Tuesday, November 8, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Chamber honors residents for contributions

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:49 PM PST


Keynote speaker and Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp told a crowded ballroom Monday night at the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet that the university will continue to act as a stabilizer for the local economy.
"We're doing better, and ...

Texas A&M System proceeds with changes

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST


Administrative changes continued at the Texas A&M System on Monday as the position of chief facilities planning and construction officer was eliminated.
Vergel Gay had worked for the A&M System during a pair of stints, starting as a proje ...

Suspicious package at Bryan City Hall turns out to be harmless, officials said

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:41 AM PST

A suspicious package delivered to Bryan City Hall has been deemed harmless by a College Station team of hazardous materials experts, officials said Monday.
City employees called police after the legal department received an envelope “taped un ...

Trooper arrested on threat charge

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:52 PM PST


A Department of Public Safety trooper turned himself into authorities Monday and was arrested on a Class A misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat.
James Steven Willis' arrest comes after he was indicted by a Brazos County grand jury on ...

Verdict reached in case of Michael Jackson doctor

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:32 AM PST


LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict Monday in the involuntary manslaughter case against Michael Jackson’s doctor, deliberating for less than nine hours after the six-week trial that included the pop star’s own voice ...

Suspicious package at Bryan City Hall turns out to be safe

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A hazardous materials team was called to Bryan City Hall on Monday to inspect a suspicious letter sent to the city's legal department, but no threat was found, officials said.
City employees were mailed an envelope that was "tap ...

Success stories shared at MHMR luncheon

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST


Eleven years ago, a Bryan couple gave birth to a baby girl that couldn't use one of her arms.
Doctors recommended physical therapy and surgery, but the couple had a combined income of less than $30,000 and wasn't sure they could afford it, Don Dic ...

Man killed in wreck near Navasota

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 12:05 AM PST

A 25-year-old man died over the weekend when he drove into a ditch in Grimes County, investigators said.Plantersville resident Chase Ryan Kurten was driving westbound on Texas 105, almost 12 miles east of Navasota, early Sunday when his vehicle veere ...

Early voting numbers break 4,000

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:50 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
More than 4,000 early votes had been counted before heading into Election Day on Tuesday, Brazos County officials said.
Karen McQueen, county clerk, said the amount of votes tallied -- 4,049 --was up compared to the 2009 amendme ...

Discovery of marijuana in fields yields 4 arrests

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:49 PM PST

Four men have been arrested and authorities in Leon County are looking for one more as they investigate a marijuana growing operation found recently in the southwest part of the county. Sheriff Jerry Wakefield said his deputies seized at least seven ...

State closes inquiry into anti-Muslim gun teacher

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:06 PM PST

AUSTIN -- A Texas gun instructor who said he wouldn't teach Muslims how to handle a firearm won't lose his state license over the controversial radio spot. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Monday that Crockett Keller affirmed to the agency ...

'Can ban' on New Braunfels rivers heads to voters

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 11:06 PM PST

NEW BRAUNFELS -- Voters in New Braunfels are deciding whether to ban disposable containers on local rivers that are a popular getaway for beer-drinking college students and tourists.A large voter turnout is expected before polls close Tuesday. Suppor ...

Texas doctor set to plead guilty over retaliation

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:55 AM PST

LUBBOCK -- A doctor charged with retaliating against two nurses who faced felony charges for reporting him to state regulators was scheduled to plead guilty Monday in an agreement with prosecutors. The expected plea by Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles Jr. in ...

Man on tractor dies in Burleson County accident

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
One person died Monday after a traffic accident in Burleson County around 6 p.m. on F.M. 60.
According to a dispatcher with the Department of Public Safety, an investigation is ongoing, but it appears two men were on a tractor ha ...

Another woman accuses Cain

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:09 AM PST

NEW YORK -- Speaking in a halting voice, a Chicago-area woman accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted to provide "a face and a voice" t ...

Conrad Murray guilty in Michael Jackson's death

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big come ...

Analysis: Cain turmoil major distraction for GOP

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:52 AM PST

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's halting response to sex harassment allegations is causing a major distraction in the GOP race and drawing attention away from his rivals' efforts to gain ground or announce initiatives.It' ...

Official: Joe Paterno didn't do enough about suspected sex abuse

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST


HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Football coach Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials didn't do enough to try to stop suspected sexual abuse of children at the hands of a former assistant football coach, the state police commissioner said Monday.
Paterno ...

Gaps in Texas doctors persist despite Perry's tort reform

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:50 PM PST


PRESIDIO -- Presidio County is bigger than Delaware and has just one practicing physician who doesn't deliver babies or treat emergencies. It's the kind of underserved region that Gov. Rick Perry suggested would benefit when he proposed a crackdown ...

Judge bans graphic images on cigarette packs

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:51 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled ...

Formula may reduce Social Security increases

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:50 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of inflation that also would increase taxes for most f ...

Woman accuses Cain of sexual advance

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:52 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Leaving little to the imagination, a Chicago-area woman on Monday accused Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain of making a crude sexual advance more than a decade ago when she was seeking his help finding a job.
"Come clean," Sh ...

Finding key differences among GOP candidates

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:50 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The Republican presidential candidates sound much alike in their zeal to shrink government, cut taxes and replace President Barack Obama's big health care law with, well, something entirely different. It takes some digging to see the ...

Doctors warn against reading too much into fat babies

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:50 PM PST


CHICAGO -- Researchers say there's a new way to tell if infants are likely to become obese later on: Check to see if they've passed two key milestones on doctors' growth charts by age 2.
Babies who grew that quickly face double the risk of being o ...

County jail releases Lohan after 5 hours

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:05 PM PST

LYNWOOD, Calif. -- Lindsay Lohan was released from a Los Angeles County jail early Monday, less than five hours after she arrived at the crowded women's lockup to serve a 30-day sentence for violating probation.The Mean Girls actress was booked into ...

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