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- Some B-CS residents can't get any relief from the heat
- Rules aided Bryan officer Bill Cross
- Raymund Paredes says higher education must be reinvented
- Fan drives help in battling heat
- Agencies fighting to keep residents cool
- Menus support local agriculture
- BV bank approves Momentum merger
- Police responded 90 minutes after man opened fire
- Alleged gunman's background puzzles police
- Airlines pocket federal tax
- Game warden uncovered sect
- NASA takes on sending astronauts to asteroid
- Walter Reed closing its doors
- Room full of relics
- Arts Watch: Time to get ready for fall stage
- Bryan 12-year-old scores big golfing achievement
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- Students of the Week
- Vetters 50th
- Livestock report
- The sublime benefits of death
- Acting in the best interest of students
- Troubled singer Amy Winehouse dies
- Celebrities tweet about Winehouse's death
- Our Neighbors: Texas Pork Producers Association
| Some B-CS residents can't get any relief from the heat Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:20 PM PDT The idea of going outside to escape the Texas summer heat probably doesn't make sense to many. But for thousands in the Brazos Valley living without air-conditioning, it may seem like the only option. Driving through poverty-stricken areas in Bry ...   |
| Rules aided Bryan officer Bill Cross Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT When Bryan voters approved civil service protections for the fire and police departments in 1979, they likely weren't thinking the new rules would allow an officer under investigation to resign from the department and seal the findings without cons ... |
| Raymund Paredes says higher education must be reinvented Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:23 PM PDT Higher education needs to be reinvented in the state and nation, the state's higher education commissioner said Friday to the Texas A&M System Board of Regents. "The current model is clearly unsustainable," said Raymund Paredes, who addressed ... |
| Fan drives help in battling heat Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT With temperatures expected to loom near triple digits through August, businesses are rallying together to help those in need stay cool. At least three fan drives are on the community's radar: * College Station's Fed Star Credit Union teamed up e ... |
| Agencies fighting to keep residents cool Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:09 PM PDT As local residents work to find creative ways to stay cool while struggling with utility bills, area nonprofit leaders are trying to keep up with an increase in the number of those seeking help. Those who run assistance programs in Brazos Valley ... |
| Menus support local agriculture Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The Texas Department of Agriculture's Go Texan Restaurant Round-up Week will be from Tuesday through July 31. The Restaurant Round-up is part of a larger Go Texan program that encourages restaurants to use ingredients and produce ... |
| BV bank approves Momentum merger Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report American Momentum Bank has entered into two agreements with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to assume all deposits, substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of the banking operations of LandMark Bank of Fl ... |
| Police responded 90 minutes after man opened fire Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:07 PM PDT OSLO, Norway -- Police arrived at an island massacre about an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, slowed because they didn't have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn't find a boat to make their way to the scene just several h ... |
| Alleged gunman's background puzzles police Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:12 PM PDT STOCKHOLM -- The 32-year-old suspected of gunning down scores of young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views but no known link ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:11 PM PDT DALLAS -- Some airline customers won't see savings this weekend even though several federal taxes on tickets have expired. US Airways and American Airlines raised fares to offset the tax savings. That means instead of passing along the savings fr ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT ELDORADO -- Before there was the SWAT team raid, the 439 children seized from mothers in frontier-style dresses and 19th century hairdos, and tales of underage sex and bigamy -- there was a man from Utah with blood in the back of his pickup. Willi ... |
| NASA takes on sending astronauts to asteroid Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:06 PM PDT HOUSTON -- With the space shuttle now history, NASA's next great mission is so audacious, the agency's best minds are wrestling with how to pull it off: Send astronauts to an asteroid in less than 15 years. The challenges are innumerable. Some old ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century. Hundreds of thousands of the nation's war wounded from World War I to to ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT A handmade wooden statue dubbed "Churchill Rabbit" stands among tables of collectible books and magazines in the lobby of the Brazos Center on Saturday afternoon. It was part of the Summer Antique Show, featuring dealers from across the country plyin ... |
| Arts Watch: Time to get ready for fall stage Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT It's the time of summer when artsy folks are doing what we all enjoy -- taking a break and getting ready for the fall. In our university town, fall means a new season and a new mind-set. As students return, merchants will be dancing in the streets ... |
| Bryan 12-year-old scores big golfing achievement Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bryan resident Nick Reynolds performed a feat that many golfers only dream of achieving: a hole-in-one. And he did so at the age of 12. Nick, who will enter seventh grade at Sam Rayburn Middle School next month, was playing with his father Camer ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Sunday * Girl Scouts Art Sunday. 4-6 p.m. Must be a registered Girl Scout to attend -- membership is $12 annually. Registration form at www.gsctx.org. Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnershi ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Antara Dattagupta Facts: 14-year-old eighth-grader at A&M Consolidated Middle School Parents/guardian: Akhil and Mausumi Dattagupta Favorite subject: Math and science Favorite teacher: Mrs. Park, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Douglass College or uni ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:40 PM PDT Congratulations to Imogene and Thomas (Tom) Vetters of Bryan, Texas, as they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. They were married 50 years ago on July 22, 1961 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Corpus Christi, Texas. Imogene an ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Bryan Results of the Brazos Valley Livestock Commission Co.'s July 19 sale: Head: 1,502 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $125-$190; 300-400 lbs., $121-$172.50; 400-500 lbs., $125-$157.50; 500-600 lbs., $110-$132; 600-700 lbs., $105-$127; 700-800 lbs., $115-$ ... |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT When it comes to retirement and living without a paycheck, older people have a sublime advantage. It's called death. Once you reach a certain age, it is no longer necessary to plan as though you will live forever. You won't, so you can plan, invest ... |
| Acting in the best interest of students Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board At last, the State Board of Education has put our children's education ahead of ideological doctrine, and its members are to be commended. For years, the best interest of young Texans has been shunted aside in pitched battles ... |
| Troubled singer Amy Winehouse dies Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT LONDON -- Few artists summed up their own career in a single song -- a single line -- as well as Amy Winehouse. "They tried to make me go to rehab," she sang on her world-conquering 2006 single, Rehab. "I said 'No, no no."' Occasionally, she said ... |
| Celebrities tweet about Winehouse's death Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT "Drugs took her gift, her soul, her light, long before they took her life. RIP Amy" -- Josh Groban "Truly sad news about Amy Winehouse. My heart goes out to her family. May her troubled soul find peace." -- Demi Moore "so many people saying that ... |
| Our Neighbors: Texas Pork Producers Association Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:05 PM PDT Jodi Sterle of College Station, a Texas AgriLife Extension swine specialist and associate professor at Texas A&M University, recently was given the Special Recognition Award from the Texas Pork Producers Association at the organization's annual a ... |
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