Saturday, April 2, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Aggies have no time to mess around

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


INDIANAPOLIS -- Texas A&M head women's basketball coach Gary Blair wants his team to enjoy its first trip to the Final Four, but if the Aggies play like they practiced Friday, it could be a short trip.
"Right now, we couldn't beat Snook with t ...

Aggies have no time to mess around

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


INDIANAPOLIS -- Texas A&M head women's basketball coach Gary Blair wants his team to enjoy its first trip to the Final Four, but if the Aggies play like they practiced Friday, it could be a short trip.
"Right now, we couldn't beat Snook with t ...

KBTX's Boaz dies after brief illness

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT


A former KBTX anchor who became the news station's general sales manager was surrounded by loved ones when he died Friday after a brief illness.
Jon Boaz, 48, suffered from an aggressive form of lymphoma that wasn't discovered until he was admitte ...

Sports secrets from the pros

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Humans have a tendency to be more afraid of committing an error than neglecting to act to prevent an error -- and that holds true in sports, a top sports writer said Friday at Texas A&M. This "omission bias" manifests itself on the playing field ...

A&M student killed in car accident

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA Texas A&M student died Friday after his vehicle skid into oncoming traffic along F.M. 1774 in Grimes County, the Department of Public Safety reported.According to a trooper's report, the accident happened at 4:21 p.m. Friday e ...

Group to rally in Bryan against education cuts

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT


The College Station Education Association plans to stage a "pep rally" Saturday to encourage residents to contact their local lawmakers and urge them to preserve public education funding in Texas.
The teachers group will gather from 10:30 to 11:30 ...

Show's roots in Mexican dance culture

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Throughout this academic year, two dedicated student groups have been preparing for one show, Noche Bajo Las Estrellas (A Night Under the Stars), where they'll be performing traditional Mexican folk dances in full costumes. Bethany Garcia, a senior ...

Man charged with using stolen debit card

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:44 AM PDT

A 30-year-old Bryan man faces four felony charges after police said he used a stolen debit card to make purchases at two College Station stores.Yondel Marino was charged Thursday with four counts of credit card or debit card abuse.On March 4, a man r ...

Singing Cadets take tour across Texas this weekend

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


This weekend, the Singing Cadets are also the traveling cadets.
The Texas A&M men's chorus has a weekend tour in Baytown, Fredericksburg and San Antonio.
* The Texas Film Festival will continue through Sunday in Rudder Theatre. Each evening ...

Singing Cadets take tour across Texas this weekend

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


This weekend, the Singing Cadets are also the traveling cadets.
The Texas A&M men's chorus has a weekend tour in Baytown, Fredericksburg and San Antonio.
* The Texas Film Festival will continue through Sunday in Rudder Theatre. Each evening ...

Police seek owner of dog that bit woman

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportCollege Station police are asking for help in locating the owner of a dog, possibly an Australian shepherd or border collie, that bit a woman Thursday afternoon at Canine Station on Park Road. The dog and its owner need to be locate ...

House considers Medicaid, education cuts

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- The Texas House plodded through a marathon debate over staggering cuts to the state budget Friday, including the first reduction in overall public education funding in decades.
The proposal is $23 billion less than the amount spent in st ...

House votes to cut $3.5M from the arts

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Associated Press
AUSTIN -- The Texas House has adopted a measure to gut state arts funding.
During the amendment process for the state budget Friday, an unusual alliance of conservative Republicans and Democrats came together behind a provision to ...

Nasdaq joins in hunt for NYSE

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Associated Press
NEW YORK -- Instead of fighting the NYSE, Nasdaq wants to own it.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and another U.S.-based market, the IntercontinentalExchange Inc., submitted a joint $11.3 billion bid Friday for NYSE Euronext, the parent com ...

Thrill seekers hit up theme parks

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


Amusement parks thrown for a loop by the slumping economy over the last few years are starting to rebound, drawing bigger crowds over the past year and spending more money on new attractions and shows this season.
Crowds increased at many of the ...

Archivists dig up Eisenhower speech on importance of art

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


DALLAS -- As commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower explicitly ordered his troops to safeguard objects of cultural and historical importance whenever possible -- even while fighting a war of devastating ...

Seven foreigners killed in Afghan riot

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
Afghan authorities suspect insurgents me ...

Libyans return from abroad to aid rebels

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT

BENGHAZI, Libya -- One week, Mohamed Elgarguri was a California university student with a job in a cell phone store and occasional weekend gigs as a party DJ. The next week, the 22-year-old American of Libyan descent was deep in the Libyan desert wit ...

Jobless rate hits 2-year low

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, capping the strongest two months of hiring since before the recession began.
The economy added 216,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. Factories ...

Dancing to success

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Texas A&M's Fade to Black Dance Ensemble entertains and encourages the student body at Bonham Elementary in the school auditorium as part of the TAKS pep rally held there Friday. Members of the A&M men's basketball team, Bonham's own school d ...

Religion Calendar

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Saturday
* Castle Heights Missionary Baptist Church, 4504 Texas 21 in Bryan, will hold an appreciation service for musician Lisa Ayers at 5 p.m. The event will include local choirs, soloists and dancers. Guests are welcome.
Sunday
* St. Luke's Un ...

Catching hell for beliefs

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT


RALEIGH, N.C. -- What does hell mean to you? Is it an endless nightmare for sinners and unsaved souls, as mainstream Christianity has taught for centuries? Or is hell here on Earth, in the distractions, addictions and emptiness of daily life?
Thos ...

Local food trend draws in the fakes

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The No. 2 official at the Agriculture Department recently got a real-life lesson in the loose definition of the trendiest word in groceries: "local."
Walking into her neighborhood grocery store in Washington, Kathleen Merrigan saw a ...

Letters for April 2

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT

A week to remind us to take care in work zones
Navigating construction can be difficult, not to mention risky for both drivers and workers.
The Texas Department of Transportation manages more than 1,000 highway projects at any given time on 80,000 ...

Calendar

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
The 18th Annual CVM Open House will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 9 at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Visitors can experience veterinary medicine by participating in hands-on activiti ...

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