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- Showing them how it's done
- Judge to announce sentence in child porn case today
- Aggie brand energy on the way
- Softball tourney bringing in thousands
- Probe continues into nursing home
- RenFest looking for lords and ladies
- Slocum to speak at commencement
- River Basin group taking nominations
- Mission looks to aid pregnant women
- 100 days later: Gulf life never to be the same
- Catching a break
- Parts of immigration law on hold
- Spanish region says adios to bullfighting
- Some cities report slow growth
- Texas beaches cleaning up their acts
- Business briefs
- Our eyes are rolling over this decision
- Letters for July 29
- Calendar
- Bryan council meeting tonight in executive session
- Jury begins weighing Blagojevich corruption case
- Texas, feds wait turns in polygamist leader cases
- FBI director defends bureau over test cheating
- Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs
- People more willing to try hands-only CPR
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT A 15-minute delay because of lightning and a steady drizzle of rainfall wasn't enough to deter about 500 people from the public firefighting demonstrations at the Brayton Fire Training Field on Wednesday night. More than 1,900 municipal firefight ...   |
| Judge to announce sentence in child porn case today Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT A man who prosecutors said managed to "amass one of the greatest collections of child pornography in Brazos County history" is expected to be sentenced Thursday. After a full day of testimony in the punishment phase of Gregg Baird's trial on Wednesd ... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT If T-shirts, hats and 12th Man towels aren't enough for Texas A&M fans, they'll soon be able to show their school spirit on their power bills. No, it's not an Aggie joke. The university announced this week that it's joined a partnership with Cha ... |
| Softball tourney bringing in thousands Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT College Station officials are expecting more than 6,500 visitors next week, bringing along with them an economic impact of about $6 million to Brazos County. And the visitors are all coming for one thing: Softball. Geri Marsh, the city's recreati ... |
| Probe continues into nursing home Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT Bryan city officials continued investigations this week into accusations that an assisted living facility may be operating out of more than one location, in violation of its city permit. City staff members said that since the July 13 City Council me ... |
| RenFest looking for lords and ladies Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT The 16th century is hiring. Again. The Texas Renaissance Festival, one of the largest of its kind in the country, will host what they call a "Job Faire" Aug. 14-15 for people interested in working for various vendors at the event held annually in the ... |
| Slocum to speak at commencement Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Texas A&M's winningest football coach will serve as the university's summer commencement speaker, officials said Wednesday. R.C. Slocum is set to speak at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 12 in Rudder Auditorium. The event is free and open to ... |
| River Basin group taking nominations Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportNominations for members of a stakeholder committee of the Brazos River Basin are due Friday.Farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and consumers of water all can be considered stakeholders in the issue. Those selected to committee wi ... |
| Mission looks to aid pregnant women Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportEmmanuel Lighthouse Mission is working on expansion plans that include helping pregnant women who have become homeless.For 31 years, the mission, a ministry of Emmanuel Baptist Church, has helped women find shelter and support after ... |
| 100 days later: Gulf life never to be the same Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT GRAND ISLE, La. -- A hundred days ago, shop owner Cherie Pete was getting ready for a busy summer serving ice cream and po-boys to hungry fishermen. Local official Billy Nungesser was planning his wedding. Environmental activist Enid Sisskin was prep ... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT Author Mason casts his line while fishing from the pier at the Astin Recreation Area in Bryan on Tuesday. Skies are expected to be clear the next few days, with temperatures reaching past 100 on Saturday. |
| Parts of immigration law on hold Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT PHOENIX -- A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton shift ... |
| Spanish region says adios to bullfighting Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT BARCELONA, Spain -- Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate that pitted animal rights against a pillar of tradi ... |
| Some cities report slow growth Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.A new survey released by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday found the U.S. economy growing this summer, even as risks ... |
| Texas beaches cleaning up their acts Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:02 PM PDT GALVESTON -- Texas beaches were cleaner last year than in many parts of the country, according to a report released Wednesday, though a state environmental group attributed the improvement to a two-year drought rather than efforts to prevent water ... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:14 PM PDT Green builders win Guildmaster Award A College Station green business recently was honored with a 2010 Guildmaster Award for customer satisfaction. Stearns Design-Build was one of 125 home builders, remodelers, developers and contractors throughou ... |
| Our eyes are rolling over this decision Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board There's an old saying, "A nod is as good as a wink." But what if that nod turns into an eye roll? Should you be expelled from a governmental meeting? Apparently you should if you live in Elmhurst, Ill. It seems that Dar ... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT America needs stronger truth-in-advertising laws A full-page advertisement (Eagle, July 26) offered readers an opportunity to save on air conditioning costs by paying $298 for a fan that blows air over ice. Now, the Texas Essential Knowledge ... |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:03 PM PDT Thursday CLUBS College Station Rotary Club, 6:45 a.m. Hilton Hotel. 846-2111. Rotary Club of Aggieland, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hilton Hotel. 696-2500, ext. 1013. City of Bryan Toastmasters, noon to 1 p.m. Bryan library, 201 E. 26th St. 209-5600. C ... |
| Bryan council meeting tonight in executive session Posted: 28 Jul 2010 10:23 AM PDT The Bryan City Council will meet at City Hall at 6 p.m. Wednesday to resume its executive session agenda from Tuesday's meeting. Mayor Jason Bienski said one member of the council left the meeting early Tuesday due to an illness. Bienski said he wan ... |
| Jury begins weighing Blagojevich corruption case Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:40 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) -- Rod Blagojevich's fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama's former Senate seat and schemed to use his political ... |
| Texas, feds wait turns in polygamist leader cases Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:38 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah Supreme Court decision that overturns polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs' 2007 criminal conviction won't automatically make him a free man. Even if Utah doesn't retry him, Texas and federal prosecutors are waiting t ... |
| FBI director defends bureau over test cheating Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureau's policies, discussing an embarrassing investigation that raises questions about wheth ... |
| Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:25 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a budget that addresses a $19 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger released a new executive order requiring ... |
| People more willing to try hands-only CPR Posted: 28 Jul 2010 05:01 PM PDT ATLANTA -- More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions -- especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.The two new studies conc ... |
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