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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Police officer opens fire; 2 hurt

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


A 20-year-old Bryan man remained in critical condition Friday after he was shot several times by a Bryan police officer who was responding to report of a suspicious person at a convenience store on North Texas Avenue.
One of the officer's bullets ...

Injured officer recalls crash

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Officer Tracy Sheets testified Friday that she didn't have much time to react the night a Maserati traveling 80 mph slammed into the patrol car she was driving."I remember seeing headlights, and starting the thought that, 'That vehicle is moving fast ...

A&M vice provost to vacate position

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Texas A&M's vice provost for academic affairs soon will leave his post, officials said Friday.
J. Martyn Gunn will return to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as a biochemistry professor, Texas A&M Provost Karan Watson announce ...

A&M releases revised report

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Texas A&M has released another version of the controversial document that aimed to measure the financial costs and benefits of a faculty member, this time without the much-criticized bottom-line numbers in red and black that one would see on a ...

Political sign violations fixed

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


College Station school board candidate James Lancaster omitted an important preposition on his campaign signs, but he's been adding a "for" to ensure they meet state guidelines.
Lancaster, who is seeking the Place 6 seat on the board against Kimbe ...

A&M coffee shop gets splash of color

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


The new flowery splash of color in Azimuth Coffee Shop could jump start any Aggie's day even before the caffeine kicks in.
Artist-in-residence Elena Manferdini designed a computer-aided architectural art piece for the wall of the coffee shop in t ...

Fugitive arrested during raid on home

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Several area law enforcement agencies apprehended a 25-year-old fugitive in Burleson County Friday who was able to evade arrest on April 25, officials said.
Robert Bryan Field Jr. of Bryan was arrested on a motion to revoke proba ...

Fugitive arrested during raid on home

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Several area law enforcement agencies apprehended a 25-year-old fugitive in Burleson County Friday who was able to evade arrest on April 25, officials said.
Robert Bryan Field Jr. of Bryan was arrested on a motion to revoke proba ...

Immigration plan derailed

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- House Democrats temporarily derailed a key GOP-backed plan Friday night that aimed to crack down on illegal immigration in Texas by requiring local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
After more than three hours of heated debate, ...

Bill lets private schools in UIL with big limits

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT


AUSTIN -- The Texas Senate voted to allow private schools onto the University Interscholastic League playing fields with two major exceptions -- football and basketball.
The Senate voted 22-7 Friday to allow private schools to join the public scho ...

Al-Qaida says it will retaliate

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT


CAIRO -- Al-Qaida confirmed the killing of Osama bin Laden Friday and vowed revenge, saying Americans' "happiness will turn to sadness" in the first statement by the terror network since its leader was slain in a U.S. commando raid against his Paki ...

Obama meets, honors mission team

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT


FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Brimming with pride, President Barack Obama on Friday met and honored the U.S. commandos he sent after terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, saluting them on behalf of America and the world and capping an extraordinary week for t ...

Details surface about bin Laden

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's military paints a far different picture than the United States of Osama bin Laden's final days: not the terror mastermind still trying to strike America, but an aging terrorist hiding in barren rooms, short of money and strugg ...

Companies are on a hiring spree

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- American companies are on a hiring spree. Businesses delivered a jolt of strength to the economy by creating 268,000 jobs in April, the biggest monthly total in more than five years. The gains were solid across an array of industries, e ...

Shuttle launch delayed until May 16

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The next-to-last space shuttle flight has been delayed again, this time to at least the middle of May for extra electrical tests.
Mission managers decided Friday that shuttle Endeavour would blast off no earlier than May 16 ...

Kabbalah center to aid in tax probe

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- The Kabbalah Centre, a proponent of Jewish mysticism that has attracted Madonna and other celebrities, said Friday it will cooperate with a government tax investigation.
The nonprofit Los Angeles-based center and one of its charitie ...

99-year-old leads exercise classes at senior center

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

By VINCENT T. DAVIS
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- With a deep breath, the aerobics instructor at the Waterford at Thousand Oaks led his 14-member class through stretches from a hard-back chair.
"All right, let's start our exercises," he ...

A sneak peek at the circus

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Johnson Elementary kindergartner Jackson Petty, 6, watches as a trio of elephants scarf down a breakfast of bread, bananas, carrots and apples during an Elephant Brunch at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus Friday. The youngsters got a c ...

Coach Blair gives back

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:06 PM PDT

Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair congratulates Special Olympian Willie Keyser on his golf shot Friday during a golf clinic at the 8th Annual Coach Blair Charities Celebrity Golf Classic at Traditions Golf Club.

A&M vice provost to leave post

Posted: 06 May 2011 07:42 AM PDT

Texas A&M’s vice provost for academic affairs soon will leave his post, officials said Friday.
J. Martyn Gunn will return to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as a biochemistry professor, Texas A&M Provost Karan Watson anno ...

A&M re-releases controversial financial data

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:41 AM PDT


Texas A&M has released another version of the controversial document that aimed to measure the financial costs and benefits of a faculty member, this time without the much-criticized bottom-line numbers in red and black that one would see on a ...

Religion Notes

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Saturday
* St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 2541 Texas 6 in College Station, will hold Our Lady's Brunch for females ages 8 and up from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The theme will be "Following in Mary's Footsteps ... Becoming Women of Virtue." The catered ...

Letters for May 7

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT

CS council not guilty of doing anything wrong
Why is a very small group so intent on removing from office the mayor of College Station and two council members? On signs, in campaign leaflets and letters, the council members stand accused of buying r ...

Calendar

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Saturday
EVENTS
March of Dimes March for Babies, 8 a.m. Wolf Pen Creek Amphitheater. Recruiting corporate and family teams. 846-3470.
Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show, 8 a.m. Welch Park at Lake Somerville. $20 entry fee. Showtime is from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

Police: 2 men critical after police-related shooting; names released

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:07 AM PDT

A man being pursued by police and a construction worker who happened to be nearby were in critical condition Friday afternoon with gunshot wounds, hours after authorities said a Bryan officer discharged his weapon during a struggle with the suspect.
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