Friday, July 8, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Casey Anthony to be released from jail next week

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 08:32 AM PDT


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony will be freed next week after spending nearly three years in jail on accusations she killed her 2-year-old daughter, punctuating a case that captured the nation's attention and bitterly divided many over whether she g ...

Space Shuttle's end hurts Houston's pride

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


HOUSTON -- The end of the space shuttle program is hitting its Florida launch home in the pocketbook with some areas practically becoming economic ghost towns. But Houston, home of Mission Control, is getting hit somewhere else: in the ego.
Aerosp ...

Departure banks Mike McKinney $683,000

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


Mike McKinney walked away $683,000 richer after stepping down last week as chief of the A&M System, according to a copy of his separation agreement executed June 30. In exchange, he gave up rights to sue.
"It's one year's salary, and that's w ...

Departure banks Mike McKinney $683,000

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


Mike McKinney walked away $683,000 richer after stepping down last week as chief of the A&M System, according to a copy of his separation agreement executed June 30. In exchange, he gave up rights to sue.
"It's one year's salary, and that's w ...

Departure banks Mike McKinney $683,000

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


Mike McKinney walked away $683,000 richer after stepping down last week as chief of the A&M System, according to a copy of his separation agreement executed June 30. In exchange, he gave up rights to sue.
"It's one year's salary, and that's w ...

Grimes County deemed disaster area

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


The U.S. Small Business Administration on Thursday declared Grimes County a disaster area, giving business owners and residents affected by the Dyer Mill Fire an opportunity to apply for low-interest federal loans through July 21.
The fire -- whi ...

Former Leon County chief deputy dies

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:46 AM PDT


A long-time law enforcement officer in Madison and Leon counties and owner of a Centerville motel recently died.
Floyd Adams Jr., 82, died Sunday, and was buried in the Concord Cemetery near Centerville on Wednesday.
Adams was the first Texas De ...

Bryan home destroyed by fire

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 03:25 AM PDT

Investigators on Thursday were looking into the cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Bryan the night before.Firefighters responded to the fire about 11 p.m. on Waco Street and got it under control in about 30 minutes, fire inspector Willia ...

Rangers fan dies after fall reaching for ball

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:39 PM PDT


ARLINGTON -- A firefighter has been identified as the Texas Rangers fan who died after falling from the stands while reaching for a baseball tossed his way by All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office said Fri ...

Blood drive at The Eagle today

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 01:47 AM PDT

A blood drive will be under way at The Eagle from 1 to 5:30 p.m. today.
The Blood Center of the Brazos Valley will have a donor coach in the back parking lot, 1729 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan. The public is invited to donate blood, along with employee ...

Woman still fights rare liver cancer

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Roger Commander says he doesn't know whether to call it a gift or a curse, but when someone is a part of his family, they're stuck with him until their dying days -- even if they aren't together.
Such is the case with his ex-wife, Kerry Deal Command ...

Grand jury indicts former Rudder coach

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


Ben Haynes, the 29-year-old former head baseball coach at Rudder High School who resigned in March amid allegations of having an improper relationship with a student, was indicted Thursday by a Brazos County grand jury on a second-degree felony cha ...

Casey Anthony release pushed back to July 17

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:43 PM PDT


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony will have 10 more days behind bars to think about her future after authorities in Florida announced Thursday that she would not be released until July 17, four days after the date initially given.
Anthony looked read ...

Texas 12th in nation in obesity

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 04:19 AM PDT

DALLAS -- A new report says Texas is the 12th most obese state in the nation.About 30 percent of the state's adults are obese. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Mi ...

Man released after third DWI arrest

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 26-year-old Bryan man was released from jail Thursday after posting $12,000 bond for his third DWI charge, College Station police said.
Patrick William Armstrong was pulled over on Church Street for failing to stop behind the d ...

Man arrested for leading car chase

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A Bryan man remained in the Brazos County Jail late Thursday after leading authorities on a high-speed chase down Texas 6 after a constable pulled him over for a traffic stop, officials said.
Jerome Allen Searcy, 33, was charged ...

EPA cracks down on Texas power plants

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


HOUSTON -- Texas power plants will have to significantly reduce ozone- and acid-rain causing pollution under new federal rules, a move that could further increase tensions between the state and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just as Repub ...

Obesity rates still on the rise in U.S.

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- We're getting fatter. In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.
An annual obesity report by two public health groups looked for the first time at state-by-state statistics over the last two de ...

Obama: Debt talks constructive

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Deadline approaching, President Barack Obama said he and congressional leaders worked through a "very constructive" debt-crisis session Thursday but the parties were still far apart on deficit reduction proposals. He said he would recon ...

No bear hunt planned after fatal attack at Yellowstone

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- Yellowstone National Park authorities will not try to capture a female grizzly that killed a backcountry hiker because the bruin was trying to defend its cubs when it was surprised by the man, a spokesman said Thu ...

Kickin' it

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Rebecca Adcock, 12, a member of the Aggieland Texans '98 club select team practices volley kicks with her teammates while training on Thursday at Central Park in College Station. The team will host the FutbolFest tournament July 30 at Veterans Park.

'Harry Potter' premieres in UK

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT

LONDON -- Harry Potter's saga is ending, but his magic spell remains.Thousands of fans from around the world massed in London Thursday for the premiere of the final film in the magical adventure series.They thronged Trafalgar Square, where a soggy re ...

Garden calendar

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Saturday
* Independent Growers Market, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sons of Hermann Lodge parking lot, 1104 W. William J. Bryan Parkway. Garden-direct fruit and vegetables.
* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan P ...

Keep soil cool and moist for summer veggie crops

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Growing summer vegetables requires special management. This summer, the temperatures during July are expected to average 5 degrees hotter than June. What strategies should a gardener consider? If you are growing summer vegetable crops -- okra, southe ...

Forget about poor spring garden; focus on fall crop

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Dear Neil: Last year's garden was really productive, but this year, things have done very poorly. The Texas A&M soil test showed that we have too much phosphorus. The plants have just been sitting there for the past couple of weeks. Squash bugs h ...

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