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- Killer gets death penalty
- No break for upkeep staff
- A&M tuition to rise by 2.8 percent
- Ready to take on the world
- Chilifest hands out funds
- Historical marker to be dedicated in park
- Holiday closures
- Authorities looking for burglary suspect
- Millitary deaths in Afghanistan reaches 1,000
- Obama assesses damage on visit to Gulf Coast
- Consumers cautious about spending in April
- Texas orders further cuts
- Pirates threatening boats on border lake
- Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects
- Vacationers tightening summer travel budgets
- Former child star dies at 42
- History of Jews in United States is a search for religious tolerance
- Religion Notes
- Letters for May 29
- Calendar
- BV Museum ending exhibit with film
- 2.8 % tuition hike set at Texas A&M
- Tanker burns on SoCal freeway; all lanes closed
- Stevens denies request for delay
- Bill may repeal military policy
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT Wayne and Shirley Joiner on Friday told the man convicted of killing two of their children that he would never understand the pain he caused."My family welcomed you into our home, our church and our town," Wayne Joiner said to John Thuesen, just minu ...   |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT To College Station students and the majority of staff members, Friday kicked off the three months they get to be away from the schools that they've been visiting daily for nine months. But Eddie Coulson, College Station superintendent, said that thou ... |
| A&M tuition to rise by 2.8 percent Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT Students will pay $105 more in tuition and mandatory fees next semester under a plan approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents on Friday. But tuition likely won't increase again the year after. The 2.8 percent tuition hike is what Texas A ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT Graduating A&M Consolidated High School senior Susan Torres holds her camera to take a picture with her friend and classmate Isla Ramirez before the school's commencement ceremony at Reed Arena on Friday. ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT Several area nonprofit groups received funding Friday that will help facilitate day-to-day operations. Chilifest Inc. doled out $158,000 to 20 area organizations. By the end of the year, $193,00 will be given out.The Burleson County Go Texan organiza ... |
| Historical marker to be dedicated in park Posted: 28 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportCity of Bryan officials will dedicate a historical marker at Gloria Stephan Sale Park on Friday during a public ceremony at 5:30 p.m.The marker will identify the park as the former site of a train depot built in 1900 by the Calvert, ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT The following will be closed Monday in recognition of Memorial Day:* Public schools: Bryan, College Station and Navasota school district campuses and offices will be closed.* Texas A&M University: Closed* Blinn College: Closed* Post office: Close ... |
| Authorities looking for burglary suspect Posted: 28 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBrazos County Crime Stoppers is offering a $250 reward for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted on several felony warrants for burglary of a building. Jorge Luis Contreras, 35, is Hispanic, 5 feet 11 inches tall, and 18 ... |
| Millitary deaths in Afghanistan reaches 1,000 Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- As the U.S. military death toll in the Afghan conflict reached the 1,000 mark, a fight that has become "Obama's war" now faces its greatest challenge -- a high-risk campaign to win over a hostile population in the Taliban's sout ... |
| Obama assesses damage on visit to Gulf Coast Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT GRAND ISLE, La. -- Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to "heartbreaking stories" of loss, President Barack Obama personally confronted the spreading damage wrought by the crude gushing into the Gulf of Mexico -- and t ... |
| Consumers cautious about spending in April Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Consumers don't appear confident enough in the economy to open their wallets more freely.Their spending stalled in April. Without stronger job creation and higher pay, people are less likely to up their spending in the months ahead and ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas Republican leaders asked state agencies Friday to find more savings to prepare for a budget shortfall of up to $18 billion.The request for agencies to lower their future state funding requests by 10 percent comes on top of an earlier ... |
| Pirates threatening boats on border lake Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT ZAPATA -- The waters of Falcon Lake normally beckon boaters with waterskiing and world-record bass fishing. But this holiday weekend, fishermen on the waters that straddle the U.S.-Mexico border are on the lookout for something more sinister: pirates ... |
| Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to a cartel responsible for much of the bloodshed in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.The Attorney General's Office did ... |
| Vacationers tightening summer travel budgets Posted: 28 May 2010 05:17 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Last Memorial Day, Ronald Dolly spent the long weekend in Miami Beach with two friends. This year, the destination is the same, but the quarters are closer: 11 people, two cars, one hotel room."There are a lot of us, so it will be a lot ch ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT PROVO, Utah -- Gary Coleman, the adorable, pint-sized child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom Diff'rent Strokes who spent the rest of his life struggling on Hollywood's D-list, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.Coleman was tak ... |
| History of Jews in United States is a search for religious tolerance Posted: 28 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT The earliest settlement of Jews in the United States was in 1654; however, they arrived in a bizarre way. In 1492, the Spanish Inquisition expelled those Jews who would not embrace Christianity. About half of their population did convert, but as many ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT Sunday* New Testament No. 2 Outreach Church, 1218 Ettle St., in Bryan, will hold its fifth Sunday fellowship service at 3 p.m. The theme will be "I Never Knew You," based on Matthew 7:21-23. The speakers will be Ruby Ford of Country Tabernacle Church ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:05 PM PDT Care at St. Joseph was outstanding I want to thank the wonderful caregivers at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan. There must have been 18 of them. I checked in for outpatient surgery recently at 9 a.m. and was there until 5 p ... |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT SaturdayEVENTSRoy Munse fundraiser, 7 p.m. Revolution Cafe & Bar, downtown Bryan. Live music and raffle. Proceeds will go towards Munse's medical expenses.GARDEN & MARKETSIndependent Growers Market, 7 to 11 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking ... |
| BV Museum ending exhibit with film Posted: 28 May 2010 05:13 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportOfficials at The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History are inviting the community to view a documentary about an ancient village in Nepal on Wednesday, the last day of its Enduring Transformation exhibit. Testigos Del Tiempo explo ... |
| 2.8 % tuition hike set at Texas A&M Posted: 28 May 2010 04:36 AM PDT Texas A&M University student tuition will increase 2.8 percent in the fall, but there likely won’t be a rise the year after, the school’s governing authority decided Friday. Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin asked for the increase, which ... |
| Tanker burns on SoCal freeway; all lanes closed Posted: 28 May 2010 05:09 PM PDT CORONA, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say a multi-vehicle accident caused a gasoline tanker to overturn and burn on a Southern California freeway. All lanes of Highway 91 are closed near Corona and traffic has backed up for miles. There are no reports o ... |
| Stevens denies request for delay Posted: 28 May 2010 05:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Friday refused to delay ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's trial on corruption charges, set to begin next week.Justice John Paul Stevens rejected Blagojevich's request without comment. His decision came shortly ... |
| Bill may repeal military policy Posted: 28 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The drive to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military survived another House vote Friday and now moves to the Senate, where advocates on both sides of the "don't ask, don't tell" debate are gearing up for a fight.The House vot ... |
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