Friday, October 21, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Elderly man found dead in College Station home

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An elderly man was found dead in his garage in southwest College Station Thursday afternoon and a woman was taken from the home to The College Station Medical Center with serious injuries, police said.
Officer Rhonda Seaton, spo ...

Elderly man found dead, woman injured at College Station home

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 12:15 PM PDT

College Station police investigators are on the scene at a home in the 1300 block of Deacon Drive, where officers discovered an elderly man dead in the garage and an injured woman.
Police spokeswoman Rhonda Seaton said the department had received a ...

Bob Yancy aims to use expertise in office

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT


For more than 10 years, Bob Yancy has worked with hospitals and other health care companies to find savings in equipment purchases.
When a customer needs to buy supplies, Yancy sends requests for bids to all providers approved by the Food and Dru ...

Libya officials: Gadhafi captured, possibly killed

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 02:27 AM PDT


SIRTE, Libya -- Libya's information minister said Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell. Amid the fighting, a NATO airstr ...

Menard slaying allegedly drug-related

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT


The three men who were arrested this week in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Billy Menard Jr. told police problems started when Menard took $160 worth of marijuana from one of them and refused to pay, according to an officer's rep ...

Report: 570 jobs slashed at A&M

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT


In the last year, Texas A&M's budget reductions claimed 570 faculty and staff positions even as enrollment increased by 925 students, according to a report provided recently to A&M System Chancellor John Sharp.
The one-page summary was to ...

With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya, West

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:05 AM PDT


TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Moammar Gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric dictators, so mercurial that he was both condemned and courted by the West, while he brutally warped his country with his idiosyn ...

Police: Man handcuffed, used stun gun on his ex

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 28-year-old man who police said handcuffed his ex-girlfriend and used a stun gun on her remained in the Brazos County Jail Thursday without bail on charges of unlawful restraint and assault.
Bryan police responded to a domestic ...

No ID on fatal wreck victims

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT

The identities of two people who were killed Wednesday in a Robertson County traffic accident remained unknown Thursday, and authorities are asking for help in determining who the victims are. Trooper Jimmy Morgan, spokesman for the Department of Pub ...

Five alleged robbers indicted

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:11 PM PDT

A Brazos County jury indicted 37 people on felony charges Thursday, including five people who allegedly participated in an armed robbery of a traveling jewelry salesman. While inside his vehicle, the salesman was held at gunpoint in August in College ...

Moammar Gadhafi killed in Libya

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


SIRTE, Libya -- Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance tw ...

Gadhafi's death turns focus to nation building

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Libya's victorious revolutionaries now face a new threat: Themselves.
The secular and the religious, the politicians and the militants all basked Thursday in the demise of a dictator after fighters killed Moammar Gadhafi and eradicat ...

New, bigger H-E-B opening next week in Bryan

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT

H-E-B's new Bryan store at the corner of Texas Avenue and Texas 21 is set to open Wednesday.
The 68,000-square-foot store is 44,000 square feet larger than the nearby H-E-B store it is replacing.
Among the store's features are what the grocery chai ...

New, bigger H-E-B opening next week in Bryan

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT

H-E-B's new Bryan store at the corner of Texas Avenue and Texas 21 is set to open Wednesday.
The 68,000-square-foot store is 44,000 square feet larger than the nearby H-E-B store it is replacing.
Among the store's features are what the grocery chai ...

Moammar Gadhafi's demise a cautionary tale for region

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT


CAIRO -- Images of Moammar Gadhafi's bloodied body flashed on TV screens across the world may send shivers down the spines of Syria's Bashar Assad and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh, two leaders clinging to power in the face of long-running Arab Spring ...

Shredders at the ready for CS event

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT

The public is invited to "Shred Day" on Nov. 7.
The Better Business Bureau and Brazos Records Storage is hosting the event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 418 Tarrow St., College Station.
Residents and small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of ...

Moammar Gadhafi photos test media

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:09 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- An opposition figure provided Al Jazeera with cellphone video of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's violent death on Thursday, testing media organizations around the world on their capacity for showing gruesome pictures.
In the first sh ...

Tune up your landscape this fall

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT

4-50-1 third Fall is a favorite time of year for many Texas gardeners. Cooler temperatures revive gardens and gardeners alike. Time spent in your landscape in October and November reaps big benefits in winter and spring. PlantingFall is an excellent ...

Shredders at the ready for CS event

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:21 AM PDT

The public is invited to "Shred Day" on Nov. 7.
The Better Business Bureau and Brazos Records Storage is hosting the event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 418 Tarrow St., College Station.
Residents and small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of ...

Chrome hosting networking party

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Business After Hours is Thursday at Chrome: A Salon Experience.
The free event is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 1501 University Drive suite 210, in College Station.
Current or prospective members of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce are welcom ...

Brenham bank gets award for outreach

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:22 AM PDT

Brenham National Bank recently received a gold medal in the Best of Community Banking Awards.
The Independent Bankers Association of Texas recognized the bank in its financial literacy category for the bank's educational outreach efforts. The organi ...

Chrome hosting networking party

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Business After Hours is Thursday at Chrome: A Salon Experience.
The free event is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 1501 University Drive suite 210, in College Station.
Current or prospective members of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce are welcom ...

Oakleaf not your usual hydrangea

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Dear Neil: What can you tell me about oakleaf hydrangeas? A friend swears by them, but I haven't seen hers when they're at their prime. I'd like a professional's opinion.
A: Oakleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) are great shade shrubs for much ...

Oakleaf not your usual hydrangea

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Dear Neil: What can you tell me about oakleaf hydrangeas? A friend swears by them, but I haven't seen hers when they're at their prime. I'd like a professional's opinion.
A: Oakleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) are great shade shrubs for much ...

Chrome hosting networking party

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:24 AM PDT

Business After Hours is Thursday at Chrome: A Salon Experience.
The free event is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at 1501 University Drive suite 210, in College Station.
Current or prospective members of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce are welcom ...

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