Sunday, December 4, 2011

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Move to SEC increases urgency of Kyle Field expansion

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


The Texas A&M football team will soon have a new conference and a new coach. The Aggies could also soon be playing in a new stadium.
The university and the 12th Man Foundation are considering plans for a major renovation of Kyle Field. Options ...

Move to SEC increases urgency of Kyle Field expansion

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


The Texas A&M football team will soon have a new conference and a new coach. The Aggies could also soon be playing in a new stadium.
The university and the 12th Man Foundation are considering plans for a major renovation of Kyle Field. Options ...

Cain announces he's suspending his campaign

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:33 AM PST


ATLANTA -- Republican candidate Herman Cain says he's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid news coverage that is hurtful to his family.
Cain's announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she a ...

Cain announces he's suspending his campaign

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:33 AM PST


ATLANTA -- Republican candidate Herman Cain says he's suspending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination to avoid news coverage that is hurtful to his family.
Cain's announcement came five days after an Atlanta-area woman claimed she a ...

Rudder's life focus of A&M exhibit

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


There isn't anyone more esteemed in Aggie lore than James Earl Rudder, the war hero-turned-transformational A&M president whose name is all over town, from the building that houses the current university president to the main local freeway.
T ...

Rudder's life focus of A&M exhibit

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


There isn't anyone more esteemed in Aggie lore than James Earl Rudder, the war hero-turned-transformational A&M president whose name is all over town, from the building that houses the current university president to the main local freeway.
T ...

B-CS economy sees ups, downs

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


Revised employment estimates released in October by the U.S. Labor Department caused the Bryan-College Station economic index to fall slightly from 119.4 to 119.3 in September, while the October index grew from the prior month to just 119.4.
The B ...

'Tis the season

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Kadie Hartman, 7, wears her Santa costume while watching a dance performance Saturday at the annual Holidays in the Rotunda event at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The event featured song and dance performances, a visit from Santa, ...

Allen Academy students make movie magic

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST


Some Allen Academy students were getting real-world lessons this weekend as they filmed a short movie using Downtown Bryan as a backdrop.
Members of the school's "U.S. Cinematography" class taught by Ruben Olague were filming their movie Alice, ba ...

Harmony students showcase their experiments at science fair

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


More than 200 students participated in Harmony Science Academy's 5th annual Science Fair on Saturday, presenting projects that ranged from whether baking soda affects the height of a cake to the effect of temperature on non-Newtonian fluids.
The ...

BV Youth Concerto extends deadline

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Because the deadline for entries for the 14th annual Brazos Valley Youth Concerto competition falls on Saturday, it has been extended for two days. Entries must reach the office of the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra by Dec. 12.
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Herman Cain puts presidential run on hold

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:08 PM PST


ATLANTA -- Herman Cain suspended his faltering bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday, throwing his staunchly conservative supporters up for grabs with just one month to go before the lead-off caucuses in Iowa.
Still sounding d ...

Texas towns looking for quick fixes before water runs out

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


GROESBECK -- In a tranquil state park in Central Texas, workers are busily piecing together massive yellow pipes that spell salvation for this city. The pipes run along a park road, slither between trees, cross a street to avoid an ancient cemetery ...

Teacher helps artists find their voices

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST

Tyler Morning Telegraph
MINEOLA -- Aging window panes on the old Beckham Hotel rattle like a snare drum as the afternoon train passes through town.
From the building's structure to the towers of precariously stacked CDs or the guitar-lined walls an ...

Asians worry race an obstacle to college

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


Lanya Olmstead was born in Florida to a mother who immigrated from Taiwan and an American father of Norwegian ancestry. Ethnically, she considers herself half Taiwanese and half Norwegian. But when applying to Harvard, Olmstead checked only one box ...

Leading party tries to calm Egyptians' fears

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


CAIRO -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, emerging as the biggest winner in the first round of parliamentary elections, sought Saturday to reassure Egyptians that it would not sacrifice personal freedoms in promoting Islamic law.
The deputy head of the ...

Al-Maliki envisions Iraq stability

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST

BAGHDAD -- Weeks before the U.S. pullout, Iraq's prime minister confidently predicted Saturday that his country will achieve stability and remain independent of its giant neighbor Iran even without an American troop presence.Nouri al-Maliki also warn ...

Cutting debt takes more than talk

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The coming year-end spending spree after so much debate over budget deficits shows just how hard it is to stem the government's flow of red ink.
Lawmakers are poised to spend $120 billion or so to renew a Social Security tax cut that ...

Analysis: Defectors have potential to complicate Syria uprising

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


BEIRUT -- Nearly nine months into the Syrian uprising, many protesters are pinning their hopes on an increasingly bold group of army defectors to give their revolution a fighting chance against President Bashar Assad's fiercely loyal forces.
But a ...

Report: Sandusky account 'delusional'

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

NEW YORK -- Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky maintains he never sexually abused children and portrays himself in a New York Times interview as a father-like figure to the kids in his life. The Times reported Saturday that Sandus ...

Get your roll on: Skee-ball league catching on in Aggieland

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


Skee-ball, a classic arcade game invented in 1909 in Philadelphia and played by multiple generations since, has a significant presence in Aggieland.
On Wednesday nights, die-hards congregate at Carney's Pub & Grill to play in the College Stati ...

Arts Watch: Tivis ready to party at 'Holiday Dance'

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

Greg Tivis is a jazz pianist who is proud to call the Brazos Valley home, and he was inspired by the Pete Rodriguez Orchestra and the big band sound it brought to town for many years.
Tivis aims at duplicating that sound and experience at the Colleg ...

School menus, Dec. 5-9

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.
College Station
Monday: Chicken nuggets or egg roll, rice pilaf, green peas with carrots, fruit.
Tuesday: Spaghetti with meat sauce or baked potato, roasted vegetable blend, garlic bread, fruit ...

Our Neighbors Calendar

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

Sunday
* Brazos Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4692 Turkey Shoot. 12:30 p.m. Shotgun range is behind post. Participants shoot at paper targets from 30 yards. Post supplies the ammo (12-, 20- and 410-gauge). $17 for first five rounds. Youth ...

Our Neighbors: Hospice Auxiliary of Brazos Valley

Posted: 03 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST

Rebecca Nugent, author of If The Devil Had A Wife, was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Hospice Auxiliary of Brazos Valley, an organization dedicated to supporting Hospice Brazos Valley.
Nugent, who is from the Brazos Valley, shared info ...

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