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First babies of 2012

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

Joel Ramirez (from left) and Kaylee Grace (her family asked that her last name not be published) were the first babies born in Brazos County in 2012. Both were born at 11:51 a.m. at St. Joseph Health System in different rooms. The families did not kn ...

CS police detain man in shooting

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:49 AM PST

College Station police detained a man Sunday believed to have shot and killed a woman.
Officer Rhonda Seaton said they are still investigating what originally was described as an accidental shooting. The man has not been charged.
The 22-year-old ma ...

Bryan woman shot in head: CS resident charged in crime

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST


Detectives late Sunday filed a criminally negligent homicide charge against a 22-year-old College Station man in connection with the shooting death of a Bryan woman earlier in the day.
Kenneth Wayne Connor -- who was released four days ago from ja ...

Officer used baton in College Station man's arrest

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A state trooper had to break a truck window to pull a convicted DWI offender from his vehicle after the man refused to get out following a pursuit in Brazos County, authorities said.
Billy Wayne Barker, 44, was charged with drivi ...

Police: College Station man used knife to attack girlfriend

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 23-year-old College Station man was released from jail Sunday, two days after he was arrested and charged with trying to choke his girlfriend while threatening to kill her.
College Station police said about 6:45 p.m. Friday the ...

Man injured by relative on New Year's Day

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A Bryan man with prior arrests involving fighting police and others remained behind bars Sunday after authorities said he injured a relative on New Year's Day.
It wasn't clear how the two were related, but police said the man was ...

Obama highlights gains in economy

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- Bullish yet wary, President Barack Obama is highlighting recent economic bright spots while taking care not to overstate a recovery that still has not put millions back to work.His Republican rivals, in the face of late-arriving economi ...

Sunnis fleeing homes

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST

BAGHDAD -- The question was disturbing: Why do you live here?Ahmed al-Azami, a Sunni Muslim, has owned a house in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Shaab since 1999. But when Shiite residents recently began questioning why he, a Sunni, was living amon ...

Man charged in explosives case

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST


MIDLAND -- Authorities have charged a member of the U.S. military who was arrested after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping, the FBI said Sunday.
Trey Scott Atwater, 30, was sto ...

Detectives still on the look out for Los Angeles arsonist

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Detectives in Los Angeles spent early Sunday analyzing security video camera footage and following up on other leads after a half dozen more vehicles were set on fire on New Year's Eve, the latest rash of suspicious car fires in the ...

Survivors mark one year since shooting

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Ron Barber's nightmares wake him in the dead of night and he can still see it: The flash of a gun muzzle aimed at Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' head."Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop," went the gunman's weapon, recalls Barber, who fell to the grou ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest as Holocaust victims

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST


JERUSALEM -- Images of ultra-Orthodox Jews dressing up as Nazi concentration camp inmates during a protest drew widespread condemnation Sunday and added a new twist to a simmering battle over growing extremism inside Israel's insular ultra-Orthodox ...

Mitt Romney's rivals press electability

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST


DES MOINES, Iowa -- With time running short, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and other Republican presidential contenders insisted they could beat President Barack Obama as they worked to persuade undecided Iowa Republicans aching to win the White House to ...

Michele Bachmann plays gender card

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST


DES MOINES, Iowa -- Desperate for a late lift in Iowa, Republican Michele Bachmann is increasingly stressing a distinction in the presidential field: She's the only woman competing for the nomination.
The Minnesota congresswoman has made the gende ...

Powerball tickets to double price

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST


DES MOINES, Iowa -- Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck.
Tickets for the multistate game are doubling in ...

Bachmann, Perry plan to head south after Iowa vote

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann plan to make their next -- and possibly last -- stands in South Carolina instead of chasing the rest of the GOP presidential pack to New Hampshire.Neither candidate is a sure bet to survive past Tue ...

LG to begin selling new 55-inch TV

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

NEW YORK -- For flat-panel TVs, the choice for years has been between plasma and LCD. In the coming year, there'll be another choice, at least for those prepared to spend big.LG Electronics Inc. says it's planning to sell a 55-inch set based on organ ...

Cruise's 'Mission' retains top spot

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST


LOS ANGELES -- Tom Cruise's new mission remains impossible to beat at the box office.
Studio estimates Sunday placed Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol in the No. 1 spot for the second-straight weekend with $31.3 million. With a $134.1 million ...

Calendar

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Celebrate the New Year with a relaxing carriage ride through historic downtown Bryan from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday. Cost is $25 for up to four people and $5 for each extra person. www.hiddenoasisranch.com
Tuesday
CLUBS
Bryan Noon L ...

Twin probes orbiting moon

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST

LOS ANGELES -- NASA kicked off the new year with a pair of probes circling the moon in the latest mission to understand how Earth's closest neighbor formed.There was no champagne popping in the mission control room at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laborato ...

68 jailed in NYC on New Year's Eve

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


NEW YORK -- Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on New Year's Eve as they tore down barricades surrounding New York City's Zuccotti Park, the former home of their encampment that was dismantled several weeks ago.
About 500 protes ...

New Hampshire could alter course of race

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:09 PM PST


MERRIMACK, N.H. -- The political world shifts 1,300 miles east later this week.
And the end of Tuesday's Iowa presidential caucuses will give way a day later to a very different contest in New Hampshire, thrusting a new set of faces, issues and po ...

Candidates struggle to get on VA ballot

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:10 AM PST


Several Republican presidential hopefuls are saying the state of Virginia should put their names on its March 6 ballot for the GOP primary despite their failure to meet state requirements.
Earlier this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry claimed in a law ...

NBA Capsules

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:59 PM PST

Magic 102, Raptors 96: ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ryan Anderson scored 24 points and led a fourth-quarter rally that sent the Orlando Magic past the Toronto Raptors 102-96 on Sunday night.The Magic trailed by as many as 16 points, but went on a 16-0 run in the ...

Predators beat Flames 5-3

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:56 PM PST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sergei Kostitsyn scored three goals to lead the Nashville Predators to their third straight victory, 5-3 over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night.Kevin Klein and Matt Halischuk also scored for Nashville.Jarome Iginla, Rene Bourque ...

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