Saturday, August 13, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Ready to walk

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Foam corn cobs dangle from the cap of Texas A&M plant and soil sciences major Jeff Savage as he stands Friday with other graduates at the 2011 Texas A&M Summer Commencement at Reed Arena.

Source: TAMUS regents narrow chancellor search to 2

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 01:12 PM PDT

The search for Texas A&M System chancellor — according to a knowledgeable source — was down to a pair of Aggie student body presidents this week: A former A&M floormate of Rick Perry and an ex-chief congressional lobbyist for Pres ...

TAMUS regents to meet Monday to discuss athletic conference

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:58 AM PDT

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has scheduled a special meeting for Monday in which they will discuss the athletic conference affiliation of its flagship school.
The action comes as rumors circulate that A&M is strongly cons ...

Governor Rick Perry set to declare 2012 presidential run

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


The first Aggie governor of Texas is expected to announce today his intentions to become the first Aggie president of the United States.
Gov. Rick Perry, Texas' longest-serving governor, likely will make the announcement from South Carolina, but ...

A&M System chief could be an Aggie

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:08 PM PDT


The search for Texas A&M System chancellor -- according to a knowledgeable source -- was down this week to a pair of onetime Aggie student body presidents: A former A&M floormate of Rick Perry's and an ex-chief congressional lobbyist for Pr ...

Regents weigh move to SEC

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


The future of Texas A&M's athletic conference affiliation could change as early as Monday when the A&M System's board of regents convenes for a special meeting.
The 3 p.m. meeting, which will be conducted by telephone, was announced as r ...

CS dentist sued for negligence

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT

A College Station dentist has been sued for negligence by a patient who said that complications in receiving IV sedation resulted in the removal of part of her thumb and index finger. The lawsuit was filed against Robert Lasell, who obtained his dent ...

Police: Man threatened woman with knife

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 03:09 AM PDT

A 21-year-old College Station man was arrested after police said he threatened a woman with a knife and tried to strangle her.Elmo Eliseo Leal Jr. was charged Friday with aggravated assault with a weapon involving someone with whom he lived. An offic ...

Man charged with buying diesel with fake cards

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 02:30 AM PDT

A 27-year-old man was arrested after police said he was caught using fake credit cards at a Bryan gas station.Maykel Lopez Alejo of Bryan was charged Thursday with four counts of credit card card abuse.An officer said he went at 6 a.m. Thursday to Pr ...

Man allegedly caught burglarizing vehicle

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:23 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A Houston man who was questioned by College Station police about car burglaries was arrested on charges of evading arrest and burglary after he fled from police.
According to the police report, officers went to the 1300 block of ...

Colbert urges Iowa to vote 'Parry'

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert's latest attempt at campaign mischief-making involves encouraging Iowans to write in a false name during the weekend's presidential straw poll, but one television station in Des Moines isn't playing along.
Colbert, who ...

Colbert urges Iowa to vote 'Parry'

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert's latest attempt at campaign mischief-making involves encouraging Iowans to write in a false name during the weekend's presidential straw poll, but one television station in Des Moines isn't playing along.
Colbert, who ...

Colbert urges Iowa to vote 'Parry'

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:12 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Stephen Colbert's latest attempt at campaign mischief-making involves encouraging Iowans to write in a false name during the weekend's presidential straw poll, but one television station in Des Moines isn't playing along.
Colbert, who ...

Duo charged in pair of home burglaries

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two Bryan men were arrested this week on charges of committing two home burglaries on the same night in late May.
Hector Ocampo Jr., 18, of Bryan and Eduardo Rafael Hernandez, 18, of Bryan, were charged with the burglaries on Th ...

Thieves target AC units

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:30 PM PDT

HOUSTON -- Intense heat Texas and other parts of the country have experienced this summer has made thefts of air conditioning units by criminals looking to sell their metal for scrap into a literally unbearable crime.The thefts themselves aren't rela ...

Shoppers lift some fears about economy

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The economy might not be on the brink of another recession after all.
Consumers, who drive most economic growth, spent more on cars, furniture, electronics and other goods in July -- and more in May and June than previously thought. ...

West Texas school rattled by border gunfire

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT


EL PASO -- Gunfire broke the calm of the summer morning outside Bowie High School just as the football team was preparing for practice. A few hundred yards away in Juarez, Mexico, another shootout between drug cartels had begun.
No one on campus w ...

Burned vets get help to keep cool

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:11 PM PDT


Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council has approved helping pay the home cooling bills of severely burned military personnel.
The agreement approved Thursday will subsidize part of the CPS Energy bills of eligible servi ...

Tens of thousands of Syrians march against Assad

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT

BEIRUT -- Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters shouted for President Bashar Assad's death Friday in a dramatic escalation of their rage and frustration, defying bullets and rooftop snipers after more than a week of intensified military assaults on ...

Investors wary of volatile stock market

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:19 PM PDT

NEW YORK -- Is it time to sell everything or buy with abandon?Investors can't make up their minds. This week was one of the most volatile in the history of Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average swung more than 400 points four days in a row -- ...

Bank chimney hid body for 27 years

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:10 PM PDT

ABBEVILLE, La. -- The narrow, brick chimney of a Louisiana bank became his tomb for 27 years and now Joseph Schexnider will be laid to rest Sunday in a proper grave with a proper farewell by his family. Still, his brother Robert wonders, how did he w ...

Stakes high in Iowa for Pawlenty, Bachmann

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT

AMES, Iowa -- Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann, their presidential hopes on the line, made last-minute appeals Friday along with a slew of other Republican contenders ahead of a big weekend test in Iowa that could winnow the large field of GOP candi ...

Mandela's story brought to life on stage

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:24 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG -- A sexy dose of jazz and the refined strains of Western opera and traditional Xhosa song drive a new opera about South Africa's former president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela.The range of musical styles in Mandela Trilogy refl ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Saturday
* Faith United Church, 2901 Austin's Colony Parkway in Bryan, winds down summer with Super Summer for children ages 5-12 (grades K-6). Registration at the door begins at 10 a.m. and the program goes through noon. Email faithuccbryan@aol.co ...

Mini-veggies can be tasty, easy to grow

Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Many gardeners aspire to grow a humongous pumpkin or head of cabbage. And many of the same people are also attracted to miniature vegetables -- witness all those bags of "mini" carrots lined up on market shelves.Those carrots are just one of many min ...

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