Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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A peculiar pumpkin at the patch

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Emily Berger, 13, of College Station marvels Tuesday at the number of warts on a pumpkin at the Aggie Habitat for Humanity Pumpkin Patch at Covenant Presbyterian Church on Rock Prairie Road in College Station. A total of 3,000 pumpkins and gourds wil ...

CS rezoning plan to be revised

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

It's back to the drawing board for College Station school administrators after having heard from trustees about their rezoning concerns during a three-and-a-half hour workshop meeting Tuesday. The disparity between elementary schools when it come ...

Local candidates spend thousands on campaigns

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Candidates in Brazos County's contested local races are spending thousands of dollars in preparation for the November elections. There are 20 candidates for local office on the ballot this year, but, because of the Republican Party's dominance in ...

Authorities investigate wreck involving Bryan ISD bus

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT

Officials said three children received minor injuries after a vehicle rear-ended a Bryan ISD bus Wednesday morning. The wreck on Leonard Road near the intersection with Linda Lane was reported at 6:55 a.m., a Texas Department of Public Safety offici ...

Neighbors unite against crime

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Across Brazos County on Tuesday night, more than 90 groups of residents registered their block parties and participated in National Night Out. Turnout for the 27th annual event was improved over last year, officials said. The purpose of National ...

Teen charged with assaulting employee during theft

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 04:58 AM PDT

An 18-year-old woman faces a robbery charge after police said she assaulted a College Station store employee while trying to escape with stolen items. Paige Michelle Crenshaw of Bryan was jailed early Tuesday and charged with robbery. She also had a ...

Cancer survivor found strength in fight

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

A woman diagnosed with breast cancer was told by two doctors she had three months to live, Becky Olson told a crowd at the 8th annual Surviving and Thriving Luncheon on Tuesday. "Get your affairs in order," was the doctor's suggestion, she said. B ...

2 arrested after high-speed chase in stolen car

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Two people were behind bars Tuesday after leading authorities on a high-speed chase through three Brazos Valley counties. Police said the chase began around 4 p.m. in Brenham when John Wesley Jenkins, 30, of College Station and another man attemp ...

Corps to march prior to Southwest Classic

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportTexas A&M's Corps of Cadets will march at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Arlington before the Southwest Classic football game between the Aggies and the University of Arkansas. The parade route will be around Cowboys Stadium. When final ...

Governor to address human trafficking

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:56 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry is one of the speakers at a conference on human trafficking at the Texas Capitol.The conference will examine emerging trends in human trafficking in Texas and the United States. Several international experts are also ...

Tickets on sale for Bryan Rotary dinner

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe Bryan Rotary Club's annual Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction is set for Oct. 25 at the Bryan High School Silver Campus cafeteria. Proceeds from the event will benefit the organization's local service projects.Tickets are $10 and ...

American Legion to host chili cook-off

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportAmerican Legion Post 159 of Bryan has scheduled a chili cook-off to benefit the Veterans and Families Assistance Program. The cook-off will take place at the Waco Street post Oct. 16.The entry fee is $20. For registration informatio ...

Perry reports $10 million cash in governor's race

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:56 AM PDT

AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican Gov. Rick Perry reported Monday that he has $10 million in available campaign cash -- nearly four times as much as Democrat Bill White heading into the final month of the costly Texas governor's race. White, a former Ho ...

Book signing set for Sunday in Bryan

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportThe co-editor of an oral history of conservation in Texas will be signing copies of his book Sunday at the Village Cafe in downtown Bryan. David Todd compiled stories from more than 60 early environmentalists for the book, The Texas ...

Rally planned for man allegedly shot by pirates

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:59 AM PDT

DENVER -- Friends of an American man allegedly killed by pirates in a lake on the Texas-Mexico border are planning a rally in Denver.The family of David Hartley say Mexican authorities aren't doing enough to find his body. Supporters plan to gather o ...

Lawmakers urge review of bowl game tax complaint

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 01:05 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Four lawmakers are urging the Internal Revenue Service to "thoroughly examine" a tax complaint filed against three premier college football bowls.Playoff PAC, a political action committee that wants the bowls replaced with a championshi ...

CS man reportedly flipped car, ran off

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA 34-year-old College Station man was released from jail Tuesday, hours after police charged him with driving while intoxicated. According to the police report, witnesses reported seeing a man hit a curb, strike a light pole and fli ...

27 years later, man charged with slaying Texas boy

Posted: 06 Oct 2010 12:57 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- Police have charged a man with murder in the 1983 death of an 11-year-old Houston boy.Houston police say they arrested 47-year-old Raymond Yucatan Guzman on Tuesday in Gallatin, Tenn., and he confessed.Houston Police Homicide Division Sgt. ...

Drive to aid man's leukemia battle

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report Brazos County 4-H has organized a blood and platelet donation drive on Saturday to benefit a local man battling leukemia. The event is part of One Day 4-H, a statewide community service day, and will honor David Sturdivant, the f ...

Expert predicts a hotter future for Texas

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

LUBBOCK -- Triple-digit temperatures will be the norm in Texas within a few decades, and 115-degree heat won't be surprising, according to the state climatologist.Texas A&M University atmospheric sciences professor John Nielsen-Gammon said recent ...

Times Square bomber defiant as he's sentenced

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- The Pakistani immigrant who tried to detonate a car bomb on a busy Saturday night in Times Square accepted a life sentence with a smirk Tuesday and warned that Americans can expect more bloodshed at the hands of Muslims."Brace yourselves ...

2 scientists share Nobel Prize for new carbon

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:06 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- It is the thinnest and strongest material known to mankind -- no thicker than a single atom and 100 times tougher than steel. Could graphene be the next plastic? Maybe so, says one of two scientists who won a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for is ...

The Healing Touch

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There may be a good reason why people instinctively clutch their hand after receiving an injury. Researchers have found that self-touch offers significant relief for acute pain under experimental conditions, suggesting that the ...

Healing Prayer or Proximity?

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Many have prayed for a loved ones health to be restored, but researchers say for best results, get close. A new study shows praying for another person's health can benefit that person, especially if the person praying is c ...

Going Under the Needle

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 06:43 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Chinese culture has turned to acupuncture for pain treatment pain for more than 5,000 years. Now, studies in the U.S. are trying to find out if this ancient medical art is more than just a legend. More than 3 million ad ...

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