Monday, April 4, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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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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