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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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New to the Aggie 100: Program recognizes Aggie-owned businesses

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT


Seven years ago, BMI Defense Systems was founded in College Station by an Aggie couple who wanted to do what they could to protect U.S. forces.
Kyle Greenwood, founder and executive vice president of the company, said he originally considered maki ...

Brazos County Crime Stoppers chapter is honored

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:21 PM PDT


The Brazos County chapter of Crime Stoppers recently was recognized by the Governor's Office as the most productive in the state.
The nonprofit organization received 979 tips in 2010, which resulted in 116 arrests and the recovery of one weapon, ...

Man indicted on sex assault charge

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

A 21-year-old man was indicted this week on a second-degree felony charge of sexual assault of a child in connection with an incident that was reported to Scotty's House by the victim in mid-May. Spencer Kyle Casebolt was among 33 people indicted on ...

A&M to hold roll call for Veterans Day

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
Texas A&M University will participate in a nationwide roll call next Friday to remember U.S. military members killed overseas.
Volunteers at more than 157 colleges and universities nationwide are expected to read the names of ...

Weather Whys: Northern lights

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:59 AM PDT

Q: Many people recently saw the "northern lights." What are they?
A: The correct term is aurora, and there are two types – aurora borealis, which in the U.S. are frequently called the northern lights – and the aurora australis, or southe ...

Weather Whys: Northern lights

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:59 AM PDT

Q: Many people recently saw the "northern lights." What are they?
A: The correct term is aurora, and there are two types – aurora borealis, which in the U.S. are frequently called the northern lights – and the aurora australis, or southe ...

A&M holding national roll call on Veterans Day

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:19 AM PDT

Texas A&M University will participate in a nationwide roll call next Friday to remember U.S. military members killed overseas.Volunteers at more than 157 colleges and university nationwide are expected to read the names of more than 6,200 people ...

Homemade aircraft to be focus of Bryan event

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Eagle Staff Report
An event showcasing homebuilt aircraft will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Coulter Airfield in Bryan.
The 9th Annual Great Southern Sonex Gathering will feature Sonex, Waiex, and Xenos, a family of lightweight, two-sea ...

Woman charged with forging check, cocaine possession

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:52 AM PDT

A 37-year-old woman was arrested after an officer said she admitted to cashing a check that a Bryan man had made out to an electric company and put in his mailbox in April.
Theresa Hawkins was charged Friday with possession of less than a gram of a ...

Heavy metal art at First Friday Art Step

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Local blacksmith Alan Lee, of Steephollow Forgeworks, creates a hook Friday while demonstrating his craft at Downtown Bryan's First Friday Art Step. Art Step, which is held three times a year, features live music, artist demonstrations, a farmers' ma ...

Drought: nearly 700 dead trees in Amarillo parks

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 01:32 AM PDT

AMARILLO -- The devastating Texas drought has contributed to the deaths of more than twice as many trees as normal in Amarillo parks.The Amarillo Globe-News reported Thursday that city parks typically lose about 300 trees per year. City estimates ind ...

No answers at chaotic G-20

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT


CANNES, France -- At one of the most disarrayed G-20 summits ever, Italy agreed Friday to submit to rare scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund to boost confidence that it will carry through necessary fiscal reforms, the latest step in Europe' ...

Eating while shopping ends in couple's arrest

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:21 PM PDT


HONOLULU -- It happens daily in supermarket and convenience stores nationwide -- digging into a bag of chips while waiting in line, sampling a couple of grapes in the produce section, opening a bottle of milk to appease a crying child.
The highly ...

Woman's arrest stirs debate over eating in stores

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 02:32 AM PDT


HONOLULU -- It happens daily in supermarket and convenience stores nationwide -- digging into a bag of chips while waiting in line, sampling a couple of grapes in the produce section, opening a bottle of milk to appease a crying child.
The highly ...

Obama: Global economic recovery on 'firmer footing'

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PDT

CANNES, France -- Conceding a fragile global recovery and plodding job growth back home, President Barack Obama said Friday he is confident European leaders are fixing their ominous debt crisis, which threatens to undermine the United States and his ...

CIA tracking social media

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:21 PM PDT

McLEAN, Va. -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets -- up to 5 million a day.At the agency's Open Source Center, a team known affectionately as the "vengeful librarians" also pores ...

Texas delays stem cell action

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- The Texas State Medical Board voted Friday to delay until next year final approval of new stem cell therapy rules that could restrict -- or even block -- procedures such as the one Gov. Rick Perry recently underwent on his aching back.Its 1 ...

Dallas man's name cleared after 14 years in prison

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:21 PM PDT


DALLAS -- A Dallas man who spent 14 years in prison for doggedly refusing to admit he sexually assaulted his stepdaughter was set free Friday in a case that had been unraveling since the victim recanted and former prosecutors were accused of withho ...

Texas broker gets 17 years for scam

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PDT

AUSTIN -- The former CEO of a Texas-based investment firm was sentenced to 17 years in prison Friday for a scheme that used former NFL players to bilk hundreds of investors out of more than $50 million.Several of his victims watched as Kurt Branham B ...

Multiplying roses a fun, easy process for gardners

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 12:20 AM PDT


November is an ideal time for home gardners to cut their roses for propagation next fall.
Propagating roses is fun and a fairly simple process for home gardeners. An ideal time to take cuttings is during the cooler months of November through Febr ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

Saturday* St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th in Bryan, will hold a Labyrinth Walk from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the parish hall. Visitors may come and go any time during the walk. For more details, see www.standrewsbcs.org or call 822-5176.* Nor ...

Job market gains boost optimism

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -- The American job market improved modestly in October, and economists looking deeper into the numbers found reasons for optimism -- or at least what counts for optimism in this agonizingly slow economic recovery.The nation added 80,000 j ...

Greek PM wins confidence vote

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a confidence vote early Saturday, calming a vicious revolt in his Socialist party with an emotional pledge to step aside if necessary and seek a cross-party government lasting four mon ...

Part-time protesters aid Occupy cause

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PDT


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- As their counterparts hunker down in tents or cook over gas grills, another contingent is swelling the ranks of the Occupy Wall Street protests: those squeezing in their activism around work, parenting and other daily duties.
...

No federal charges to be filed against judge in beating video

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 05:22 PM PDT


McALLEN -- Federal prosecutors said Friday they would not charge a Texas judge seen lashing his teenage daughter with a belt on a video posted online, closing the door on the possibility of criminal charges in the case.
Angela Dodge, a U.S. attorn ...

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