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- A&M System offices to move closer to College Station campus
- Monarchs fluttering away amid drought
- Tech genius Steve Jobs dies
- Bryan councilman Mike Southerland back on the job, but taking it slow
- Weather Whys: Droughts
- A&M System to move offices again
- Police: Truck drove away after hitting motorcycle
- Brenham trains go silent
- Drives aim to help fire victims
- Steve Jobs told us what we needed before we knew
- Power Pedal races planned for Saturday
- Occupy Wall Street spin-offs come to Texas
- Official: Spark may have started Texas plant fire
- Police arrest car burglary suspects
- Ranchers wonder how to handle the herd
- Ranchers wonder how to handle the herd
- Livestock challenges focus of talk on Oct. 21
- Unions join Wall Street protest
- Probe of Nazi guards reopened
- Low winds help in containing blaze
- Report outlines Gulf recovery
- Palin says she won't run for president
- Republican field comes into focus
- Case scrutinizes religious staffing
| A&M System offices to move closer to College Station campus Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:13 AM PDT The A&M System's administrative office will soon be moving from south College Station to its original headquarters, the John B. Connally Building near the corner of University Drive and Tarrow Drive. "Chancellor [John] Sharp believes it is important ...   |
| Monarchs fluttering away amid drought Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT A lone Monarch butterfly seeks nourishment from blooms in a downtown Bryan garden. Monarchs migrate thousands of miles each year from their summer roosts on the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest, down through Texas to Mexico for winter. Monarch Watch foun ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:40 PM PDT CUPERTINO, Calif. — Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple ... |
| Bryan councilman Mike Southerland back on the job, but taking it slow Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Bryan City Councilman Mike Southerland returned to city business on Wednesday for the first time since he was hospitalized with heart trouble in August. Southerland received a tour of the city's new animal shelter facilities, which opened while he ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:32 AM PDT Q: Why do droughts occur? A: A drought is defined by the National Weather Service as a deficiency of moisture that results in adverse impacts on people, animals or vegetation over a sizeable area, says Steven Quiring of Texas A&M University. &ld ... |
| A&M System to move offices again Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT In a move framed as furthering efficiency, Chancellor John Sharp said Wednesday that the A&M System's offices will move to their old location near the Hilton in College Station, which is far closer to the System's flagship campus at about a mil ... |
| Police: Truck drove away after hitting motorcycle Posted: 05 Oct 2011 04:16 AM PDT College Station police on Wednesday were looking for a truck that drove away after knocking over a man on a motorcycle. The wreck happened at 7:42 a.m. when a 22-year-old Franklin man was driving north in the outside lane in the 1100 block of F.M. 2 ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Many Brenham residents have been experiencing something this season they're not used to: silence. The city's quiet zone officially went into effect last week, requiring train conductors to refrain from using their horns as they approach crossings. Th ... |
| Drives aim to help fire victims Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT As wildfires flared up again this week in Bastrop County, donation drives for victims of the earlier fires in the area continued. J.D. Young is the director of Faith Mission, based in Brenham, and said the group still is raising funds to help victims ... |
| Steve Jobs told us what we needed before we knew Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:26 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Steve Jobs saw the future and led the world to it. He moved technology from garages to pockets, took entertainment from discs to bytes and turned gadgets into extensions of the people who use them.Jobs, who founded and ran Apple, tol ... |
| Power Pedal races planned for Saturday Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report The 19th annual Power Pedal races, sponsored by Bryan Texas Utilities, are scheduled to take place this Saturday at Lake Bryan. Entry fees for the various races, including 5K, 10K and full trail events for bikers and runners, ra ... |
| Occupy Wall Street spin-offs come to Texas Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:53 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Demonstrators have organized spin-offs of the Occupy Wall Street protests Thursday in five Texas cities.Hundreds of people were expected to begin a protest in downtown Austin called Occupy Austin. A group of homeless activists were also exp ... |
| Official: Spark may have started Texas plant fire Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:37 AM PDT WAXAHACHIE -- An official says an electrical spark may have started a large North Texas chemical plant fire that forced school evacuations and kept residents inside because of the risk of harmful gases. Scott Pendery, CEO of plant owner Magnablend ... |
| Police arrest car burglary suspects Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A report to police of suspicious activity resulted in two men being arrested on felony charges, including vehicle burglary and engaging in organized criminal activity. An officer who was responding to a report of two men trying t ... |
| Ranchers wonder how to handle the herd Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT The cost of maintaining a cow through the coming winter could more than double due to adverse weather, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist. A yearlong drought combined with record high summer temperatures has res ... |
| Ranchers wonder how to handle the herd Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:03 PM PDT The cost of maintaining a cow through the coming winter could more than double due to adverse weather, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service beef cattle specialist. A yearlong drought combined with record high summer temperatures has res ... |
| Livestock challenges focus of talk on Oct. 21 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT The future of the cattle market, plus alternative feeding options and livestock health issues during drought, are several topics up for discussion at the Oct. 21 Brock Faulkner-Brazos Valley Cattleman's Clinic at the Brazos Valley Livestock Commiss ... |
| Unions join Wall Street protest Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- A diverse group of powerful unions joined demonstrations near Wall Street on Wednesday, lending focus, credibility and potentially hundreds of participants to a group that started out with a few college students camping out in lower Man ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT BERLIN -- In a final quest to bring Holocaust participants to justice, German authorities have reopened hundreds of dormant investigations of Nazi death camp guards -- men who are now so old that time has become "the enemy" for prosecutors hurrying t ... |
| Low winds help in containing blaze Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT BASTROP — Firefighters continued making progress containing a small fire just a month after the state’s most destructive wildfire hit the same Central Texas county, officials said Wednesday. The 320-acre fire north of Bastrop was 50 pe ... |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT HOUSTON -- Five coastal states are determined to clean up the damaged Gulf of Mexico ecosystem after last year's oil spill highlighted how decades of contamination and deterioration has placed a backbone of the U.S. economy at risk of ruin, according ... |
| Palin says she won't run for president Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:48 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday she will not run for president, leaving little doubt that the eventual Republican nominee will come from the current field of contenders. After months of leaving her fans guessing, Palin ... |
| Republican field comes into focus Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON — With the Chris Christie and Sarah Palin teases over, Mitt Romney is telling Republican activists there’s all the more reason to get excited about his presidential campaign. They will keep him waiting a bit longer, it seems. ... |
| Case scrutinizes religious staffing Posted: 05 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Count on Tuesday seemed deeply divided on how far the government can intrude inside the employment practices of churches and religious groups, a decision being closely watched by religious institutions concerned about their ... |
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