Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Aggies question Rick Perry's conservative values

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT


Yet another sign Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign is facing challenges: Conservative students from his beloved alma mater are criticizing him for supporting in-state tuition rates for some undocumented students.
"The fact that he continues ...

Three arrested in connection with August jewelry robbery

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 10:48 AM PDT


College Station police charged three Houston men with aggravated robbery last week for their alleged involvement an August robbery of a traveling jeweler held at gunpoint.
The men, 19-year-old Brayan Vargas, 24-year-old Tito Andres Vargas and 22- ...

3 more accused in jewelry robbery

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT


The confession of a 22-year-old accused of participating in an August armed robbery of a traveling jewelry salesman in College Station led police to two other men believed to have been involved, officials said.
Brayan David Vargas, 19, and Tito A ...

WWII bombers landing in CS

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT


A pair of World War II bombers will visit College Station this week and will be available for guided tours and flights.
The B-24 Liberator and B-29 "Superfortress" will land at Easterwood Airport on Tuesday and be open to the public Wednesday and ...

ID of jailer linked to inmate unknown

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT


The identity of a 51-year-old woman who was fired Friday by Brazos County Jail Administrator Wayne Dickey following an internal affairs investigation into her relationship with an inmate remained undisclosed Monday.
The jailer, the investigation ...

KBTX airing newscasts in HD

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT

KBTX News 3 started airing local newscasts in high definition on Monday.Mike Wright, the station's general manager, said KBTX is the first television station in the area to broadcast live newscasts in HD. The upgrade has been more than three years in ...

Woman accused of abduction, cutting out fetus

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


MILWAUKEE -- A woman who faked a pregnancy and panicked as her supposed due date grew near attacked a pregnant mother with a baseball bat and cut her full-term fetus from her womb with an X-Acto knife, killing the mother and baby, according to cour ...

1 dead, 7 boaters survive 20 hours in Fla. waters

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 12:54 AM PDT


MARATHON, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard says a commercial fisherman spotted a capsized pleasure boat and led to the rescue of seven people who spent 20 hours floating in choppy seas off the Florida Keys.
The commercial boat rescued three men clingi ...

Train derailment under investigation

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Roads were opened and an evacuation order was lifted early Monday after crews cleaned up a 12-car train derailment in Burleson County along Texas 36.
Joe Faust, a spokesman for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, said a cause f ...

Tyler police say fight over blanket led to slaying

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 06:47 AM PDT

TYLER -- Police say an apparent argument over a blanket has led to an East Texas man accused of killing his cousin.Tyler police say 29-year-old Danez Dewayne Black of Tyler has been charged with murder. Smith County Jail records did not list an attor ...

Dr Pepper Ten: 'No women allowed'

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 06:47 AM PDT

NEW YORK -- Dudes don't drink diet. Or at least that's the idea behind Dr Pepper Ten, a 10-calorie soft drink Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is rolling out on Monday with a macho ad campaign that proclaims "It's not for women." The soft drink was devel ...

Power back online after tornado in San Antonio

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 06:53 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO-- An electric company spokesman says power has been restored to all customers affected by a small tornado that touched down in San Antonio.Victor Robledo of CPS Energy said homes and businesses that went dark during the storm early Sunday ...

Egyptian military pledges to crack down on violence

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


CAIRO -- Egypt's ruling military on Monday condemned a surge in deadly violence as an attempt to undermine the state, and warned it will act to safeguard the peace following a night of clashes that drew in Christians, Muslims and security forces.
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NYPD's costs rise to patrol Wall Street

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- As the protest on Wall Street enters its fourth week, police officers are keeping their posts around the perimeter of the park at the center of it all. And with no end in sight, the cost of constant police surveillance will continue to ...

2 Americans win Nobel Prize in economics

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


PRINCETON, N.J. -- Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent have no simple solutions to the global economic crisis. But the work that won them the Nobel Prize in economics Monday is guiding central bankers and policymakers in their search for answers.
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Dr Pepper offers 'manly' drink

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- Dudes don't drink diet.
Or at least that's the idea behind Dr Pepper Ten, a 10-calorie soft drink Dr Pepper Snapple Group is rolling out on Monday with a macho ad campaign that proclaims "It's not for women." The soft drink was develo ...

Alamo documents to be sold online

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Gunpowder receipts and other Alamo-related battle preparation documents will be offered for sale online in November.The items belonged to Robert E. Davis of Waco, a private collector who died in 2003, the San Antonio Express-News repor ...

Bastrop County plans for recovery

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT


BASTROP -- A Central Texas community reeling from last month's deadly wildfires had a town hall meeting to talk about recovery.
Bastrop County leaders scheduled a "community conversation" Monday night for everyone affected by the wildfires.
Wildf ...

Jobs' death caused by respiratory arrest, cancer

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


SAN FRANCISCO -- A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. co-founder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.
Jobs died last Wednesday at age 56. A ...

Famous Big Ben clock leaning slightly

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT


LONDON -- Big Ben has a little bend.
Experts say the neogothic clock tower -- one of the world's most recognizable landmarks -- is gently leaning to one side. Documents recently published by Britain's Parliament show that the top of its gilded spi ...

Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 01:05 AM PDT


NEW YORK -- Netflix Inc. is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services because it would make them more difficult to use.
Subscribers will be able to use both services under one account and one ...

Calendar

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Mark Your Calendar
Big Creek's Back Porch Family Music Festival is set for Friday and Saturday at Lake Somerville's Big Creek Marina. Gates open at 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Activities include music, food, kid's porch and activities, arts ...

7 survive 20 hours at sea

Posted: 10 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT

MARATHON, Fla. -- Four hours into a family fishing trip, rough waves flipped a 22-foot boat off the Florida Keys, tossing eight people overboard. Seven of them, including a 4-year-old girl, survived by clinging to their capsized vessel and a small bl ...

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