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- National Night Out brings community together
- Parched trees browning; residents encouraged to keep watering
- Breast cancer survivor shares her story at luncheon
- CS teen charged in dollar bill scam
- Police: Teen charged after shoving teacher
- Fundraiser to benefit God's Little Creatures on Saturday
- Obama seeks debt collector proposal
- Police: Driver fled after striking man on bicycle
- Firefighters make progress on Bastrop blaze
- Nobel team: Universe expanding at accelerating pace
- Police investigating burglaries of College Station housing units
- Teen injured in College Station wreck
- Perry once defended Confederate symbols
- Texting study finds slower driver response times
- Perry once defended Confederate symbols
- Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke says recovery 'close to faltering'
- Blaze forces 40 homes evacuated in Central Texas
- Iran puts University of Texas student on trial
- 18 Tyler students hospitalized after bus wreck
- Experts say epic Texas drought will last into 2012
- Drought could hurt bat population
- Obama knocks GOP leader; pushes jobs bill in Texas
- Truck bomb kills 70 in Somalia
- Airline VIPs might get to fly through security
- Study: Study: Reaction times can double while texting and driving
| National Night Out brings community together Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Whether it was familiarizing neighbors with one another or the police, handing out crime prevention tips or just letting the children jump around in a bounce house and eat hotdogs, National Night Out parties across Bryan-College Station Tuesday all ...   |
| Parched trees browning; residents encouraged to keep watering Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT October is usually the time for trees to start turning brown for the fall, but this year many may be changing colors for a different reason -- drought. Texas foresters estimate that nearly every tree in the state is facing some kind of danger due ... |
| Breast cancer survivor shares her story at luncheon Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT At the age of 40, Christine Clifford received a call from her doctor giving her a diagnosis she'd long feared: Breast cancer. As a young girl, Clifford watched as her mother battled and eventually lost her fight to the disease, so discovering the ... |
| CS teen charged in dollar bill scam Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report It may have been a first: A 17-year-old College Station teenager was arrested Monday after trying to pass counterfeit bills in the A&M Consolidated school cafeteria. According to police, 17-year-old Dustin Dominique Aleman ... |
| Police: Teen charged after shoving teacher Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:05 AM PDT A 13-year-old A&M Consolidated Middle School student was charged with assault on a public servant after shoving a teacher, according to police.A teacher in a suspension classroom woke the teen up Monday after he fell asleep twice, and when he wok ... |
| Fundraiser to benefit God's Little Creatures on Saturday Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Proceeds from a fundraiser scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday will benefit God's Little Creatures, a local no-kill animal shelter. The annual fall benefit will be at Tractor Supply in College Station, located at 2818 and T ... |
| Obama seeks debt collector proposal Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- To the dismay of consumer groups and the discomfort of Democrats, President Barack Obama wants Congress to make it easier for private debt collectors to call the cellphones of consumers delinquent on student loans and other billions o ... |
| Police: Driver fled after striking man on bicycle Posted: 04 Oct 2011 04:44 AM PDT College Station police are looking for a vehicle that hit a 19-year-old bicyclist Monday and didn't stop.The man had been riding east in the westbound bicycle lane on Lincoln Avenue when he was struck about 4:44 p.m. by a car that was heading the sam ... |
| Firefighters make progress on Bastrop blaze Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:13 AM PDT BASTROP -- Firefighters made progress overnight battling a wildfire in the same Central Texas county where a destructive blaze last month destroyed more than 1,500 homes.Texas Forest Service spokesman John Nichols said early Wednesday morning that wi ... |
| Nobel team: Universe expanding at accelerating pace Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT NEW YORK -- Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, a stunning revelation that suggests the cosmos could be headed for a colder, bleaker future, nearl ... |
| Police investigating burglaries of College Station housing units Posted: 04 Oct 2011 07:16 AM PDT College Station police said they are investigating after four housing units under construction were burglarized. The burglaries of units of The Cottages of College Station, 2300 Cottage Lane, likely occurred overnight and were discovered by construc ... |
| Teen injured in College Station wreck Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:54 AM PDT A 16-year-old girl was taken to a hospital Monday after she pulled in front of another vehicle and was struck in College Station, police said.The College Station teen was driving north on Pebble Creek Parkway at 4:57 p.m. when she stopped at a stop s ... |
| Perry once defended Confederate symbols Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick Perry. Texas had a pair of bronze plaques with s ... |
| Texting study finds slower driver response times Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:13 AM PDT AUSTIN -- New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought.Reading or writing a text message behind the wheel can more than double a driver's reaction time, according to a study released Wednesday ... |
| Perry once defended Confederate symbols Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:00 AM PDT AUSTIN -- Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick Perry. Texas had a pair of bronze plaques with s ... |
| Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke says recovery 'close to faltering' Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Europe has a debt crisis. America has a jobs crisis. Corporate profits could be in trouble. World financial markets are in turmoil. And no one seems prepared to ride to the rescue. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke bluntly warned ... |
| Blaze forces 40 homes evacuated in Central Texas Posted: 04 Oct 2011 02:46 PM PDT BASTROP -- Officials say more than 40 homes have been evacuated in Central Texas as firefighters battle a wildfire in the same county where a destructive blaze last month destroyed more than 1,500 homes.The Bastrop County Sheriff's Office said the bl ... |
| Iran puts University of Texas student on trial Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:32 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran -- An Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas went on trial Tuesday in Tehran on charges of having relations with a hostile country and receiving illegitimate funds, his lawyer said. Omid Kokabee pleaded not guilty to both ... |
| 18 Tyler students hospitalized after bus wreck Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:32 AM PDT TYLER -- Authorities say 18 Tyler middle school students were taken to area hospitals after the bus they were riding in was hit by a station wagon that crossed into the middle of the road.Department of Public Safety Trooper Steven Hodge tells the Tyl ... |
| Experts say epic Texas drought will last into 2012 Posted: 04 Oct 2011 01:05 AM PDT FORT WORTH -- The Texas drought that has led to crop losses and devastating wildfires is expected to last another year and possibly longer, weather experts said Monday.Texas and some surrounding states are prone to long-term drought over the next dec ... |
| Drought could hurt bat population Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT BRACKEN -- The historic drought in Texas is changing the behavior of the stars of one of the state's natural summer marvels, raising fears the spectacle next year may be less spectacular. A depleting insect population has forced millions of bats a ... |
| Obama knocks GOP leader; pushes jobs bill in Texas Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:36 AM PDT DALLAS -- President Barack Obama is singling out the House majority leader for criticism after Rep. Eric Cantor said the president's entire $447 billion jobs bill will not get a House vote. "I'd like Mr. Cantor to come down here to Dallas and explain ... |
| Truck bomb kills 70 in Somalia Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Al-Qaida-linked militants launched their deadliest single bomb attack ever in Somalia on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and demonstrating how the group that blocked aid to famine victims can still mount devastating violen ... |
| Airline VIPs might get to fly through security Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT ATLANTA -- A small group of frequent fliers began using lower-hassle security lines Tuesday in exchange for sharing more personal information with the government in a trial program at four U.S. airports. The "PreCheck" program represents a big at ... |
| Study: Study: Reaction times can double while texting and driving Posted: 04 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT AUSTIN -- New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought. Reading or writing a text message behind the wheel can more than double a driver's reaction time, according to a study released Wednes ... |
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