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Remembering the fallen 12

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST

Texas A&M students stand in vigil at the Bonfire Memorial early Friday morning during a ceremony in observance of the 12th anniversary of the 1999 Bonfire Collapse that killed 12 students.

One lucky dog: Cancer treatment saves pooch's leg

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST


An 8-year-old Great Pyrenees named Rowdy was the recipient Friday of a cutting-edge surgery at Texas A&M to treat bone cancer.
Veterinarians used a specially designed microdrill to poke into the 81-pound dog's front right leg to inject radioa ...

A&M's Century Tree added to list of Famous Trees of Texas

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


The Century Tree has long been considered a landmark on the Texas A&M Campus. Now, the state of Texas agrees.
The Texas Forest Service has added the tree in A&M's Academic Plaza to its list of Famous Trees of Texas. The live oak is one of ...

Robber shoots Bryan store clerk

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportBryan police are looking for a man who shot a clerk while robbing a convenience store late Thursday.The clerk at the A&M Quick Stop on Woodville Road called police at 10:35 p.m. to report that he had been shot, Officer Jon Agnew ...

Bryan store clerk shot during robbery

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PST

Bryan police are looking for a man who shot a clerk while robbing a convenience store late Thursday.The clerk at the A&M Quick Stop on Woodville Road called police at 10:35 p.m. to report that he had been shot, Officer Jon Agnew said. The clerk w ...

College Station Raiders Pee Wee football team has big dreams

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST


Like other area coaches, Jay Whitehead prepared his football team for a playoff game of great magnitude this weekend. Additional practices and an intensified work ethic are required for any team hoping to win a championship.
But what separates Wh ...

Police: Man had purse with cocaine, loaded revolver

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:35 AM PST

Two Bryan brothers were arrested after officers serving a search warrant reported finding cocaine, drug paraphernalia and a large amount of cash.
Rodney Darren Nelson, 23, was charged Thursday with manufacture or delivery of from four to 200 grams o ...

Police: Shoplifter faces felony in $14 theft

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:43 AM PST

A 41-year-old Bryan woman faces a felony charge after being accused of stealing toothpaste and lotion from a Bryan grocery store.
Thelma Joyce Franklin was charged Thursday with theft of property valued at less than $1,500 with two or more previous ...

Oklahoma State women's basketball coaches die in Arkansas plane crash

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:00 AM PST


STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State University women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed when the single-engine plane they were riding in during a recruiting trip crashed in steep terrain in centra ...

Aggies to honor veterans at game

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


When the Aggies face Kansas at Kyle Field on Saturday, other events will be taking place before and during the game in honor of Military Appreciation Day.
Col. Jake Betty said active duty members of the Navy and Marine Corps will be on the field ...

Dallas man convicted over death of newborn son

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:43 AM PST

DALLAS -- A Dallas man who shaved "it's a boy" into his hair after the birth of his son has been sentenced to 25 years in prison over the newborn's beating death.A jury in Dallas earlier Thursday convicted 22-year-old Shelton Alexander of injury to a ...

Houston man gets 30 years in girlfriend's attack

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:53 PM PST


HOUSTON -- A Houston man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for torturing his estranged girlfriend during an incident in which he tied her up and burned her breasts and genitals.
A report in the Houston Chronicle says jurors deliberated for ...

Turkey Trot 5K run is Thanksgiving Day

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
The 2nd annual BCS Fitness Turkey Trot will begin at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day at the Scott and White Clinic in College Station.
In addition to a 5K run, there will be a one-mile family fun walk, both through the College Hills n ...

Driver hospitalized, cited after wreck

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Northbound traffic on Texas 6 was reduced to one lane Friday night following a traffic accident that sent one woman to the hospital.
According to police, Alyssa Damon, 23, of Houston, was attempting to exit the highway at Univer ...

Break-in, robbery suspect indicted

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST

A Brazos County grand jury indicted 49 people on 61 charges this week, including three accused of aggravated robbery -- a first-degree felony punishable by life in prison. Ramiro Mata, 20, who lives in the 1900 block of McArthur Drive in Bryan, was c ...

Ex-agent in Texas gets prison for groping women

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:43 AM PST

AUSTIN -- A former detention officer at a Central Texas facility for immigrants has been sentenced to nearly a year in prison for groping some detained women.A federal judge in Austin sentenced Donald Dunn, who used to be a residential supervisor at ...

Feds drop sexting-related charge, state takes over

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:48 PM PST

SAN ANTONIO -- The state has stepped in to prosecute a South Texas elementary school counselor accused of sexting a 15-year-old boy she allegedly met online.The San Antonio Express-News reported Friday that federal prosecutors have dropped their cas ...

Cain receives Secret Service protection

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:52 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain on Thursday became the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection.
Cain asked for the security and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and congressional leaders approved his requ ...

Plane crash kills OSU coaches

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST


STILLWATER, Okla. -- Kurt Budke turned Oklahoma State's women's basketball team into a winner and hoped he'd found the place where he'd coach until he retired. Miranda Serna had passed up opportunities to leave his side, staying loyal to the man wh ...

Texas reservoirs still getting lower

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST


FORT WORTH -- The severe Texas drought continues to affect reservoirs that supply water to scores of municipalities.
Some 96 percent of the state's major reservoirs were below 60 percent capacity as of the end of October.
The Texas Water Developm ...

Several arrested during Occupy Austin protest

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 01:43 AM PST

AUSTIN -- Police say five people have been arrested after chaining themselves to a tree and refusing to leave during an Occupy Austin protest. Police Chief Art Acevedo says a sixth person chained to the tree Thursday night agreed to leave peacefully ...

Struggling Perry initiates attacks on Obama

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry assailed President Barack Obama anew Friday -- this time on an arms-trafficking probe and jobs -- as part of a recent push by the Texas governor to shift the focus from his GOP rivals and his s ...

Thanksgiving's deep Biblical roots

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:22 PM PST

It seems that once we turn the pages of the calendar to November, Thanksgiving is on everyone's mind. Signs of Thanksgiving seem to be everywhere, from cans of cranberry sauce being sold in the supermarkets to pictures of turkeys. Thanksgiving, unlik ...

FDA: Avastin not effective against breast cancer

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:21 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The government delivered a blow to some desperate patients Friday as it ruled the blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used to treat advanced breast cancer.
Avastin is hailed for treating colon cancer and certain other malign ...

House rejects balanced budget measure

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:20 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Rejecting the idea Congress can't control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to dam the rising flood of federal red ink. Democrats -- and a few GOP lawmakers -- said dam ...

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