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- School leaders, parents have hope in St. Michael's
- McGovern to discuss global hunger issues
- A&M hosts clinic on ADD, ADHD
- Cain: Perry insensitive over hunting camp name
- Climate experts meet to discuss epic Texas drought
- Protest against Wall Street spreading beyond New York
- Texas teen dies, shot accidentally by brother
- Parents questioning vaccine recommendations
- Chris Christie will have catching up to do if he declares
- Texas border guards mount up
- Distribution process leaves food vulnerable to outbreaks
- Typhoons trap Filipinos on roofs, kill 59
- Acapulco police find 7 bodies
- Riding into fall weather
- Fund opening up to 9/11 victims
- L.A. art project rocking along
- Calendar
- Retailers bank on Kindle Fire for holidays
- Officials: Couple attacked by bear inside Pa. home
- Valverde, Tigers stop Yanks in 9th, tie series
- Big East CEOs OK commish to pursue expansion
- Kurt Busch wins at Dover
- Down 24, Stafford leads Lions past Cowboys 34-30
- Texans lose Johnson, beat Steelers 17-10
- Some residents say testing is damaging homes
| School leaders, parents have hope in St. Michael's Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Parents, teachers and administrators at St. Michael's Episcopal School said they felt more optimistic about the future of the private school Sunday night after a visit with the treasurer of the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools. Last w ...   |
| McGovern to discuss global hunger issues Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA former U.S. politician recognized for his success in helping establish a world feeding program will speak to a public audience 7 p.m. Thursday at the Rudder Auditorium Complex on the Texas A&M campus. George McGovern, a former ... |
| A&M hosts clinic on ADD, ADHD Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportAnyone interested in learning more about diagnosing and managing attention deficit disorders is invited to a free discussion at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the College Station Conference Center, 1300 George Bush Drive.Faculty doctors with the ... |
| Cain: Perry insensitive over hunting camp name Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain on Sunday criticized rival Rick Perry as being insensitive for not acting sooner in removing the racially offensive name from a rock outside the Texas hunting camp his family once leased. ... |
| Climate experts meet to discuss epic Texas drought Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:58 PM PDT FORT WORTH -- Federal and state weather forecasters and climate experts are getting together to brainstorm about the epic 2011 Texas drought and what weather trends might signal for the future.This year's drought already has cost the Texas agricultur ... |
| Protest against Wall Street spreading beyond New York Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Protesters who have been camping out in Manhattan's Financial District say their movement has grown and become more organized, and they have no intention of stopping as they move into their third week, following the second weekend in a ... |
| Texas teen dies, shot accidentally by brother Posted: 02 Oct 2011 11:59 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO -- A 17-year-old girl has died of a gunshot wound to the head after San Antonio police say her brother shot her accidentally while playing with a handgun.The Bexar County medical examiner's office says Emily Gonzalez died at University Ho ... |
| Parents questioning vaccine recommendations Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT CHICAGO -- By age 6, children should have vaccinations against 14 diseases, in at least two dozen separate doses, the U.S. government advises. More than 1 in 10 parents reject that, refusing some shots or delaying others mainly because of safety co ... |
| Chris Christie will have catching up to do if he declares Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT MANCHESTER, N.H. -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's entry into the 2012 presidential race could dramatically reshape what has become a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. But Christie, who's under pressure from party elders to run, ha ... |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT MCALLEN -- The U.S. Border Patrol is returning to its roots in the lower Rio Grande Valley, training six wild mustangs to carry agents in mounted patrols. Most agents were mounted when the Border Patrol began in 1924 to fight illegal alcohol impor ... |
| Distribution process leaves food vulnerable to outbreaks Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupe shows that large-scale occurrences of serious illnesses linked to tainted food have grown more common over the years, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from ... |
| Typhoons trap Filipinos on roofs, kill 59 Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines -- Rescuers scrambled Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for days because of flooding in the northern Philippines, where back-to-back typhoons have left at least 59 people dead. Typhoon ... |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The bullet-riddled, bound bodies of seven men were dumped Sunday at a downtown bus stop in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, police said, as drug violence claimed at least 20 people this weekend along a stretch of coastal ... |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Ethan Buche, 7, of College Station, takes advantage of the cooler weather to ride his mini-BMX bike at Thomas Park in College Station on Sunday afternoon. Monday's weather should be similar, with a high of 87 and a sunny forecast. |
| Fund opening up to 9/11 victims Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The newly reopened September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of $2.8 billion will start taking applications Monday. The fund is intended to help people who became ill after working at ground zero and others whose sicknesses can be tied t ... |
| L.A. art project rocking along Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT LOS ANGELES -- King Sisyphus, it turns out, had little on the folks at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a giant rock up a hill for eternity. In modern-day LA, the city's largest ... |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT Mark Your Calendar Breast Cancer Awareness Night is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 15 at the North Bryan Community Center, 705 N. Houston Ave. Created4Change will have information on breast cancer with an emphasis on how it affects minority women. The free eve ... |
| Retailers bank on Kindle Fire for holidays Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:02 AM PDT NEW YORK -- Amazon's Kindle Fire is a Catch-22 for retailers: The $199 tablet computer could both help Christmas traffic and hurt future sales.Retailers hope the Kindle Fire's low price tag -- which is less than half that of Apple's cheapest iPad tab ... |
| Officials: Couple attacked by bear inside Pa. home Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:02 AM PDT NEWPORT, Pa. -- Officials say a bear attacked a couple inside their central Pennsylvania home, sending both people to a hospital.Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser says the attack happened Monday morning in Oliver Township. He says t ... |
| Valverde, Tigers stop Yanks in 9th, tie series Posted: 02 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Detroit closer Jose Valverde held off a furious New York ninth-inning rally and the Tigers avoided a major slip-up, beating the Yankees 5-3 on a rainy Sunday and evening their best-of-five AL playoff series at one game apiece. Down 5-1 ... |
| Big East CEOs OK commish to pursue expansion Posted: 02 Oct 2011 02:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The presidents and chancellors of the 14 remaining Big East members and TCU have authorized Commissioner John Marinatto to "aggressively pursue discussions" with certain schools interested in joining the league.The league released a sta ... |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2011 01:45 PM PDT DOVER, Del. -- Kurt Busch has stormed into contention for a second Cup championship, holding off fellow Chase drivers Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards to win Sunday at Dover International Speedway.Edwards and Kevin Harvick are tied for first in the Ch ... |
| Down 24, Stafford leads Lions past Cowboys 34-30 Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:47 AM PDT ARLINGTON -- Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson and the Detroit Lions are for real, all right. A week after turning a 20-point halftime deficit into an overtime win, the Lions provided further proof they're a legitimate contender by turning a 24-poi ... |
| Texans lose Johnson, beat Steelers 17-10 Posted: 02 Oct 2011 10:32 AM PDT HOUSTON -- Andre Johnson turned upfield, fell awkwardly forward and clutched the back of his right leg. In past seasons, an injury to their All-Pro receiver would've doomed the Houston Texans. That was before they had Arian Foster. Foster rushed ... |
| Some residents say testing is damaging homes Posted: 03 Oct 2011 12:02 AM PDT FORT WORTH -- Some homeowners in southeast Fort Worth say they have found damage to their homes that they believe was caused by recent seismic testing in their neighborhoods. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that seismic testing has become routin ... |
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