Ags break Cardinal rule Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:55 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS -- Texas A&M played with the poise of a champion down the stretch in its first Final Four appearance, rallying from a 10-point deficit for a program-defining 63-62 victory over the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday night at Conseco Field ... |
Ags break Cardinal rule Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:55 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS -- Texas A&M played with the poise of a champion down the stretch in its first Final Four appearance, rallying from a 10-point deficit for a program-defining 63-62 victory over the Stanford Cardinal on Sunday night at Conseco Field ... |
Hawking draws big crowd Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT Kyle Nanthkes has seen the entire epic series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. He's read books authored by that famous scientific mind and even has his own theories about time travel. He made the trip from his home in Illinois to the Texas ... |
Hawking draws big crowd Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT Kyle Nanthkes has seen the entire epic series Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. He's read books authored by that famous scientific mind and even has his own theories about time travel. He made the trip from his home in Illinois to the Texas ... |
Police: 2 gave drinks to minors Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:37 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Two 21-year-old men were arrested this weekend after they provided alcohol to minors in College Station bars during unrelated incidents, authorities said. Both were charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor, which is a Class B m ... |
Boehner zeroes in on GOP votes for spending bill Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Sometimes in politics and legislation, whether you win is less important than how you win. That's the dilemma facing House Speaker John Boehner as he tries to round up the votes to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and aver ... |
GOP proposes over $4T in cuts Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A Republican plan for the 2012 budget would cut more than $4 trillion over the next decade, more than even the president's debt commission proposed, with spending caps as well as changes in the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, its ... |
Rescued Libyans detail attacks Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:37 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya -- From makeshift beds inside a cruise-ship-turned-hospital, wounded residents of a besieged Libyan city told Sunday of daily shelling, looting and sniping by Moammar Gadhafi's forces and called for the end of the Libyan ruler's 42- ... |
Libyan rebels seek a civilian democracy Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya -- Libyan rebels want to install a parliamentary democracy in place of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi, one of their top leaders said Sunday, dismissing Western fears that their movement could be hijacked by Islamic extremists.Gadhafi' ... |
Eaglets bring in the fans Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT A live video feed from northeast Iowa with a bird's eye view of eagle eggs hatching has attracted more than 100,000 followers -- so many that the site crashed briefly Saturday after the first eaglet emerged. The camera sponsored by the Raptor Reso ... |
Japan trying to plug leak Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT TOKYO -- Engineers pinned their hopes on chemicals, sawdust and shredded newspaper to stop highly radioactive water pouring into the ocean from Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant Sunday as officials said it will take several months to bring the cr ... |
Heart valves may be fixed sans surgery Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- Cardiologists are reporting a major advance: A long-awaited study suggests that many people with a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, can avoid open-heart surgery and have a new one placed through a tube in an artery instead.Ther ... |
Scholars, scientists on a mission to save Earth Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT CHICHELEY, England -- To the quiet green solitude of an English country estate they retreated, to think the unthinkable. Scientists of earth, sea and sky, scholars of law, politics and philosophy: In three intense days cloistered behind Chicheley ... |
Ivory Coast locals prepare for final battle Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Residents barricaded themselves inside their homes Sunday, blanketing windows and pushing furniture against doors as this country on Africa's western coast tensely awaited the final battle between the two men who claim the p ... |
Adoptions up for HIV-positive kids Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:37 PM PDT The immediate task might be coaxing a toddler into one more swallow of nasty-tasting medication. Longer term, there are tough choices to be made about telling that child -- and the surrounding community -- why those daily doses may be needed for the ... |
Swift, Lambert rule awards show Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- The young women of country ruled The Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night with Taylor Swift winning the prestigious entertainer of the year award and the night's top nominee, Miranda Lambert, taking home a leading four troph ... |
Sheen changes up show Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:36 PM PDT CHICAGO -- After being heckled and booed in Detroit, Charlie Sheen made some changes to his road show Sunday night -- and this time, it ended with a standing ovation.Sheen used a talk show-style format at his Chicago show, with a master of ceremonies ... |
Improving health of Americans Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT By CRAIG BLAKELY Welcome to Public Health Week 2011. Prior to Sept. 11, 2001, most of us thought of public health as the public clinics where many went for immunizations and basic health care. Post- 9/11, we learned that responding to terrorism ev ... |
Letters for April 4 Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Libya is no danger to U.S., so why bomb it? Many people initially looked up to Barack Obama and were eager to see what additions, changes and improvements could be done to help make this country better. I'm not so sure, however, that he's turning ou ... |
Calendar Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar The 2nd Annual Blues, Bluebonnets & BBQ is April 9 at Mance Lipscomb Park, 110 Duke St., Navasota. Don Keese will perform at 3 p.m. followed by David Gerald and Malford Milligan. The event is free. Food and drinks will be avai ... |
Judge's health care ruling is reversed Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:38 PM PDT ATLANTA -- The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department sa ... |
MLB Roundup Posted: 03 Apr 2011 05:49 PM PDT AMERICAN LEAGUE Rangers 5, Red Sox 1: ARLINGTON -- Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz became the first set of teammates to homer in each of the first three games in a season, and Matt Harrison pitched the Texas Rangers to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red ... |
Mickelson wins Masters tuneup in Houston Posted: 03 Apr 2011 11:17 AM PDT HUMBLE -- Phil Mickelson outdueled Scott Verplank on Sunday to win the Houston Open, his first victory since last year's Masters.The win moved Mickelson's world ranking to No. 3, while Tiger Woods dropped to No. 7. It's the first time Mickelson has b ... |
Harvick makes late charge to win at Martinsville Posted: 03 Apr 2011 10:11 AM PDT MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Kevin Harvick overcame an ill-handling car to charge to the front, pass Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the lead and hold on to win at Martinsville Speedway.Earnhardt had taken over the lead with 20 laps to go in Sunday's race with a pass ... |
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