Monday, June 28, 2010

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Summer sliders

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

One-year-old Jake Cooke of Hearne is surprised while getting hosed off along with his mother, Jessica, after the pair went down a waterslide with a muddy landing at Central Christian Church on Turkey Creek Road in College Station on Sunday. The churc ...

Brazos Valley ready for the Fourth

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

From neighborhood parades and church functions to concerts and traditional fireworks displays, residents of the Brazos Valley are prepping for Fourth of July celebrations.Whether participants are young or old or looking for quiet or loud festivities, ...

Man arrested after crashing into hotel

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 25-year-old Houston man was charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing his vehicle into a motel room, authorities said.College Station police said Jose Manuel Cervantes Jr. crashed his pickup into the EZ Travel Inn on T ...

G-20 nations pledge to cut deficits

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

TORONTO -- Wary of slamming on the stimulus brakes too quickly but shaken by the European debt crisis, world leaders pledged Sunday to reduce government deficits in richer countries in half by 2013, with wiggle room to meet the goal.Leaders of 20 maj ...

Report: Woman lied to police about identity

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:25 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA woman who had a criminal mischief warrant from Orange County was arrested after trying to pass herself off as someone else during a traffic stop, authorities said.Police said 20-year-old Sarah Leger of College Station was a passen ...

CIA head assesses Afghan war efforts

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. has driven al-Qaida into hiding and undermined its leadership, but is struggling to oust its primary sympathizer, the Taliban, from Afghanistan, the nation's spymaster said Sunday.CIA Director Leon Panetta's assessment comes as ...

Spill taking emotional toll on Gulf residents

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster feels far worse to shrimper Ricky Robin than Katrina, even though he's still haunted by memories of riding out the hurricane on his trawler and of his father's suicide in the storm's aftermath.The relen ...

Pope condemns Belgium raids

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI lashed out Sunday at what he called the "deplorable" raids carried out by Belgian police who detained bishops, confiscated computers, opened a crypt and took church documents as part of an investigation into priestly ...

School gives at-risk students a future

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:21 PM PDT

CHICAGO -- For each boy, the new school offered an escape and a chance at a life that seemed beyond reach.Krishaun Branch was getting D's, smoking reefer a lot, skipping school twice a week. His mother was too busy working to know what he was doing. ...

Oil spill not in tropical storm's projected path

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Alex strengthened back into a tropical as it moved across the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday after dumping heavy rains on parts of Central America and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula that left four people dead.Alex, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, was ...

Former Texas Governor Briscoe dies at 87

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr., who presided over Texas during the oil and gas boom years before a stunning upset in 1978, died Sunday, according to his family. He was 87.Briscoe had been hospitalized in poor health in January and had return ...

Texas nuclear waste site facing another violation

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

LUBBOCK -- A troubled site for disposing some of the nation's low-level radioactive waste has two more problems to deal with.Officials with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said the agency will issue a Notice of Violation within two week ...

Senators judge justice nominee

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- A cast of graybeards, rising stars and a lame duck once in charge convenes Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider giving President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, a lifetime appointment as a justice.This ...

Emotional Emmys for 'As the World Turns'

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

Michael Park and Maura West of As the World Turns were named best actor and actress in a soap opera at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday, an emotional send-off for a show that is going off the air in three months.West brought her sobbing daughter ons ...

BET awards have Jackson tribute

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

By SANDY COHENAssociatd PressLOS ANGELES -- It was a night of comebacks at the BET Awards, and none more unexpected than Chris Brown performing an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson.The embattled pop star has mostly kept a low profile since pleadin ...

Calendar

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

MARK YOUR CALENDARSFull-day weekly camp sessions for the Bush Library Exploring History Summer Camp 2010 are will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from July 12 to Aug. 13 at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The camps are for ages 7-11 and co ...

FBI: Inmate's pain ignored

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:23 PM PDT

PEKIN, Ill. -- For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came.An autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old inmate su ...

THIRD & SHORT

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

NFLDETROIT -- Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand apologized after he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving while at a charity golf tournament in northern Michigan.Lewand said in a statement Saturday night that he is "deeply sorry" for his acti ...

Americans dismayed after World Cup loss

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

IRENE, South Africa -- They started scattering Sunday to the United States and Europe, never to come together as a group again.All the optimism had vanished, four years of planning and effort foiled by a debilitating defense, faltering forwards and, ...

Missed goal in focus after Germany's victory over England

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:12 PM PDT

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- Germany's latest World Cup victory over England will be remembered not for any of the brilliant goals, but for the one that didn't count.Ask anyone -- players, coaches, thousands of fans in the stadium and millions more ...

MLB ROUNDUP: Moyer gives up record homer but wins

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:12 PM PDT

PHILADELPHIA -- Jamie Moyer gave up his record-breaking 506th home run but was sharp otherwise, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of Toronto's troubles to beat the Blue Jays 11-2 Sunday.Moyer only mistake was a two-run homer by Vernon Well ...

Bubba Watson gets victory in playoff

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:12 PM PDT

CROMWELL, Conn. -- Bubba Watson really wanted to play well at the Travelers Championship to impress U.S. Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin.He did.Watson overcame a six-stroke deficit Sunday to force a playoff with Pavin and Scott Verplank, then beat Verp ...

Kerr smashes field at LPGA Championship

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:08 PM PDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- Soaked in champagne and poised to become the first American ranked first in the world, Cristie Kerr was near speechless after completing one of the most dominating performances at the LPGA Championship -- and any other major for th ...

Argentina benefits from call in victory over Mexico

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:07 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG -- Argentina needed a couple of breaks in its second round World Cup match. It got one from the referee and another from Mexico.Carlos Tevez scored twice -- once on a disputed goal -- and Gonzalo Higuain added another as the Albiceleste ...

Rangers whip Oswalt in finale vs. Astros

Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:07 PM PDT

ARLINGTON -- Josh Hamilton extended his hitting streak to 21 games with the second-longest home run ever at Rangers Ballpark along with a couple of defensive highlights and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 10-1 on Sunday night to win another ...

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