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- Shoppers up and at 'em
- Dress code is a non-issue in Bryan
- Police warn residents about unscrupulous salesmen
- Class-size waivers triple in Texas
- Black Friday: Early deals, longer hours and some violence
- Groups teaming up for Dec. 4 concert
- Sisters answer prayers online
- Gunman shoots ex-girlfriend, 2 others
- Firefighter loses arm after fiery tanker crash
- Governor's mansion to get authentic floors
- Professor, politician in spat over drilling
- Ohio Craigslist ad may have lured more victims
- Official cleared Reagan, Bush in Iran-Contra affair
- High school playoffs stir memories for former players
- 'Dancing' champ invited to Pentagon
- Airlines rid fleets of small jets
- Arab League might punish Syrian regime, army
- Italy borrowing rates shoot up
- Season about more than shopping
- Music plays into Charles Frazier's fiction
- Faith calendar
- Letters for November 26
- Season about more than shopping
- Faith calendar
- Eagles soar in playoffs
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST As dejected Aggie fans sat in lines of traffic following their team's football defeat Thursday night, Texas A&M student Christie Phillips stood in a much more optimistic queue. She joined hundreds of shoppers outside Best Buy on Texas Avenue ...   |
| Dress code is a non-issue in Bryan Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:11 PM PST Initially, there was resistance to a new dress code for Bryan schools that required shirts to be tucked, belts to be worn and faces to be shaved. "I think like many of the students, I was surprised the changes had taken place but anxious to see what ... |
| Police warn residents about unscrupulous salesmen Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST It's tempting to want to give this time of year, but when salesmen come knocking, law enforcement officers have a good tip: Beware. In College Station and Bryan, it's illegal to solicit without a license from the city where this week two people w ... |
| Class-size waivers triple in Texas Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:10 PM PST AUSTIN -- State figures show a more than threefold increase in just one year in the number of elementary schools allowed to exceed class-size limits in Texas, one of the most visible signs of the big education funding cuts that the Legislature pass ... |
| Black Friday: Early deals, longer hours and some violence Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:32 AM PST Big crowds on Black Friday can be both a blessing and a curse. Early signs point to bigger crowds at the nation’s malls and stores as retailers like Target and Macy’s opened their doors at midnight on the most anticipated shopping day of ... |
| Groups teaming up for Dec. 4 concert Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Texas A&M University Choral Activities will host its annual "Holiday Spirit of Aggieland" concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 4 in Rudder Auditorium. The concert will feature three of the university's popular choral groups -- the Century ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST By KÄRI KNUTSON La Crosse Tribune LACROSSE, Wis. -- "Please pray my husband and I stay together." "Please pray for a successful knee surgery." "Please pray that I may be restored back to the way I was." "Please pray for my soul." The prayers ... |
| Gunman shoots ex-girlfriend, 2 others Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:16 PM PST DeSOTO -- Police say a man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, her father and new boyfriend before turning the gun on himself.The Dallas Morning News reported that the dead were identified as Autumn Carey, her father Gerald Malone, and her new boyfriend, ... |
| Firefighter loses arm after fiery tanker crash Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:19 PM PST SOUR LAKE -- Officials say a volunteer firefighter lost her left arm in an accident while assisting at the scene of a fiery tanker truck crash in southeast Texas.Authorities said there were several accidents after the driver of a semitrailer carrying ... |
| Governor's mansion to get authentic floors Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:14 PM PST AUSTIN -- Restoration experts working on the Texas Governor's Mansion have turned to a couple of Austin homes built by the same 1850s contractor to find something close to the original pine floors that burned in a fire at the historic home three year ... |
| Professor, politician in spat over drilling Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST By SEAN COCKERHAM Anchorage Daily News The feud between Alaska Congressman Don Young and prominent historian and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley that started at a House committee hearing last Friday has continued, with Brinkley calling Y ... |
| Ohio Craigslist ad may have lured more victims Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The discoveries of two new bodies could bring to three the death toll from a Craigslist ad that police say lured victims into a lethal robbery scheme.A body found Friday in a shallow grave near a mall in Akron may be that of a missi ... |
| Official cleared Reagan, Bush in Iran-Contra affair Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST WASHINGTON -- One of the prosecutors who investigated the Iran-Contra affair concluded two decades ago that neither Ronald Reagan nor George H.W. Bush was criminally liable in the scandal that tarnished the presidencies of both men, according to re ... |
| High school playoffs stir memories for former players Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:17 PM PST By DAVID HENRY The Beaumont Enterprise BEAUMONT -- Ivan Sellers gently rests the green Army uniform he wore during his two tours of duty in the Vietnam War on his couch, pointing out a brown badge on the right pocket that he won for expert marksman ... |
| 'Dancing' champ invited to Pentagon Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:11 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has invited soldier-turned-actor J.R. Martinez, winner of this season's Dancing with the Stars competition, to meet him at the Pentagon. During a 10-minute telephone call Friday, Panetta told the dance ... |
| Airlines rid fleets of small jets Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:03 PM PST MINNEAPOLIS -- The little planes that connect America's small cities to the rest of the world are slowly being phased out. Airlines are getting rid of these planes -- their least-efficient -- in response to the high cost of fuel. Delta, United Con ... |
| Arab League might punish Syrian regime, army Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:06 PM PST BEIRUT -- The Syrian military vowed Friday to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security, a defiant stance by the regime as it faces the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions from the Arab League. The military statement could s ... |
| Italy borrowing rates shoot up Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:15 PM PST ROME -- A week into his new job, Premier Mario Monti is running out of time to reassure nervous investors that his government has a strategy to deal with Italy's crippling debts. The nation's borrowing rates skyrocketed Friday after a grim set of ... |
| Season about more than shopping Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST "But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in ... |
| Music plays into Charles Frazier's fiction Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:14 PM PST NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Growing up deep in the mountains of western North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s, a young Charles Frazier couldn't wait for the sun to go down. That's when the WLAC signal would suddenly come clear out of the night sky and thin ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:13 PM PST Sunday * First United Methodist Church, 506 E. 28th St. in Bryan, will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent with worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. The Rev. Rick Sitton's sermon will be on "The Miraculous Conception: Nothing is Impossible with God." Sunday ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:05 PM PST Supercommittee should try harder to fix deficit Why could the congressional "supercommittee" not pass a simple budget cut of $1.2 trillion? That is $120 billion per year, for 10 years -- peanuts to Washington when considering a $15 trillion federa ... |
| Season about more than shopping Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:16 PM PST "But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:13 PM PST Sunday * First United Methodist Church, 506 E. 28th St. in Bryan, will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent with worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. The Rev. Rick Sitton's sermon will be on "The Miraculous Conception: Nothing is Impossible with God." Sunday ... |
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:12 PM PST Lexington's Will Holcomb leads his team onto the field for a playoff matchup against Franklin on at Tigerland Stadium in College Station on Friday. Lexington won 23-13. |
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