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- Illegal immigrants rally for federal DREAM act'
- Community lays local soldier to rest
- Murder suspect pleads guilty
- Three hospitalized after wreck
- Haze came from north
- A&M mothers' club donates scholarship
- DPS: Rig driver in wreck was on phone
- Parents flock to Aggieland
- Debt limit to be raised
- Obama opposes GOP budget cuts
- Police: Deputy shot by pimp
- Texas could increase speed limits
- Firefighter killed as fires blaze across Texas
- Texas jobless rate drops to 8.1 percent for March
- Severe storms leave many homeless in 2 states
- Livestock Report
- Job increase leads to spending
- Faith calendar
- Letters for April 16
- Calendar
- North Texas source of B-CS haze
- Man charged in terror threat
- Judge tosses Mattel lawsuit related to Bratz case
| Illegal immigrants rally for federal DREAM act' Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT When two bullets tore into Texas A&M student Jose Luis Zelaya's arms, he was only 13 but had seen more than a lifetime's share of anguish. In a dirty, rundown motel room in Guatemala, the Honduran native recalls praying for a life free from vio ...   |
| Community lays local soldier to rest Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT The life of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott Hamilton Burgess was honored Friday by hundreds of Robertson County residents who packed into a church to say goodbye or lined the streets of Franklin and stood in silence holding American flags to show their re ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:07 PM PDT The man who shot and killed a Bryan teen last Mother's Day pleaded guilty Friday to charges of murder and engaging in organized criminal activity. Jonathan Matthew Orta, 22, was sentenced to two 40-year sentences that he will serve concurrently. ... |
| Three hospitalized after wreck Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Two drivers and a pedestrian were hospitalized Friday after a three-vehicle accident in College Station on Friday. The accident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Texas Avenue at its intersection with Brentwo ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT That smoky haze that was hanging over Bryan-College Station late Friday afternoon and early evening could be traced to a fire in Palo Pinto County in North Texas, according to a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Houston. But loca ... |
| A&M mothers' club donates scholarship Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Collin County Texas A&M University Mothers' Club recently pledged $25,000 for an endowed scholarship for the school. The scholarship fund will assist Collin County students with financial aid for up to four years. The ... |
| DPS: Rig driver in wreck was on phone Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The driver of an 18-wheeler who struck a train Wednesday in Leon County was talking on her cell phone at the time, police said Friday. The wreck occurred just after 5 p.m. on F.M. 3, a mile off of U.S. 79 near Marquez. Kathleen S ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT You might notice an abundance of Aggie Mom and Aggie Dad bumper stickers in Aggieland on Saturday. Texas A&M Parents Weekend includes events all over the Bryan-College Station area: The Maroon & White Game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Kyle Field ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama confidently predicted Friday that a divided Congress would raise the nation's borrowing limit to cover the staggering federal debt rather than risk triggering a worldwide recession, but he conceded for the first time ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- In a prelude to a summer showdown with President Barack Obama, Republicans controlling the House pushed to passage on Friday a bold but politically dangerous budget blueprint to slash social safety net programs like food stamps and Medi ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT HOUSTON -- An off-duty Harris County deputy constable was fatally shot earlier this week following an argument with a pimp over money after having had sex with a prostitute, according to court documents made public Friday. Capital murder charges hav ... |
| Texas could increase speed limits Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas drivers would no longer have to slow down for nighttime road trips and some highway speed limits would be increased to 75 mph under legislation approved Friday in the House. The bill, which was approved without opposition, would e ... |
| Firefighter killed as fires blaze across Texas Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT Associated Press GRAHAM, Texas -- Wildfires sweeping across hundreds of thousands of acres in Texas have killed a firefighter, forced hundreds of evacuations and destroyed dozens of homes. Fire officials said late Friday that the blazes spanned ab ... |
| Texas jobless rate drops to 8.1 percent for March Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The unemployment rate in Texas dropped slightly to 8.1 percent in March, marking the first time in four years that the figure has fallen in consecutive months, the state employment agency said Friday. The jobless rate was down from 8.2 p ... |
| Severe storms leave many homeless in 2 states Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT TUSHKA, Okla. -- Destructive storms that tore across the country's midsection left at least nine people dead after smashing uprooted trees into homes in Arkansas and ripping apart the only school in one tiny Oklahoma town, officials said Friday. A ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's April 12 sale: Head: 1,512 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $135-$195; 300-400 lbs., $130-$188; 400-500 lbs., $120-$159; 500-600 lbs., $115-$149; 600-700 lbs., $109-$137.50; 700-800 lbs., $115-$124. Heif ... |
| Job increase leads to spending Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Companies are advertising more job openings than at any time in the past two years, suggesting April will mark a third straight month of strong hiring. The 3.1 million job openings posted in February indicate that businesses are gain ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 PM PDT Saturday * The sisterhood of Congregation Beth Shalom will hold its monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the home of Carol Parzen. The meeting will be a potluck luncheon, and Ruth Clearfield will lead a program on the biblical book of Ruth. For more inf ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:05 PM PDT Do all you can to protect our children By the time you finish reading this, another child will be abused or neglected somewhere in Texas. More than half of those abused will be under the age of 6, and many of them will die at the hands of their abus ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:08 PM PDT SaturdayCLUBSPhotography club field trip. Martha's Bloomers, Navasota. All levels of experience are invited to attend. 936-825-7400, ext. 100 or photoclub@marthasbloomers.com.EVENTSUsed Book Sale, 8 a.m. to noon. Navasota Public Library.22nd Annual B ... |
| North Texas source of B-CS haze Posted: 15 Apr 2011 01:51 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The smoky haze hanging over Bryan-College Station can be attributed to a fire in Palo Pinto County in North Texas, according to officials with the National Weather Service in Houston. Gene Hafele, meteorologist with the NWS, sai ... |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:16 PM PDT DES MOINES, Iowa -- Authorities have accused an Ohio man of threatening terrorism by leaving an expletive-laden message on an Iowa high school's answering machine to force the cancellation of an emergency training drill, authorities said Friday. R ... |
| Judge tosses Mattel lawsuit related to Bratz case Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:15 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A state court judge has tossed a lawsuit by toy giant Mattel Inc. that accuses its rival MGA Entertainment Inc. of fraudulently transferring millions in funds to avoid paying anticipated judgments in litigation over ownership of ... |
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