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- Leon County blaze destroys historic Concord church
- A&M may face snag in Big 12 exit
- Grimes County inferno 60 percent contained
- Firefighters travel to battle flames
- Weather Whys: Why hurricanes rotate
- Firefighters gaining ground in massive Bastrop fire
- A&M surpasses 50,000 in student enrollment
- Texas residents quickly fled as wildfire closed in
- Bryan band alumni invited to perform
- Gates: More defense cuts would be security threat
- More Texas landowners seek permits for deer breeding
- Disaster programs aid ranchers, farmers
- Demand for electricity falling in U.S.
- Suppliers wary of new EPA rules
- Perry leaves amid fires
- Perry, Romney spar over jobs, Social Security
- Kids with Bush on 9/11 noted shift
- Report: NASA still needs astronauts
- Gadhafi's location still unclear
- UNPUBLISHED due to no headline
- Jackson trial to start soon
- DC war comics get superhero remake
- Letters for September 8
- Calendar
- A helping hand
| Leon County blaze destroys historic Concord church Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT CONCORD -- Paula and Bo Williams stood in front of the charred and still smoldering remains of the church where they married 40 years ago. Tears didn't come this time, not like the first two visits the couple took to the church and adjoining ceme ...   |
| A&M may face snag in Big 12 exit Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Wednesday was expected to be the day that Texas A&M ended months of tension and finally joined the Southeastern Conference. Instead, controversy heightened as the move was at least temporarily blocked by potential legal battles. The SEC's uni ... |
| Grimes County inferno 60 percent contained Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT After nearly 12 hours of struggling to gain control of a fire that had rekindled just south of Riley Road in Grimes County, emergency officials estimated the blaze was about 60 percent contained at 10 p.m. Wednesday. The fire -- previously though ... |
| Firefighters travel to battle flames Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT At 5:50 p.m. Wednesday, about 10 firefighters with the Brazos County Wildland Strike Team took off towards Grimes County in five fire trucks. A few hours earlier, South Brazos County Volunteer Fire Department Chief Emily Staples received an assis ... |
| Weather Whys: Why hurricanes rotate Posted: 07 Sep 2011 04:46 AM PDT Q: Why do tropical storms and hurricanes rotate? A: In the northern hemisphere, hurricanes rotate counterclockwise at incredible speeds, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “Though we don't think it about it often, at the equator ... |
| Firefighters gaining ground in massive Bastrop fire Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT BASTROP -- Firefighters gained ground Wednesday against one of the most destructive wildfires in Texas history even as the number of homes lost reached almost 800, and an elite search team set out to find any victims in the smoking ruins. Gov. Ric ... |
| A&M surpasses 50,000 in student enrollment Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Although it's a milestone to exceed 50,000 students for the first time, Texas A&M University officials say that wasn't necessarily a goal. Enrollment hit a record 50,054 for the fall semester, an increase of 925 over the final figure for the 2 ... |
| Texas residents quickly fled as wildfire closed in Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:50 PM PDT BASTROP -- Dennis Silman was in line at the store when his wife's urgent call came through: They needed to get out. Smoke was drifting up through the woods and the wildfire that just 30 minutes earlier wasn't near enough to pose a problem was visible ... |
| Bryan band alumni invited to perform Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportBryan High School Viking Band alumni are invited to perform at the school's homecoming football game on Sept. 23.Participation cost is $15 and includes a ticket to the annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser and a T-shirt commemorating t ... |
| Gates: More defense cuts would be security threat Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:50 PM PDT DENTON -- Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes the $400 billion in cuts that the Pentagon will face over the next 10 years should be manageable but anything beyond that would pose a threat to national security.Doubling those budget cut ... |
| More Texas landowners seek permits for deer breeding Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT While some Texans look forward to the end of summer simply to escape the heat, others are preparing for that favorite fall pastime: deer hunting. For thousands of other Texans, the ones working to provide deer of the highest caliber, work will conti ... |
| Disaster programs aid ranchers, farmers Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA true team effort exists in response to wildfires in the state of Texas, as numerous state and federal agencies offer help to those responding to and recovering from the fires.In addition to support from the Texas Division of Emerg ... |
| Demand for electricity falling in U.S. Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT NEW YORK -- American homes are more cluttered than ever with devices, and they all need power: Cellphones and iPads that have to be charged, DVRs that run all hours, TVs that light up in high definition. But something shocking is happening to dema ... |
| Suppliers wary of new EPA rules Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Texas electricity providers have told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency they need more time to comply with new pollution regulations, warning that if they are forced to meet the current January deadline the Lone Star State could fac ... |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry left wildfire-ravaged Texas on Wednesday and flew to California to debate his Republican presidential rivals, deciding that the chance to deliver his message to a national audience outweighed any criticism he might receive ... |
| Perry, Romney spar over jobs, Social Security Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Quick to tangle, Republican presidential rivals Rick Perry and Mitt Romney sparred vigorously over job creation and Social Security Wednesday night in a feisty campaign debate that marked a contentious new turn in the race to p ... |
| Kids with Bush on 9/11 noted shift Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT SARASOTA, Fla. -- The 16 children who shared modern America's darkest moment with President George W. Bush are high school seniors now -- football players, ROTC members, track athletes, wrestlers and singers. They remember going over an eight-paragra ... |
| Report: NASA still needs astronauts Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:27 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA needs to keep more astronauts on staff than planned even though no one is being launched from the home turf, a new report urged Wednesday.Many astronauts have retired or quit with this year's end of the space shuttle prog ... |
| Gadhafi's location still unclear Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- A Tripoli military official said Wednesday that Moammar Gadhafi is cornered and the days before he is captured or killed are numbered, but another senior defense official contended that Libya's new rulers have no idea where the fu ... |
| UNPUBLISHED due to no headline Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Editor's note: This is one of a series of columns leading up to Sunday's community-wide 9/11 10th anniversary Interfaith Remembrance and Peace Service at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Bryan. Anne Frank died of typhus only a few weeks ... |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:26 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- An appeals court refused Wednesday to order the jury sequestered in the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, clearing the way for jury selection to begin Thursday. The California 2nd District Court of Appeals also declined ... |
| DC war comics get superhero remake Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA -- Sgt. Rock was a gruff, hard-charging Army soldier who fought his way across Africa and Europe during World War II. Blackhawk was an aerial daredevil who led a team of international aviators fighting Axis powers. That was then. Now, ... |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:05 PM PDT Being an American allows cultural choices If, as Larry B. Baggett claims (Eagle, Sept. 7), newcomers must totally abandon their own original culture and language and take on those of their newly adopted homeland, then, strictly speaking, we all sh ... |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar The "Love In Between Tour" Christian Concert will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Christ United Methodist Church. The concert will feature Matt Maher, One Sonic Society and Sons & Daughters. Advanced tickets are $15 each, inclu ... |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:25 PM PDT 4-H brother-sister team Thanet (right) and Julia Lawrence pitch in to transfer goods from donors' vehicles to a 4-H box-truck during Operation Supply Drop Wednesday evening at the Texas 4-H headquarters in College Station. Cases of water, high protei ... |
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