Wednesday, September 8, 2010

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Storms put region on alert

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Student reports of funnel clouds and power flashes Tuesday morning near the Texas A&M campus prompted officials with the National Weather Service in Houston to issue a tornado watch for the area that didn't expire until 8 p.m. "We haven't been a ...

City of Bryan's ban on K2, salvia is official

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

The city of Bryan's ban of K2 and salvia will go into effect Saturday after the City Council voted unanimously to outlaw the substances. A city ordinance approved Tuesday makes it a misdemeanor to use, buy, sell, offer for sale, possess, inhale, ing ...

Watkins' resignation accepted in vote

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

The Bryan City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to accept the resignation of City Manager David Watkins, effective immediately. Mayor Jason Bienski said the current council was not involved in negotiating Watkins' employment contract when he was ...

Aggies help fund MSC project with donations

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Aggies have dug into their pocketbooks to support their alma mater's student center with $5.7 million in donations, part of a $20 million campaign to help pay for its renovation. The Memorial Student Center is set to open again before the fall 2012 ...

Bryan police look for robber

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 06:08 AM PDT

Bryan police said they were searching early Tuesday afternoon for a man who took cash from a person at an Ace Cash Express store. Police responded shortly before 12:50 p.m. to the store at 3304 East 29th St., Officer Jon Agnew said. A man took a lar ...

Brain research forum features JFK doctor

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Area residents will have an opportunity Friday to hear from a doctor who helped care for President John F. Kennedy the day he was shot and killed in Dallas. Dr. Robert Grossman will be featured as keynote speaker during the fourth annual Texas Brain ...

Aggie innovator Fred Dollar dies at 89

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

Fred Dollar, an Aggie remembered for his genuine character and innovative ideas, died at his College Station home Tuesday at the age of 89. He served as Texas A&M University's food service director from 1965 to 1987. Dollar graduated from Tex ...

Brazos Valley under severe weather watches

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:00 AM PDT

National Weather Service officials extended a tornado watch for the Brazos Valley area through tonight, and said residents could expect to see more rain throughout the day. Meteorologist Dan Reilly said the weather service issued a tornado warning f ...

Police: Man says 2 masked gunmen robbed him

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:02 AM PDT

Bryan police on Tuesday were investigating a report that a woman apparently set a man up to be robbed by two masked gunmen the night before. Officers responded at about 10:10 p.m. Monday to an apartment in the 3600 block of Wellborn Road for a repor ...

Tropical Storm Hermine crosses into Texas

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:47 AM PDT

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas -- Hermine weakened Tuesday but continued dumping heavy rains on a northern crawl through Texas, barely holding on to tropical storm strength but leaving behind a path of widespread power outages and landslides in Mexico.Hermine c ...

Family loses 2 in fatal accident

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 45-year-old man and his 10-year-old son died over the holiday weekend after a vehicle accident in Grimes County as the family was returning home from a vacation.Department of Public Safety officials said a sport utility vehicle tr ...

Hermine's remnants head north after storm weakens

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas -- It's power spent, what was left of Tropical Storm Hermine was making its way north Wednesday, having drenched parts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas before weakening. Remnants of the storm that was downgraded to a trop ...

Mexico: 2 bodies likely massacre investigators

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT

MEXICO CITY -- Two dead bodies found in the northern state of Tamaulipas appear to be those of a state detective and local police chief who investigated the massacre of 72 migrants in August, prosecutors said. If confirmed, the killings would be o ...

Get a taste of the Brazos Valley at Taste of Home Cooking School

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Are you ready to get cooking? Tickets are still available for the fifth annual Taste of Home Cooking School, set for Tuesday at the Brazos County Expo. The event features on-stage preparation of recipes, with culinary tips and techniques. Doors ope ...

GOP proposes renewing tax cuts, freezing spending

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:58 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- House Republican Leader John Boehner on Wednesday proposed a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before a deep recession took hold of the economy. In a broadcast interview, the Ohi ...

Bryan woman tells police boyfriend tried to cut her

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:04 AM PDT

A woman told Bryan police that her boyfriend tried to assault her with a box cutter, according to police reports. Police responded at about 9:45 p.m. Monday to the woman's home on Dale Street for a report of an aggravated assault, Officer Jon Agnew ...

A&M alumni group gives out $3.2M

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M has distributed $3.28 million from its alumni organization, the Association of Former Students, officials said Tuesday. The funding includes $1 million for scholarships, more than $40,000 for student success initiative ...

Willis man charged in ATV, trailer theft

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report A 37-year-old man from Willis remained in the Brazos County Jail on Tuesday after being accused of stealing a trailer and ATV from his parents' home. According to the police report, a College Station officer noticed a trailer wi ...

Authorities: Woman runs over husband, kills him

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 04:46 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- Authorities say a woman intentionally ran down her husband with her car and rolled over him several times, killing the man.Harris County sheriff's deputies said they found the car Monday night with the woman still behind the wheel and her ...

Driver accused of hitting 2 cars, DWI

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Authorities said they charged a 19-year-old Bryan man with crashing into two parked cars while driving intoxicated. Around 8:30 p.m. Monday, Bryan police responded to a report of a hit-and-run vehicle accident on Newton Street. ...

Report: Most school districts avoid tax elections

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:58 AM PDT

DALLAS -- A newspaper report says 30 percent of Texas school districts have asked their voters for tax rate increases since state lawmakers adopted the requirement four years ago. The Dallas Morning News, citing figures from a website that tracks ...

Police investigate reported theft

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:03 PM PDT

The Bryan Police Department continued its investigation Tuesday night into a theft that took place just before 1 p.m. at the Ace Cash Express Store. According to police, a man took a large amount of money from a customer who had just cashed a check a ...

GOP wary of Obama tax cuts

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for business sound like ideas that have enjoyed broad Republican backing in the past. But in today's toxic political atmosphere, he's unlikely to get much -- if any -- GOP help. Still, his ...

Quran burn may endanger troops

Posted: 07 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A Christian minister said Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Quran this weekend to protest the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite a warning from the top U.S. general in Afghanistan that doing so woul ...

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