Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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A&M's Mays Business School delivers backpacks full of fun

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT


Nine-year-old Isabel Kitchen smiled on Wednesday as she walked away with a new backpack filled with books, games and other activities to keep her mind sharp when school's on break.
"It's exciting that they all came here to give us something specia ...

A&M's Mays Business School delivers backpacks full of fun

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT


Nine-year-old Isabel Kitchen smiled on Wednesday as she walked away with a new backpack filled with books, games and other activities to keep her mind sharp when school's on break.
"It's exciting that they all came here to give us something specia ...

A&M's Mays Business School delivers backpacks full of fun

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT


Nine-year-old Isabel Kitchen smiled on Wednesday as she walked away with a new backpack filled with books, games and other activities to keep her mind sharp when school's on break.
"It's exciting that they all came here to give us something specia ...

'Solutions' face alumni hostility

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


The chairman of the A&M System Board of Regents said he's a supporter of a series of "breakthrough solutions" to higher education, a day after a group of 22 prominent alumni released an open letter in opposition to them.
"Higher education is ...

'Solutions' face alumni hostility

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


The chairman of the A&M System Board of Regents said he's a supporter of a series of "breakthrough solutions" to higher education, a day after a group of 22 prominent alumni released an open letter in opposition to them.
"Higher education is ...

Witness: Driver was warned not to speed

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Josh Rhine testified in the 85th District Court on Wednesday he was "amazed" that Alex Taylor Ford wasn't stopped by police on their way to a friend's home from the Northgate bars while traveling along Wellborn Road during the early morning hours o ...

Obama will not release photo of bin Laden

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:50 AM PDT


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says the White House will not release a photo of Osama bin Laden's body.
Obama made the remarks during an interview Wednesday with CBS' "60 Minutes."
The White House had been weighing the release of a photo, i ...

CS residents a click away from complaints

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Frustrated that your neighbor won't mow his lawn? Now there's an app for that.
College Station has launched a new online program, SeeClickFix, that makes it easy for residents to alert their city government to non-emergency problems.
It works l ...

Body of man who drowned in Lake Somerville found

Posted: 04 May 2011 06:59 AM PDT

The body of a Cypress man who fell off a personal watercraft in Lake Somerville over the weekend has been found.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office said Walter Castillo, 38, was reported missing about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.
His body was found about ...

Circus ready to wow Reed guests

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


For Erwin Urias, riding his custom TT-R125 Yamaha at about 50 mph in a 16-foot diameter steel cage is more than a thrill.
It's in his blood.
Urias, 41, said his grandfather is one of the originators of the act, and his father rode for more than ...

Circus ready to wow Reed guests

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


For Erwin Urias, riding his custom TT-R125 Yamaha at about 50 mph in a 16-foot diameter steel cage is more than a thrill.
It's in his blood.
Urias, 41, said his grandfather is one of the originators of the act, and his father rode for more than ...

Tending to hearts in BV

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


During the seventh annual "Go Red for Women Luncheon" Wednesday, organizers reminded those in attendance of why they were there, dressed in red, sitting down for a weekday lunch in a hotel banquet hall: Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of Am ...

Tending to hearts in BV

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


During the seventh annual "Go Red for Women Luncheon" Wednesday, organizers reminded those in attendance of why they were there, dressed in red, sitting down for a weekday lunch in a hotel banquet hall: Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of Am ...

Aerofit buys 2 new locations

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Aerofit Health and Fitness Center has purchased two new fitness centers in Bryan-College Station and plans to open another next year.
Larry Isham and Kathy Langlotz, the owners of Aerofit, on April 1 took over operations of Anytime Fitness club, w ...

Aerofit buys 2 new locations

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Aerofit Health and Fitness Center has purchased two new fitness centers in Bryan-College Station and plans to open another next year.
Larry Isham and Kathy Langlotz, the owners of Aerofit, on April 1 took over operations of Anytime Fitness club, w ...

Click it or Ticket to begin this month

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:10 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportClick it or Ticket, a campaign credited with reducing traffic fatalities over the last decade, will begin on May 23 and run until June 5. That means law enforcement officers will be on the lookout for those breaking seat belt laws a ...

Cowboys PR woman sues companies over 2009 collapse

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:44 AM PDT

DALLAS -- A Dallas Cowboys spokeswoman claims in a lawsuit that she suffered undisclosed injuries when the team's practice facility collapsed two years ago.Jancy Briles, a member of the team's public relations staff and the daughter of Baylor footbal ...

Hopes fade for missing Mexico miners

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:07 AM PDT

SAN JUAN DE SABINAS, Mexico -- Rescue workers said Wednesday there is little hope that nine missing miners have survived a coal mine explosion that killed at least five people in northern Mexico.The gas explosion that ripped through the primitive, ve ...

New Mexico trial begins in swastika branding case

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:03 AM PDT

FARMINGTON, N.M. -- A man charged with branding a Nazi symbol into the arm of a developmentally disabled Navajo man is to be the first of three defendants to go on trial in the New Mexico case. Prosecutors have charged William Hatch, 29, whose trial ...

State launches 10th annual seat-belt campaign

Posted: 04 May 2011 11:31 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Law enforcement officers from across the state will join officials from the Texas Department of Transportation in San Antonio to open the 10th annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign to promote the use of seat belts.They'll all appear at ...

Photos of bin Laden's body to remain classified

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama ordered grisly photographs of Osama bin Laden in death sealed from public view on Wednesday, declaring, "We don't need to spike the football" in triumph after this week's daring middle-of-the-night raid. The ter ...

Tribe wants apology for Geronimo code name

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Geronimo was known as a legendary Apache warrior whose ability to walk without leaving footprints allowed him to evade thousands of Mexican and U.S. soldiers, much like Osama bin Laden evaded capture for the past decade.But for Native Americans, the ...

Why was the U.S. so off on bin Laden's location?

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:09 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The dramatic raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in a Pakistani suburb this week capped a decade-long manhunt, but it also revealed just how wrong the U.S. had been about where the world's most wanted terrorist was hiding.Time and again, ...

Intel back in the game with new chip

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it has redesigned the electronic switches on its chips so that computers can keep getting cheaper and more powerful.The switches, known as transistors, have typically been flat. By adding a third dimen ...

Senate GOP passes budget alone

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:12 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- Republicans pushed the next two-year budget through the Texas Senate on Wednesday by using a loophole to bypass Democrats, clearing the path for negotiations to begin with the House on the $176.5 billion spending plan.
After a week of de ...

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