A&M tells Big 12 it's planning to leave Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M said Wednesday it will leave the Big 12 Conference by June 30, 2012 -- if it can find another league, presumably the Southeastern Conference. That announcement could come quickly, but indications are A&M might wait until next we ... |
Loftin: 'Best interest of Texas A&M' to join another athletic conference Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:12 AM PDT Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin sent a letter Wednesday notifying the Big 12 about the Aggies’ plans to apply to another athletic conference. The move had been expected for weeks as A&M has expressed interest in joining the Southe ... |
Loftin: 'Best interest of Texas A&M' to join another athletic conference Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:12 AM PDT Texas A&M president R. Bowen Loftin sent a letter Wednesday notifying the Big 12 about the Aggies’ plans to apply to another athletic conference. The move had been expected for weeks as A&M has expressed interest in joining the Southe ... |
A&M tells Big 12 it's planning to leave Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M said Wednesday it will leave the Big 12 Conference by June 30, 2012 -- if it can find another league, presumably the Southeastern Conference. That announcement could come quickly, but indications are A&M might wait until next we ... |
A&M tells Big 12 it's planning to leave Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas A&M said Wednesday it will leave the Big 12 Conference by June 30, 2012 -- if it can find another league, presumably the Southeastern Conference. That announcement could come quickly, but indications are A&M might wait until next we ... |
A&M students contemplate joining new conference Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:03 PM PDT Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin's announcement Wednesday that the university plans to withdraw from the Big 12 generated a variety of reactions from students on campus. Of a dozen students questioned about their opinion on the announcemen ... |
Lampo: Deputy constable put on paid leave during criminal inquiry Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:07 AM PDT A deputy constable was placed on paid administrative leave Sunday morning pending a criminal investigation launched by College Station police, officials confirmed. Precinct 2 Constable Donald Lampo told The Eagle that the incident involves a deputy ... |
Deputy facing kidnapping charge Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT A deputy constable was arrested by College Station police Wednesday night on a charge of kidnapping, officials said. Agustin Rubio, who is one of seven deputies assigned to Precinct 2, was seen by several witnesses when he approached a woman just ... |
Bryan set to open own shelter Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT The drawn-out breakup between the city of Bryan and the Brazos Animal Shelter will become official on Thursday when the city plans to open its own animal control pound on Finfeather Road. City officials on Wednesday were finalizing the hiring of ... |
Weather Whys: California hurricanes Posted: 31 Aug 2011 04:12 AM PDT Q: You always hear of hurricanes hitting Florida and Texas, but has one ever hit California? A: The answer is no, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. "In at least the last 100 years that we know of, no hurricane has ever hit the Califo ... |
Woman charged with stealing money from work Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:09 AM PDT A 23-year-old Bryan woman faces a felony theft charge after an officer reported she confessed to stealing more than $1,900 in July from the business where she worked. On July 21 a loss prevention employee for Dollar General reported that Michele Yve ... |
New Navasota city hall to be opened to public Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The city of Navasota will hold a grand opening Thursday for its new city hall. The $6 million, 28,000-square-foot municipal building will be open for tours from 3 to 7 p.m. at 200 E. McAlpine St. It was designed to complement t ... |
700 new Texas laws to take effect Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Texas is cracking down on drunk driving with a tougher law that takes effect Thursday. A driver whose blood-alcohol level is .15 or higher will face a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail. The previous charge was a Class B misde ... |
Katia gaining strength, could become a hurricane Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:53 AM PDT MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Katia is getting stronger in the mid-Atlantic and could become a hurricane later in the day. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says the storm is still far out to sea and it's too early to say if will threaten  ... |
Police say be wary of telephone scams Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Residents of Bryan and College Station have recently reported to police that they have been receiving strange phone calls demanding money. According to the College Station Police Department, threatening tactics have been used in ... |
Justice Department blocks AT&T-T-Mobile merger Posted: 31 Aug 2011 03:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is blocking AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, saying the acquisition of the No. 4 wireless carrier in the country by No. 2 AT&T would reduce competition and raise prices.The deal has faced tough ... |
Wildfires destroy dozens of homes in Texas, Okla. Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:55 AM PDT POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE — Wildfires sweeping through parts of Texas and Oklahoma have destroyed dozens of homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, and although officials don’t yet know what ignited the blazes, a summer heat wave and ... |
A&M gets $14.4M grant for BP spill research Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT A Texas A&M-led team recently received a $14.4 million grant to study petroleum fluids that have erupted in the ocean's depths. The grant is from a 10-year, $500 million fund set up by BP, the oil company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon ... |
A&M gets $14.4M grant for BP spill research Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT A Texas A&M-led team recently received a $14.4 million grant to study petroleum fluids that have erupted in the ocean's depths. The grant is from a 10-year, $500 million fund set up by BP, the oil company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon ... |
A&M gets $14.4M grant for BP spill research Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT A Texas A&M-led team recently received a $14.4 million grant to study petroleum fluids that have erupted in the ocean's depths. The grant is from a 10-year, $500 million fund set up by BP, the oil company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon ... |
Singer warns students of texting while driving Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Country-music artist Granger Smith is launching his second annual "Drive Now, Text Later" campaign while treating Bryan High students to a mini-concert that will include songs from his latest album Poets & Prisoners. Smith wil ... |
Water receding after Irene, revealing damage Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT KILLINGTON, Vt. -- Swollen rivers began falling Wednesday in much of the Northeast, allowing relief crews to reach the last of the tiny Vermont towns that had been entirely cut off from help by Hurricane Irene's fast-moving floodwaters. The recedi ... |
Are you drinking too much soda? Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT ATLANTA -- Half of Americans drink a soda or sugary beverage each day -- and some are downing a lot. One in 20 people drinks the equivalent of more than four cans of soda each day, even though health officials say sweetened beverages should be lim ... |
Fertilizer from Pakistani company fuels Afghan bombs Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT MULTAN, Pakistan -- The main ingredient in most of the homemade bombs that have killed hundreds of American troops in Afghanistan is fertilizer produced by a single company in Pakistan, where the U.S. has been pushing unsuccessfully for greater reg ... |
Gadhafi's son: No surrender Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:01 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam vowed Wednesday to fight to the death, insisting no regime loyalists would surrender to the rebels, who are closing in on Gadhafi's final strongholds. Seif al-Islam, Gadhafi's longtime heir-app ... |
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