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- Day for the dogs
- Teen says he killed CS man
- General studies changes a major adjustment for Texas A&M
- Vote tees up debate about the future of golf courses in Bryan
- A bigger Downtown Bryan? You may have to wait
- Special Olympics more than an athletic contest
- Man apparently fires shots, kills himself
- Statistics show world is more peaceful than ever
- New Libya regime ready to lead
- Gadhafi's death reveals end of an era
- More women enter science field
- More dust storms may hit Texas
- Iraqis at odds on U.S. troops leaving
- Auschwitz survivor dies at 90 in Poland
- Case renews exotic pets query
- Cameron's story: CS baby's death puts rare disease in focus
- Arts Watch: 'Young Frankenstein' next for OPAS
- Half of teens shy, but for a few it's more serious
- Crafts add zing to Halloween, even at last minute
- School menus, Oct. 24-28
- Our Neighbors Calendar
- Our Neighbors: Texas A&M Health Science Center
- Our Neighbors: Daughters of the American Revolution
- Our Neighbors: The Woman's Club
- Our Neighbors: Allen Academy
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:25 PM PDT Maddie, dressed as a southern belle, waits to compete in the wiener dog costume contest Saturday at Wiener Fest 2011 at Wolf Pen Creek. The event, which was a fundraiser for the Brazos Animal Shelter, featured food, music, wiener races and exhibits b ...   |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT The arrest of an 18-year-old high school senior in the slaying of a College Station man and the wounding of his wife came after a witness contacted police and reported he had seen a youth matching the description of the suspect while jogging in a ... |
| General studies changes a major adjustment for Texas A&M Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT In a move drawing flak from the academic community, Texas A&M plans to all but shut down in its current form the general studies major, a non-degree program that more than 5,000 students claim. The major is described mostly as a sort of waiti ... |
| Vote tees up debate about the future of golf courses in Bryan Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:22 PM PDT More than 35,000 rounds of golf were played on the Travis B. Bryan Municipal Course last year, including ones by skilled players in tournaments and recreational duffers. But the course also lost $66,261 in taxpayer money. And now its future is in ... |
| A bigger Downtown Bryan? You may have to wait Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT City officials hope north Downtown Bryan will one day be filled with apartments, retail stores and maybe a performing arts center. But the timeline for those hopes may be pushed back due to economic realities. Bryan is still looking for a "driver ... |
| Special Olympics more than an athletic contest Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT The natatorium in Texas A&M's Student Recreation Center was filled with family members, volunteers and coaches cheering on the athletes as they competed in Special Olympics Texas' Fall Classic swimming competition on Saturday. Towels were hand ... |
| Man apparently fires shots, kills himself Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report An incident at University Park Apartments in College Station that began with a man yelling and shooting a gun ended a few hours later when police found the man dead inside his apartment, an apparent suicide. The College Station ... |
| Statistics show world is more peaceful than ever Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- It seems as if violence is everywhere, but it's really on the run. Yes, thousands of people have died in bloody unrest from Africa to Pakistan, while terrorists plot bombings and kidnappings. Wars drag on in Iraq and Afghanistan. In ... |
| New Libya regime ready to lead Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya's new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. But the victory ha ... |
| Gadhafi's death reveals end of an era Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT CAIRO -- He often looked like a comical buffoon, standing before audiences, bedecked in colorful robes, spouting words that most of the world considered nonsense. Yet the death of Moammar Gadhafi was a milestone in modern Arab history, in some way ... |
| More women enter science field Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:06 PM PDT For many of the women, the chemistry lab was a home away from home -- a sorority for nerds, of sorts, that hints at the slow but steady shift in technical fields that have been traditionally filled with men. Rebecca Allred has fond memories of tha ... |
| More dust storms may hit Texas Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT LUBBOCK -- The towering wall of billowing red dust roaring across the blue West Texas sky took Monroe Debusk back more than eight decades to the Dust Bowl years when he was growing up on his family's cotton farm. The 90-year-old farmer looked out ... |
| Iraqis at odds on U.S. troops leaving Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT BAGHDAD -- For the first time in decades, Iraqis face a future on their own, with neither Saddam Hussein's iron fist nor the United States' military might to hold them together. This has been both their dream and nightmare: They wanted American tro ... |
| Auschwitz survivor dies at 90 in Poland Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT WARSAW, Poland -- The young Catholic man spirited his Jewish girlfriend out of Auschwitz in 1944, saving her life. Yet it took 39 years for them to see each other again. Jerzy Bielecki, a German-speaking Polish inmate at the same Nazi death camp, ... |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT Yadah used to be an adorable baby. Now he's a cranky 5-year-old with a willful streak and a $250-per-month food bill, and Shannon Pandarvis is desperate to get rid of him. Pandarvis' brown capuchin monkey has become too expensive for the out-of-w ... |
| Cameron's story: CS baby's death puts rare disease in focus Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT Like most expecting mothers, Jennifer Garcia prepared for the arrival of her second son, Cameron, in every way she could think of. "As a parent, I spent many hours researching the best car seats, strollers, baby food, contemplated pros and cons of ... |
| Arts Watch: 'Young Frankenstein' next for OPAS Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT MSC OPAS wants you to dive into the Halloween spirit, and they've come up with the perfect musical for it. Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is the next main stage show on the OPAS agenda, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Rudder Auditor ... |
| Half of teens shy, but for a few it's more serious Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home? Nearly half of teenagers say they're shy, perhaps a bit surprising in our say-anything society. But a government study finds a small fraction of those te ... |
| Crafts add zing to Halloween, even at last minute Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT Has Halloween crept up on you? Maybe you've already bought the candy and figured out the kids' costumes, but have you put an iota of thought into your own costume, or how to decorate -- at least a little -- for the holiday? Fortunately, some maga ... |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included. College Station Monday: Popcorn chicken, fish nuggets, broccoli and cheese, fresh wheat roll, fruit. Tuesday: Soft tacos, baked potato, charro beans, sandwich trimmings, fruit. Wednesday: Gri ... |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call ahead. 774-7675. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel. 690-8525. Tuesday * Bryan Noon Lions Club. 11:30 a.m. Best Western Atrea, 1 ... |
| Our Neighbors: Texas A&M Health Science Center Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas recently honored researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center for their work in cancer prevention efforts in the Brazos and Rio Grande valleys with research grant awards totaling $3,235, ... |
| Our Neighbors: Daughters of the American Revolution Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT The La Villita Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recently welcomed six new members, with the Oath of Membership given by regent Mary Elizabeth Dresser and chaplain Heather White. The new members are Amy Banks, Jeanette Hackethorn, ... |
| Our Neighbors: The Woman's Club Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT The Woman's Club recently hosted guest speaker Margaret O'Quinn. Gerry Hince led the program with information about Still Creek Ranch before 10 new members of the club were inducted. They are Maria Austin, Linda Catalena, Gail Henry, Jeannie Miller, ... |
| Posted: 22 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT First-graders at Allen Academy recently visited Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, where they learned about the production of ice cream. After the tour, students enjoyed a scoop of Blue Bell. |
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