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- Firefighters on 'vacation' at fire school
- A&M colleges ID possible cuts
- Officials confiscate 175 animals from Grimes County property
- United Way spelling out community needs
- CS to fill vacant council position
- Texas gov says border security plan inadequate
- Firefighters to 'Fill the Boot' for a cause
- Police investigate armed robbery at Bryan apartment complex
- DOJ: Prosecutor firing was politics, not crime
- Man gets eighth PI charge of the year
- Texas mom tells 911 she used wire to kill children
- Sherrod says Ag secretary offers to hire her back
- CS sales tax rebates rise
- CS sales tax rebates rise
- Dog who bit woman on leg in CS found
- Sparking enthusiasm
- Storm halts work on spill
- GOP loses bid to block suit against AZ law
- Uncle of starved children testifies
- Study finds Texas math standards are 'inferior'
- White House apologizes to fired Agriculture employee
- NATO says 6 beheaded in Afghanistan
- Athletes could avoid ACL surgery with rehab-first program
| Firefighters on 'vacation' at fire school Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT For Eddie Morgan, attending the Industrial Fire School is like a "mini-vacation." The weeklong school, organized by the College Station-based Texas Engineering Extension Service, provides extensive hands-on training for emergency response personnel ...   |
| A&M colleges ID possible cuts Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT The proposed $60 million worth of cuts in the Texas A&M budget may increase class sizes and decrease course availability, officials said Wednesday. That's largely because of 195 faculty positions that will be lost if the cuts are carried thro ... |
| Officials confiscate 175 animals from Grimes County property Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT It took officials nearly five hours to remove 135 malnourished horses and 40 dogs from Grimes County property early Wednesday. Deputies from the Grimes County Sheriff's Office and personnel from the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty t ... |
| United Way spelling out community needs Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT The perception by some that United Way may be an organization that only raises money and writes checks is soon to be a descriptor from the past, community leaders predicted. Officials with United Way of the Brazos Valley -- an organization that jo ... |
| CS to fill vacant council position Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT If a three-year commitment to the College Station City Council is too daunting, maybe a six-month run would better suit your schedule. College Station officials announced that they will begin accepting applications Monday for the vacant Council se ... |
| Texas gov says border security plan inadequate Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:12 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry says Washington isn't sending enough troops to protect the U.S-Mexico border. Perry, speaking to reporters Wednesday, said the plan to send 1,200 National Guard troops next month to border areas -- including 250 sl ... |
| Firefighters to 'Fill the Boot' for a cause Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT Start loading up your change jar. Members of the Navasota Fire Department are volunteering their time next month to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association's "Fill the Boot" campaign. The nonprofit agency that's dedicated to curing muscu ... |
| Police investigate armed robbery at Bryan apartment complex Posted: 21 Jul 2010 02:49 AM PDT Police said Wednesday they continued to investigate a report that an armed man held up a couple in a Bryan parking lot late the previous night. Officers responded to a report of an aggravated robbery at about 10:40 p.m. in the 2400 block of De Lee S ... |
| DOJ: Prosecutor firing was politics, not crime Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's Justice Department's actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges. Th ... |
| Man gets eighth PI charge of the year Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT A 59-year-old Bryan man remained jailed Wednesday after he was arrested on charges of public intoxication for the eighth time this year. Around 5 p.m. Tuesday, Bryan police noticed a pedestrian walking in the roadway in the 2300 block of South Colle ... |
| Texas mom tells 911 she used wire to kill children Posted: 22 Jul 2010 01:12 AM PDT By TERRY WALLACEAssociated PressDALLAS -- A suburban Dallas woman accused of killing her two young children told a 911 operator that she first tried to poison them because they were autistic and she wanted "normal kids," then choked them with a wire ... |
| Sherrod says Ag secretary offers to hire her back Posted: 21 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Ousted employee Shirley Sherrod says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has offered to hire her back.Sherrod told The Associated Press she's considering the offer, which she said was for a different position than her former post as state ... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT The latest sales tax rebates returned to the City of College Station shows a glimmer of hope that declining revenues are beginning to flatten out. According to the latest figures from the state, which represent May sales, College Station received ... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT The latest sales tax rebates returned to the City of College Station shows a glimmer of hope that declining revenues are beginning to flatten out. According to the latest figures from the state, which represent May sales, College Station received ... |
| Dog who bit woman on leg in CS found Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:04 PM PDT A dog that bit a woman twice on the leg Monday has been found, College Station police said Wednesday. Lt. Rodney Sigler, spokesman for the department, said the dog now is under observation for 10 days so exposure to rabies can be ruled out, but it ... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT Children watch as Texas A&M physics lecturer Tatiana Erukhimova waves flowers dipped in liquid nitrogen during the TAMU Physics Roadshow presentation at the Clara B. Mounce Public Library in Bryan on Wednesday. Members of the university's physics ... |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the ruptured oil well to a near standstill Wednesday just as BP was getting tantalizingly close to going in for the kill.Work on the relief well -- now just days fro ... |
| GOP loses bid to block suit against AZ law Posted: 22 Jul 2010 01:13 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats on Wednesday turned back a move by Republicans to block the Justice Department from pursuing its lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona's controversial immigration law.The bid by South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint to nix ... |
| Uncle of starved children testifies Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT DALLAS -- The uncle of three children allegedly locked in a Dallas hotel bathroom for up to nine months testified Wednesday that the oldest among them reassured him she was OK as she emerged gaunt and starved from captivity.Abner Santiago said the 11 ... |
| Study finds Texas math standards are 'inferior' Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas standards for what students are expected to learn in math are "clearly inferior" to a new set of national guidelines that the state's leaders have rejected, according to a think tank's analysis released Wednesday.The report by the Was ... |
| White House apologizes to fired Agriculture employee Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The White House did a sudden about-face Wednesday and begged for forgiveness from the black Agriculture Department employee whose ouster ignited an embarrassing political firestorm over race. She was offered a "unique opportunity" for ... |
| NATO says 6 beheaded in Afghanistan Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents beheaded six policemen after attacking their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, NATO said Wednesday.The military coalition said the militants attacked a number of government buildings Tuesday in Baghlan province's Da ... |
| Athletes could avoid ACL surgery with rehab-first program Posted: 21 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Attention, weekend athletes: Don't be too quick to agree to surgery for a common type of knee ligament tear. A study of Swedish amateur athletes -- mostly soccer players -- found that those who got an ACL reconstruction right away plus ... |
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