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- Councilmember's husband tied to hired plane
- New heart pump getting raves
- Wallis receives a warm welcome
- Brazos County moving forward with renovations
- Marquez man dies in Leon County wreck
- CS school board honors educators
- $11K granted to fight B-CS obesity
- New details emerge about raid to get Osama bin Laden
- 'War Torn' screening planned for Saturday
- Extra $1.2B found for Texas budget
- Senate OKs voting district map
- Autopsy shows Houston man was shot, cut up
- Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer
- New entrance ramp opens on F.M. 2154
- Autopsy shows Houston man shot before dismembered
- Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer
- Guatemala hunting for killers
- Senate blocks bill repealing $2B in oil tax breaks
- Iraqi militia attacks grow as U.S. discusses staying
- Gadhafi loses oil official
- Pakistan protests after incident
- Mississippi River closed to business
- No more snow days?
- Schwarzenegger claims child as his
| Councilmember's husband tied to hired plane Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT A campaign donation made last week by a sitting councilmember's husband to SaveWellborn.org was for the same amount that was spent purchasing a seven-foot airplane banner that flew over College Station on Saturday in support of the recall election. ...   |
| Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Gwen Sweatt, 72, was in a situation she described as "hopeless" not long ago. The resident of Morgan's Point Resort, located on Belton Lake, was in need of a lung transplant, but there was significant blockage in her heart that made her a less-th ... |
| Wallis receives a warm welcome Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT The prospect of change in the Bryan school district has people excited, at least judging from the comments of those who turned out Tuesday evening for a meet-and-greet with incoming superintendent Thomas Wallis. The Bryan ISD Education Foundation ... |
| Brazos County moving forward with renovations Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT The Brazos County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved moving ahead with plans to advertise a request for proposals from contractors interested in completing Phase III renovations on the courthouse. Commissioner Kenny Mallard said a timeline doesn ... |
| Marquez man dies in Leon County wreck Posted: 17 May 2011 01:48 AM PDT A 47-year-old man died after he drove his truck off the road in Leon County Monday afternoon, officials said.Scotty Dwaine Hancock of Marquez died at the scene of the accident, about 2.5 miles west of Centerville on Texas 7, according to the Texas De ... |
| CS school board honors educators Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Rick Hill may be retiring from Cypress Grove Intermediate, but as long as the College Station school district will have him he'll continue to be the public voice for district graduations and athletic events. "I mean literally, I've devoted my life ... |
| $11K granted to fight B-CS obesity Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Four area entities were awarded $11,000 through program grants created to promote active lifestyles and prevent obesity. The recipients include The Children's Museum of the Brazos Valley, the city of College Station, the Bryan-C ... |
| New details emerge about raid to get Osama bin Laden Posted: 17 May 2011 04:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- Those who planned the secret mission to get Osama bin Laden in Pakistan knew it was a one-shot deal, and it nearly went terribly wrong. The U.S. deliberately hid the operation from Pakistan, and predicted that national outrage over t ... |
| 'War Torn' screening planned for Saturday Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A Bryan Veterans of Foreign Wars post is showing a war documentary as part of "Armed Forces Day" on Saturday. The event will be held at 11 a.m. at VFW Post 4692 at 794 Harvey Mitchell Parkway and is open to the public. The movie, ... |
| Extra $1.2B found for Texas budget Posted: 17 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas -- Lawmakers will have an additional $1.2 billion to spend over the next two years, Comptroller Susan Combs told state leaders Tuesday. The revised revenue estimate will ease pressure on legislators working to craft a budget compromise ... |
| Senate OKs voting district map Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas Senate approved on Tuesday a map of new voting districts for the 31-member chamber that has prompted complaints from Democrats that the redrawn divisions would disenfranchise their voters. The map is mostly incumbent-friendly, but ... |
| Autopsy shows Houston man was shot, cut up Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A man whose headless body was found outside a vacant Houston house was fatally shot in the head before his body was dismembered, a medical examiner's office said Tuesday. Police discovered the head and an arm of Marlon Thomas, 35, Sunda ... |
| Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer Posted: 17 May 2011 02:11 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced th ... |
| New entrance ramp opens on F.M. 2154 Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportThe new entrance ramp that allows drivers on F.M. 2154 to travel west on F.M. 2818 was opened to traffic for the first time this week.Those traveling north on F.M. 2154 will no longer be able to make a left turn onto F.M. 2818 west. ... |
| Autopsy shows Houston man shot before dismembered Posted: 17 May 2011 05:48 AM PDT HOUSTON -- A Texas medical examiner says a man whose headless body was found outside a vacant house in Houston died from a gunshot wound to the head.Police found the head and dismembered body of 35-year-old Marlon Thomas on Sunday evening. They have ... |
| Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer Posted: 17 May 2011 02:11 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced th ... |
| Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT SAN BENITO, Guatemala -- President Alvaro Colom oversaw hundreds of Guatemalan soldiers and police in a house-by-house search Tuesday for the killers of 27 cattle ranch workers, while schools and businesses shut down in the terrified jungle town. ... |
| Senate blocks bill repealing $2B in oil tax breaks Posted: 17 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Senate blocked a bill Tuesday that would repeal about $2 billion a year in tax breaks for the five biggest oil companies, a Democratic response to $4-a-gallon gasoline that might fare better when Congress and the White House nego ... |
| Iraqi militia attacks grow as U.S. discusses staying Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT BAGHDAD -- American forces are facing an increasingly dangerous environment in southern Iraq, where Shiite militias trying to claim they are driving out the U.S. occupiers have stepped up attacks against bases and troops. The uptick in violence se ... |
| Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Another high-ranking Libyan official has defected and fled the country amid a widening NATO campaign of bombings as well as leafletting and other psychological warfare to persuade Moammar Gadhafi's troops to stop fighting. Shukri ... |
| Pakistan protests after incident Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's military said Tuesday its ground forces exchanged fire with a NATO helicopter in another possible flashpoint with Washington, but also claimed it arrested a senior al-Qaida operative following U.S. demands for "actions, not ... |
| Mississippi River closed to business Posted: 17 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard closed the swollen Mississippi River north of New Orleans on Tuesday, halting cargo vessels on the nation's busiest waterway in the latest effort to reduce pressure from rising floodwaters. The 15-mile closure at Nat ... |
| Posted: 17 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT PARKVILLE, Mo. -- Could the Internet mean the end of snow days? Some schools think so, and they are experimenting with ways for students to do lessons online during bad weather, potentially allowing classes to go on during even the worst blizzard."Vi ... |
| Schwarzenegger claims child as his Posted: 17 May 2011 05:00 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has acknowledged that he fathered a child with a member of his household staff, a revelation that apparently prompted wife Maria Shriver to leave the couple's home before they announced th ... |
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