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- Volunteers pitch in to battle Leon County fire
- Some allowed to return to Grimes County homes
- DA Turner says he won't run when term is up, ready for "fresh challenge"
- Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas
- Residents with respiratory issues should avoid smoke
- Gates named chancellor at his alma mater
- Brazos County 4-H seeks donations for firefighters
- Wildfires kill 4, destroy more than 1,000 homes
- DA Bill Turner not running again
- Ray Bonilla named as System chancellor's top lawyer
- John Sharp confirmed as A&M System chancellor
- Speaker details impact of Sept. 11
- The heart of Aggieland
- Tickets still available for cooking show
- Putting new technology to the test
- Obama trying to jump-start jobs
- Adult smoking rate down, CDC reports
- Moon photos show tracks, trash
- Guanabara Bay may foul Olympics
- Rising stars shaking up CMAs
- Restaurant Monitor
- Food Files: The ins and outs of fresh ginger
- Saving a Baby's Brain from Craniosynostosis - Research Summary
- Mental Health Screening in School shows Benefits
- Measles Could Help Fight Cancer
| Volunteers pitch in to battle Leon County fire Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:37 PM PDT FLYNN -- Wildfires raging elsewhere in Texas are straining state and federal resources, forcing volunteers in Leon County to work extra hard to contain the approximately 5,000-acre fire there. Contractors and community members with bulldozers, fueled ...   |
| Some allowed to return to Grimes County homes Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT PLANTERSVILLE -- Grimes County residents of the Foxfire subdivision were allowed back into their neighborhoods at 9 p.m. Tuesday after fire officials had declared the area temporarily safe. "We are encouraging only people who live in that subdivis ... |
| DA Turner says he won't run when term is up, ready for "fresh challenge" Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:45 AM PDT District Attorney Bill Turner, the longest serving elected official in Brazos County, announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in 2012. “On a personal level, after 33 years as a prosecutor I am ready for a fresh challenge,” h ... |
| Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:45 AM PDT BASTROP -- Calmer winds Tuesday should help firefighters battling a wildfire that has destroyed nearly 500 homes in Central Texas and forced thousands of residents to evacuate to shelters to avoid the blaze, officials said. Texas Forest Service s ... |
| Residents with respiratory issues should avoid smoke Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:37 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportWith a smoky haze hanging in the air over much of the Brazos Valley, health officials are urging people with breathing problems to take extra precautions.Smoke from wildfires in Leon, Grimes, Bastrop and surrounding counties can cau ... |
| Gates named chancellor at his alma mater Posted: 06 Sep 2011 07:39 AM PDT RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The College of William and Mary in Virginia has named former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates as its next chancellor. College officials said Tuesday that Gates will become the Williamsburg college's 24th chancellor in Februar ... |
| Brazos County 4-H seeks donations for firefighters Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A&M Consolidated junior Alexis Roach said her Brazos County 4-H program doesn't want to wait to be asked to help its neighbors in need. "These wildfires have displaced a lot of people while all these firefighters are working ... |
| Wildfires kill 4, destroy more than 1,000 homes Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT BASTROP -- One of the most devastating wildfire outbreaks in Texas history left more than 1,000 homes in ruins Tuesday and stretched the state's firefighting ranks to the limit, confronting Gov. Rick Perry with a major disaster at home just as the ... |
| DA Bill Turner not running again Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT Bill Turner took his first job as a prosecutor in 1978 after hearing it was the best way to gain courtroom experience straight out of law school. He never planned to become a district attorney, but grew to love working with the families of crime v ... |
| Ray Bonilla named as System chancellor's top lawyer Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT A&M System Chancellor John Sharp's top lawyer when he served as Texas' comptroller will serve him again in that role in Aggieland. Ray Bonilla, a partner in Austin law firm Ray, Wood & Bonilla, was selected Tuesday as general counsel, a p ... |
| John Sharp confirmed as A&M System chancellor Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT John Sharp, the state's former comptroller, was confirmed Tuesday as A&M System chancellor following a 21-day state waiting period. The A&M System Board of Regents unanimously approved the move during a specially called telephonic meeting ... |
| Speaker details impact of Sept. 11 Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:03 PM PDT In the summer of 2001, in the weeks and months before the Sept. 11 attacks that killed 3,000 Americans, the U.S. media focus was on shark attacks, a counterterrorism expert said Tuesday at Texas A&M. "There was no doubt in my mind I was going to ... |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT Erik Miller of B-Company in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets guides a tour of prospective students and their parents through the rotunda inside the Academic Building on campus. In addition to being the centerpiece of main campus, the structure has s ... |
| Tickets still available for cooking show Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportTickets still are available for the Taste of Home Cooking School -- the largest of its kind in the world -- which kicks off Tuesday at the Brazos County Expo.The Eagle-sponsored event is expected to start at 6:30 p.m. and will featu ... |
| Putting new technology to the test Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexico, home to several of the nation's premier scientific, nuclear and military institutions, is planning to take part in an unprecedented science project -- a petri dish the size of a small U.S. city. A Washington-based ... |
| Obama trying to jump-start jobs Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on j ... |
| Adult smoking rate down, CDC reports Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT CHICAGO -- Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and those who do light up are smoking fewer cigarettes each day, but the trend is weaker than the government had hoped. According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday, 19. ... |
| Moon photos show tracks, trash Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- A spacecraft circling the moon has snapped the sharpest photos ever of the tracks and trash left behind by Apollo astronauts in their visits from 1969 to 1972. Images taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from 13 to 15 miles u ... |
| Guanabara Bay may foul Olympics Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO -- Oceanographer Vinicius Palermo reaches into Guanabara Bay with a hand-held net, scooping another soggy load of candy wrappers, soda bottles and shredded plastic bags. His specially outfitted boat filters as much as 180 pounds of ... |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:00 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- After a decade toiling away at the microphone without much recognition, Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton are breaking through in a big way.Two of country's leading men nabbed their first Country Music Association Awards entertainer ... |
| Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Restaurant Monitor is a weekly listing of scores for restaurants inspected by the Brazos County Health Department. Inspection scores are on a 100-point scale. Generally, scores below 80 might cause the department to schedule a follow-up visit. A ... |
| Food Files: The ins and outs of fresh ginger Posted: 06 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Dear Lisa: I have a recipe that calls for using fresh ginger. What should I look for in the grocery store? How do I use it? -- Cynthia T., College Station Dear Cynthia: You can find fresh ginger near other root vegetables in the produce section at y ... |
| Saving a Baby's Brain from Craniosynostosis - Research Summary Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:36 AM PDT BACKGROUND: Immediately following birth, the baby's brain undergoes an extremely rapid phase of growth and development. In order to accommodate such rapid brain growth, your baby's skull cap must expand rapidly as well. Rather than being one single ... |
| Mental Health Screening in School shows Benefits Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:28 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) A novel study shows the value of routine mental health screenings in school to identify adolescents at-risk for mental illness, and to connect those adolescents with recommended follow-up care. Conducted between 2005 and ... |
| Measles Could Help Fight Cancer Posted: 06 Sep 2011 01:27 AM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) A tumor cell marker is a receptor for measles virus, suggesting the possible use of measles virus to help fight cancer, according to this study. Viruses cause infection by attaching to specific proteins on cell surfaces called r ... |
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