEagle reporter Matthew Watkins wrote Friday regarding the murder trial that has dominated our local news: "Jurors will be asked to answer two questions: Is [the defendant] a continuing threat to society? And are there any mitigating circu ...

People not alone in grief, deity experiences it, too

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Acts 2: 1When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fir ...

Letters for May 22

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT

We must do our part to conserve water supply A recent guest speaker for my senior government class, College Station City Councilman John Crompton, provided great information on one of Earth's greatest natural resources: the Edwards Aquifer. ...

Calendar

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:07 PM PDT

SaturdayEVENTSMulti-family garage sale, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grace Bible Church, Southwood campus in College Station. Benefits Hope Pregnancy Center. 255-3534.Bowhunter Education Certification Class, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gander Mountain. For persons 12 years ...

Funeral services set for A&M Consol student, band member

Posted: 21 May 2010 08:43 AM PDT

Funeral services for an A&M Consolidated High School junior and member of the Tiger Band who died from a brain aneurysm are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at Central Baptist Church in Bryan. Visitation for 18-year-old Trenton Reed Key will be 5 t ...

Special Olympics needs volunteers

Posted: 21 May 2010 02:58 AM PDT

Volunteers are being sought for this weekend's Special Olympics 2010 Summer Games equestrian competition, and the only requirement is a desire to have fun.The event, which brings competitors from across the state, begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the ...

Eruption of Hawaii volcano reaches 10,000 days

Posted: 21 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT

VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) -- The world's longest continuously erupting volcano, which has become a major attraction for scientists and tourists since it became active in 1983, has marked a milestone.It was 10,000 days ago Friday that Kilauea Volcano began ...

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