Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Some rejoice, others show signs of relief

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden, the elusive terror mastermind killed by Navy SEALs in an intense firefight, was hunted down based on information first gleaned years ago from detainees at secret CIA prison sites in Eastern Europe, officials disclosed ...

Bin Laden's death brings closure to couple living in CS

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, College Station resident Debbie Capps was packing her suitcase on the 16th floor of the Marriott World Trade Center when she was startled by the roar an airplane engine followed by the jarring reverberation of an exp ...

Grimes County road and bridge administrator indicted

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

Grimes County Road and Bridge Administrator Scott McKinney was indicted Friday on two counts of misapplication of fiduciary property and two counts of theft by a public servant. The most recent count allegedly occurred on March 31, and the oldest dat ...

War on terror far from over

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Al-Qaida took a major hit with the Sunday killing of Osama bin Laden, but the terror network isn't dead, experts in the Bush School and others said Monday.
"Just because we have the head doesn't mean the war on terror has ended," said Richard Mac ...

Police: 2 robbers on the loose

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:37 AM PDT


Two armed robberies - one inside a Dollar General store in Bryan and the other in a Dollar General parking lot several miles away - don't appear to be related, authorities said.
Bryan police received a report at 11:35 a.m. of an armed robbery that ...

Call leads U.S. to hideout

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:13 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- When one of Osama bin Laden's most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world's most wanted terrorist.
That phone call, recounted Monday by U.S. official, ende ...

Police: CS Man accused of stealing laptop, GPS

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

A 38-year-old College Station man faces a felony charge after he was accused of taking a laptop and a GPS unit from a home.
Charles DeWayne Franklin was charged Monday with theft of property worth less than $1,500 with two or more previous convictio ...

Some doubt leader's death

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Knowing there would be disbelievers, the U.S. says it used convincing means to confirm Osama bin Laden's identity during and after the firefight that killed him. But the mystique that surrounded the terrorist chieftain in life is persis ...

ID on teen who died after Dallas prom, alcohol

Posted: 03 May 2011 01:36 AM PDT


DALLAS -- Dallas police have identified an 18-year-old student who died of apparent alcohol poisoning after attending a prom and ending up at a hotel.
Police say autopsy results are pending on Jonathan Sierra, who went to Dallas Skyline High Schoo ...

Dallas-area teen dies after prom, alcohol related

Posted: 02 May 2011 07:40 AM PDT

DALLAS -- An 18-year-old student who attended a Dallas high school prom and then went to a party with friends has been found dead in a hotel of apparent alcohol poisoning. Dallas police on Monday said an autopsy has been ordered on the youth. His nam ...

Dozens of animals saved in Texas cockfighting ring

Posted: 02 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT

DAYTON -- More than 50 animals have been rescued from an illegal cockfighting ring in Southeast Texas in which a children's party allegedly was used as a cover. Liberty County sheriff's Capt. Rex Evans says the party, complete with a water slide, app ...

World reacts to bin Laden's death

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan -- News of Osama bin Laden's death stirred strong emotions Monday, from a profound sense of relief across much of the globe to outrage among sympathizers who vowed to avenge the al-Qaida leader.Most world leaders welcomed President ...

U.S. questions Pakistan's role

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT


ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- Osama bin Laden made his final stand in a small Pakistani city where three army regiments with thousands of soldiers are based not far from the capital -- a location that is increasing suspicions in Washington that Islamabad ...

Reconstruction to close part of road

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A portion of Marino Road will be closed for reconstruction starting Thursday.
About one mile of the road -- from Texas 21 to Dilly Shaw Tap -- will be closed during the day for 60 to 90 days. Residents and business owners will co ...

Grimes County official indicted on theft charges

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT


A Grimes County grand jury has indicted the county's road and bridge administrator on four charges that include misappropriation of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant.
Grimes County District Attorney Tuck McLain said about two weeks ...

Navy SEAL Team Six a silent killer

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden's death in a ripped-from-a-spy-thriller helicopter raid and firefight gives a storied unit of U.S. special operations forces bragging rights for what has become the most famous covert operation since the Sept. 11 attacks ...

Boyfriend of mom accused in tot's death charged

Posted: 02 May 2011 04:17 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- The boyfriend of a Texas mother accused of suffocating her young daughter nearly a year ago is also being charged in the toddler's death. Lupe Lopez Martinez is being held in Bexar County jail on one count of capital murder. The San An ...

Chrysler has first profit in 7 years

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT


DETROIT -- For the first time in nearly seven years, Detroit's car companies are all making money.
Chrysler, the last of the three to return to profitability, said Monday it earned $116 million in the first quarter on revenue of $13.1 billion. The ...

Jackson doctor trial delayed til Sept. 8

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- The long-awaited trial of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's drug death was delayed Monday for four months, with a judge saying defense lawyers needed additional preparation time to effectively represent their client. Superior Cou ...

Man pleads guilty in 2005 samurai sword slaying

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A man about to start a second trial for the 2005 samurai sword slaying of his sleeping stepfather, whom he had accused of sexually molesting him, pleaded guilty Monday to manslaughter.Zachary Gibian, 24, will be sentenced later thi ...

Army Corps breaks southeast Missouri levee

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

WYATT, Mo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers exploded a large section of a Mississippi River levee Monday in a desperate attempt to protect an Illinois town from rising floodwaters.The corps said the break in the Birds Point levee would help tiny C ...

Letters for May 3

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


5 p.m. Friday is deadline for all election letters
All letters concerning the May 14 city and school elections must reach The Eagle no later than 5 p.m. on Friday. All election letters will run by May 11.
No more than one letter per writer will b ...

Calendar

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Tuesday
CLASSES
Computers 102, 9 to 10:30 a.m. Southwood Community Center. Learn how to use tool bar functions along with formatting/retrieving documents and more. $60. Register: parksweb.cstx.gov or 764-3486.
Genealogy, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Southwood ...

Mavs rally to stun Lakers in Game 1

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:59 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Dirk Nowitzki scored 28 points and hit two go-ahead free throws with 19.5 seconds left before Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant made a crucial turnover, and the Dallas Mavericks rallied for a 96-94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Mond ...

Johnson scores 34 in Hawks' win over Bulls

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:17 PM PDT

CHICAGO -- The Atlanta Hawks stared down Superman and they weren't blinking against the Bulls, either.Joe Johnson scored 34 points and Atlanta beat top-seeded Chicago 103-95 on Monday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.As if the los ...

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