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- A view from history: WWII bombers available for rides, tours
- Texas A&M sociologist says U.S. may get Chinese 'floaters'
- Local Texas House race racking up the dollars
- Domestic violence victims get voice at event
- Weather Whys: Drought and temperature
- Fires devastate Bastrop State Park
- Popular Texas state park a 'moonscape' after fires
- Texas welcomes rain as dry spell eases slightly
- Antelope takes out mountain biker
- Pita Pit execs hungry for another shot
- Lane of Texas 6 reopened after vehicle fire
- Grounded ship appears to be breaking up in heavy seas
- Harvest Moon event to benefit disabled
- Harvest Moon event to benefit disabled
- Obama to continue fighting for jobs bill
- Scientists say Black Death bug hasn't changed
- Celebs help Occupy Wall Street
- Mitt Romney remains atop the GOP primary race
- U.S. says Iranian plot amateurish
- Bilingual ballots decline
- Texas' dry spell eases with recent rain
- Woman flees polygamous community
- Texas A&M's Maysfest today
- Networking lunch for women planned
- CS gets requests for developments
| A view from history: WWII bombers available for rides, tours Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Guy Miller went for a ride Wednesday, one he won't soon forget. Miller was among those who paid to be taken on a spin in a World War II-era B-29 "Superfortress" at Easterwood Airport. "There's so much more noise and so much more vibration, especi ...   |
| Texas A&M sociologist says U.S. may get Chinese 'floaters' Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT China could soon rival Mexico for the most plentiful supplier of low-wage U.S. workers, a potential major shift resulting from conditions in the three countries, a Texas A&M sociologist is predicting. "It's not going to be a major wave," said ... |
| Local Texas House race racking up the dollars Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT The race to represent Brazos County in the Texas House of Representatives has become the most expensive local campaign in recent memory, according to campaign finance reports submitted this week. Two of the candidates -- College Station businesswo ... |
| Domestic violence victims get voice at event Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Survivors of domestic violence will share their stories of abuse tonight with hundreds expected to attend the 17th annual candlelight vigil, sponsored by the Brazos County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. "We just felt like it would be more i ... |
| Weather Whys: Drought and temperature Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:05 AM PDT Q: Can a drought affect our overnight temperatures? A: Yes it can, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “A drought can cause overnight temperatures to be slightly lower than normal overnight lows without a drought,” he expla ... |
| Fires devastate Bastrop State Park Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT BASTROP -- Todd McClanahan surveys the fire-blackened tree trunks poking out of a thick carpet of ash, a normally green world turned black and gray. "You should have seen it in color," says McClanahan, superintendent of Bastrop State Park. The p ... |
| Popular Texas state park a 'moonscape' after fires Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:02 AM PDT BASTROP -- Todd McClanahan surveys the fire-blackened tree trunks poking out of a thick carpet of ash, a normally green world turned black and gray."You should have seen it in color," says McClanahan, superintendent of Bastrop State Park, mentioning ... |
| Texas welcomes rain as dry spell eases slightly Posted: 12 Oct 2011 08:03 AM PDT LUBBOCK -- Rain that fell across a large swath of parched Texas the past week has snapped a seven-month streak of precipitation amounts that were among each month's 10 driest on record. National Weather Service meteorologist Victor Murphy said Wednes ... |
| Antelope takes out mountain biker Posted: 12 Oct 2011 07:50 AM PDT JOHANNESBURG -- A South African mountain biker's collision with an antelope became an Internet sensation with uncommon speed and international reach, YouTube said Wednesday. Evan van der Spuy, 16, was competing in a weekend race in a wildlife park ... |
| Pita Pit execs hungry for another shot Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT Pita Pit's corporate executives hope their recent takeover of the chain's two locations in College Station will be followed by 10 new eateries in the area in the next two years. The Pita Pit in Northgate at 403 University Drive reopened Oct. 4, an ... |
| Lane of Texas 6 reopened after vehicle fire Posted: 12 Oct 2011 12:53 AM PDT The scene of a vehicle fire on Texas 6 just south of Westward Ho in Brazos County has been cleared. An SUV pulling a flatbed trailer with a truck on it caught fire about 6 a.m., and was on the shoulder of the road, South Brazos County Fire Departmen ... |
| Grounded ship appears to be breaking up in heavy seas Posted: 12 Oct 2011 02:37 AM PDT TAURANGA, New Zealand -- A cargo ship that has spilled hundreds of tons of oil since striking a reef off New Zealand's coast appeared to be breaking up in heavy seas, as its captain faced criminal charges in court Wednesday. A vertical crack was a ... |
| Harvest Moon event to benefit disabled Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT |
| Harvest Moon event to benefit disabled Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT |
| Obama to continue fighting for jobs bill Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in the Senate promise additional votes on pieces of the president's $447 billion jobs bill, but how those pieces might be arranged and when the votes might be taken is up in the air. T ... |
| Scientists say Black Death bug hasn't changed Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history's worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven't changed much over 600 years. Luckily, we have. The evolution of society and med ... |
| Celebs help Occupy Wall Street Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:00 PM PDT NEW YORK -- As the nearly monthlong Occupy Wall Street protests have grown, they've attracted the support of celebrities. Kanye West and Russell Simmons most recently visited the protests in lower Manhattan on Monday. They followed visits from do ... |
| Mitt Romney remains atop the GOP primary race Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney seems firmly in command in a Republican presidential field that hasn't figured out how to stop him. Twelve weeks before the first party voting, the GOP establishment is coalescing around the former Massachusetts governor ... |
| U.S. says Iranian plot amateurish Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- The alleged Iranian plot against the Saudi ambassador to Washington was "amateur hour," an unusually clumsy operation for Iran's elite foreign action unit, the Quds Force, U.S. officials said Wednesday as further stranger-than-fiction d ... |
| Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:02 PM PDT In the run-up to the 2012 elections, the federal government is ordering that 248 counties and other political jurisdictions provide bilingual ballots to Hispanics and other minorities who speak little or no English. That number is down from a deca ... |
| Texas' dry spell eases with recent rain Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- Rainfall across a large swath of parched Texas during the past week snapped a seven-month streak of precipitation levels that were among each month's 10 driest on record, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Wednesday. "Thankf ... |
| Woman flees polygamous community Posted: 12 Oct 2011 05:01 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah authorities have helped a woman leave a polygamous community run by jailed sect leader Warren Jeffs along the Utah-Arizona border.Media outlets including the Salt Lake Tribune report the woman was one of his nearly 70 wives. Th ... |
| Texas A&M's Maysfest today Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:28 AM PDT Texas A&M University will host its bi-annual Maysfest for students and faculty outside the Wehner Building on campus from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today. The event organized by the Mays Business School features music, games, giveaways, guest appearances ... |
| Networking lunch for women planned Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:51 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A networking lunch for health care administrative women in the Bryan-College Station area is scheduled for Wednesday. The $25 program will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, 8447 Texas 47 in Bryan. The ... |
| CS gets requests for developments Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:51 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report College Station recently received several requests for new and improved developments: * Van Stavern Vet: 3102 Texas Ave. South; A plan for an animal clinic addition. * MDW Centre -- Detention Facility: 1150 University Drive; a s ... |
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