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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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American legacy

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Clyde Collins of the Brazos Valley Chapter of the National Sojourners waits before a dedication ceremony for the "Liberty or Death" statue at Veterans Park in College Station on Thursday. The life-sized statue, created by Navasota sculptor J. Payne L ...

Wife won't testify in case

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

The wife of a man accused of shooting a 29-year-old outside a College Station bar declined to testify Thursday in her husband's murder trial.Prosecutors instead spent the day detailing how they built a case against Christopher Schmotzer, 38, in the d ...

Cities: Keep fireworks out

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Sparks will be flying around the Brazos Valley this Fourth of July weekend, but if those sparks are coming from personal fireworks in Bryan or College Station, the light show could also include the flashing reds and blues of a police car.Officials in ...

Scott & White gains a hospital

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Scott & White Healthcare announced Thursday that it's taking over Trinity Medical Center in Brenham, a move that will expand its system to include 10 hospitals in Central Texas.A spokesperson with the system said plans for the ...

Scott and White takes over Trinity hospital in Brenham

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:45 AM PDT

Scott & White Healthcare is expanding its system to include a 10th hospital in central Texas as officials announced Thursday that they’ve finalized its partnership with 60-bed Trinity Medical Center in Brenham. A spokesperson with the system sai ...

Memorial set for CS Councilman Stewart

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 04:47 AM PDT

The public is invited to attend a memorial service July 8 honoring College Station City Councilman Larry Stewart who died last month while vacationing in South Africa. The ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Stewart, 6 ...

Police: Failure to yield caused crash

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

A hit-and-run traffic accident involving an ambulance this week should serve to remind drivers of the importance of pulling over for emergency vehicles, officials said. Bryan police on Thursday were looking for a car that caused an ambulance to wreck ...

Woman accused of forging 16 checks

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:07 PM PDT

A Houston woman accused of cashing fraudulent checks at area banks was released from the Brazos County Jail Thursday after posting $7,000 bail.According to the police report, officials with Aggieland Credit Union approached police in late March and p ...

Brazos County Jail passes state inspection

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT

The Brazos County Jail has passed its annual state inspection.Officials with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards visited the three sites of the 690-bed jail system over two days this week, examining things such as security, jail procedures, staffi ...

South Texas quickly dries out after Hurricane Alex

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:04 AM PDT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas â€" Shelters emptied and flooded streets receded Thursday after Hurricane Alex harmlessly swiped Texas and let the Rio Grande Valley escape with a mostly mild test run barely a month into the Atlantic hurricane season. Alex weakened ...

Scott & White Clinic opening for tours

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:13 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Scott & White Clinic is hosting an open house July 7. The clinic at the corner of Arrington Road and Texas 40 will host the event from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to showcase its newest location in College Station. Physicians will be o ...

Scott & White Clinic opening for tours

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:13 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Scott & White Clinic is hosting an open house July 7. The clinic at the corner of Arrington Road and Texas 40 will host the event from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to showcase its newest location in College Station. Physicians will be o ...

Man arrested on felony drug charge

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:07 PM PDT

A 27-year-old Bryan man was released from jail Thursday after being charged with a felony count of selling crack cocaine.Bryan police said officers responded to a report of drug sales at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Polk Street jus ...

Group to show car that can be driven by the blind

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-flung notion a reality.The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with technology that help ...

President calling for immigration reform

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Hoping to breathe new life into the stalled immigration effort, President Barack Obama on Thursday blamed the delay on recalcitrant Republicans whom he said had given in to the "pressures of partisanship and election-year politics."Repu ...

Texas Tech appeals ruling on Leach lawsuit

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT

LUBBOCK -- Texas Tech is appealing a judge's decision to allow former football coach Mike Leach to sue for breach of contract.Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office filed a notice of appeal for the school Wednesday.District Judge William Sowder ...

3 accused in alleged prostitution ring in SE Texas

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 11:45 PM PDT

PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- Police in southeast Texas say an alleged prostitution ring involved a man and two women who have his name tattooed on their necks.A Jefferson County grand jury indicted the trio on charges of engaging in organized criminal activ ...

Hurricane Alex spares South Texas

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT

BROWNSVILLE -- Shelters emptied and flooded streets receded Thursday after Hurricane Alex harmlessly swiped Texas and let the Rio Grande Valley escape with a mostly mild test run barely a month into the Atlantic hurricane season.Alex weakened to a tr ...

Court will consider mother's insanity defense in decapitated baby case

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:11 AM PDT

Assoicated PressSAN ANTONIO -- A state district court hearing in San Antonio will determine whether a mother accused of decapitating her three-week-old baby can plead not guilty by reason of insanity.A spokesman for Bexar County District Attorney Sus ...

NASA delays final shuttle launch until 2011

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttle program will keep going until next year.The space agency made it official Thursday after weeks of hints of launch delays: More time is needed to get the cargo ready for the final two shuttle flights. What' ...

Reports show recovery slowing

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The economic rebound is stalling.A raft of weak new reports Thursday provided the strongest evidence yet that the recovery is slowing and added to concerns that the nation could be headed back into recession.Most notable was a rise in t ...

Scientists discover ancient whale

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

LONDON -- Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago -- and they've named it after the author of Moby Dick.The prehistoric sperm whale grew to between 13 and 18 me ...

Hunt is on for Russian fugitive

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected Russian spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.Embarrassed authorities searched airports, ports and ...

Oil spill volunteers are feeling ignored

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

NEW ORLEANS -- Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just waiting around for instructions while drawing checks from BP of more than $1,000 a day per vessel. Thousands of offers to ...

House's first oil spill bill changes maritime law

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed the first major bill related to the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion, voting to allow families of those killed and injured workers to be compensated far more generously than current law allows.While families ...

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