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- Cause of Bryan condo fire under investigation
- Dog days of summer can be deadly
- Perry's order creates Texas online university
- Event promotes building for the barkers
- Weather Whys: Cloudseeding and rainmaking
- Cinemark showing Drum Corps contest
- Police: Cleaning woman stole man's vehicle
- Police: 18-wheeler knocks over utility pole
- Drought forces Texas, Okla. ranchers to cut herds
- Texas Gov. Perry's day of prayer shadows 2012 bid
- Tropical Storm Emily on path toward Haiti
- Scientists: Earth had 2 moons before 'big splat'
- Extreme Texas heat affects rail lines
- Video: First Friday in downtown Bryan
- Next debt deal won't be easy
- Slow growth worries experts
- 'Miracle turtle' freed after stint in rehab
- Woman claims famed hijacker is her uncle
- Ranchers cutting herds due to drought
- Mubarak trial begins in Egypt
- Chile miners not living the high life
- Triple-digit heat stifling Texans
- Polygamist leader slows sex assault trial
- 'Two and a Half Men' ready for Kutcher's character
- Lost Hitchcock film found in New Zealand
| Cause of Bryan condo fire under investigation Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT One day after a fire destroyed a combination of 12 townhomes and condos in Bryan, investigators had narrowed the origin of the blaze down to three possibilities: An air-conditioning unit, a dryer or an unknown flammable item on the back patio. Th ...   |
| Dog days of summer can be deadly Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT University Park in College Station was almost empty Wednesday afternoon. Teddy, a white maltipoo, was the only dog in the leash-optional park, and he spent most of his time splashing in a small pond or panting under a bench by his owner. The do ... |
| Perry's order creates Texas online university Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:27 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry has ordered the creation of a new collaborative online university. Perry signed an executive order Wednesday that initiates the Western Governors University Texas, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Western Governors Universit ... |
| Event promotes building for the barkers Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT More and more people are trying to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle, but what about man's best friend? Organizers of Brazos Bark and Build hope to encourage sustainability among the canine set by sponsoring a contest for the most environ ... |
| Weather Whys: Cloudseeding and rainmaking Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:22 AM PDT Q: You sometimes hear about efforts to create rain, and the term "cloudseeding" comes up. What exactly is cloudseeding? A: Efforts to control the weather – the correct term is "weather modification" – have been around longer than you th ... |
| Cinemark showing Drum Corps contest Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Local residents can watch the 2011 Drum Corps International World Championship Prelims next week without having to travel to Indianapolis. Cinemark Hollywood USA theater in College Station is one of more than 550 movie theaters ... |
| Police: Cleaning woman stole man's vehicle Posted: 03 Aug 2011 03:00 AM PDT A 43-year-old Bryan woman was arrested after being accused of stealing a Bryan man's vehicle. A man told a Bryan officer that Susan Taylor came to his apartment to clean it on Monday left about 9 p.m. The next morning when he woke up, he realized hi ... |
| Police: 18-wheeler knocks over utility pole Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT The driver of an 18-wheeler was cited after police said the rig hit a utility pole in Bryan after he forgot to set the brakes and left the vehicle. The man parked in the 1300 block of North Texas Avenue and went into the Texas Department of Transpor ... |
| Drought forces Texas, Okla. ranchers to cut herds Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:02 AM PDT McALLEN -- Cattle ranchers in drought-plagued Texas and Oklahoma -- the nation's top two beef producers -- are selling off their cows because they don't have the pastures to sustain them. The nation's beef cattle inventory is already at its lowest si ... |
| Texas Gov. Perry's day of prayer shadows 2012 bid Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has organized a prayer meeting in Houston this weekend that could be a political double-edged sword now that he is considering running for president.The evangelical Christian event, called "The Response," at Houston's ... |
| Tropical Storm Emily on path toward Haiti Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:27 AM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Tropical Storm Emily brushed past Puerto Rico and headed Wednesday toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where more than 630,000 people are still without shelter after last year's earthquake. A "steady shield of rain" s ... |
| Scientists: Earth had 2 moons before 'big splat' Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- In a spectacle that might have beguiled poets, lovers and songwriters if only they had been around to see it, Earth once had two moons, astronomers now think. But the smaller one smashed into the other in what is being called the "big ... |
| Extreme Texas heat affects rail lines Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT NEW BRAUNFELS -- The Texas heat wave has affected some rail service as high temperatures threaten to warp tracks.The Denton County Transportation Authority has enacted a heat-speed restriction this week, with a slowdown in train speeds from 60 mph to ... |
| Video: First Friday in downtown Bryan Posted: 03 Aug 2011 06:33 AM PDT |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The special panel's goal is lofty: concoct a deal both parties will embrace to slash federal deficits by a mammoth $1.5 trillion or more over the next decade. Yet from the moment House and Senate leaders appoint the 12 members until ... |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Shoppers won't shop. Companies won't hire. The government won't spend on economic stimulus -- it's cutting instead. And the Federal Reserve is reluctant to do anything more. Without much to invigorate growth, the economy may be in da ... |
| 'Miracle turtle' freed after stint in rehab Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- A badly injured sea turtle that underwent a year of rehabilitation and innovative surgeries was released Wednesday by caretakers hoping he finds a mate and helps his endangered species prosper. Andre, as the 177-pound green sea ... |
| Woman claims famed hijacker is her uncle Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY -- When an FBI agent pleaded several years ago for help finding notorious skyjacker D.B. Cooper, he wondered, off-handedly, if someone's "odd uncle" might be their guy. Marla Cooper believes that her late uncle Lynn Doyle Cooper was ... |
| Ranchers cutting herds due to drought Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT McALLEN -- Texas cattle rancher Charles Kothman is down to six calves and their mothers after selling off 80 animals in recent months. The drought that has baked pastures and dried ponds has ranchers in Texas and Oklahoma -- the nation's top two b ... |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The live TV images of a caged and bedridden Hosni Mubarak being held to account for alleged crimes against his own people -- by his own people -- captivated viewers across the Middle East and appeared to many to be a ... |
| Chile miners not living the high life Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT SANTIAGO, Chile -- One of the myths surrounding the 33 miners who were so dramatically rescued after being trapped for 69 days deep inside a Chilean copper mine is that they're all millionaires and no longer need to work. The truth: nearly half th ... |
| Triple-digit heat stifling Texans Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT MINERAL WELLS -- Even refreshing watermelons at a produce stand weren't luring many folks from their air-conditioned cars Wednesday as blistering temperatures soared to 110 degrees in Mineral Wells, making this North Texas town among the hottest sp ... |
| Polygamist leader slows sex assault trial Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT SAN ANGELO -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs gave a delayed opening statement about religious persecution Wednesday and dramatically slowed down his trial, where he is defending himself on charges of sexually abusing underage girls. His surpr ... |
| 'Two and a Half Men' ready for Kutcher's character Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Ashton Kutcher will play "an Internet billionaire with a broken heart" when he arrives as the new star of Two and a Half Men next month. CBS Entertainment Nina Tassler shared this tidbit about the much-anticipated cast cha ... |
| Lost Hitchcock film found in New Zealand Posted: 03 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- Alfred Hitchcock is still surprising his fans.Film preservationists said Wednesday they've found the first half of the earliest known surviving feature film on which Hitchcock has a credit: a silent melodrama called The White Shadow.Th ... |
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