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- Allen Academy fundraising campaign takes off
- Commissioners to vote on new budget
- A&M track teams meet with Obama at White House
- DPS: Woman dies after texting driver strikes 18-wheeler
- BISD Superintendent Mike Cargill to retire
- Councils come to agreement over landfill
- Judge to hear legal arguments of Obama health plan
- Air-conditioner starts fire that displaces 12 CS fourplex residents, officials say
- Bryan school board seeks candidates for top spot
- B-CS schools to show Obama speech
- Grants in jeopardy for needy Texas students
- Madison County burn ban lifted
- Shop owner cries foul over new Perry ad
- Child may have guided boat in Dallas-area accident
- Obama: Students should work hard, focus on school
- Hurricane Julia forms in the Atlantic Ocean
- Americans better about washing hands
- Escaped spider monkey roams suburban San Antonio hills
- St. Ed's bans gay-rights group recruiting
- Kemp man accused of shooting son after spitting on mom
- Court again says feds wrongly seized MLB drug list
- Superbug gene found in 3 states
- Family of jailed American asks Iran to lower bail
- Report shows rise in SAT test-takers in Texas
- Aging gas pipes at risk of explosion nationwide
| Allen Academy fundraising campaign takes off Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT Dozens of paper airplanes are let loose by Allen Academy students Monday morning to kick off the Allen Fund Campaign, an annual event designed to solicit donations for the private school, which does not receive financial support from state or governm ...   |
| Commissioners to vote on new budget Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT Brazos County commissioners will vote Tuesday on whether to approve next year's budget after some top administrators made final pleas for extra funding Monday. The preliminary document presented to the court by County Judge Randy Sims last month ... |
| A&M track teams meet with Obama at White House Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M senior Gerald Phiri challenged President Barack Obama to a 100-meter race Monday afternoon. "He said he'd beat me -- with a 20-minute head start," said Phiri, a business major. "I told him I'm open anytime he's willing to send Air F ... |
| DPS: Woman dies after texting driver strikes 18-wheeler Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT A 20-year-old woman died early Tuesday after the driver of a vehicle she was in told police he didn't see a stalled 18-wheeler because he was texting and crashed into it in Leon County, authorities said. The wreck happened at about 1:30 a.m. on U.S ... |
| BISD Superintendent Mike Cargill to retire Posted: 13 Sep 2010 11:21 AM PDT Bryan Superintendent Mike Cargill recently announced he will retire at the end of the school year after 38 years as an educator. School trustees will begin preliminary discussions on a new superintendent search during a Monday evening meeting. Carg ... |
| Councils come to agreement over landfill Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT A decade-long struggle between Bryan and College Station city councils ended Monday with an almost-unanimous vote, applause, pictures and even cake.The cities, along with the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency board of directors, voted to cr ... |
| Judge to hear legal arguments of Obama health plan Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:37 AM PDT PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Obama administration will try to persuade a federal judge Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit by 20 states that claim the president's health care overhaul is unconstitutional. The fight will primarily be over sections of the law ... |
| Air-conditioner starts fire that displaces 12 CS fourplex residents, officials say Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:59 AM PDT Fire officials said they believe a burning air-conditioning unit at a College Station fourplex started a blaze that displaced the building's 12 residents early Tuesday. A caller reported the fire at 4:05 a.m. at 403 Fall Circle off Spring Loop, an ... |
| Bryan school board seeks candidates for top spot Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT Less than a month after Bryan Superintendent Mike Cargill announced retirement plans, trustees started discussing how to go about replacing the district's top administrator. Cargill said he's been considering retirement for a while and is ready to ... |
| B-CS schools to show Obama speech Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT President Barack Obama will be addressing American students Tuesday during his second-annual televised back-to-school talk. Last year, Obama focused on the importance of taking responsibility in school and working hard to ensure success. The speec ... |
| Grants in jeopardy for needy Texas students Posted: 13 Sep 2010 04:36 AM PDT Assoicated Press SAN ANTONIO -- A $614 million state grant program for needy higher education students could be threatened by the projected $18 billion Texas budget shortfall, a newspaper reported Monday. About 24,000 first-time recipients of the T ... |
| Madison County burn ban lifted Posted: 14 Sep 2010 02:05 AM PDT The burn ban in Madison County was lifted Monday after heavy rains last week. The prohibition on burning trash lasted three weeks in the county. It prohibited outdoor burning in all unincorporated areas of the county. Leon County is the only Braz ... |
| Shop owner cries foul over new Perry ad Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:46 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- The owner of a small Austin grocery store whose shop is shown in Republican Gov. Rick Perry's new television ad says she doesn't endorse him for re-election. Farm To Market Grocery owner Peg McCoy said Monday she did not give perm ... |
| Child may have guided boat in Dallas-area accident Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:33 AM PDT LEWISVILLE, Texas -- Investigators want to know if a child was operating one of two rented boats in a collision at Lake Lewisville that left at least 11 passengers hurt. The boat that sank was recovered Monday. The accident Sunday afternoon involv ... |
| Obama: Students should work hard, focus on school Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:36 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is taking to the nation's airwaves once again, this time for an address to America's schoolchildren in which he will tell them nothing is beyond their reach as long as they dream big, work hard and focus on learni ... |
| Hurricane Julia forms in the Atlantic Ocean Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:33 AM PDT Associated PressMIAMI -- Hurricane Julia has formed far out over the Atlantic, becoming the fifth hurricane of the season.Julia has maximum sustained winds Tuesday near 75 mph (120 kph) with some additional strengthening expected during the next day ... |
| Americans better about washing hands Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT BOSTON -- Swine flu may have scared us straight, or maybe we're finally listening to our mothers. Whatever the reason, Americans are washing their hands more often, suggests the latest check by researchers who spy on people using public restrooms. ... |
| Escaped spider monkey roams suburban San Antonio hills Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:38 AM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- W.C. Fields the spider monkey is on the prowl through the hilly suburban subdivisions just northwest of San Antonio. Primarily Primates president Stephen Tello tells the San Antonio Express-News that the primate escaped from the san ... |
| St. Ed's bans gay-rights group recruiting Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:34 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- A private, Roman Catholic liberal arts college in Austin has barred a gay-rights group from participating in a campus fair to recruit volunteersThe Austin American-Statesman reported Tuesday that St. Edward's University says the homo ... |
| Kemp man accused of shooting son after spitting on mom Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:41 AM PDT KEMP, Texas -- An east Texas man is jailed on a murder charge in the shooting death of his 23-year-old son after he allegedly spat on his mother.Marcus Russell Sides of Kemp remained in the Kaufman County Jail in Kaufman on Monday with bond set at $5 ... |
| Court again says feds wrongly seized MLB drug list Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:39 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court on Monday reaffirmed its ruling that investigators illegally seized a list of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids during a 2004 drug lab raid.It's the fourth time the 9th U.S. Circuit C ... |
| Superbug gene found in 3 states Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT BOSTON -- An infectious-disease nightmare is unfolding: Bacteria that have been made resistant to nearly all antibiotics by an alarming new gene have sickened people in three states and are popping up all over the world, health officials reported M ... |
| Family of jailed American asks Iran to lower bail Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran -- A day after Iran offered a detained American woman a chance for release on $500,000 bail, her family countered with a request Monday to drop or lower the sum because they are struggling to raise the cash. The appeal -- delivered by ... |
| Report shows rise in SAT test-takers in Texas Posted: 14 Sep 2010 01:46 AM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- The number of Texas students taking the SAT college entrance exam is back on the rise after falling a year ago.A report released Monday showed that Texas public schools had more than 123,000 graduating seniors take the exam, a more t ... |
| Aging gas pipes at risk of explosion nationwide Posted: 13 Sep 2010 05:01 PM PDT SAN BRUNO, Calif. -- An ominous theme has emerged from the wreckage of a deadly pipeline explosion in California: There are thousands of pipes just like it nationwide.Utilities have been under pressure for years to better inspect and replace aging ga ... |
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