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- Fourth of July in B-CS
- State police gear up for 'no refusal'
- Police: Driver attempted to ingest cocaine
- Fred Brown's seat draws a crowd
- Former A&M System chancellor Mike McKinney ends turbulent run
- Man charged with DWI with two children
- Woman charged with cutting man
- Loan offered to save homes
- Kids learning to be a hero
- Economic recovery weakest since 1930s
- Court: Gov. Rick Perry security records can stay secret
- Documents show feds grilled former BP head Tony Hayward
- Libya's Moammar Gadhafi threatens Europe
- Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed without bail, charges stand
- Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed without bail, charges stand
- Walker County jail escapee caught near Houston
- Mexican artists address violence on canvas, stage
- U.S. allows more travel to Cuba
- Los Alamos wildfire threatens sacred lands
- U.S. auto sales up in June, but Japan still hurting
- 'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public
- Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger
- Prince William and Kate to arrive in Los Angeles next week
- Faith calendar
- Celebrate religious freedom this Independence Day
| Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT The Brazos Valley isn't letting the drought get in the way of fun and celebration for Independence Day. Parades, barbecue, swimming and other activities have been planned for the weekend and through July 4th. Even though there will not be any t ...   |
| State police gear up for 'no refusal' Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:23 PM PDT Texas law agencies have banded together this Fourth of July weekend for the first statewide "no refusal" weekend. Any driver pulled over for suspicion of drinking and driving will be required to give a breath or blood sample. Brian Baker, an assi ... |
| Police: Driver attempted to ingest cocaine Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:16 AM PDT A 32-year-old man was arrested after police said he attempted to hide cocaine by eating it and tossing a bag with the drug out a vehicle window. Charles Earl Adkins was charged Thursday with tampering with physical evidence, possession of less than ... |
| Fred Brown's seat draws a crowd Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT The list of candidates seeking Fred Brown's newly relinquished seat in the Texas House of Representatives grew to three on Friday, with a handful of others still seriously considering a run. The latest person to declare is Rebecca Boenigk, CEO of ... |
| Former A&M System chancellor Mike McKinney ends turbulent run Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:22 PM PDT This week marked an era's end as Mike McKinney retired after five often-tumultuous years at the helm of the 120,000-student Texas A&M University System, one of the largest educational institutions in the country. Like much of his tenure -- at ... |
| Man charged with DWI with two children Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT A 46-year-old Temple man was charged Friday with driving while intoxicated with two children in his vehicle. It was the second time Rosalio Salinas was charged with DWI with a child under 15 years old. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper sa ... |
| Woman charged with cutting man Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:58 AM PDT A 38-year-old Bryan woman faces a felony charge after being accused of cutting a man over his eye. Chanin Christine Lindgren was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A Bryan officer said he was called to a home on Gainer Str ... |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT Texans who are in danger of losing their homes due to financial hardship can apply for an interest-free loan from the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program totaling up to $50,000 over the course of two years. "We will pay as much of the mortgage as w ... |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT Felix Yang (foreground), 9, aims at a target with a fire extinguisher Friday as Bryan Firefighter Gerald Burnett helps Kyle Buenger, 4, while participating in the Brazos Valley Children's Museum's Be a Hero Camp. The camp gave children a chance to le ... |
| Economic recovery weakest since 1930s Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- This is one anniversary few feel like celebrating. Two years after economists say the Great Recession ended, the recovery has been the weakest and most lopsided of any since the 1930s. After previous recessions, people in all income ... |
| Court: Gov. Rick Perry security records can stay secret Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry's safety concerns trump public records law and details from his travel expense records for his security force can be kept secret, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. Perry and the Texas Department of Public Safety have ... |
| Documents show feds grilled former BP head Tony Hayward Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. -- Under questioning from the Justice Department and plaintiffs suing the oil giant he once ran, Tony Hayward fought off accusations that he sought to prop up BP's falling share price through his subordinates' daily media briefings o ... |
| Libya's Moammar Gadhafi threatens Europe Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- A defiant Moammar Gadhafi threatened Friday to carry out attacks in Europe against "homes, offices, families," unless NATO halts its campaign of airstrikes against his regime in Libya. The Libyan leader, sought by the Internation ... |
| Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed without bail, charges stand Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual ... |
| Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed without bail, charges stand Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual ... |
| Walker County jail escapee caught near Houston Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE -- A man awaiting a new trial on an overturned murder conviction was captured in Houston early Friday after escaping three days earlier from a southeast Texas jail, authorities said. Trent De'Ray Archie, who was convicted of murder in 2 ... |
| Mexican artists address violence on canvas, stage Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:23 PM PDT MEXICO CITY -- Dozens of plastic foam heads rain onto the stage. Four drug traffickers in fringed jackets and sparkly pink cowboy hats bat them into the audience with toy AK-47s. All the while, the cast croons, "Let them slit our throats, let them ... |
| U.S. allows more travel to Cuba Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT HAVANA -- Washington has begun issuing travel licenses that promise to bring thousands more U.S. visitors each year on legal trips to Cuba, just 90 miles off Florida but off-limits to most Americans. Nine tour operators have been granted licenses ... |
| Los Alamos wildfire threatens sacred lands Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT LOS ALAMOS, N.M. -- The threat of wildfire reaching the Los Alamos nuclear lab and the town that surrounds it eased after crews made progress under cloud cover and rain, but concerns turned Friday to lands held sacred by Native American tribes as f ... |
| U.S. auto sales up in June, but Japan still hurting Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:26 PM PDT DETROIT -- Gas prices hit a sweet spot for automakers last month. They fell far enough to spur pickup truck sales, yet remained so high that small cars sold well, sometimes just hours after reaching dealers' lots. That made June a good month for G ... |
| 'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go public Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:52 AM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expected after LinkedIn Corp. showed that the online networking craze is a hot comm ... |
| Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 years. The former television journalist and Kennedy family heiress cit ... |
| Prince William and Kate to arrive in Los Angeles next week Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown and first lady Anne Gust Brown plan to greet Prince William and his wife, Kate, when they arrive in Los Angeles next week -- marking the second time Brown has hosted British royalty as governor. Brown's offi ... |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT Sunday * St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 906 George Bush Dr. in College Station, will hold a July 4th celebration including worship and holy communion at 10:30 a.m. to give thanks to God, police and firefighters and families. Lunch and activities for a ... |
| Celebrate religious freedom this Independence Day Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT By BRUCE CHABOT We are bereft, you and I, of fireworks this Independence Day weekend. The burn ban, of course, is a reasonable precaution, considering the lack of rain. But if the drought means we have to cook indoors, we'll just have to make the b ... |
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