Sunday, October 30, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Is Missouri going next?

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Should Missouri follow Texas A&M in decamping from the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference, it, too, will be giving up a rivalry with a nearby university that's just as intense as the Aggies' annual showdown with the University of Texas.
O ...

Is Missouri going next?

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Should Missouri follow Texas A&M in decamping from the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference, it, too, will be giving up a rivalry with a nearby university that's just as intense as the Aggies' annual showdown with the University of Texas.
O ...

Bryan in talks over golf course

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT


The city of Bryan is in talks with at least one developer about selling the Travis B. Bryan Municipal Golf Course, according to a letter obtained by The Eagle this week.
The letter written by Bryan Business Council president Russell Bradley ackno ...

Aggie team to examine bullying

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Why do children respond the way they do to bullying when they find themselves in a bystander role?
That's the question an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Texas A&M University hopes to answer. That answer, they say, will help them deve ...

Aggie team to examine bullying

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Why do children respond the way they do to bullying when they find themselves in a bystander role?
That's the question an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Texas A&M University hopes to answer. That answer, they say, will help them deve ...

Militant drives vehicle into NATO bus; 17 die

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led c ...

Exhibit offers closer look at war

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Brent Mullins has had a long love affair with military history and armored vehicles.
To celebrate Veterans' Day this year, Mullins would like to share the love.
Next Saturday, visitors to Mullins' Museum of the American G.I. on Texas 6 will have ...

'11 World Series a memorable one

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


ST. LOUIS -- David Freese swooped in, expecting Elvis Andrus to bunt. He did, but the ball trickled wide of the line.
The St. Louis third baseman scooped up the foul, scanned the crowd and spotted his target sitting near the Texas dugout: a man in ...

Churches back immigrants

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT


A Unitarian church in New Mexico sends supplies to the border for recent deportees. A coalition of church leaders gathers under a statue of colonial America religious figure Anne Hutchinson at the Massachusetts Statehouse to denounce immigration ch ...

Accused U.S. spy back from Egypt

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- An Emory University law student who was arrested months ago at a demonstration in Cairo's Tahrir Square, accused of being a spy and locked in an Egyptian jail for the summer returned home to New York City on Saturday as part of a prison ...

Tennessee protesters challenge curfew

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT


NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Occupy Nashville protesters said Saturday that they plan to continue challenging a new curfew used to disband their encampment, despite two nights of arrests.
Tennessee state troopers arrested 26 people on Friday night, less th ...

Immigration battle recalls civil rights struggles

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:19 PM PDT


MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The epicenter of the fight over the nation's patchwork of immigration laws is not Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico and became a common site for boycotts. Nor was it any of the four states that were next to pass their o ...

Sin City coroner inks deal for TV show

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:21 PM PDT

LAS VEGAS -- About 14,000 people die each year in and around Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner's office investigates about 3,500 of those deaths and conducts about 1,500 autopsies.There are stories behind those corpses -- untold drama in the discov ...

Republican rivals focus on economy proposals

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:20 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- On jobs and taxes, the top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a fierce game of one-upmanship. They're all trying to outdo each other in offering the boldest economic plan for the campaign to unseat President Barack Obama nex ...

Bosnian village raided after shooting at U.S. Embassy

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:18 PM PDT


GORNJA MAOCA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Special police units raided homes Saturday in a Bosnian village linked to the gunman who fired an automatic weapon at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo in what authorities called a terrorist attack. The raids came as ...

Austin police declare 'no refusal' weekend

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- Police in Austin have initiated a four-day "no refusal" weekend to try to stop deadly wrecks before they happen during Halloween celebrations.
Under the plan announced Friday, officers can obtain blood search warrants on people who refuse ...

Voices and verses: Downtown Bryan poetry slam a hit

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Poet Kevin Burke said he would use his $1,000 prize for winning the recent Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival to pay his rent and start a publishing company.
The camaraderie of the event in downtown Bryan, however, is something Burke will remember l ...

Mexican artist Loyola brings her subjects to life through paintings

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Sharp lines and bold colors come together with almost photographic clarity in the paintings of artist Amelia Loyola, which recently were on display at Texas A&M University's MSC Forsyth Center Galleries in downtown Bryan.
Loyola, who is from ...

Arts Watch: Allen Academy students take on Hitchcock

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Since moving to town 27 years ago, I've had a soft spot for Allen Academy.
But, considering my personal history, it hasn't always been that way.
You see, back in the mid-'60s when I attended Texas Military Institute in San Antonio, TMI was a membe ...

How to train a dog to stop jumping at the door

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT


LOS ANGELES -- Thanksgiving and Christmas often involve visits from family and friends, but unless your dog keeps all four on the floor, you might be the one in the doghouse. Some people will be frightened by a dog that greets guests at the door by ...

Our Neighbors: Alpha Delta Kappa

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

The Bryan-College Station Epsilon Delta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa recently met with the Madisonville chapter to celebrate the group's Founder's Day at Carino's.
Ann Shelander, Alpha Delta Kappa state treasurer, presented district president Caroly ...

Our Neighbors: Voices For Children -- CASA

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Voices For Children -- CASA of Brazos Valley recently swore-in a new class of Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteers.
CASA volunteers assist abused and neglected children in
state custody, advocating for them throughout the child welfare syste ...

Our Neighbors: Pet of the Week

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Spider is a white and black male cat who likes to be silly and play with his toys. He's ready to be the newest member of your family.
Meet Spider at the Brazos Animal Shelter (www.brazosanimalshelter.org) at 5359 Leonard Road in Bryan. Hours are noo ...

Our Neighbors: College Station ISD

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

* The A&M Consolidated High School marching band recently took second place in the 5A division at Blinn College's 37th annual Buccaneer Marching Band Festival in Brenham.
In addition, Consol won the Outstanding Front Ensemble trophy.
* Five Col ...

Our Neighbors: Allen Academy

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Allen Academy student James Brien recently was named a Commended Scholar in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Brien is one of 34,000 students nationwide to receive the distinction, placing him among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million s ...

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