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- Consol stops Bryan's comeback
- Edwards stands by use of earmarks for B-CS
- Kemos will be charged soon
- Bryan police awarded $800K
- Feedback sought on rail
- Drop off hazardous waste at CS drive
- First weekend of RenFest under way
- Lyle Lovett tickets discounted for Ags
- Toxicity of Hungary's red sludge flood drops
- Bank of America halts foreclosures in 50 states
- Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Gay rights leaders plan protest at Mormon base
- U.S. security adviser calls it quits
- NJ gov. agrees to rethink rail tunnel cancellation
- PBS recounting religion's impact on U.S. history
- Royal pheasant
- Obama signs technology access bill for disabled
- Faith calendar
- Abbott pulls Meridia off the market in Canada
- Treasury: 8.1M hires qualify for new tax break
- Abbott withdraws diet pill in US, Canada
- Pickens buys NV ranch for wild horse sanctuary
- Report says U.S. bomb-sniffing dogs not up to snuff
- 1,674-pound SD pumpkin just shy of world record
- Obama stays on message on private sector hiring
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT A&M Consolidated football players J.J. Bynum (99) Marcel Mickens (15) and Ernest Payton (2) join their teammates in celebrating the school's 35-28 win over crosstown rival Bryan at Kyle Field on Friday. To see a slideshow, click here. For mo ...   |
| Edwards stands by use of earmarks for B-CS Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT When he visits the southern part of his congressional district, U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards can often be seen with scissors or a shovel in his hands. The Democrat uses the tools to cut ribbons or break ground on Brazos County projects built with federal ... |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT Criminal charges will be filed in the case of Alexander Kemos, the top-level Texas A&M official who lied on his resume and job application documents about his degrees and military service, officials said. Kemos, who has moved out of state since ... |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT A grant of more than $800,000 recently awarded to the Bryan Police Department will allow for the hiring of four new officers, Chief Eric Buske says. The federal funds came through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COP ... |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT Brazos Valley residents have an opportunity to provide input that could affect transportation decisions throughout the state. Texas Department of Transportation officials are asking the public to provide feedback on draft plans for the Texas Rail Pl ... |
| Drop off hazardous waste at CS drive Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT The Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency's hazardous waste collection drive is set for Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University Services Building in College Station. Brazos Valley residents are encouraged to drop off household items t ... |
| First weekend of RenFest under way Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT The 36th annual Texas Renaissance Festival begins Saturday and Sunday and will run every weekend through Thanksgiving. More than 400,000 people attend the festival each year to get their fill of food, costumes and entertainment reminiscent of the R ... |
| Lyle Lovett tickets discounted for Ags Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT Tickets for Lyle Lovett's benefit concert in Rudder Auditorium on Nov. 11 can be purchased at a $5 discount by Texas A&M students, faculty and staff. An article on Page A1 of Friday's Eagle incorrectly stated that the discounted tickets would co ... |
| Toxicity of Hungary's red sludge flood drops Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT KOLONTAR, Hungary -- The concentration of toxic heavy metals where Hungary's massive red sludge spill entered the Danube has dropped to the level allowed in drinking water, authorities said Friday, easing fears that Europe's second longest river woul ... |
| Bank of America halts foreclosures in 50 states Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT showed a Bank of America official acknowledging in a legal proceeding that she signed thousands of foreclosure documents a month and typically did not read them. The official, Renee Hertzler, said in a February deposition that she signed up to 8,000 ... |
| Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT BEIJING -- China has long wanted a Nobel prize. Now that it has one, its leaders are furious. The Nobel committee awarded its peace prize to imprisoned democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo on Friday, lending encouragement to China's dissident community a ... |
| Gay rights leaders plan protest at Mormon base Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:10 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY -- National gay rights activists said Friday they'll descend on Salt Lake City's Mormon church headquarters to deliver more than 100,000 letters asking a senior church leader to recant recent anti-gay statements. The Human Rights Camp ... |
| U.S. security adviser calls it quits Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Gen. James Jones, the gruff-talking military man President Barack Obama drafted as his national security adviser, announced Friday he was quitting after a tenure marked by ambitious foreign policy changes and undercurrents of corrosive ... |
| NJ gov. agrees to rethink rail tunnel cancellation Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT TRENTON, N.J. -- Under pressure from the Obama administration, Republican Gov. Chris Christie agreed Friday to rethink his decision to cancel construction of a $9 billion rail tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City. Christie, a rising star i ... |
| PBS recounting religion's impact on U.S. history Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Consider the blessings and demands that await a consumer at any supermarket, with its dizzying array of choices to be made. Toothpaste, soda, laundry detergent -- whatever. Every product comes in countless variations and competing brands. ... |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT A peacock rests in the shade Friday at the Texas A&M Wildlife and Exotic Animal Center. The center, a teaching facility within the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is home to many species including ostrich, deer and llama. |
| Obama signs technology access bill for disabled Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Blind and deaf people will be able to more easily use smart phones, the Internet and other technologies that are staples of life and work under a bill signed into law on Friday. Such a step has been a priority of advocates for the mi ... |
| Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:18 PM PDT Saturday * The United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church, 1125 Wellborn Road in College Station, will host "Get Your Praise & Worship On!" at 7 p.m. The music will be provided by local choirs. The guest speaker will be Angela L. Ab ... |
| Abbott pulls Meridia off the market in Canada Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:19 AM PDT NEW YORK -- The weight loss drug Meridia is being be pulled off the market in Canada, the nation's health department said Friday, because of links to side effects like heart attacks and strokes. Abbott Laboratories is voluntarily withdrawing the d ... |
| Treasury: 8.1M hires qualify for new tax break Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Businesses have hired 8.1 million workers under a new program that provides tax breaks for hiring unemployed workers, the Treasury Department said Friday. The report, however, does not estimate how many of those jobs would have ... |
| Abbott withdraws diet pill in US, Canada Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Abbott Laboratories said Friday it will withdraw its diet pill Meridia in the U.S. and Canada, after coming under pressure from health regulators who say the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a h ... |
| Pickens buys NV ranch for wild horse sanctuary Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:24 PM PDT RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Madeleine Pickens, the wife of Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens, has bought a sprawling Nevada ranch to serve as a wild horse sanctuary that would keep mustangs on the range instead of in government-funded holding facilities. ... |
| Report says U.S. bomb-sniffing dogs not up to snuff Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department's inspector general said Friday that bomb-sniffing dogs in Afghanistan and Iraq aren't being tested properly and may not be able to effectively detect explosives. The inspector general's review found that th ... |
| 1,674-pound SD pumpkin just shy of world record Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:20 AM PDT PARKER, S.D. -- This pumpkin weighs nearly enough to be Cinderella's coach. South Dakota farmer Kevin Marsh of Parker knows his 1,674-pound pumpkin isn't pretty -- it's won an ugliest pumpkin award at a Colorado event. But it's also only 51 pounds ... |
| Obama stays on message on private sector hiring Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:19 AM PDT BLADENSBURG, Md. -- President Barack Obama is conceding that tough days carry on for millions of unemployed people, but he is heralding another month of modest job growth in the private sector. A new government report shows private employers added ... |
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