Thursday, February 10, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Icy roads cause trouble in B-CS

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

David Potter has been a truck driver for 18 years. The Tennessee native travels all across the United States and stops in Texas several times a year, but he said this is the worst winter he's seen in Texas yet. Potter was in Bryan-College Station f ...

A&M student may have bacterial meningitis

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

A 20-year-old Texas A&M student believed to have bacterial meningitis was in critical condition Wednesday at College Station Medical Center, officials said. Nicolis Williams of Sugar Land was admitted to the hospital around noon Tuesday, offici ...

Ags steal game in OT against Colorado

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:59 PM PST

Aggies come from behind to win against Colorado 73 to 70 in overtime late Wednesday in Boulder. BJ Holmes led the No. 22 Aggie men's basketball team into OT with a 3-pointer at the buzzer at the Coors Events Center. The game ends another Big 12 pairi ...

A&M student may have bacterial meningitis

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:08 AM PST

A Texas A&M student has been hospitalized after being diagnosed as possibly having contracted bacterial meningitis. "This is the university's only known active case at this time," said Lt. Gen. Joe Weber, vice president for student affairs, in a ...

Ags steal game in OT against Colorado

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:59 PM PST

Aggies come from behind to win against Colorado 73 to 70 in overtime late Wednesday in Boulder. BJ Holmes led the No. 22 Aggie men's basketball team into OT with a 3-pointer at the buzzer at the Coors Events Center. The game ends another Big 12 pairi ...

Vets push Bryan to stay with shelter

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Some local veterinarians are urging Bryan not to terminate its relationship with the Brazos Animal Shelter as the city mulls what to do with its stray animals. Bryan has been searching for other options after the shelter increased its bill to the c ...

A&M student may have bacterial meningitis

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:08 AM PST

A Texas A&M student has been hospitalized after being diagnosed as possibly having contracted bacterial meningitis. "This is the university's only known active case at this time," said Lt. Gen. Joe Weber, vice president for student affairs, in a ...

Winter weather prompts some schools to close early

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:58 AM PST

Many Brazos Valley school districts are closing their doors early Wednesday due to weather conditions. Bryan and College Station school district officials have said classes will remain on schedule today, but both school districts will be canceling al ...

Closing school for weather never an easy decision

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

Numerous factors are weighed when administrators decide whether to close schools because of weather conditions. A handful of surrounding counties' school districts sent students home early on Wednesday because of icy roads, but the Bryan and College ...

Texas Lottery results for Wednesday

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 02:37 PM PST

TEXAS LOTTERY results for Wednesday: • Pick 3: 8, 1, 2 • Daily 4: 8, 0, 3, 2 • Lotto: 41, 2, 31, 35, 21, 19 No tickets matched all six numbers, so Saturday's Lotto will be an estimated $23 million.

Weather Whys: Northern lights

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST

Q: You sometimes hear mention of the "northern lights." What are they? A: The correct term is aurora, and there are two types – aurora borealis, which in the U.S. are frequently called the northern lights – and the aurora australis, or s ...

Strikes in Egypt add to pressure from protests

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

CAIRO -- Thousands of state workers and impoverished Egyptians went on strike Wednesday after weeks of anti-government protests cast a spotlight on corruption and the wealth amassed by those in power in a country where almost half the people live ne ...

Contract worker confirmed dead in Texas plant fire

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:20 PM PST

HOUSTON -- A contract worker was killed in a gas pipeline explosion and fire at a Houston-area petroleum plant, officials confirmed Wednesday. Investigators found the remains of Rick Shaw, who had been working in the area of the Tuesday fire at the ...

Lawsuit filed over Super Bowl seats

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

DALLAS -- Ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of the Super Bowl have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday ...

Suit filed in Dallas over Super Bowl seat problems

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 07:04 AM PST

DALLAS -- Ticket-holding football fans who ended up with no seats or what they considered bad views of the Super Bowl have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday ...

Budget cuts may hurt higher education

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

AUSTIN -- Deep budget cuts proposed for Texas universities will hurt students, teachers and important research projects, college presidents warned state senators on Wednesday. Texas is facing a shortfall of at least $15 billion and early budget draf ...

Rep. Giffords speaks for first time since shooting

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

PHOENIX -- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Giffords first spoke within the pa ...

FBI, Texas Rangers investigate missing toddler

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:17 PM PST

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- Texas Rangers and the FBI have joined the investigation into the fate of a toddler reported missing nearly a week ago. Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to 18-month-old Joshua Davis Jr. of New ...

House GOP outlines spending cuts

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans proposed ending more than 60 government programs and cutting hundreds of others Wednesday in a $35 billion down payment on their promise to rein in federal deficits. Funding for AmeriCorps, family planning assistance ...

Blizzard roars through US's snow-weary midsection

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 01:56 AM PST

TULSA, Okla. -- A second powerful blizzard in a week roared through parts of the nation's midsection on Wednesday, bringing biting winds and dumping more than a foot of snow on areas still digging out from last week's major storm.As the system moved ...

Ice coats part of Texas again

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

A second powerful blizzard in a week roared through parts of the nation's midsection on Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow on areas still digging out from last week's major storm and contributing to at least two traffic deaths. In Texas, th ...

Northeast feeling pain of winter

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Winter hurts, and never more so than this year across the battered Northeast as doctors report seeing a spike in strained muscles from shoveling snow, broken bones from slick stairs and sidewalks, and dangerously low blood banks a ...

Strokes striking earlier in life

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older ones, a sign that the obesity epidemic may be starting to reshape the age burden of the disease. The numbers, reported Wednesday at an Ameri ...

New app helps keep track of sins

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:05 PM PST

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Can your iPad or iPhone bring you closer to God? A new application for the devices aims to help Roman Catholics who haven't been to the confessional booth in a while keep track of their sins, one Commandment at a time. The $1.99 ...

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