Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Cyclist says car accident won't stop him

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT


A man who has biked in several dozen countries over two decades, including brutal hotspots like the Sudan, says he never had an accident -- until a recent crash on Texas 21 broke his arm and injured his leg.
But Hans Frischeisen said Monday, three ...

Chris Scotti running for District 12 seat

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


Former College Station City Councilman Chris Scotti recently announced that he will seek the newly drawn District 12 seat in the Texas House in 2012.
The Republican lives in the Raintree subdivision in College Station, one of the few neighborhood ...

Brazos Valley Recycling building on fire

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Firefighters late Monday were working to extinguish a fire at Brazos Valley Recycling off Stewart’s Meadow in west College Station.
Volunteer firefighters with Brazos County Precinct 4 were fighting the blaze that started ...

Crews respond to fire at BV Recycling

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Firefighters late Monday were working to extinguish a fire at Brazos Valley Recycling off Stewart's Meadow in west College Station.
Volunteer firefighters with Brazos County Precinct 4 were fighting the blaze that started at abo ...

1 killed, 1 injured in wreck near Navasota

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
A 56-year-old woman died and another driver was seriously injured in a Grimes County wreck on Texas 105 late Sunday.
The three-vehicle wreck was reported about 5 p.m., seven miles east of Navasota, according to the Texas Departme ...

U.S. withholding funding for UN agency after Palestine joins

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


PARIS -- Palestine won its greatest international endorsement yet on Monday, full membership in UNESCO, but the move will cost the agency one-fifth of its funding and some fear will send Mideast peace efforts off a cliff.
In an unusually dramatic ...

College Station bar employee charged with assault

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:48 AM PDT


A 36-year-old bar manager was arrested after an officer reported he hit a customer to defend himself, but then continued to assault the person.
Donovan Leslie Griffin of Bryan was charged Sunday with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injur ...

Rate of China's slowing growth important for rest of the world

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- China's high-flying economy is starting to lose altitude. The big question is whether the world's economic superstar will descend gradually -- or so fast that it harms a fragile global economy.
China's comedown is being engineered by ...

Police: Man hospitalized after assault

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:36 AM PDT

College Station police are investigating an assault after a 21-year-old man was taken to a local hospital.Officers responded at 2:56 a.m. Sunday to an apartment complex parking lot at 1711 Harvey Mitchell Parkway for a report of an aggravated assault ...

Border Patrol busing more illegal immigrants

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:06 AM PDT

NOGALES, Ariz. -- The Border Patrol is increasingly taking illegal immigrants caught in southern Arizona and busing them to Texas and California, where they are sent back to their homeland.The government has been shipping illegal immigrants caught in ...

Killing burros stirs backlash in Texas

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


PRESIDIO -- Unofficially, the state of Texas celebrates donkeys and their historical and cultural significance in shaping the American West.
Officially? The policy on wild burros out here is shoot to kill.
Texas park rangers are trying to wipe ou ...

3 oil workers die in fatal crash on Texas highway

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:18 AM PDT

SAN ANTONIO -- Authorities say three oil field workers have died in the third fatal vehicle crash in the past two weeks on a South Texas highway that is more heavily traveled because of oil and gas drilling.Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper C ...

Officials: Oklahoma City girl died of stab wound

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:48 AM PDT

CARROLLTON -- A 10-year-old Oklahoma City girl who police believe was abducted while visiting the Dallas area was stabbed to death, the Dallas County medical examiner's office said Monday.The medical examiner's office said Jasmen Gonzalez died of a s ...

Births push global population past 7 billion mark

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:12 PM PDT


LAGOS, Nigeria -- One South African mother, just 19, named her newborn "Enough" and shrugged off a nurse who questioned whether she was old enough to know how many children she wanted.
In Nigeria, newborn twins have to share a bassinet in a crowde ...

Presidential election is easy to enter, hard to finish

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- It's easier to sign up as a candidate for president than it is to apply for a job at McDonald's.
Just ask Andre Barnett or Ken Grammer or Samm Tittle. They're among the 259 Americans who have filed as 2012 presidential candidates, a ...

Obama trying to fix drug shortage

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem.
President Barack Obama ...

Cain says he was 'falsely accused' of harassment

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Denying he ever sexually harassed anyone, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain declared Monday he was falsely accused in the 1990s while he was head of the National Restaurant Association and the allegations are surfacing now ...

Former lead singer Steve Perry nixes Journey reunion

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


NEW YORK -- The resurgence of Journey and the band's hit Don't Stop Believin' may have given fans hope of a reunion, but former lead singer Steve Perry says that's probably not going to happen.
"It's like any emotional, committed relationship. At ...

New Perry ad in Iowa touts jobs over campaign polish

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


DES MOINES, Iowa -- With just two months until Iowa's presidential caucuses, Republican Rick Perry is redoubling his effort to introduce himself in the state that holds his political fate.
Trailing in the polls, the Texas governor on Monday intro ...

October snowstorm freezes Halloween plans for many kids

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT


WAYLAND, Mass. -- Hundreds of thousands of people across the Northeast shivered at the prospect of days without heat or lights after a freak October snowstorm over the weekend, and many towns postponed trick-or-treating Monday in what seemed like a ...

Syria warns world powers to stay away

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:17 PM PDT

BEIRUT -- With world powers fresh from their victory over Moammar Gadhafi in Libya, Syrian President Bashar Assad is warning them that the Middle East will go up in flames if there is any foreign intervention in his country.The authoritarian leader i ...

The First Oral Treatment for MS

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:09 AM PDT


STANFORD, CA (Ivanhoe Newswire) Multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects about 400 thousand Americans. The body's immune system turns on itself and attacks the brain. Until now, patients had to rely on injections for help. Now,  the very ...

The First Oral Treatment for MS - Research Summary

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:05 AM PDT


BACKGROUND: According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, no one knows exactly how many people have Multiple Sclerosis. However, it is believed that there are approximately 250,000 to 350,000 sufferers in the United Stat ...

Pythons Promote Healthy Heart Growth

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you have a fear of snakes, hopefully this will change your mind!  According to a recent study, fatty acids circulating through feeding python bloodstreams promote healthy heart growth in the constricting snake and the ...

Blocking Tumor Growth

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT


(Ivanhoe Newswire) A hopeful new way to block tumor growth!  According to a study, the key mechanism that causes the spread of cancer has been identified and can lead to blocking tumor findings.
Lead researcher, David Waisman, Ph.D, professo ...

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