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- 'One great leap'
- AgriLife to ax 94 jobs
- Audit details facility layoffs
- Audit released in wake of TAMU layoffs at Facility Services
- CS Council moves ahead with $16M road improvements
- 'Survivor' for kids
- Police: Man threw table, hit officer
- Public invited to meet for photo walks
- CS disturbance call leads to man's arrest
- Gunbattles paralyze Mexican city across from Texas
- Feds work to put a price tag on oil spill damage
- Unemployed to receive benefits
- Officials: 8 gunmen shot dead in Mexico
- SA cameras scold trash dumpers
- Feds: BP well to stay capped during storm
- Here, kitty kitty
- Garden Calendar
- Flowers benefit from pruning techniques
- Letters for July 23
- Calendar
- Watson accepts life membership of European Tour
- MLB begins testing for HGH in minor leagues
- Golf Roundup
- College football coaches just as bad as agents
- Dez Bryant signs with Cowboys
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT "Would you still describe your pain as a 10?" a Texas A&M University nursing student asked a wreck victim lying on a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV. Hundreds of officials passed by the exam room, many popping their heads in to observe the m ...   |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT The state budget crunch has brought layoffs to another government agency based in College Station.This time the cuts are aimed at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, which notified employees this week that it will be shedding 94 jobs before Oct. 31 ... |
| Audit details facility layoffs Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Texas A&M System regents heard the results of a critical audit Thursday that prefaced last week's elimination of 66 positions from Facilities Services. The 19-page report by System's auditors cited deficiencies in customer service, cost accou ... |
| Audit released in wake of TAMU layoffs at Facility Services Posted: 22 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT The recent elimination of 66 positions from Facilities Services followed a critical review by the Texas A&M System's auditors that cited deficiencies in customer service, cost accounting and building maintenance. The department's process d ... |
| CS Council moves ahead with $16M road improvements Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT The College Station council gave direction to city staff Thursday that paves the way for three major road improvement projects that will cost more than $16 million. The pricetag for the undertakings -- the earliest of which will begin construction ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT Alexandria Howard, 9, climbs into a wilderness shelter made from branches and foliage as outdoor survival expert Mark Suter and campers at the Brazos Valley Children Museum's Wilderness Survival Camp add grass to the sides Thursday. Youngsters learne ... |
| Police: Man threw table, hit officer Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT A 37-year-old Normangee man remained jailed without bail Thursday after police said he threw a table and hit an officer. Bryan police responded to reports of a suspicious man taking items from cars in the H-E-B parking lot on Villa Maria Road about ... |
| Public invited to meet for photo walks Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Residents wanting to participate in an international photography event will have the opportunity Saturday in Bryan or College Station. Two different "photo walks" are being hosted locally in conjunction with the third annual Wor ... |
| CS disturbance call leads to man's arrest Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report College Station police responding to a disturbance call arrested a 24-year-old man on charges of resisting arrest and assault on a public servant. According to the police report, officers were dispatched around 10:45 p.m. Wednes ... |
| Gunbattles paralyze Mexican city across from Texas Posted: 22 Jul 2010 04:35 AM PDT NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- Mexican soldiers fought late-night gunbattles with gangs who forced citizens from their cars and used the vehicles to block streets in a city across the border from Texas. The Nuevo Laredo city government posted messages on ... |
| Feds work to put a price tag on oil spill damage Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT BAY RONQUILLE, La. -- The marsh is soaked with oil and the grass is dying. It's a common sight on the Gulf coast these days, and it's nothing new for Robert Nailon.The BP-hired environmental consultant kneels as he has done many times on the Louisian ... |
| Unemployed to receive benefits Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits in a congressional standoff.President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a restorati ... |
| Officials: 8 gunmen shot dead in Mexico Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Eight suspected drug gang gunmen died in a battle with Mexican soldiers in the remote mountains of northern Chihuahua state, the federal Public Safety Department said Thursday.The department cited an internal army report saying the cla ... |
| SA cameras scold trash dumpers Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- Beware, illegal dumpers. The cameras are watching -- and talking -- in San Antonio. New motion-sensor cameras are being installed in some areas to catch and deter illegal dumpers, but they don't just capture images. They also give t ... |
| Feds: BP well to stay capped during storm Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The temporary cap on BP's ruptured oil well will stay closed even if ships evacuate the Gulf of Mexico during a tropical storm, the federal government's spill chief said Thursday.Growing confidence in the mechanical plug's se ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT PARIS -- A Paris zoo has announced the birth of two rare Southeast Asian clouded leopards. The two female cubs, named Pati and Jaya, have made their first appearance to the public in recent days at the zoo in the Jardin des Plantes park. They were ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT Saturday * Independent Growers Market, 7 to 11 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Garden- and orchard-direct produce. annfo5@hotmail.com. * Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and Willia ... |
| Flowers benefit from pruning techniques Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT Flowers are the ephemerals of the garden. They vanish without a trace at the end of each season, so you would hardly think them worth pruning during their brief stay. Yet pruning can help make more flowers, make the plants bushier or increase the s ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Gays and lesbians are cherished human beings Having grown up Baptist, applying those teachings to my own Christian discipleship, I appreciate Bob Woerz' letter (Eagle, July 21) I am, however, confused. Woerz offers a biblical commentary concer ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:08 PM PDT Friday CLUBS Friday Bridge, 9 a.m. to noon. College Station Teen Center, 1520 Rock Prairie Road. Join other seniors. No partners needed. CSPARD Senior Services, 764-6371. Star Duplicate Bridge Club, 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For ... |
| Watson accepts life membership of European Tour Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Tom Watson has been granted honorary life membership of the European Tour.The eight-time major winner received the award at Carnoustie ahead of the Seniors British Open, which began Thursday.The 60-year-old Watson said it was ... |
| MLB begins testing for HGH in minor leagues Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:24 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball implemented random blood testing for human growth hormone in the minor leagues on Thursday, the first professional sports league in the United States to take the aggressive step against doping.The blood testing becom ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:18 PM PDT Delahoussaye shoots 62 in Canadian Open: TORONTO -- Brent Delahoussaye thought he would be overmatched at St. George's Golf and Country Club. It turns out, the historic course was no match for the former Clemson player whose lone pro victory came in ... |
| College football coaches just as bad as agents Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:18 PM PDT Pimps? Really, Nick? If agents are no better than pimps, what does that make you and all those other suddenly sanctimonious college coaches who lie to kids while recruiting them in the first place? Nick Saban took home $4 million or so last year f ... |
| Posted: 22 Jul 2010 05:00 PM PDT IRVING -- With all the stories about Dez Bryant being a character risk, with him picking the same agent his buddy and fellow receiver Michael Crabtree had during a holdout that lasted nearly until Halloween last season, plus there being all sorts of ... |
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