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Bin Laden killed by U.S. raid at mansion

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden -- the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans -- was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.
"Justice has been ...

Osama bin Laden dead

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:07 PM PDT


WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, officials said late Sunday.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation on the developmen ...

At Northgate, cheers and disbelief at bin Laden's death

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:49 PM PDT


Like many in Northgate on Sunday night, Texas A&M junior Mitch Pace had lived nearly half his life during the search for Osama bin Laden.
And he had a hard time believing the news that the terrorist mastermind was actually dead.
"I perceived ...

Obama's remarks on killing of Osama bin Laden

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Text of remarks by President Barack Obama Sunday night announcing the killing of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, as transcribed by the White House.
Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that th ...

Timeline: Osama bin Laden

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

1957: Born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; family originally from Yemen
1986: Establishes Al Masadah (means the Lion's Den), a training camp for Persian Gulf Arabs. Starts associating with Egyptian radicals, advocating a global jihad beyond Afghanistan.
1 ...

Man charged with robbery, choking ex-girlfriend

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

A 20-year-old man was charged with robbery and assault on Sunday after his ex-girlfriend told police he tried to choke her and then took her purse.
The 21-year-old woman said she had come to the Parkway Circle Apartments in College Station to return ...

Americans gather joyfully to mark bin Laden death

Posted: 02 May 2011 01:20 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- Joyous at the release of a decade's frustration, Americans streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the White House and smaller but no less jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Lade ...

Beloved A&M professor gives final lesson

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Dressed in a rented tuxedo for the first time since a daughter was married 17 years ago, Doug Slack stared out his Nagle Hall office window and wiped a tear from his eye.
The Texas A&M wildlife and fisheries sciences professor arrived an hour ea ...

12-year-old suicide bomber kills 4 in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- On the first day of its promised spring offensive, the Taliban used a 12-year-old boy as a suicide bomber in an attack Sunday that killed four civilians, President Hamid Karzai said, calling the child's recruitment inhumane and ...

Israel mourns 6 million Holocaust victims in annual ceremony

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT


JERUSALM -- Israel's prime minister warned Sunday that the nation must not dismiss Iran's threats to its existence, drawing a parallel at a ceremony in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust of World War II, a mass murder that ...

Genetically altered mosquitoes may be next step in malaria fight

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- Malaria, a parasitic disease transmitted by mosquito bites, has resisted insecticides, mosquito netting and other eradication efforts. Recently, a team of scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Washington in Seat ...

Bush hails bin Laden death as victory for America

Posted: 02 May 2011 12:15 AM PDT

DALLAS -- Former President George W. Bush has congratulated President Barack Obama and heralded the servicemen and women involved in the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.Bush was in power nearly 10 years ago when agents from bin Laden's al-Qaida n ...

Police: Man kicked officer, damaged police car

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

A Bryan man who police say kicked an officer and then a police car window when he was handcuffed was held on $25,000 bond Sunday, according to records.
Gabriel Cadena was arrested after Bryan police responded to the Pop a Top Bar on the 400 block o ...

Childhood obesity ads receive heavy backlash

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

The images are striking: Overweight boys and girls staring somberly from billboards and online videos, real-life embodiments of the blunt messages alongside."Chubby kids may not outlive their parents," for example. Or: "Big bones didn't make me this ...

Scientists study causes of itching

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

ST. LOUIS -- Inside a lab at Washington University School of Medicine, researchers inject a protein into the spine of a mouse. For the next 30 minutes, without anything touching its skin, the mouse feverishly grooms and scratches.
"You can actually ...

NASA: Bad fuse box to keep shuttle grounded

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's space shuttles are dragging their tails toward retirement.The high-profile voyage of Endeavour -- the next-to-last space shuttle flight led by the husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords -- is off until at least next ...

'Hotshots' fire crew brings expertise to Texas

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT


FORT DAVIS -- In firefighting circles, they are considered the best of the best. Hotshots, they're called -- a specially trained assortment of federal firefighters tasked with battling the most stubborn blazes in the most rugged terrain.
Armed wit ...

'Fast Five' races to top spot finish

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Fast Five has left the competition in the dust with an $83.6 million debut to grab the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Universal Pictures' fifth movie in The Fast and the Furious franchise ...

Pope beatifies John Paul before millions

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY -- Some 1.5 million pilgrims flooded Rome Sunday to watch Pope John Paul II move a step closer to sainthood in one of the largest Vatican Masses in history, an outpouring of adoration for a beloved and historic figure after years marred ...

Mideast roundup

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:14 PM PDT

The latest developments in Arab world's unrest.
Syria
The Syrian military intensifies its assault on Daraa, the besieged city at the center of the country's uprising. Defiant residents who have been pinned down in their homes for nearly a week stru ...

Letters for May 2

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Thanks for support of deli fund raiser
On behalf of the Congregation Beth Shalom, I want to express my gratitude to the Bryan-College Station community for its generous support of our recent Deli-on-the-Brazos boxed-lunch fund raising event, held ...

Shea scores winner for FC Dallas against Galaxy

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT

FRISCO -- Brek Shea scored in the 87th minute to lift FC Dallas to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday in a game delayed for more than an hour because of lightning.The game was stopped in the 83rd minute and most of the announced crowd of ...

Round 1 to Wade and the Heat, 99-90 over Celtics

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade knew his regular-season numbers against Boston were lacking.He also knew that wouldn't matter in the playoffs.And Game 1 -- which seemed more like Round 1 -- of what's already an emotionally charged series went to Wade and the Mi ...

Lecavalier leads Lightning past Caps 3-2 in OT

Posted: 01 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Vincent Lecavalier did Alex Ovechkin one better. Now Lecavalier's streaking Tampa Bay Lightning are halfway to eliminating Ovechkin's top-seeded Washington Capitals.Lecavalier scored his second goal of the game 6:19 into overtime, and t ...

Harrison roughed up again, Rangers lose to A's 7-2

Posted: 01 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Even after left-hander Matt Harrison struggled for a third straight start, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has no plans to alter his rotation.After watching his team's shaky defense fall apart again, Washington has bigger issu ...

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