Saturday, December 17, 2011

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Texas A&M graduates ready for the world

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


Andrew Acosta, clad in his graduation gown and beaming, didn't think the day would ever come when he'd walk across the aisle and become the first in his family to earn a college degree.
"It's a big relief," he said, sighing minutes before his nam ...

Bryan ISD seeks ideas for budget solutions

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


Taxpayers are being given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the continuation of fine-arts instruction in Bryan schools and other topics in an online survey the school district is conducting.
The 12-question survey is part of the district' ...

Bryan police arrest suspect in killing

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Bryan police said late Friday they had arrested one of two suspects wanted in the killing earlier this week of 18-year-old Raymond Cavazos.
The suspect was identified as Clifton Montgomery, 25, of College Station.
He was arres ...

Bryan police arrest suspect in killing

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Bryan police said late Friday they had arrested one of two suspects wanted in the killing earlier this week of 18-year-old Raymond Cavazos.
The suspect was identified as Clifton Montgomery, 25, of College Station.
He was arres ...

Reaping the rewards

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

Crockett Elementary kindergartner Nadia Avila (left), 5, and Kalya Rodriguez (right), 8, and other students receive new bikes andhelmets at the school Friday. The bicycles, which were provided by Academy Sports and Outdoors, were given to students a ...

Ready to go home

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

Visitors browse decorated Christmas Trees in the Trim-A-Tree competition during the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries' "Farewell Downtown" party in Downtown Bryan on Friday. The contest, which features trees decorated by local organizations, will run unt ...

Texas primaries set for April 3

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


AUSTIN -- A federal judge has made official a plan to shift the Texas primary date from March 6 to April 3.
Texas was forced to delay the primary because of a dispute over political redistricting. A federal court has refused to approve a map draft ...

Texas primaries set for April 3

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


AUSTIN -- A federal judge has made official a plan to shift the Texas primary date from March 6 to April 3.
Texas was forced to delay the primary because of a dispute over political redistricting. A federal court has refused to approve a map draft ...

Doctor: Boy shot at elementary school can't move legs

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


McALLEN -- A 13-year-old, one of two Texas boys shot while trying out for their middle school basketball team on an outdoor court, is unable to move his legs, his doctor said Friday.
Nicholas Tijerina, a student in the seventh grade at Harwell Mid ...

Drop in Texas cattle predicted to boost beef prices

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


LUBBOCK -- The worst drought in Texas' history has led to the largest-ever one-year decline in the leading cattle-state's cow herd, raising the likelihood of increased beef prices as the number of animals decline and demand remains strong.
Since J ...

Wave of bad news jeopardizes new EU treaty

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


DUBLIN -- Alarming financial news flowed out of Europe in a torrent Friday, just a week after the EU leaders struck a deal they thought would contain the continent's debt crisis.
The bombardment shredded hopes of a lasting solution to the turmoil ...

Mike McQueary gives detailed account of Penn State abuse

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


HARRISBURG, Pa. -- As soon as he walked into the Penn State locker room, assistant coach Mike McQueary heard running water and rhythmic, slapping sounds of "skin on skin." He looked in a mirror and saw a naked Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant c ...

Damaged Japanese nuclear plant in 'cold shutdown'

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


TOKYO -- Japan's prime minister announced Friday that the country's tsunami-damaged nuclear plant has achieved a stable state of "cold shutdown," a crucial step toward the eventual lifting of evacuation orders and closing of the plant.
Prime Minis ...

Remembering the example of Elijah

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST

The Brazos Valley Symphony, in conjunction with the Brazos Valley Chorale and the Texas A&M Century Singers, recently presented Felix Mendelssohn's magnificent oratorio Elijah. It was an outstanding concert! Kudos to Marcelo Bussiki, the symphon ...

Congress flips dimmer switch on light bulb law

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Republicans in Congress are flipping the dimmer switch on a law that sets new energy-savings standards for light bulbs.
They've reached a deal to delay until October enforcement of standards that some fear will bring about the end o ...

Report: Dutch Catholics hid abuse of children

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- As many as 20,000 children endured sexual abuse at Dutch Catholic institutions over the past 65 years, and church officials failed to adequately address it or help the victims, according to a long-awaited investigative rep ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST

Saturday
* St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1101 Rock Prairie Road in College Station, will host its weekly Men's Prayer Breakfast at 9 a.m. in St. Francis Hall.
Sunday
* Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 1200 Foxfire Drive in College Station, will host a ...

Inaccurate background checks can have devastating effects

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:05 PM PST


SAN FRANCISCO -- A clerical error landed Kathleen Casey on the streets.
Out of work two years, her unemployment benefits exhausted, in danger of losing her apartment, Casey applied for a job in the pharmacy of a Boston drugstore. She was offered $ ...

Senate leaders reach accord on payroll tax cuts, jobless benefits

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an ...

Senate leaders reach accord on payroll tax cuts, jobless benefits

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an ...

Online schools booming, but are they effective?

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:07 PM PST


DENVER -- More schoolchildren than ever are taking their classes online, using technology to avoid long commutes to school, add courses they wouldn't otherwise be able to take -- and save their school districts money.
But as states pour money int ...

Sale of airwaves may fund tax cuts

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:19 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.
Congress is considering letting cellphone companies pay television stations to give up their frequencies so they can be put to better use for wireless broadband.
The idea is to squeeze over-the-air t ...

Afro-Brazilian faith under threat

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:06 PM PST


RIO DE JANEIRO -- Rosa Cardoso has practiced the Afro-Brazilian religion of Umbanda almost all of her 89 years, yet she hasn't stopped hiding her faith from the rest of the world.
The door to the temple she runs in a middle-class neighborhood of R ...

Kidney Injury and Soldiers

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:41 AM PST


(Ivanhoe Newswire) Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in kidney function. It is a serious and increasingly prevalent condition, but little information was known about AKI in soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan until now. Captain I ...

Light-ning Fast Diabetes Test - Research Summary

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:36 AM PST


DIABETES: The term "diabetes mellitus" refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood glucose, commonly called blood sugar. Glucose is vital to your health because it's an important source of energy for the cells that make up yo ...

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