Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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No fireworks, but Fourth celebrations still fun

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


The heat didn't stop hundreds of Brazos Valley residents from flocking to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum for the "I Love America" Celebration.
While some waited in line at the museum, which offered free admission for the holiday, ...

Police: Drugs found on 2 traffic stops

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two men were arrested on separate drug charges Sunday and Monday in Brazos County.
A state trooper arrested Andrew Sherard, 24, on a charge of possession of marijuana in an amount greater than four ounces but less than five pound ...

Benefit concert for fire victim moved

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:19 PM PDT

Eagle Staff ReportA benefit concert for a man displaced by the Dyer Mill Fire in Grimes County has been moved to the main ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in College Station from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on July 10. Richard Kent, who moved from New Orleans follo ...

$6K raised to fly Afghan dogs to U.S.

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Two stray dogs in Afghanistan that found comfort and companionship with a company of U.S. Army soldiers at a remote firebase are poised to leave the war zone behind. As the troops get set to return home, their spouses have raise ...

New air traffic control system at crossroads

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar six decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads.
It's getting hard ...

Forces to focus on eastern Afghanistan

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- The outgoing commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan said Monday that the focus of the war will shift in coming months from Taliban strongholds in the south to the eastern border with Pakistan where insurgents closest ...

Behind the hunt for bin Laden

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold.Hidden from view, standing just outside the frame of that now ...

Chavez makes surprise return

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a surprise return from Cuba early Monday, stepping off a plane before dawn amid rampant speculation about his fitness to continue in office following the removal of a cancerous tumor from hi ...

Generic pet meds hit market

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


PORTLAND, Maine -- When Samantha Lowe's 12-year-old Labrador retriever needed anti-inflammatories to ease her arthritis, she found herself facing the same question humans face when it comes to prescriptions: Name-brand drug, or generic?
She did ...

Secret Service to probe hack on Fox News Twitter

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service said Monday it will investigate the hacking of Fox's political Twitter account over updates claiming that President Barack Obama had been assassinated.Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says the law enforcement a ...

Jury ends 1st day without verdict on Casey Anthony

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jurors did not reach a verdict Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial after deliberating for almost six hours on the prosecution's claim that the woman killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the toddler interrupted her caref ...

Study points to mother's womb as source of autism

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


CHICAGO -- Most of the risk of autism has been blamed by experts on inherited genes. Now one of the largest studies of twins and autism shifts the focus to the womb, suggesting that the mother's age and health may play a larger role than thought.
...

Great Dismal Swamp was a safe haven for many

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT


IN THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP -- The oppressive heat, venomous serpents and boot-snatching muck that made the Great Dismal Swamp a barrier to European settlement ever since colonial times also made it a haven for thousands of people escaping slavery be ...

William, Kate live it up in Canada

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

DALVAY BY-THE-SEA, Prince Edward Island -- Prince William enjoyed showing off his military helicopter training with his first-ever water landing Monday to the delight of anxious crowds in Canada, where he and his wife, Kate, have been on their first ...

Letters for July 5

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Texans may end up with King Richard in charge
After being discharged from the Navy in December 1964, I was employed in the oil industry in Louisiana as an engineer aboard offshore supply vessels. Shortly after, the people of Louisiana elected Edwi ...

Calendar

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

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Auburn oaks still hanging on, future uncertain

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT

AUBURN, Ala. -- The ailing oaks at Toomer's Corner are a mottled mix of yellow and brown these days, but experts say there's still a chance the trees will be in good enough shape for Auburn football fans to roll them with toilet paper after wins this ...

MLB Roundup

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT

White Sox 5, Royals 4: CHICAGO -- A.J. Pierzynski scored the winning run on a balk called on Aaron Crow in the ninth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 5-4 on Monday night after the Royals had tied it on a homer first ruled a triple in ...

Chavez has 4 RBIs in Rangers' 13-4 win over Orioles

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

ARLINGTON -- Endy Chavez had his first four-RBI game in more than eight years with a long home run and a double in the Texas Rangers' 13-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles and former manager Buck Showalter on Monday night.Adrian Beltre also homered ...

Bell leads US over Canada at Under 19 tournament

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:50 PM PDT

RIGA, Latvia -- James Bell of Villanova had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the United States to an 83-54 victory over Canada on Monday, the opening day of the second round of the FIBA Under 19 World Championships.Doug McDermott of Creighton add ...

FIFA rules Syria, Yemen unsafe for World Cup qualifiers

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:44 PM PDT

ZURICH -- FIFA says Syria won't host a 2014 World Cup qualifying match this month because of unrest there during an uprising against President Bashar Assad.FIFA says Syria will play its home leg against Tajikistan on July 23 in neutral Jordan, at a c ...

Farrar gives US a win on July 4 at Tour de France

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:17 AM PDT

REDON, France -- Two months ago, Tyler Farrar was demoralized, sleeping 20 hours a day. He had even stopped riding, overcome by sorrow after his best friend died in a crash at the Giro d'Italia.On Monday, Farrar became the first American to win a sta ...

Driver jailed after killing four

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


CANTON -- A Houston-area man has been jailed on four counts of criminally negligent homicide after his car swerved into oncoming traffic on a highway near Canton, killing four people on motorcycles.
Jose Luis Pena, 31, of Rosharon, was being held ...

Strauss-Kahn faces another accuser

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

PARIS -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced a potential new sexual assault investigation Monday after a young French writer said she would formally accuse him of trying to rape her during a 2002 book interview -- a dizzying turn of events just as the forme ...

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