Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Busy as a ...

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT

A bee coats its legs with pollen from blooms in a field near the Wixon Cemetery in Brazos County on Wednesday. Recent high temperatures have insects buzzing in the Brazos Valley area and are expected to continue on Thursday with highs in the 90s. ...

Marines testify on behalf of murderer

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Two Marines took the stand in John Thuesen's capital murder trial on Tuesday to describe the unnerving effect fighting in the Iraqi war may have had on the 26-year-old. The servicemen were among more than a dozen witnesses called by the defense to gi ...

The Queen sold to downtown Bryan group

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A nonprofit group that works to promote the revitalization of downtown Bryan signed a contract to purchase The Queen Theater on Tuesday and plans to renovate the building through the support of community donations.Downtown Bryan Association board Cha ...

Downtown Bryan Association buys The Queen Theater

Posted: 25 May 2010 11:57 AM PDT

The Downtown Bryan Association signed a $185,000 contract Tuesday to buy The Queen Theater, the Eagle has learned. Board Chairman Ben Hardeman confirmed Tuesday that the group, also known as the Downtown Bryan Economic Development Association, final ...

Police: Navasota stabbing alcohol-related

Posted: 25 May 2010 03:23 AM PDT

Police said they believe alcohol was involved during a Saturday altercation in which a man stabbed his brother in the back inside a Navasota home. George Mullenix, 37, of Navasota, was arrested at the scene on a charge of aggravated assault with a d ...

A&M in on plan for big turbine

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Move over, T. Boone Pickens. The Texas A&M System and a Spanish wind-power company plan to build what they are billing as the nation's largest wind turbine. Gamesa Technology Corp.'s G10X, a 4.5 megawatt, 420-foot-tall turbine, will be built at a ...

Bresciani named president of North Dakota State University

Posted: 25 May 2010 10:24 AM PDT

FARGO, N.D. â€" The new president at North Dakota State University says he’s not going to wait three weeks to start rebuilding the reputation of a school reeling from a spending controversy that cost three top officials their jobs.Former Texas A&M ...

Train collides with vehicle, kills 2 children

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT

A woman remained at Scott & White Hospital in Temple on Tuesday, one day after her son and nephew were killed when a train struck her car near Rockdale in Milam County.Terrilyn Williams, 40, was driving north on a private road just before 4 p.m. ...

Bryan a step closer to annex

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT

The Bryan City Council on Tuesday agreed to move forward with the transformation of the former police department building into office space.The city owns the building, which was built as a bank in 1965 and sits across Texas Avenue from the Municipal ...

Police: Reckless driver charged with felony DWI

Posted: 25 May 2010 02:38 AM PDT

Police said they arrested a 47-year-old man on a felony drunken driving charge after he drove recklessly in Bryan.Eliceo Parra Castaneda of Bryan was jailed Sunday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, third offense or more.Police responded to a ...

Obama set to send 1,200 troops to US-Mexico border

Posted: 25 May 2010 07:59 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, an administration official and an Arizona congresswoman said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deplo ...

Two home burglaries may be connected

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Washington County authorities believe the same person or group of people may be responsible for two recent home burglaries.According to the sheriff's department, a home on Krueger Road was burglarized Thursday. Thirteen guns, a Dodge truck, televisio ...

Seniors can attend expo, visit museum

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:11 PM PDT

More than 80 area businesses, nonprofit agencies and programs will have informational booths geared toward residents 55 and older Wednesday at the ninth annual Senior Expo.The free event is sponsored by The Eagle and runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ...

NJ man admits to vomit assault at Phillies game

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:01 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA -- A 21-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands during a Philadelphia Phillies game.Matthew Clemmens, of Cherry Hill, N.J., pleaded guilty to one count ea ...

Obama's border plan looks similar to Bush's

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:42 AM PDT

PHOENIX -- President Barack Obama's plan to send as many as 1,200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border appears to be a scaled-down version of the border security approach championed by his predecessor.The 6,000 troops who were sent by Presid ...

Live from New Jersey, it's Super Bowl 2014

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:41 AM PDT

IRVING, Texas -- Steam coming from the quarterback's mouth. The Statue of Liberty in the distance. NFL championship at stake.Live from new Meadowlands Stadium, it's Super Bowl 2014.NFL owners voted Tuesday for a title game that could be like no other ...

Obama, GOP senators quarrel

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- If President Barack Obama thought having a private lunch with Republican senators would ease partisan tensions in Congress, he grabbed the wrong recipe.The president walked into a contentious 80-minute session Tuesday in which GOP senat ...

Bush: Book begins with decision to quit drinking

Posted: 25 May 2010 08:02 AM PDT

DALLAS -- George W. Bush said Tuesday that his upcoming book begins with an anecdote about his wife persuading him to give up drinking.Bush said "Decision Points," due for release in November, opens with Laura Bush pushing the former president to dec ...

ID on boy, 3, killed dashing to Chuck E. Cheese

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:38 AM PDT

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Corpus Christi police have identified a 3-year-old boy who died after being hit while trying to run from the family's vehicle to the entrance of a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.Relatives say Eli Rodriguez was on his way to a bir ...

Interracial marriage still rising, but not as fast

Posted: 26 May 2010 12:38 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Melting pot or racial divide? The growth of interracial marriages is slowing among U.S.-born Hispanics and Asians. Still, blacks are substantially more likely than before to marry whites.The number of interracial marriages in the U.S. h ...

N. Korea cuts ties with S. Korea

Posted: 25 May 2010 05:10 PM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea -- Relations on the Korean peninsula plunged to their lowest point in a decade Tuesday when the North declared it was cutting all ties to Seoul as punishment for blaming the communists for the sinking of a South Korean warship.The ...

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