Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A little extra effort

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

Ten-year-old Ethan Jimenez has trouble keeping his eyes on the ball but still snares a blooper thrown to him by Josh Hernandez, 7. The pair was playing outside the fences of the Girls 9-10 All-Star Little League playoff game between Bryan Harvey and ...

Loftin details Kemos betrayal

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

A former student approached Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin outside a Research Foundation meeting in Houston on June 11, then told him that his top adviser may not be an ex-Navy SEAL or have the master's degree and doctorate he had claimed, L ...

Tropical storm could affect Brazos Valley, officials say

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 08:35 AM PDT

Weather officials said a tropical storm heading toward Brownsville on Monday could bring heavy rain and isolated tornadoes to the Brazos Valley area by Wednesday.National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Blood said there is a 25 to 30 percent ch ...

Area on alert for tornados

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

It's possible later this week that Brazos Valley may see a tornado or two -- a spin-off of Tropical Storm Alex, which is gaining steam in the Gulf and possibly headed for Texas.While weather experts said the storm, which is expected to turn into a hu ...

Police: Ice cream vendor robbed in Bryan

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:38 AM PDT

Police arrested three teens after officers said they robbed an ice cream vendor in Bryan late Sunday.Bryan residents Bobby Ray Washington and Telvin Eugene Harris, both 17, and a 14-year-old Hearne boy each were arrested on a robbery charge.Police sa ...

Live coverage of the P.O.E.T.S. shooting trial

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 02:08 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Writer Matthew Watkins will be blogging live from the Brazos County Courthouse during the P.O.E.T.S. shooting trial beginning Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altc ...

Property taxes due Wednesday

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:17 PM PDT

Kristeen Roe has advice for taxpayers staring at a Wednesday deadline: Use the drop-slot or get there early and be prepared to wait.For those who opted to follow a split payment on their 2009 property taxes, the second portion is due Wednesday, meani ...

Bryan man charged with theft of firearm, PCP possession

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:22 AM PDT

A 31-year-old man was jailed Monday after Bryan police said they found him with a stolen firearm and PCP during a traffic stop the night before.Deryl Desaussure Jackson of Bryan was charged with manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance in an ...

Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane

Posted: 29 Jun 2010 12:39 AM PDT

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- A strengthening Tropical Storm Alex was expected to become a hurricane Tuesday as it swirled toward the Gulf coast of northern Mexico and southern Texas, where authorities were readying emergency shelters and distributing sand ...

Alex puts South Padre Island on disaster watch

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 07:58 AM PDT

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas -- Forecasters are warning state officials that Tropical Storm Alex could bring hurricane-force conditions to the mouth of the Rio Grande.Alex was gaining strength Monday as the storm swirled northwest through the Gulf of Me ...

Hurricane watch for Mexico, U.S. as Alex strengthens

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 06:06 AM PDT

VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico -- Hurricane watches were in effect Monday for a stretch of Gulf coast in southern Texas and northern Mexico as Tropical Storm Alex gained strength and appeared on track to become a Category 3 hurricane before it makes landfall ...

Testimony in CS slaying to begin

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:17 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTestimony is expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of a College Station man accused of fatally shooting a 29-year-old Aggie outside a bar on Texas Avenue.Christopher Schmotzer, 38, was arrested Jan. 4, 2009, a day after William Ruf ...

Rescued teen sailor arrives home in California

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:45 PM PDT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The teenage girl forced to abandon her dream of sailing solo around the world returned to her Southern California home Monday night.Video footage on KTLA-TV showed Abby Sunderland arriving at her home in Thousands Oaks.The 1 ...

Longest serving member of U.S. Senate dies

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 09:40 AM PDT

WASHINGTON â€" Sen. Robert C. Byrd, a son of West Virginia coal country who used his mastery of Senate rules and a taste for hardball tactics to become a passionate and often feared advocate for the state and the Senate he loved, died Monday at age 92 ...

Man injured after rear-ending truck

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:17 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A motorcyclist remained hospitalized Monday after authorities said he was speeding on a rural Grimes County road and ran into the back of a truck at a stop sign.Woodlands resident William Brumbaugh, 53, was driving on Texas 30 near ...

Officials investigate Bryan fire

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 04:48 AM PDT

Officials were investigating a fire at a Bryan home Monday morning.Bryan firefighters were dispatched just after 11 a.m. for a report of a structure fire at 4018 Woodbriar Drive, Fire Marshal Marc McFeron said. He said officials believe the fire was ...

10 alleged Russian agents arrested in U.S

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has arrested 10 people for allegedly serving for years as secret agents of Russia's intelligence service, the SVR, with the goal of penetrating U.S. government policymaking circles.According to court papers unsealed Monday, the ...

524 Guard soldiers headed to Arizona-Mexico border

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:45 PM PDT

PHOENIX -- Federal officials told Arizona's attorney general and a congresswoman Monday that 524 of the 1,200 National Guard troops headed to the U.S.-Mexico border will be deployed in the state by August or September.U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and ...

Justices expand gun rights

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court held Monday that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense anywhere they live, expanding the conservative court's embrace of gun rights since John Roberts became Chief Justice.By a 5-4 vote, the justices c ...

Court hearing on Texas minimum grade ban

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:46 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas â€" A hearing is set Monday for a lawsuit that accuses the head of the Texas Education Agency of wrongly interpreting a new law that bars minimum grading policies.Commissioner Robert Scott is being sued by 11 districts, mostly in the Hous ...

Kagan is criticized, praised during first hearing

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Elena Kagan strode into Day 1 of her confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court with a broad grin and a bounce in her step. She emerged nearly four hours later with her smile intact, and bearhugs aplenty for family and friends.In betwee ...

Cops: Man killed crying girl during World Cup game

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:46 PM PDT

McALLEN, Texas -- A south Texas man was charged with capital murder Monday night after police said he beat his 2-year-old stepdaughter to death when she wouldn't stop crying as he watched a World Cup match.Hector Castro, 27, of McAllen was arrested S ...

Middle school teacher arrested on sex charge

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 05:53 AM PDT

McALLEN, Texas -- A south Texas math teacher caught in a law enforcement sting has been charged with online solicitation of a minor and attempted sexual assault of a minor.The Texas Attorney General's Office says Abel Castro Jr., 44, a sixth-grade te ...

Stepfather held after death of McAllen toddler

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 02:45 AM PDT

McALLEN, Texas -- McAllen police have arrested a man over the death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter as he allegedly was trying to watch a World Cup soccer match.Police Chief Victor Rodriguez says the man, who is expected to be formally charged Monday ...

Move over fruit, meat-flavored vodkas moving in

Posted: 28 Jun 2010 11:47 PM PDT

WASILLA, Alaska -- Move over fruit and vegetable flavored vodkas, and make room for a meatier taste.The Alaska Distillery has just introduced its new Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka.It comes out about a year after a Seattle-based distillery, Black Rock ...

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