Thursday, November 3, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Court appoints lawyer for slaying suspect Gabriel Hall

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


The 18-year-old College Station high school student facing a capital murder charge on Wednesday received a court-appointed lawyer after he revealed that his adoptive parents were not willing to pay for his legal counsel.
Judge Travis Bryan III ass ...

Teen gets court-appointed attorney in capital murder case

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 02:26 AM PDT

The 18-year-old accused of killing a 68-year-old College Station man and slitting the throat of his wife made his second appearance in the 272nd District Court Wednesday morning for a hearing to determine if he could pay for an attorney.
Gabriel Hal ...

FFA members do schools proud

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Former Bryan and College Station high school students capped their FFA careers last month by snaring prestigious awards at the organization's national convention in Indianapolis.
The Bryan FFA was recognized as a National Two-Star Chapter and the ...

DPS: Man charged with DWI after striking Bryan school bus

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:50 AM PDT

A 50-year-old Bryan man faces a felony driving while intoxicated charge after a trooper reported he drove into the back of a Bryan school bus Tuesday, causing minor injuries to two students.
Christopher E-C Taylor was jailed on at least his third dr ...

FFA members do schools proud

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


Former Bryan and College Station high school students capped their FFA careers last month by snaring prestigious awards at the organization's national convention in Indianapolis.
The Bryan FFA was recognized as a National Two-Star Chapter and the ...

CS police lauded for investigations

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


College Station Police Lt. Lesley Hicks says she was proud of the work the Criminal Investigation Division she commands had done in 2010, but she wasn't sure how the members of the Police Investigative Operations Committee would rank it when compar ...

Cause of fire that displaced 2 unknown

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Two south College Station residents were forced out of their home Wednesday evening after a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms.
Although no serious injuries were reported, one person living in the house was treated for smoke i ...

Texas drought endangers power projects

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:36 AM PDT

BAY CITY -- Ever since the days of Spindletop, when oil first spewed from the soil near Beaumont, Texans have embraced the energy industry. But the worst drought in decades is straining that cozy relationship and spurring protests against projects th ...

Licensing Aggieland: Switch to SEC ups demand for A&M's brand

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


One expected result of Texas A&M's impending move to the Southeastern Conference will be a boost in revenue from the sale of Aggie paraphernalia.
Shane Hinckley, A&M's assistant vice president for business development, said A&M's annou ...

Licensing Aggieland: Switch to SEC ups demand for A&M's brand

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


One expected result of Texas A&M's impending move to the Southeastern Conference will be a boost in revenue from the sale of Aggie paraphernalia.
Shane Hinckley, A&M's assistant vice president for business development, said A&M's annou ...

Licensing Aggieland: Switch to SEC ups demand for A&M's brand

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT


One expected result of Texas A&M's impending move to the Southeastern Conference will be a boost in revenue from the sale of Aggie paraphernalia.
Shane Hinckley, A&M's assistant vice president for business development, said A&M's annou ...

El Paso prostitution ring defendant denied bail

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 08:39 AM PDT

EL PASO-- A woman who was among 10 people arrested in Baltimore on charges of running a prostitution ring in El Paso was denied bail Wednesday after pleading not guilty.Four other defendants also pleaded not guilty before a federal judge, but waived ...

Texas woman slain by ex-boyfriend, police kill him

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 03:15 AM PDT

GEORGETOWN -- Police opened fire and killed a former correctional officer just moments after he fatally shot his ex-girlfriend at her Central Texas home. Georgetown police say three officers have been put on administrative leave.Police say 38-year-ol ...

Third Cain accuser emerges, 2 others thrived later

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:58 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain faces accusations from a third woman, who considered filing a complaint against him over sexually suggestive remarks and gestures.
The allegations are similar to accusations of unwanted behavio ...

Perry denies leaking sexual harassment allegations

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:37 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry says his campaign didn't provide the media with information about sexual harassment allegations against his GOP presidential rival Herman Cain.
In an interview with the conservative blog RedState on Wednesday, P ...

Death at San Antonio shooting range ruled suicide

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:37 PM PDT


SAN ANTONIO -- Investigators say the death of a patron at a San Antonio gun range has been ruled a suicide.
A spokesman for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office says forensic evidence proves 29-year-old Jared King shot himself while at the Bullet Hol ...

Mistress: Plot to murder lover's wife "a mistake"

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:29 AM PDT

HOUSTON -- The mistress of a Houston attorney whose wife was allegedly the target of a murder plot has told a Texas jury that she hired two different hit men to kill her lover's wife.Michelle Gaiser told the Harris County jury in Houston that she "ma ...

Bryan, Consol advance in playoffs

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PDT


FAIRFIELD -- Crosstown Showdown rivals A&M Consolidated and Bryan tasted sweep success in a state volleyball playoff doubleheader Tuesday night.
The District 12-5A representatives both advanced to the second round of the Class 5A Region II pla ...

Meat business celebrating 25 years

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Jack and Jackie Jarrett of Jarrett's Meat Service in Madisonville are set to celebrate their 25th year in business the way they celebrated their first: by staying open late and working through the weekend.
They first opened the doors on the opening ...

Meat business celebrating 25 years

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Jack and Jackie Jarrett of Jarrett's Meat Service in Madisonville are set to celebrate their 25th year in business the way they celebrated their first: by staying open late and working through the weekend.
They first opened the doors on the opening ...

Poorest poor in U.S. hits record high

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:20 PM PDT


WASHINGTON -- The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high -- 1 in 15 people -- spread widely across metropolitan areas as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places and shriveled jobs a ...

Oakland protest shuts down port

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PDT


OAKLAND, Calif. -- Several thousand Occupy Wall Street demonstrators gathering in Oakland forced a halt to operations at the nation's fifth busiest port Wednesday evening, escalating a movement whose tactics had largely been limited to marches, ral ...

Greece vote puts debt deal at risk

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:19 PM PDT

CANNES, France -- Greece's prime minister flew to the chic French resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain to his furious European colleagues why he was holding a surprise referendum on a bailout deal that took them all months to work out.George Papa ...

Video of judge beating daughter spurs investigation

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT


PORTLAND -- Police launched an investigation Wednesday into a Texas family law judge whose daughter posted a YouTube video of him savagely beating her with a belt during a tirade several years ago when she was a teenager.
The nearly 8-minute video ...

Insurance company reveals new logo

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:43 PM PDT

Hochheim Prairie Insurance unveiled a new logo at its annual agent conference in San Antonio last month.The company is the state's second-largest farm mutal insurance company and is represented locally by Jones & Associates Inc. in Bryan.For more ...

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