| Retired Rev still draws a crowd Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT Birthday girl Reveille VII relaxes as Reba Ragsdale pays homage to the retired A&M mascot on her 11th birthday at the home of her caretakers, Paul and Tina Gardner, in College Station on Sunday. The house and surrounding grounds filled with visit ... |
| Family, friends share good memories of shooting victim Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT On any other day, Ronda Daniel could peek out her bedroom window and into her neighbor's to see his iguana. But, on Sunday, the beloved pet was no longer there and neither was her 19-year-old neighbor, Billy Joe Menard Jr. "He loved that iguana ... |
| Driver who hit officer suspected of DWI Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT Eagle Staff ReportA Brazos County sheriff's deputy was injured early Sunday when a suspected drunken driver turned into his car at the corner of Holleman Drive and F.M. 2818 in College Station. Deputy Christopher Moynihan was taken to College Station ... |
| Police: College Station man arrested for evasion Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:15 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A College Station man ran down a hallway in The Lofts on Holleman Drive spraying a fire extinguisher on the walls and ran off when a police officer tried to detain him, according to a police report. The 19-year-old was charged w ... |
| Austin man arrested twice on same day Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:15 PM PDT Eagle Staf ReportSaturday was a long day in Aggieland for one Austinite. The 31-year-old kicked off the day around 3 a.m., arrested for possession of a small amount of amphetamines after police were called to the 400 block of Cherry Street in College ... |
| Pressure's on for protesters to get united message Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT NEW YORK -- The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday with a b ... |
| 3 charged after 4 disabled adults locked in room Posted: 16 Oct 2011 11:43 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA -- Three people have been charged after police found four mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that contained only a container of orange juice.Officers were investigating a report ... |
| Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap stirs tensions Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT JERUSALEM -- This week's planned Mideast prisoner swap is unleashing deep anguish in Israel and widespread elation in the Palestinian territories, laying bare the chasm of perspective dividing the two sides. In Israel, the public is aghast at havi ... |
| Thousands honor Martin Luther King Jr. at memorial dedication Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people spanning all ages and races honored the legacy of the nation's foremost civil rights leader during Sunday's formal dedication of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Aretha Franklin, poet Nikki G ... |
| Review: Regulators going light on Medicare fraud Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT MIAMI -- Regulators fighting an estimated $60 billion to $90 billion a year in Medicare fraud frequently suspend Medicare providers, then quickly reinstate them after appeals hearings that government employees don't even attend, according to an Ass ... |
| Experts say stocks may make a comeback Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT NEW YORK -- 2011 was shaping up to be a washout for the stock market just two weeks ago. Now, it's within shouting distance of its biggest comeback in nearly three decades. The Standard and Poor's 500 index has jumped 11.4 percent since hitting it ... |
| Fighting obesity is school's top mission Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT DANVILLE, Ill. -- Five-year-olds dance hip-hop to the alphabet. Third-graders learn math by twisting into geometric shapes, fifth-graders by calculating calories. And everyone goes to the gym -- every day. In the middle of America's heartland, a s ... |
| Lawsuits put Texas elections in limbo Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT AUSTIN -- Two ongoing legal cases to determine whether new voting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature discriminate against minorities have cast uncertainty over Texas' 2012 elections. While a federal court in Washington has been mu ... |
| Barack Obama still draws in donations even in hard times Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has shored up support from mid-level donors in some of the most economically distraught areas of the country, even as his Republican challengers have made jobs a central issue heading into next year's election. ... |
| Dubai gasoline company fights cap on fuel prices Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- When its gasoline pumps started going dry in the United Arab Emirates' poorer northern states earlier this year, Dubai's oil company blamed mysterious service upgrades. Few believed that at the time, and now the comp ... |
| Retired literary figure hits the streets Posted: 16 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- It's a coming-of-age story at the other end of life.Howard Junker retired from the West Coast literary journal he founded 25 years ago. But he wasn't ready to put down his pen -- or be put out to pasture. Having discovered many great ... |
| New Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury Posted: 16 Oct 2011 08:01 PM PDT ATLANTA, GA ( Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Every year, more than 10 thousand Americans suffer a spinal cord injury. For some, it means total paralysis. For others, it's all about finding treatments that can help improve their strength and function. Now, an ... |
| New Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury - Research Summary Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT BACKGROUND: A spinal cord injury often causes permanent disability or loss of movement and sensation below the site of the injury. The ability to control limbs depends on two factors: the neurological level of the injury, which is the lowest functi ... |
| Searching Web Before ER Visits Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:54 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) Are parents surfing the internet before taking their kids to the emergency room? In the research abstract, "Internet Usage by Parents Prior to Seeking Care at a Pediatric Emergency Department," 262 parents or guardians who ... |
| Bigger Brains Better For Preemies Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:54 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The bigger the better! New research shows that may be true when dealing with the brains of premature babies. The research suggests the growth rate of a premature baby's cerebral cortex may predict how well they are able to t ... |
| Study: Vitamin E Increases Prostate Cancer Risk Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:54 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) Guys, before you take that daily supplement, read this! According to a new study, men who were randomized to receive daily supplementation with vitamin E had a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer. Lifetime ris ... |
| The Debate over Bariatric Surgery in Adolescents Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:53 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Morbid obesity in adolescents is fueling a hot debate. As increasing numbers of children and adolescents become obese, discussions about whether surgery is an appropriate response have intensified. Obesity in children can cau ... |
| Embryonic Stem Cells Behave Differently in a Dish Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:52 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) Can researchers predict the future of stem cells by knowing how they begin? Dr.Thomas Zwaka, associate professor in the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues examined ... |
| Cell Biology Changed Forever Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:52 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Rewrite the textbooks and revisit old experiments! There is a new player in town and it is changing the face of cellular research. A breakthrough discovery could help resolve scientists' lingering questions. Inside every cell ... |
| Home Remedies: Natural Antibiotics Posted: 16 Oct 2011 07:48 PM PDT (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When taken properly, antibiotics save lives, but overuse is giving rise to superbugs around the country like MRSA that kill thousands of people a year. So what can you do? There may be some natural answers. Dinner at the Bink ... |
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