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- Event celebrates freedom on Juneteenth
- Back to basics for A&M baseball team's final practice before series
- Back to basics for A&M baseball team's final practice before series
- Emails reveal Strawser, Sandefer relationship
- Drum corps take show to the big screen
- Plants could help humans fight illnesses
- Dads' diets influence kids' habits
- Man jailed after fatal motorcycle wreck
- Meaning of Juneteenth
- Robert Gates' tenure defined by wars
- Food fit for queens
- Anglers head to border lake despite dangers
- Boy goes missing on Lake Somerville
- United cancels, delays flights because of outage
- Obama, Boehner put politics aside for golf
- Speakers, presidents have complex social ties
- Perry treading lightly around 2012 candidacy
- Barack Obama impersonator silenced at GOP event
- The show must go on: Blueprint Theatre keeps students busy
- Be pleasantly surprised by 'The Edge'
- Arts Watch: Brazos Valley TROUPE is ready for you
- Our Neighbors: Texas A&M SRPH
- Our Neighbors: St. Joseph Catholic School
- Our Neighbors: Navasota woman turns 105
- Our Neighbors: Memorial Day flags
| Event celebrates freedom on Juneteenth Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:22 PM PDT Saturday's 100-plus degree heat didn't stop more than 500 people from gathering at Sadie Thomas Park in Bryan to celebrate Juneteenth. The celebrations began at Kemp Elementary School with a parade featuring lowrider cars, people on horseback and ...   |
| Back to basics for A&M baseball team's final practice before series Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT OMAHA, Neb. -- A trio of well-placed bunts by Charlie Curl ended Saturday's practice at Creighton University. A huge smile flashed across the freshman's face when assistant coach Andy Sawyers said Curl beat sophomore Brandon Wood in a bunt-off to e ... |
| Back to basics for A&M baseball team's final practice before series Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT OMAHA, Neb. -- A trio of well-placed bunts by Charlie Curl ended Saturday's practice at Creighton University. A huge smile flashed across the freshman's face when assistant coach Andy Sawyers said Curl beat sophomore Brandon Wood in a bunt-off to e ... |
| Emails reveal Strawser, Sandefer relationship Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT Chummy emails between the father of the man behind a series of controversial higher education reform ideas and Texas A&M regents have been disclosed recently, but Jakie Sandefer also frequently communicated with the university's last Faculty Se ... |
| Drum corps take show to the big screen Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT Drum Corps International is to marching music what the NFL is to high school football. For a few months each summer, about 3,500 high school and college students from more than 15 countries band together to travel the nation and compete against on ... |
| Plants could help humans fight illnesses Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT Next to humans, plants are Texas A&M researcher Libo Shan's favorite life form. They respond to affection and, though they are stationary and can't scream, she's convinced they feel pain like other animals. And now, new research presents them ... |
| Dads' diets influence kids' habits Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT It seems natural to think that mothers have the greatest influence on how a child eats, but Texas A&M researchers have determined otherwise. According to a study by Texas AgriLife, a father's eating habits play a large role in forming children ... |
| Man jailed after fatal motorcycle wreck Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A Houston man was arrested in Burleson County Friday night in connection with an accident that caused the death of a 31-year-old man. The dead man was identified Saturday by the Department of Public Safety as Kristopher Stow of L ... |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT The Eagle asked leaders in the local African-American community about the meaning of Juneteenth: "I believe that the 19th of June should be celebrated by all ethnicities. You have other groups of individuals that have gone through similar time ... |
| Robert Gates' tenure defined by wars Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Several days before Robert Gates took over as defense secretary in December 2006, it struck him that the job's most punishing pressure would not come from the White House, Capitol Hill or inside the Pentagon. From a chance encounter ... |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:24 PM PDT Tennyson Barton, 3, and her sister Eloise, 1, sit near to the newly refurbished crown from the Queen Theater on display at the Brazos Valley Farmers Market on Saturday. The market celebrated its grand opening for the summer season with the Go Texan M ... |
| Anglers head to border lake despite dangers Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:09 PM PDT ZAPATA -- Coy Callison doesn't believe he's risking his life when he steers his speedboat into crystal-clear waters that straddle the Texas-Mexico border, hoping to hook a few monster bass in an area marred with drug violence. His marriage might b ... |
| Boy goes missing on Lake Somerville Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportRescuers were searching on Saturday for a 14-year-old boy from Bryan whose jet ski had tipped over during an afternoon outing on Lake Somerville. The boy's sister was riding the jet ski with him and was not harmed, according to the ... |
| United cancels, delays flights because of outage Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:26 PM PDT CHICAGO -- A five-hour computer outage that virtually shut down United Airlines Friday night and early Saturday is a stark reminder of how dependent airlines have become on technology. Passengers saw their flight information vanish from airport scree ... |
| Obama, Boehner put politics aside for golf Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner put partisanship aside, at least on the golf course, and teamed up to triumph on the final hole Saturday in their long-awaited links outing. The match pitted the political rivals ... |
| Speakers, presidents have complex social ties Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Dwight Eisenhower got along better with Sam Rayburn than with leaders of his own party. Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan would bury political differences after 6 p.m. Newt Gingrich felt snubbed by Bill Clinton on Air Force One. Presiden ... |
| Perry treading lightly around 2012 candidacy Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:25 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- A candidate in waiting, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is elbowing the Republicans already in the 2012 presidential race as he courts party activists, operatives and donors still shopping for someone to back against President Barack Obama. H ... |
| Barack Obama impersonator silenced at GOP event Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:10 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- A Barack Obama impersonator mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls and joked about the real president's biracial roots to a room full of conservative activists Saturday.The Republican Leadership Conference turned the podium over t ... |
| The show must go on: Blueprint Theatre keeps students busy Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Texas A&M Performance Studies is taking on a new summer project -- called Blueprint Theatre -- that it hopes will put the university's performing arts program on the map. "It's a free show for the community, and we want everyone to be a part o ... |
| Be pleasantly surprised by 'The Edge' Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Love old or unusual movies but never know when they're on? Here are several I recommend: The Edge (1997): On paper, this sounds like a pedestrian setup for a movie: Rich older guy is lost in the woods with a younger man, who is probably his wife's ... |
| Arts Watch: Brazos Valley TROUPE is ready for you Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Brazos Valley TROUPE threw a grand party earlier this month and wound up keeping many of the party favors. M.A. Sterling's band of young music makers, singers and actors were mega-award winners at the 16th Annual Texas Nonprofit Theatres Youth Conf ... |
| Our Neighbors: Texas A&M SRPH Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health participated in the recent National Rural Health Association conference in Austin. Dean Craig Blakely spoke at the opening event, which welcomed more than 900 attendees to Texas. ... |
| Our Neighbors: St. Joseph Catholic School Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT St. Joseph Catholic School recently had graduation ceremonies for its senior and kindergarten classes. The senior class of 34 students received acceptances to more than 40 universities and colleges and were awarded more than $2 million in scholarshi ... |
| Our Neighbors: Navasota woman turns 105 Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Annie Viola "Vi" Stutts recently celebrated her 105th birthday at Sheridan of Navasota with a special birthday party in her honor. Live music, friends, family, cake and punch highlighted the event, and Mayor Bert Miller proclaimed June 10 "Annie Viol ... |
| Our Neighbors: Memorial Day flags Posted: 18 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT Members of several local heritage and patriotic groups recently placed flags at the College Station Cemetery to honor veterans as part of Memorial Day festivities. Ellen Marquis Horner, assisted by Bob and Jane Cohen, coordinated the flag placements ... |
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