Monday, May 16, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Billy Kennedy is A&M's new men's basketball coach

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:07 PM PDT


Billy Kennedy, head coach at Murray State University for the past five seasons, will be the new men's basketball coach at Texas A&M, according to Director of Athletics Bill Byrne.
"I am very excited to announce that we have hired Billy Kennedy ...

Kennedy named new men's basketball coach at TAMU

Posted: 15 May 2011 12:47 PM PDT

Billy Kennedy, head coach at Murray State University for the past five seasons, will be the new men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M, according to Director of Athletics Bill Byrne.
“I am very excited to announce that we have hired Bil ...

Ellison drops out of runoff, paves way for Schultz in Place 5 CS seat

Posted: 15 May 2011 07:38 AM PDT

College Station City Council candidate Sherry Ellison said Sunday that she is bowing out of a runoff for the Place 5 seat, which means Julie Schultz will be elected to the position.
“I want money to be spent on the current needs of the city, ...

Runoff avoided in College Station City Council race

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT


College Station City Council candidate Julie Schultz didn't like the thought of campaigning for another month after coming just 10 votes shy of winning the Place 5 seat outright.
She was close to receiving the majority of votes in Saturday's elec ...

Police search for CS armed robber

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Police on Sunday were searching for a man in his mid-20s who they say robbed at gunpoint a College Station resident as he walked his dogs.
Investigators said the resident was approached in the 1800 block of Potomac Place at 2 a. ...

Protests staged on Israeli borders

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT


MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights -- Mobilized by calls on Facebook, thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza on Sunday in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 people ...

Endeavour is poised to launch on time Monday

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on hand to watch, the space shuttle Endeavour is poised to give the work week a roaring and historic start Monday morning, overcoming wiring problems that grounded it last month.
Giffor ...

Water creeping into Louisiana towns

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

KROTZ SPRINGS, La. -- Deputies warned people Sunday to get out as Mississippi River water gushing from a floodgate for the first time in four decades crept ever closer to communities in Louisiana Cajun country, slowly filling a river basin like a gia ...

Mexico violence scares off business

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

MCALLEN -- Dozens of Mattel Inc. employees were on their way to another day of work making Power Wheels in Mexico's industrial heartland when gunshots erupted around them and a grenade ripped into one of their buses, killing one worker and wounding f ...

After tornadoes, junk donations a challenge

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Relief officials inundated with donations after the flurry of twisters that killed more than 300 people across the South are sorting through the broken toys and used underwear they don't need while hunting for places to store moun ...

Lawyer: IMF chief says he's innocent

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn's reputation with women earned him the nickname "the great seducer," and not even an affair with a subordinate could knock the International Monetary Fund leader off a political path pointed in the direction of the ...

Al-Qaida taps Web for recruits

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD -- Osama bin Laden cut himself off from direct access to the Internet during his final years in Pakistan as he attempted to elude the CIA. But the terror group he founded has been able to seize the power of the Web to spawn an army of onlin ...

Mars landing sites narrowed down to 4

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES -- After years of poring through images from space and debating where on Mars the next NASA rover should land, it comes down to four choices. Scientists in the close-knit Mars research community get one last chance to make their case this ...

Margarita machine got start in Dallas

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

By MATTHEW HUISMAN
The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON -- He may not have created the first margarita, but Mariano Martinez transformed the drink from a border cantina concoction to the nation's most popular alcoholic beverage with his invention of ...

12 new series join NBC lineup

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- NBC is betting on the Playboy club, Chelsea Handler and a raft of romantic comedies among the dozen new series it has ordered in its latest attempt to come back from a long slump that has made it television's fourth-place broadcast networ ...

Report downgrades growth expectations

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Economists are dialing back their expectations for U.S. economic growth this year.A survey from the National Association for Business Economics predicts GDP will grow 2.8 percent this year -- down from the group's February prediction that ...

Standing room only

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

Nine-year-old Maddie Edge of Tyler watches over the third-base wall at Olsen Field as Texas A&M completed a weekend sweep of Nebraska by beating the Cornhuskers 5-1 on Sunday.

Debates about excellence are healthy

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


By Gov. RICK PERRY
One proven tactic of propaganda is that if you want to distract people from the conversation you should be having, don't be afraid to lie -- and lie big.
The big lie currently making the rounds in Texas is that elected or appo ...

Cattrall among GLAAD honorees

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO -- Kim Cattrall and The Kids Are All Right were among the winners Saturday night at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's 22nd annual Media Awards.The Sex and the City star was honored with the Golden Gate Award, which is ...

Letters for May 16

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT


America doesn't need a 'Trumped' up presidency
If someone had said a few weeks ago that "The Donald" was running for president, I would have fallen out of my chair laughing. I haven't been a Trump fan. He appears to be too flamboyant, egotistical ...

Calendar

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
Registration for the 2011 Texas State Senior Games Championships is open. The games, which will be June 2 to 12 at venues around the area, are for those ages 50 and older. Volunteers needed. www.brazosvalleyseniorgames.org.
Monda ...

Canucks rally to beat Sharks in Game 1

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Defenseman Kevin Bieksa tied it 7:02 into the third period, Henrik Sedin scored on a power play 1:19 later, and the Vancouver Canucks came back to open their first Western Conference final in 17 years with a 3-2 victory ...

Bulls take Game 1 from Heat, 103-82

Posted: 15 May 2011 02:53 PM PDT

CHICAGO -- Derrick Rose scored 28 points, Luol Deng contained LeBron James and the Chicago Bulls struck first in the Eastern Conference finals, pulling away to beat the Miami Heat 103-82 in Game 1 on Sunday night.The Bulls are off to a good start in ...

Choi outlasts Toms in a Players playoff

Posted: 15 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- In a playoff for the first time on the PGA Tour, K.J. Choi conquered an island green and more pressure than he can remember Sunday to win The Players Championship.He won't forget the way it ended -- and neither will David T ...

Durant, Thunder beat Griz to reach West finals

Posted: 15 May 2011 01:08 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Coming off his worst performance in the playoffs, Kevin Durant couldn't get his shots to fall again.Then he caught a glimpse of his mother dancing around during a timeout and, like magic, the ball started going through the net.Duran ...

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