| Walking away the day Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:06 PM PST Ben and Mable Zavala, both 43, take laps around Bryan Municipal Lake and Golf Course as the sun sets Monday afternoon. Skies should be partly cloudy today with the next chance of rain on Wednesday. |
| Police: Driver was drunk before crash Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:08 PM PST The lives of two Texas A&M students were abruptly altered Sunday. One of the students will likely be recovering from a fractured neck in the hospital for some time, while the other faces up to 10 years behind bars after being charged with intox ... |
| Aggie couple on 'Wheel of Fortune' Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST The most nerve-racking part of being a contestant on Wheel of Fortune wasn't the thousands of dollars in prizes at stake or the cameras and large studio audience, said College Station resident Jordan Mechell. It was that few seconds of banter at th ... |
| Calvert police chief sworn in Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST It took two months and two offers, but the city of Calvert has a new police chief. Nancy Juvrud, an officer with more than 25 years in law enforcement, was sworn into the position Monday morning. In December, the town's entire police force -- the ... |
| Calvert hires Aggie police chief Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:02 AM PST Calvert has hired a new police chief after the city went two months without a top cop. Nancy Juvrud -- a Texas A&M graduate from Dawson with more than 25 years of experience in law enforcement -- was sworn into the position Monday morning. Prio ... |
| Police: Drunk driver hits woman, breaks her neck Posted: 07 Feb 2011 03:38 AM PST A 21-year-old woman was seriously injured and a man arrested after he was accused of driving drunk when he struck her vehicle in College Station late Sunday. Gregory Allen Higginbotham, 20, of College Station, was charged with intoxicated assault wi ... |
| Speaker warns about the perils of porn Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST Pornography is a $57 billion a year worldwide industry, and the largest group of consumers in the U.S. are 12 to 17 years old, said Michael Leahy, a recovering sex addict who spoke at Texas A&M on Monday. "By definition, it's up to the creator ... |
| Perry names 3 new A&M System regents Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three new members to the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.If the Texas Senate confirms their appointments, Texarkana businesswoman Judy Morgan, Victoria convenience store operator Cliff T ... |
| Recycling seminars open to CS public Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station's Office of Recycling Services will kick off a series of informational seminars at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Public Works office in the College Station Municipal Court. Local recycling opportunities will be the topic ... |
| Bill would make teen 'sexting' Texas misdemeanor Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- Teens younger than age 18 could face a misdemeanor charge, not a felony, for "sexting" under a bill filed in the Texas Legislature. Sexting is when cell phones are used, typically by teenagers, to send each other sexually explicit ... |
| Packers win sends NFL into uncertain offseason Posted: 07 Feb 2011 06:50 AM PST ARLINGTON, Texas -- Whether it was as complicated as deciding how to divide $9 billion or as simple as making sure everyone with a ticket also had a seat, the NFL had trouble getting it right this Super Bowl week. The league slogged through bad weat ... |
| Egypt regime's core still standing firm Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST CAIRO -- Egypt's regime has offered a string of concessions in the face of the strongest threat yet to its rule, but so far nothing that uproots its entrenched monopoly on power. The power elite has ruled for six decades, backed by a constitution it ... |
| Freed Google executive helped spark Egypt revolt Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:01 PM PST CAIRO -- The young Google Inc. executive detained by Egyptian authorities for 12 days said Monday he was behind the Facebook page that helped spark what he called "the revolution of the youth of the Internet." A U.S.-based human rights group said nea ... |
| Texas judge reprimanded over bathroom incident Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas -- A judge has been reprimanded for improperly jailing a Caldwell County man after a 2009 restroom confrontation in a custody dispute.The State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued the private reprimand against State District Judge Ja ... |
| U.S. presses for inclusive talks Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration conceded Monday that it will not endorse the demands of Egyptian protesters for embattled President Hosni Mubarak to step down immediately, saying a precipitous exit could set back the country's democratic trans ... |
| Crews retrace search for missing Texas toddler Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- Police aided by state officers and bloodhounds are retracing their steps in the search for an 18-month-old Hill Country child.The search for Joshua Davis Jr. has been ongoing since his family reported him missing from their mo ... |
| Police: Tampa mom described plan as a 'massacre' Posted: 08 Feb 2011 12:19 AM PST TAMPA, Fla. -- Police say the Tampa mom accused of killing her teenage son and daughter wrote a note before the shootings in which she referred to her plan as a "massacre."Authorities say Julie Powers Schenecker bought a .38-caliber revolver the week ... |
| Doctors urged to be candid with dying patients Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Patients don't want to hear that they're dying and doctors don't want to tell them. But new guidance for the nation's cancer specialists says they should be upfront and do it far sooner. The American Society of Clinical Oncology says to ... |
| IRS collections hit lowest point since 1950 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Taxes too high? Actually, as a share of the nation's economy, Uncle Sam's take this year will be the lowest since 1950, when the Korean War was just getting under way. And for the third straight year, American families and businesses ... |
| Layoffs at all-time low for January Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The U.S. labor force has been split into two groups: the relieved and the desperate.If you have a job, you can exhale; you're less likely to lose it than at any point in at least 14 years.If you're unemployed? Good luck. Finding a job r ... |
| iPhone app comes under fire Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:07 PM PST BOSTON -- A game developed by a Boston-based tech company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out is drawing fire from some immigrant advocates.Smuggle Truck: Operation Immigration, ... |
| Letters for February 8 Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST Muffing words was the least of singer's woes In regard to the article "[Christina] Aguilera flubs national anthem" (Eagle, Feb. 7), it hardly mattered. She was nowhere near the tune, either, for most of her rendition. ANN SIFERS Bryan ... |
| Calendar Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:08 PM PST MARK YOUR CALENDAR The Brazos Valley Farmers Market will hold a special Valentine's Day market from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. The market is at Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. The event will feature live music by Edward Young, cup ... |
| Morris twins lead No. 2 Kansas by No. 19 Missouri Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:22 PM PST LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Marcus Morris had 22 points and reserve Mario Little added 17, sparking a second-half charge that led No. 2 Kansas past No. 19 Missouri 103-86 on Monday night in a high-energy clash between the Big 12's highest-scoring teams.Markief ... |
| Wilson wins frost-delayed Phoenix Open in playoff Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:21 PM PST SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Packers fan Mark Wilson celebrated a big victory of his own on a playing field about as close to frozen tundra as it gets on the PGA Tour.A self-described cheesehead from Menomonee Falls, Wis., Wilson won the frost-delayed Phoeni ... |
No comments:
Post a Comment