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- Parade marks start of Christmas in Bryan-College Station
- A&M prof yells kill as part of lesson; students in neighboring class take cover
- LSU accepts Cotton Bowl invite; tickets sold out
- Iran produces uranium ore
- Jobless pressures parties to make deal
- Foreign fighters might be root of violence in Iraq
- Mexican state will try boy accused of beheadings
- Mediators trying to quell chaos encompassing Ivory Coast
- Investigation reveals exploitation of Visa students
- Judge scrutinizes death penalty law
- Israeli leaders take heat response to blaze
- WikiLeaks turns to Switzerland
- U.S. working to secure networks
- Kennedy Center honors artists
- Small plane crashes in neighborhood in Utah city
- Madoff trustee sues HSBC for $9B
- Mammogram at Age 40 Cuts Mastectomy Risk
- Justice Served: Cancer Risk Related to CT Much Lower Than Reported
- African-Americans Show Higher Risk for Heart Attacks
- Restless Leg Syndrome Can Be Chronic For Pregnant Women
- The Fight To Save Savannah's Sight - Research Summary
- Letters for December 6
- Calendar
- College football bowl lineup
- It's official: Auburn, Oregon to play for title
| Parade marks start of Christmas in Bryan-College Station Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST From his leather jacket Calvin Jackson pulled out a creased, glossy photo of his smiling 3-year-old daughter in front of a State Farm sign on Texas Avenue. His daughter, Victoria, now is 18 and a different agent is listed under the sign but Jacks ...   |
| A&M prof yells kill as part of lesson; students in neighboring class take cover Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST Kill the people of Nineveh! screamed Richard Stadelmann to his Religious Studies 211 students before heaving a reinforced wooden door, causing a sharp, loud pop. Some students next door -- unaware the animated philosophy teacher was harnessing Jonah ... |
| LSU accepts Cotton Bowl invite; tickets sold out Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:47 PM PST Good move if you were one of the thousands of LSU fans buying up tickets for the 75th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. The Tigers, ranked 10th, will play No. 18 Texas A&M for the first time since 1995, officials announced Sunday evening. It will ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran claimed a milestone on the eve of talks in Geneva with six world powers, saying Sunday it has produced its first batch of locally mined uranium ore for enrichment, making it independent of foreign countries for a process the We ... |
| Jobless pressures parties to make deal Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Their political options limited, Democrats and Republicans appeared to unite Sunday behind the outlines of an economic package that would temporarily extend expiring tax rates to all taxpayers as well as jobless benefits for millions of ... |
| Foreign fighters might be root of violence in Iraq Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST BAGHDAD -- Intelligence officials say foreign fighters have been slipping back into Iraq in larger numbers recently and may have been behind some of the most devastating attacks this year, reviving a threat the U.S. military believed had been almos ... |
| Mexican state will try boy accused of beheadings Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:18 PM PST CUERNAVACA, Mexico -- A 14-year-old boy accused of participating in four beheadings for a Mexican drug cartel will be tried under a state juvenile law that carries a maximum of three years in prison if convicted, a judge said Sunday.The juvenile cour ... |
| Mediators trying to quell chaos encompassing Ivory Coast Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- International mediators tried to intervene Sunday in Ivory Coast's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president, raising fears the country could again be divided in two ... |
| Investigation reveals exploitation of Visa students Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America. An Associated P ... |
| Judge scrutinizes death penalty law Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST HOUSTON -- In the deeply Republican state that has executed more convicts than any other and the county that has sent the most to death row, an unusual legal proceeding will begin this week: A Democratic judge will hold a lengthy hearing on the co ... |
| Israeli leaders take heat response to blaze Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials came under sharp criticism Sunday for their handling of the country's deadliest wildfire ever, prompting critics to ask whether the nation's leaders can cope with more serious challenges, like rocket attacks and a nuc ... |
| WikiLeaks turns to Switzerland Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST GENEVA -- WikiLeaks' elusive founder, his options dwindling, has turned to Switzerland's credit, postal and Internet infrastructure to keep his online trove of U.S. State Department cables afloat. Supporters say Julian Assange is considering seeki ... |
| U.S. working to secure networks Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON -- It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions, a drawn-out timeline that enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive data, experts say.As the Departme ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:01 PM PST WASHINGTON -- When The Beatles were storming America, Oprah Winfrey had the band's poster on her bedroom wall, Merle Haggard was free from prison, Jerry Herman was making Broadway sing and Bill T. Jones was not yet a dancer but growing up in a migran ... |
| Small plane crashes in neighborhood in Utah city Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST ROY, Utah -- A small plane crashed into some trees Sunday in a neighborhood in the northern Utah city of Roy, causing an explosion that started at least two homes on fire.No one died, but the pilot was "severely" injured, Roy Police Chief Greg Whinha ... |
| Madoff trustee sues HSBC for $9B Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST NEW YORK -- HSBC prolonged disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's ability to burn investors by "engineering a labyrinth" of international sources of funding for his epic Ponzi scheme, a court-appointed trustee alleged Sunday.Trustee Irving Picard annou ... |
| Mammogram at Age 40 Cuts Mastectomy Risk Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:44 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)-- More than 200,000 women will develop breast cancer in 2010. For those who already fought the good fight, researchers say having a yearly mammogram greatly reduces the risk of mastectomy in women between the ages of 40 and ... |
| Justice Served: Cancer Risk Related to CT Much Lower Than Reported Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:49 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)-- Perceived by many as a public health concern, the risk of developing radiation-induced cancer from computed tomography (CT) may be lower than previously thought. "Radiation from medical imaging has gotten a tremendous amount of ... |
| African-Americans Show Higher Risk for Heart Attacks Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:49 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire)--Despite having lower amounts of coronary artery calcification, African Americans are at increased risk for heart attacks and other cardiovascular events compared with Caucasians. Researchers at the Medical University of South Car ... |
| Restless Leg Syndrome Can Be Chronic For Pregnant Women Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:44 PM PST (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Restless leg syndrome may be a prolonged problem for pregnant women. A recent study performed at the Vita-Salute University in Milan, Italy shows that women who have transient restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy are l ... |
| The Fight To Save Savannah's Sight - Research Summary Posted: 05 Dec 2010 05:51 PM PST BACKGROUND: Retinoblastoma is a rare disease with the most common signs being Leukocoria (white pupil) and misaligned eyes (strabismus). In other cases, children may develop neovascular glaucoma, which can cause enlargement of the eye (buphthalmos). ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:05 PM PST Trust the historians to write history textbooks Don McLeroy (Eagle, Nov. 9) wants high school world history books to put more emphasis on the role Judeo-Christianity played in the rise of Western civilization. He claims that the "radical" ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:04 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDARSHome Instead Senior Care is sponsoring Be A Santa To A Senior. The program collects, wraps and delivers gifts to needy seniors. Christmas trees with names are up at CVS Pharmacies located at 3000 South Texas Avenue in Bryan, 1800 R ... |
| Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:48 PM PST Saturday, Dec. 18New Mexico Bowl At AlbuquerqueUTEP (6-6) vs. BYU (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Humanitarian BowlAt Boise, IdahoNorthern Illinois (10-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans BowlOhio (8-4) vs. Troy (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, ... |
| It's official: Auburn, Oregon to play for title Posted: 05 Dec 2010 04:47 PM PST EUGENE, Ore. -- A season spent talking about BCS busters will end with another clash of the big boys -- just not the ones we've gotten used to seeing in the title game. Alabama and Texas? Florida and Oklahoma? Ohio State? Southern California? Not t ... |
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