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- 88-year-old Bryan man killed in wreck
- 2 extra days to file taxes this year
- Register not looking to stay on as city manager
- Food bank sets up endowment after getting $67K gift
- Police: Man injured while stealing from Walmart
- Minor earthquake reported in Dallas area
- Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease
- African children's choir to sing at Bryan church
- IDs on 3 who died in Irving canal car crash
- Gas prices up 6 cents this week in Texas
- Dog found alive 4 days after Montana avalanche
- Conservative leaders pulling for not-Romney
- Gas prices up 6 cents this week in Texas
- Several dozen vehicles in Southeast Texas wrecks
- Teen's parents want answers after son was shot by police
- March trials expected in sex assaults of girl, 11
- Teenage American runaway deported to Colombia
- Mountains, ski resorts left pining for snow
- Amid drought, water desalination gets attractive
- Scores killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites
- U.S. proposes regulating face, hand transplants
- Barack Obama: Military will still be mighty despite cuts
- A customized approach: UT researchers creating unique prosthetics
- Dozens hurt in highway pileup
- Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD
| 88-year-old Bryan man killed in wreck Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Authorities don't know why an elderly Bryan man looked away from the road for a moment Thursday, but believe the lapse is what may have cost him his life. Willie Glover, 88, was driving his Toyota pickup west on Old Reliance Road just east of Bry ...   |
| 2 extra days to file taxes this year Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Taxpayers have two extra days to file their 2011 tax returns, but the tax-collecting agency says that's no reason to put it off. The IRS expects to receive more than 144 million tax returns this year, with most of those being filed by the April 17 ... |
| Register not looking to stay on as city manager Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST When Kean Register was appointed interim city manager in September 2010, he said he expected to hold Bryan's top city staff job for a maximum of a year. Now, 16 months later, Register remains, and the City Council still hasn't begun the process of ... |
| Food bank sets up endowment after getting $67K gift Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST The Brazos Valley Food Bank recently established an endowment fund after it received a gift of $67,000. The fund, created through the Community Foundation of Brazos Valley, will help pay for operating expenses for the food bank so long as it exis ... |
| Police: Man injured while stealing from Walmart Posted: 05 Jan 2012 01:50 AM PST A 39-year-old Bryan man faces a felony theft charge after he was accused of stealing about $151 worth of items from the Bryan Walmart and running from an officer. Kendrick Merrell Davis was charged Wednesday with evading arrest or detention with a p ... |
| Minor earthquake reported in Dallas area Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST DALLAS -- Experts say a minor earthquake has shaken the Dallas metropolitan area.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.0 magnitude quake happened at 12:11 a.m. Friday, centered six miles north-northwest of Dallas. No damage or injuries were immediat ... |
| Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease Posted: 05 Jan 2012 05:50 AM PST CAMBRIDGE, England -- British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease. The physicist and co ... |
| African children's choir to sing at Bryan church Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Eagle Staff Report The African Children's Choir makes a stop in Bryan on Jan. 20 for a free public performance at the Church of Nazarene. The choir is composed of children ages 7 to 11 from Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Uganda. ... |
| IDs on 3 who died in Irving canal car crash Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST IRVING -- A University of Texas student and her boyfriend have been identified as victims of a sports car crash into a Dallas-area canal that left three people dead.Irving police say the victims were 21-year-old Kaat Debeuckelaer of Austin, 23-year-o ... |
| Gas prices up 6 cents this week in Texas Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:33 AM PST HOUSTON -- The first AAA Texas retail gasoline survey of 2012 finds that prices statewide have jumped an average 6 cents this week. The association on Thursday reported the average price statewide is $3.15 per gallon. Gasoline prices have also ed ... |
| Dog found alive 4 days after Montana avalanche Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:05 AM PST BILLINGS, Mont. -- A dog that was feared dead after it was swept away in a weekend avalanche that killed its owner showed up four days later at the Montana motel where its owners had stayed the night before going backcountry skiing. Search and res ... |
| Conservative leaders pulling for not-Romney Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Prominent conservative leaders want their rank and file to quickly get behind a single presidential candidate, fearful that persistent splits will help Mitt Romney win the Republican nomination. The former Massachusetts governor nar ... |
| Gas prices up 6 cents this week in Texas Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:33 AM PST HOUSTON -- The first AAA Texas retail gasoline survey of 2012 finds that prices statewide have jumped an average 6 cents this week. The association on Thursday reported the average price statewide is $3.15 per gallon. Gasoline prices have also ed ... |
| Several dozen vehicles in Southeast Texas wrecks Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST PORT ARTHUR -- Fog and smoky conditions in Southeast Texas have been blamed for wrecks involving dozens of vehicles that have left some motorists hurt. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Deputy Rod Carroll says the string of accidents, involvin ... |
| Teen's parents want answers after son was shot by police Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST BROWNSVILLE -- On a doorstep outside a family home, a father wondered why police had to shoot his son in the hall of the boy's middle school. In an office across town, a police chief insisted that his officers had no choice. And scores of others i ... |
| March trials expected in sex assaults of girl, 11 Posted: 05 Jan 2012 06:05 AM PST LIBERTY -- The first trials for some of more than a dozen men accused of taking part in a series of sexual assaults on an 11-year-old girl could take place in March, a prosecutor said Thursday. The case has divided and horrified the southeast Tex ... |
| Teenage American runaway deported to Colombia Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST EL PASO -- The grandmother of a Dallas teen who was deported to Colombia is hoping the 15-year-old can come back soon and says federal officials should have done more to identify the girl after she gave a fake name and claimed to be an adult. Immi ... |
| Mountains, ski resorts left pining for snow Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:04 PM PST PORTLAND, Maine -- The big snowstorms of autumn are just memories in New England, where people who make their living off winter tourism are losing income and New Hampshire primary candidates lack picturesque winterscapes for photo ops. Tourists in ... |
| Amid drought, water desalination gets attractive Posted: 04 Jan 2012 11:23 PM PST EL PASO -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is touting desalination as a weapon in the fight against drought and water shortages arising from population growth.Salazar called attention to the technology Wednesday in a visit to El Paso's desalination pl ... |
| Scores killed in Iraq bombings targeting Shiites Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:02 PM PST BAGHDAD -- An apparently coordinated wave of bombings targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people in Iraq on Thursday, the second large-scale assault by militants since U.S. forces pulled out last month. The attacks, which bore the hallmark ... |
| U.S. proposes regulating face, hand transplants Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST The government wants to start regulating face and hand transplants just as kidneys, hearts and other organs are now, with waiting lists, a nationwide system to match and distribute body parts and donor testing to prevent deadly infections. It's a ... |
| Barack Obama: Military will still be mighty despite cuts Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will remain the world's pre-eminent military power even as the Pentagon scales back spending, shrinks the Army and Marine Corps and pulls back from Europe. In a rare appearance ... |
| A customized approach: UT researchers creating unique prosthetics Posted: 05 Jan 2012 03:04 PM PST By JEREMY SCHWARTZ Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN -- In a laboratory deep inside the University of Texas' school of engineering sits a box of ankles, each one powdery and pale. Some are thin; some are wide; some are more flexible when bent sidewa ... |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST PORT ARTHUR -- A pileup involving dozens of vehicles left more than 50 people hurt, four critically, as fog and smoke washed over a Southeast Texas highway early Thursday, officials said.Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Rod Carroll said at le ... |
| Father: Suspect in deadly Utah shootout had PTSD Posted: 05 Jan 2012 04:04 PM PST OGDEN, Utah -- Search warrant in hand, a team of bulletproof vest-wearing officers rapped on the door of a small, red-brick Utah house, identifying themselves as police. When no one responded, authorities say, the officers burst inside. That's whe ... |
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