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- Casting light on abuse
- Bryan turns down private shelter bid
- Space shuttles going to Florida, California, suburban DC
- BV hopes for shuttle scuttled
- Gingrich screens film on pope
- Gingrich's speech at TAMU will be streamed live
- Driver charged with felony pot possession
- Police: Speeder charged with evading arrest
- NASA to send shuttles to Fla., Calif., suburban DC
- Governor to view damage from Texas wildfires
- Simank recovering; should be home soon
- Blinn to offer info on teaching program
- National budget deal would free up money for Texas
- Police: Traffic stop yielded drug arrest
- Texan gets 36 years in prison over death of son, 2
- Big cuts to have little impact
- Volunteer wins a trip to Washington
- Dead twin's DNA helps ID Texas body in barrel
- Bush optimistic about recovery
- 3rd man guilty over 2009 rape of SMU student
- Budget deal would free up $830M in ed funds
- Chance for guns on campus fades
- Governor views damage from wildfires
- Britain begins movement to spread happiness
- A somber Civil War anniversary
| Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Before an audience filled with both survivors of violent crimes and the professionals who help them, an A&M student was honored Tuesday night at the A&M Church of Christ for her volunteer work helping victims of sexual assault in the Brazos ...   |
| Bryan turns down private shelter bid Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT The Bryan City Council voted Tuesday to reject a private company's proposal to operate the city's animal shelter, but made no final decision on who will do that job when the Brazos Animal Shelter moves out of its city-owned building later this year ... |
| Space shuttles going to Florida, California, suburban DC Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:07 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA is giving its retiring space shuttles to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington. Twenty-one museums and visitor centers around the country put in bids for the spaceships. The retiring shuttles ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Workers behind the effort to bring a retired space shuttle to the Brazos Valley were disappointed Tuesday when NASA officials announced Bryan-College Station was not chosen as a location, but they said the hard work was not in vain. The Brazos Va ... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Pope John Paul II's nine-day trip to Poland in 1979 shook the Soviet Union and marked the beginning of the end of the empire, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Tuesday at Texas A&M. "His message that no government ca ... |
| Gingrich's speech at TAMU will be streamed live Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:49 AM PDT Tickets no longer are available for Newt Gingrich’s visit to Texas A&M this evening, but his remarks will be streamed live at georgebushfoundation.org. Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and a possible Republican presidential candidate ... |
| Driver charged with felony pot possession Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:47 AM PDT A 20-year-old driver's failure to stop behind a traffic line led to his arrest on a felony marijuana charge, according to an officer's report. Dexter Tremaybe Pratt of College Station was jailed Tuesday on a charge of possession of from four ounces ... |
| Police: Speeder charged with evading arrest Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT A 27-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge of evading police for failing to stop when an officer attempted to pull him over for speeding, authorities said.William Grant Beene was charged Monday with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle.A Col ... |
| NASA to send shuttles to Fla., Calif., suburban DC Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:29 AM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-fligh ... |
| Governor to view damage from Texas wildfires Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT LUBBOCK -- Gov. Rick Perry was headed to West Texas on Tuesday to view areas devastated by wildfires that have blackened tens of thousands of acres, destroyed dozens of homes and left one firefighter critically injured. Perry will visit a staging ... |
| Simank recovering; should be home soon Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A local business owner will get to go home Thursday after a monthlong stay at St. Joseph's Regional Health Center, where he was being treated for massive internal injuries. Buppy Simank, owner of Buppy's Catering in Bryan, was ru ... |
| Blinn to offer info on teaching program Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Information about Blinn College's Teacher Education Alternative Certification Host program will be available at the school's four campuses in late April and early May. The program is for bachelor's degree holders with a solid fo ... |
| National budget deal would free up money for Texas Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:27 AM PDT AUSTIN -- A deal on the federal budget would remove the strings attached to $883 million in stimulus funds for Texas.If passed into law as expected later this week, the bill would remove a requirement that Gov. Rick Perry use the funds to supplement ... |
| Police: Traffic stop yielded drug arrest Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A 20-year-old driver's failure to stop behind a traffic line led to his arrest on a felony marijuana charge, according to an officer's report. Dexter Tremaybe Pratt of College Station was jailed Tuesday on a charge of possession ... |
| Texan gets 36 years in prison over death of son, 2 Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:09 AM PDT MCKINNEY -- A North Texas man who told a 911 dispatcher that he ignored "voices in his head" that tried to stop him from killing his toddler son is going to prison for the death. The Dallas Morning News reports 35-year-old Toby Kristopher Payne of Al ... |
| Big cuts to have little impact Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It's touted as the biggest one-time rollback of domestic spending ever, but most folks will be hard-pressed to notice. After all, it's just 1 percent of what the government will lay out this year. The number of security officers at ... |
| Volunteer wins a trip to Washington Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Ron Schmidt was selected to represent the Brazos Valley in Washington, D.C., this June as the nominee for the National Jefferson Awards. Schmidt was among four locals who won the distinction, narrowed from a field of 15 nominees. ... |
| Dead twin's DNA helps ID Texas body in barrel Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:27 AM PDT HOUSTON -- DNA from a Houston woman slain in 1990 has helped identify her twin sister, whose body was found in a barrel.The Harris County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday announced a body discovered Oct. 21 at the home of paroled convicted killer Dennis R ... |
| Bush optimistic about recovery Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT DALLAS -- Former President George W. Bush said Tuesday that he is optimistic the United States can achieve 4 percent gross domestic product growth. "Those who think America's days of economic greatness are over are wrong in my judgment. Obviously ... |
| 3rd man guilty over 2009 rape of SMU student Posted: 13 Apr 2011 12:28 AM PDT DALLAS -- The final defendant has been convicted over the 2009 abduction and rape of a Southern Methodist University foreign exchange student.The penalty phase was scheduled Wednesday in Dallas for 29-year-old Alfonso Armendariz Zuniga. He was convic ... |
| Budget deal would free up $830M in ed funds Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:03 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The federal budget deal negotiated to avoid a government shutdown would remove the strings a Democratic congressman had attached to $830 million in funds for public education in Texas. If passed into law as expected later this week, the ... |
| Chance for guns on campus fades Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Two months ago, Texas looked ready to allow concealed handguns in college classrooms. Lawmakers lined up to sponsor a bill, pistol-packing Gov. Rick Perry supported it and gun control activists had all but conceded defeat.Then students and ... |
| Governor views damage from wildfires Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- Gov. Rick Perry took to the air Tuesday to survey some of the ravaged counties of West Texas devastated by wildfires that have blackened tens of thousands of acres, destroyed dozens of homes and left one firefighter critically injured. ... |
| Britain begins movement to spread happiness Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:01 PM PDT LONDON -- Is there a science of happiness? A growing band of economists, politicians and academics thinks so -- and is putting theory into practice by starting a "mass movement for a happier society." Action for Happiness launched Tuesday in Londo ... |
| A somber Civil War anniversary Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:00 PM PDT CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Booming cannons, plaintive period music and hushed crowds ushered in the 150th anniversary of America's bloodiest war Tuesday, a commemoration that continues to underscore a racial divide that had plagued the nation since before t ... |
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