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- Steven Martin and his band play at Rudder
- A&M sued over Stanford scam
- Bryan councilman Mike Southerland hospitalized after heart attack
- Drought may make green veggies scarce
- Maroon and white, white, white
- Veterans group honors Edwards
- UT, Tech, Baylor, A&M coaches do wildfires PSA
- National Guard hard at work after Irene
- Woman used knives in threat, police say
- Man accused of shoving person, taking pills
- Perry: No stimulus program if he's president
- UT, Tech, Baylor, A&M coaches do wildfires PSA
- East Coast hopes tourists will return soon
- Several minor injuries in North Texas wildfire
- Texas bringing back successful hog-killing contest
- August deadliest for U.S. in Afghan war
- Obama salutes vets for 'extraordinary burden'
- Experts say automation dulling pilots' skills
- Angry passengers watch 7-year-old thrown overboard
- Biden calls for new energy policy
- Killer storm leaves Vt. homeowners, towns stranded
- Libyan rebels threaten Sirte with attack
- Up in smoke
- Officials: Mom got daughter abortion to hide rape
- Staying safe on Lady Bird Lake
| Steven Martin and his band play at Rudder Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Steve Martin performs Tuesday with his band, The Steep Canyon Rangers, at Rudder Auditorium. Martin started playing with the band during a broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion, which will be making a stop on Sept. 8 in Rudder.   |
| A&M sued over Stanford scam Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT A court-appointed receiver tasked with finding and returning money to victims of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford's alleged multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme has sued Texas A&M, saying the university unfairly received more than $4.4 million in ... |
| Bryan councilman Mike Southerland hospitalized after heart attack Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT Bryan City Councilman Mike Southerland was in serious condition Tuesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack. His condition was confirmed by a spokeswoman at St. Joseph Regional Health Center. No other details were immediately available. City sp ... |
| Drought may make green veggies scarce Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Kids may not be too distressed by a lack of spinach, but the statewide drought has horticulturists worried about the availability of vegetable crops. Larry Stein, AgriLife Extension horticulturist for Southwest Texas, said leafy green vegetables s ... |
| Maroon and white, white, white Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:46 AM PDT The first A&M football game kicks off Sunday, so university officials are encouraging local residents to show off their maroon and white for the annual nationwide College Colors Day on Friday. Initiated by Collegiate Licensing Company in partner ... |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT He no longer represents the interests of his constituents in Congress, but Chet Edwards was recognized Tuesday by the American Legion for putting the interests of veterans first. Edwards received the Distinguished Service Medal -- the highest ho ... |
| UT, Tech, Baylor, A&M coaches do wildfires PSA Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:59 AM PDT COLLEGE STATION -- Four Big 12 football coaches say "we're all on the same team" in a public service announcement against wildfires in drought-stricken Texas. The spot unveiled Tuesday features Texas coach Mack Brown, Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberv ... |
| National Guard hard at work after Irene Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEWFANE, Vt. -- National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cut-off Vermont towns after the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges in a deluge that took many people in the landlocked New England state ... |
| Woman used knives in threat, police say Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:11 AM PDT A Bryan woman arrested on charges of threatening her roommates with knives remained in the Brazos County Jail Tuesday without bail. According to the police report, an officer responded to a disturbance with a weapon call just after 4 a.m. Tuesday i ... |
| Man accused of shoving person, taking pills Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:16 AM PDT A 42-year-old Bryan man was charged with burglary of a vehicle after police said he was accused of pushing a person and stealing prescription pills earlier this month.The man has been in jail since Friday, when he was arrested on a warrant for theft ... |
| Perry: No stimulus program if he's president Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:33 AM PDT TULSA, Okla. -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry said Monday that no new economic stimulus package is needed to "get America working again," but he declined to give specifics about how his still-unannounced plan to jumpstart the nation's ... |
| UT, Tech, Baylor, A&M coaches do wildfires PSA Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:59 AM PDT COLLEGE STATION -- Four Big 12 football coaches say "we're all on the same team" in a public service announcement against wildfires in drought-stricken Texas. The spot unveiled Tuesday features Texas coach Mack Brown, Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberv ... |
| East Coast hopes tourists will return soon Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT SPRING LAKE, N.J. -- If you fix it, they will come. That’s the mantra — and the desperate hope — of tourism-dependent towns along the East Coast as they deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, which hit just eight days before ... |
| Several minor injuries in North Texas wildfire Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:14 AM PDT POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE -- Authorities say three people have been slightly hurt in a North Texas wildfire that's destroyed at least 20 homes and blackened about 3,500 acres.Texas Forest Service spokesman John Nichols said Wednesday that two firefighters ... |
| Texas bringing back successful hog-killing contest Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:47 AM PDT LUBBOCK -- Residents in all 254 Texas counties will soon gear up for a now-annual feral hog killing contest. The three-month "Get the Hogs Outta Texas" competition is set to begin Oct. 1. The top five hog-killing counties win a total of $60,000 in gr ... |
| August deadliest for U.S. in Afghan war Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan -- August has become the deadliest month yet for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, increasing pressure on the Obama administration to bring troops home sooner rather than later. The 66 U.S. service member ... |
| Obama salutes vets for 'extraordinary burden' Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:00 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS -- Recalling "those awful attacks," President Barack Obama saluted the 9/11 generation of veterans Tuesday and publicly relished the prospect of U.S. forces getting out of both Iraq and Afghanistan. "They have borne an extraordinary bu ... |
| Experts say automation dulling pilots' skills Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Pilots' "automation addiction" has eroded their flying skills to the point that they sometimes don't know how to recover from stalls and other mid-flight problems, say pilots and safety officials. The weakened skills have contributed ... |
| Angry passengers watch 7-year-old thrown overboard Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:05 AM PDT SANTA ANA, Calif. -- It was a pleasant afternoon aboard a sightseeing cruise around California's scenic Newport Harbor until the unthinkable happened -- a man threw his crying 7-year-old son overboard during an argument in front of shocked passengers ... |
| Biden calls for new energy policy Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- The United States can't lead the world in the 21st century with its current energy policy, Vice President Joe Biden told alternative technology supporters Tuesday at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas. Biden said the nation is alread ... |
| Killer storm leaves Vt. homeowners, towns stranded Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:05 AM PDT NEWFANE, Vt. -- Entire towns in Vermont and New York remained cut off by flooding, some communities were still warily watching swollen rivers and over a million people from Virginia to Maine had no electricity on Wednesday, three days after Hurricane ... |
| Libyan rebels threaten Sirte with attack Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT HEISHA, Libya -- Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gadhafi and issued an ultimatum Tuesday to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack. "We ha ... |
| Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Precinct 4 firefighter Joshua Jahns douses a smoldering hay baler Tuesday as about 40 bales of hay continue to burn on a piece of land near the intersection of Texas 50 and Texas 21. |
| Officials: Mom got daughter abortion to hide rape Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT HOUSTON -- A Houston woman got an abortion for her 12-year-old mentally disabled daughter in an effort to hide evidence that her son sexually assaulted the girl, authorities said.The woman made her initial court appearance Monday on a charge of tampe ... |
| Staying safe on Lady Bird Lake Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT By PAM LeBLANC Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN -- Venture onto Lady Bird Lake these days, and you might think you've landed in a watery version of the old video game Frogger, in which green amphibians dodge cars as they try to cross a busy street. ... |
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