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- Aces in the heat
- Witnesses in murder trial describe man's past
- Two die in Milam County after being struck by train
- Wellborn board, CS council set to meet
- Tractor falls on, kills Grimes County man
- Fields plans first town hall meeting
- Governor's showdown spurs 'Coyote Special' pistol
- $400 stolen from Jack in the Box
- BP says its doing all it can, everyone's frustrated
- Registration open for 'Money Smart'
- Baby Boomers lend voice in city reports
- Boy, 3, killed dashing to Chuck E. Cheese in Texas
- Feds: Government can't push BP aside on oil spill
- Bad cement jobs plague rigs
- Brittany Murphy's husband is found dead at home
- Texas teen to be tried as adult in mom's death
- Courts use ankle bracelets to sniff out alcohol
- State transportation discusses Amtrak route
- Tax increase would help pay to clean up spills
- Officers find pot in watermelon truck
- NCAA loses appeal of Fla. State records release
- Teacher in trouble after students don Klan robes
- Ex-Hooters employee: I was told to drop weight
- Police: Men scale fence to sneak into Heinz Field
| Posted: 24 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT Daniel Flowers, 25, of College Station, serves to partner Xavier Abrams, 21, as the pair endure heat and harsh sunlight to get a few tennis games in at Southwood Valley Athletic Complex on Monday afternoon. ...   |
| Witnesses in murder trial describe man's past Posted: 24 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT Nine people from John Thuesen's past took the witness stand in his capital murder trial Monday to provide a mosaic view of his life before he murdered his ex-girlfriend and her brother in March 2009. Thuesen's former employers, teachers, family frien ... |
| Two die in Milam County after being struck by train Posted: 25 May 2010 01:00 AM PDT Officials said two children died and two others were injured after the vehicle they were in was struck by a train in Milam County Monday.Terrilyn Williams, 40, was driving a Dodge Charger north on a private road just before 4 p.m. when the vehicle wa ... |
| Wellborn board, CS council set to meet Posted: 24 May 2010 05:06 PM PDT For the first time, the Citizens for Wellborn board and the College Station City Council will meet as a group Thursday during a special meeting to focus on the yearlong controversy over incorporation.Citizens for Wellborn President Jane Cohen said th ... |
| Tractor falls on, kills Grimes County man Posted: 24 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA 73-year-old Grimes County man died Monday when his tractor tipped over, causing him to fall underneath it, according to officials with the Grimes County Sheriff's Office. Bennie Joe Whitton was moving a piece of equipment around 7 ... |
| Fields plans first town hall meeting Posted: 24 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA newly elected College Station council member will hold a town hall meeting Tuesday to discuss any issues concerning residents.Council member Jess Fields said this will be the first of several meetings he plans to hold with residen ... |
| Governor's showdown spurs 'Coyote Special' pistol Posted: 24 May 2010 09:04 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry's showdown on the jogging trail has spurred a gun maker to sell a "Coyote Special" edition of the weapon he used to take down the varmint.Perry shot the coyote that he said was threatening his daughter's puppy w ... |
| $400 stolen from Jack in the Box Posted: 24 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA 20-year-old College Station woman was recently arrested for stealing money from Jack in the Box while she worked there in the fall. In less than two weeks, the woman stole $383.47 from the cash register in the fast food restaurant ... |
| BP says its doing all it can, everyone's frustrated Posted: 24 May 2010 04:54 AM PDT BARATARIA BAY, La. -- The BP executive in charge of fighting the Gulf of Mexico oil spill acknowledged Monday that everyone is frustrated at his company's failure to plug the gushing well more than a month into the disaster that is now spreading dama ... |
| Registration open for 'Money Smart' Posted: 24 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA free 10-week program is being offered to help College Station residents improve their personal money-handling ability.Registration has opened for the program Money Smart, which will begin June 1 and will be led by Brazos County Ex ... |
| Baby Boomers lend voice in city reports Posted: 24 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station officials will report Tuesday on conversations they've had with local Baby Boomers about the community's needs. The city parks and recreation department recently met with individuals ages 46 to 64. The open forum to ... |
| Boy, 3, killed dashing to Chuck E. Cheese in Texas Posted: 25 May 2010 01:19 AM PDT CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Corpus Christi police say a 3-year-old boy died after being struck while trying to run from the family's vehicle to the entrance of a Chuck E. Cheese theme restaurant.Sgt. Tony Acevedo says the accident happened Monday night ... |
| Feds: Government can't push BP aside on oil spill Posted: 24 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT COVINGTON, La. -- The Obama administration's point man on the oil spill rejected the notion of removing BP and taking over the crisis Monday, saying the government has neither the company's expertise nor its deep-sea equipment."To push BP out of the ... |
| Posted: 24 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT By MITCH WEISS and JEFF DONNAssociated PressThe tricky process of sealing an offshore oil well with cement -- suspected as a major contributor to the Gulf of Mexico disaster -- has failed dozens of times in the past, according to an Associated Press ... |
| Brittany Murphy's husband is found dead at home Posted: 24 May 2010 05:06 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- The husband of Brittany Murphy was found dead late Sunday at the Los Angeles home he shared with the late actress, police said.The preliminary cause of British screenwriter Simon Monjack's death is natural causes, police spokesman Sgt. ... |
| Texas teen to be tried as adult in mom's death Posted: 25 May 2010 01:29 AM PDT BASTROP, Texas -- A judge has ruled that a 15-year-old central Texas girl may be tried as an adult for the slaying last August of her mother.Haley Bellard is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Tracy Lynn Bellard at her home in t ... |
| Courts use ankle bracelets to sniff out alcohol Posted: 25 May 2010 01:21 AM PDT NEW YORK -- If an alcohol-monitoring bracelet can keep celebrities like Lindsay Lohan from drinking, some parents might wonder: "Can I get one for my teen?"The answer is no.For the time being, Denver-based Alcohol Monitoring Systems Inc. only sells t ... |
| State transportation discusses Amtrak route Posted: 24 May 2010 04:52 AM PDT ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The cost of a proposed Amtrak route from Texas to Kansas City would range from $155.8 million to $479 million, depending on which of four possible routes is chosen.The Kansas Department of Transportation will outline the plans ... |
| Tax increase would help pay to clean up spills Posted: 24 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple -- to 32 cents a barrel -- a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade.The tax is levied on ... |
| Officers find pot in watermelon truck Posted: 25 May 2010 01:27 AM PDT JACKSON, Miss. -- Mississippi transportation enforcement officers found 100 pounds of marijuana in a refrigerated trailer on I-55.Officers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation stopped the truck Monday at the Pike County Inspection Facili ... |
| NCAA loses appeal of Fla. State records release Posted: 24 May 2010 04:45 AM PDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court has rejected the NCAA's appeal of a judge's order to release records on academic cheating at Florida State.The justices Monday unanimously refused to hear the case.The ruling follows an October decision ... |
| Teacher in trouble after students don Klan robes Posted: 25 May 2010 01:28 AM PDT ATLANTA -- A North Georgia teacher is on administrative leave and could lose her job after she allowed four students to don mock Ku Klux Klan outfits for a final project in a high school class Thursday, administrators said.The sight of people in Klan ... |
| Ex-Hooters employee: I was told to drop weight Posted: 24 May 2010 05:11 AM PDT ROSEVILLE, Mich. -- Hooters is being served with a lawsuit by a former Detroit-area employee who says she was told to agree to lose weight or lose her job.Cassandra Smith says Hooters violated Michigan law when it placed her on 30-day weight probatio ... |
| Police: Men scale fence to sneak into Heinz Field Posted: 24 May 2010 04:56 AM PDT PITTSBURGH -- Three men apparently climbed on one another to scale a fence at Heinz Field and were arrested for trespassing, police said.The men told police they sneaked into the Pittsburgh Steelers' home stadium Sunday morning because one of them ha ... |
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