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- Grimes County volunteers a 'blessing' after fire
- Probe to determine if charges needed for fire
- High temperatures prompt statewide appeal for energy conservation
- Wildfire update: Volunteers needed in Grimes County
- Blagojevich jury reaches verdicts on 18 counts
- A&M System looking for an interim chief
- Temporary TAMUS CEO to be named this week
- Temporary TAMUS CEO to be named this week
- Drug arrest made by BPD officers working off-duty
- Busy House OKs health, budget, education bills
- Obama, House leaders meet to discuss debt
- Man with gun surrenders to College Station officers, police say
- Man with child in car charged with DWI
- Wildfire shuts down N.M. nuclear lab
- Texas lawmakers pass weakened airport groping bill
- Texas House passes health care overhaul
- Routine traffic stop by CSPD turns up drugs, guns and cash
- Obama urges new fuel-efficiency goals
- ID on pilot killed in Texas helicopter crash
- Texas House busy as end of special session looms
- Arrest order issued for Gadhafi and crew
- Blagojevich gets convicted at retrial
- Drought means some rivers lower for Texas tubing
- New cribs to meet a higher standard
- Patients get grown blood vessels
| Grimes County volunteers a 'blessing' after fire Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT NAVASOTA -- It's the little things. Like finding your wife's wedding ring among the ashes and rubble of what had been your home for the past 18 years. Carl Dry, 77, said a series of small blessings has kept his spirits high after a fire destroye ...   |
| Probe to determine if charges needed for fire Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT A report detailing what led to the Dyer Mill Fire, compiled by investigators with the Texas Forest Service and Grimes County Sheriff's Office, is expected to be in the hands of the district attorney by the week's end.The Texas Forest Service wrapped ... |
| High temperatures prompt statewide appeal for energy conservation Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT Texas residents are being urged to conserve electricity until 7 p.m. today due to unexpected power outages and above average temperatures. Power experts with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas offer the following tips for saving power: * Av ... |
| Wildfire update: Volunteers needed in Grimes County Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:24 AM PDT Volunteers are needed this week to help sort donations, but also to remove debris from wildfire-ravaged east Grimes County. Officials at First Baptist Church in Navasota — which is the headquarters for donations — said the victims need f ... |
| Blagojevich jury reaches verdicts on 18 counts Posted: 27 Jun 2011 07:25 AM PDT CHICAGO -- More than two years after his arrest while still in office, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will hear the verdict in his corruption retrial Monday, after jurors informed the judge that they had reached agreement on 18 of the 20 count ... |
| A&M System looking for an interim chief Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT A temporary chief of the A&M System will be selected this week as the Board of Regents continues its search for a new chancellor of the 11-university system. Regents have called a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Cen ... |
| Temporary TAMUS CEO to be named this week Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:50 AM PDT A temporary chief of the A&M System will be selected this week as the Board of Regents continues its search for a new chancellor of 11-university system. Regents have called a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center ... |
| Temporary TAMUS CEO to be named this week Posted: 27 Jun 2011 04:50 AM PDT A temporary chief of the A&M System will be selected this week as the Board of Regents continues its search for a new chancellor of 11-university system. Regents have called a special meeting at 9 a.m. Thursday in the Memorial Student Center ... |
| Drug arrest made by BPD officers working off-duty Posted: 27 Jun 2011 02:47 AM PDT A 39-year-old Brenham man was arrested after police said they found him with cocaine and prescription pills at a Bryan apartment parking lot. Tony Manley was jailed Sunday on charges of delivering from one to four grams of a controlled substance, po ... |
| Busy House OKs health, budget, education bills Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas House shook off its previous malaise and sped through key legislation on Monday, approving major budget, education-funding and health care reform bills despite at-times heated debate over cutting schools to the bone. It was a ... |
| Obama, House leaders meet to discuss debt Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plunged into deadlocked negotiations to cut government deficits and raise the nation's debt limit Monday, and the White House expressed confidence a "significant" deal with Republicans could be reached. But both ... |
| Man with gun surrenders to College Station officers, police say Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT College Station police said SWAT and negotiation teams responded to a home late Sunday in response to a report of a suicidal man with a gun. A caller told police about 10 p.m. that a person was attempting to commit suicide with a firearm in a home i ... |
| Man with child in car charged with DWI Posted: 27 Jun 2011 03:54 AM PDT A 30-year-old man faces a felony charge after a Bryan officer said he was driving while intoxicated with a child in the vehicle. Billy Bo Day of Bryan was charged Sunday with the state jail felony, which is punishable by up to two years in jail and ... |
| Wildfire shuts down N.M. nuclear lab Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- Thousands of residents calmly fled Monday from the mesa-top town that's home to the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, ahead of an approaching wildfire that sent up towering plumes of smoke, rained down ash and sparked a spot fire o ... |
| Texas lawmakers pass weakened airport groping bill Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:05 AM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas Senate has passed its version of a bill to criminalize intentional, inappropriate touching during airport security pat-downs.The Senate and House have now passed separate versions of the bill. Both chambers voted Monday to support ... |
| Texas House passes health care overhaul Posted: 27 Jun 2011 06:53 AM PDT AUSTIN -- The Texas House on Monday approved a sweeping health care overhaul that had been held up as Republicans fought among themselves on a provision prohibiting state funding for abortions.It was the first bill approved from a jam-packed legislat ... |
| Routine traffic stop by CSPD turns up drugs, guns and cash Posted: 27 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT A 23-year-old Houston man was released on $41,000 bail Sunday after being arrested on four drug charges and a firearm possession charge. Max Mazy was stopped officers who were responding to a different call and saw his vehicle run over a curb severa ... |
| Obama urges new fuel-efficiency goals Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is telling American automakers that it would like cars and light trucks to average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025 -- a boost to fuel economy that would save consumers money at the pump and help with global warm ... |
| ID on pilot killed in Texas helicopter crash Posted: 28 Jun 2011 12:04 AM PDT GARFIELD -- A retired firefighter has been identified as the pilot killed in a Central Texas helicopter crash.The Department of Public Safety says 60-year-old Steven Titsworth died in the accident Monday afternoon about six miles from Austin-Bergstro ... |
| Texas House busy as end of special session looms Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:21 AM PDT AUSTIN -- After failing to make quorum two days last week, the Texas House is expected to finally get back to work Monday -- and will have a very full plate of legislation to sort through. Hanging in the balance are key budget and hurricane insurance ... |
| Arrest order issued for Gadhafi and crew Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- International judges ordered the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi on Monday for allegedly murdering Libyan civilians who rose up against him, as NATO warplanes pounded his Tripoli compound and world leaders stepped up calls for t ... |
| Blagojevich gets convicted at retrial Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Rod Blagojevich, who rode his talkative everyman image to two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including the incendiary allegation that ... |
| Drought means some rivers lower for Texas tubing Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:21 AM PDT AUSTIN -- A lack of rain has left some Texas rivers lower than usual and made floating along on inner tubes a challenge.Popular tubing spots such as the lower Guadalupe River have seen a drop in business because of the slow-moving water.Kevin Martin, ... |
| New cribs to meet a higher standard Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It's one of the biggest purchases for soon-to-be parents: a crib for baby. Beginning Tuesday, a new generation of cribs, designed to be safer, will be the only ones approved for sale -- in stores, online, and even at neighborhood yard ... |
| Patients get grown blood vessels Posted: 27 Jun 2011 05:00 PM PDT For the first time, scientists have given several diabetic patients blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells.The work is a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use veins and arteries that could be implanted in dialysis patients, ... |
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