Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Regality restored to The Queen's crown

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT

The crown of downtown Bryan's The Queen Theatre is displayed outside Brazos Valley Bank Ballpark prior to the TCL All-Star game Monday evening. The crown has been repainted and will sport neon lights when returned to the historic Bryan building. Reno ...

A&M System regents eye law school

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT


Ray Bowen still regrets that he was unable to deliver Texas A&M a law school, an effort that floundered in the late 1990s as a state body worried about how much it would cost.
"It would have been wonderful for Texas A&M," the former A& ...

Joe Nichols named Texas Reds' headliner

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT


Texas Reds is going Nashville. In a first for the city of Bryan's downtown festival, the headlining music act won't be a Texas country performer. Instead, it will be four-time Grammy Award nominee Joe Nichols, who made his rise ...

Agenda for TAMUS regents meeting includes contract for football coach and Northgate dorm project

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents is expected to meet Thursday and Friday on campus.
The board will convene in open session to consider items including:
• Approval of system capital plan for FY 2012-2016 — Texas A& ...

Experts testify in Peck murder trial

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT


A Brazos County jury on Monday saw pictures depicting several deep, red strangulation marks around the neck of a 28-year-old Bryan woman that a medical examiner testified led to her death.
Michael Allen Peck, 45, was charged with first-degree murd ...

Medical expert tells jurors victim was strangled to death

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:29 AM PDT

A medical expert testified Monday in the murder trial of a 45-year-old Franklin man that the victim was strangled to death.
The Travis County Medical Examiner was one of three prosecution witnesses to take the stand before lunch.
Michael Allen Peck ...

Police: No injuries in Villa Maria wreck

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:45 AM PDT

No one was injured in a wreck involving an 18-wheeler and two cars in Bryan Monday morning, police said.
Bryan police responded at 10:30 a.m. to the minor wreck on Villa Maria Road, just east of the intersection with Cavitt Avenue, Officer Jon Agnew ...

Brazos County law enforcement agencies apply for grant

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT


Pending federal approval, patrol deputies with the Brazos County Sheriff's Office could be outfitted with Tasers starting this fall.
The Sheriff's Office, along with the Bryan and College Station police departments, submitted a joint application ...

Police: Man hid meth in patrol car

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:21 AM PDT

A 32-year-old College Station man faces two felony charges after a College Station officer said he discarded methamphetamine in a patrol car while being taken to jail.
Jeremy Lee Kidd was charged Monday with possession of less than a gram of a contr ...

Part of Texas Avenue to be closed this morning

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Portions of Texas Avenue near the intersection of Manuel Drive will be closed today beginning at 8:30 a.m. as the College Station Police Department reconstructs an accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian that occurred t ...

Outdoor burn bans extend to 246 Texas counties

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:59 PM PDT

COLLEGE STATION -- The Texas Forest Service says the record number of counties with outdoor burn bans has reached 246 as the drought lingers. An agency map Monday showed scattered counties in northern and southern parts of Texas as the only areas wit ...

Blinn board to meet over president search

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
The Blinn College board of trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss its search for a new president.
Gold Hill Associates is expected to recommend a list of semifinalists. Trustees are planning to select the college's new ...

Media outlets accepting fan donations for needy residents

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
As extreme heat and drought continue to grip the state, local residents are encouraged to donate fans for residents without air conditioning.
The number of Texas counties with outdoor burns bans reached a record 247 on Tuesday, l ...

Pacific depression forms; Bret swirls off Bahamas

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 03:59 AM PDT

MIAMI -- The fourth tropical depression of the season has formed in the Pacific south of Guatemala and could become a hurricane offshore by Wednesday.The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression is centered about 265 miles (425 kil ...

Now free, Casey Anthony avoiding public eye

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:58 PM PDT

ORLANDO, Fla. -- ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's whereabouts for her first week of freedom were a closely guarded secret Monday, known only to a select few as she tries to start a new life after being acquitted of killing her daughter. Her lawyer sa ...

Women's World Cup final breaks Twitter record

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:00 AM PDT

LONDON -- The Women's World Cup final between Japan and the United States set the record for tweets per second, eclipsing the wedding of Prince William and Kate and the death of Osama bin Laden.Japan rallied twice to tie the United States 2-2 after e ...

GOP to recruit 100 Hispanic legislative candidates

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Republicans hope to recruit 100 Hispanic candidates for legislative seats across the nation in 2012, looking to rebuild its bench of GOP officeholders.
The Republican State Leadership Committee, a group that works to elect Republican ...

Death of Texas toddler, 2, under investigation

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 08:31 AM PDT

GREENVILLE -- A 2-year-old boy has been found dead in North Texas after two people caring for the toddler called 911 to report he had stop breathing.The Hunt County Sheriff's Office is holding a news conference Monday afternoon in Greenville to provi ...

Illegal 'robo-signing' of mortgages continues

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:08 PM PDT


Mortgage industry employees are still signing documents they haven't read and using fake signatures more than eight months after big banks and mortgage companies promised to stop the illegal practices that led to a nationwide halt of home foreclosu ...

House GOP pushes on despite Obama veto threat

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:10 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Courting confrontation and compromise alike, House Republicans on Monday shrugged off President Barack Obama's threat to veto their legislation to cut federal spending by trillions of dollars, even as they negotiated with him over mor ...

Police: Drunken driver hit fence

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A College Station man was charged with driving while intoxicated after police reported finding his vehicle in someone's backyard.
College Station police responded around 5:30 p.m. Friday to the intersection of F.M. 2154 and Hann ...

Sectarian killing spree leaves 30 dead in Syria

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT


BEIRUT -- The discovery of three corpses with their eyes gouged out set off a sectarian killing spree that left 30 people dead in a chilling sign that the Syrian revolt against President Bashar Assad is enflaming long-simmering religious tensions.
...

Study: Brain injury increases dementia risk

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT


PARIS -- A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disea ...

Gen. Petraeus hands over Afghan command

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of the Afghan war to Marine Gen. John Allen on Monday as the U.S. and its international partners prepare to withdraw over the next few years.
Petraeus, widely credited with turning the ...

Gen. Petraeus hands over Afghan command

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gen. David Petraeus handed over command of the Afghan war to Marine Gen. John Allen on Monday as the U.S. and its international partners prepare to withdraw over the next few years.
Petraeus, widely credited with turning the ...

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