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- Day for the birds
- Brazos County Courthouse is quieter now
- Animal shelter giving pet surgery rebates
- Officials to plan for fall Brazos Valley fair, expo
- Mitt Romney deflects rivals' barbs at GOP debate
- Falling jobless rate good sign for Obama
- Groups making game out of random attacks
- Afghan officials claim U.S. abusing prisoners
- Cargo drone makes debut in the field
- Education law marred by failures
- Giffords to make her next move
- Libyan schools free of Gadhafi curriculum
- Child-on-child sex abuse poses challenge for therapists, law
- Twinning! Two-at-a-time births increasing
- More young people grab farming opportunities
- Plant flower bulbs right to avoid spring no-shows
- Turn books into decor: Get creative with old reads in your home
- Arts Watch: Bryan museum spotlighting black politicians
- Our Neighbors: Students of the Week
- Our Neighbors: Bringing the light back
- Our Neighbors: Pet of the Week
- Our Neighbors: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
- Our Neighbors: Girl Scouts
- Our Neighbors: Isle at Watercrest
- Bush Center Notes: Perfect election year exhibit at Bush Library
| Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Amanda Pope of Splendora pets "Popcorn," her Old English Game Rooster Saturday while preparing to show him at the Bluebonnet Classic Poultry Show at the Louis Pearce Pavilion on the Texas A&M campus.   |
| Brazos County Courthouse is quieter now Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST Levels of dust and noise have substantially subsided at the Brazos County Courthouse since a heated meeting in mid-December when courthouse elected officials met with the Commissioners Court to complain about work conditions in the under-renovation ... |
| Animal shelter giving pet surgery rebates Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:33 PM PST Eagle Staff ReportArea residents have an opportunity to receive a $20 rebate from the Brazos Animal Shelter for spaying or neutering their animals during January. Those living in Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson or Washington counti ... |
| Officials to plan for fall Brazos Valley fair, expo Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST Eagle Staff Report Officials from the Brazos Valley Fair and Expo will be at the Commissioners Court meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday for a presentation about the work that's taken place for the first event. Preparations for the fair and expo began in Ju ... |
| Mitt Romney deflects rivals' barbs at GOP debate Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Mitt Romney brushed aside rivals' criticism Saturday night in the opening round of a weekend debate doubleheader that left his Republican presidential campaign challengers squabbling among themselves and unable to knock the fron ... |
| Falling jobless rate good sign for Obama Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Unemployment is higher than it's been going into any election year since World War II.But history shows that won't necessarily stop President Barack Obama from reclaiming the White House. In a presidential election year, the unemploymen ... |
| Groups making game out of random attacks Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST ST. LOUIS -- Matthew Quain still struggles to piece together what happened after a trip to the grocery store nearly turned deadly. He remembers a group of loitering young people, a dimly lit street -- then nothing. The next thing he knew he was wak ... |
| Afghan officials claim U.S. abusing prisoners Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:07 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan investigators accused the American military Saturday of abusing detainees at its main prison in the country, bolstering calls by President Hamid Karzai for the U.S. to turn over control of the facility and complicating ta ... |
| Cargo drone makes debut in the field Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:06 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S. military is testing a revolutionary new drone for its arsenal, a pilotless helicopter intended to fly cargo missions to remote outposts where frequent roadside bombs threaten access by road convoys. Surveillance dron ... |
| Education law marred by failures Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation's poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. Yet after a decade on ... |
| Giffords to make her next move Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST WASHINGTON -- The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.Her husband and people near the three-term congresswoman say she is highly motivated to rec ... |
| Libyan schools free of Gadhafi curriculum Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST TRIPOLI, Libya -- More than 1 million Libyan students returned to school Saturday to start the first year in which the whims, politics and wacky philosophies of Moammar Gadhafi will not drive the curriculum. Gone are the days when history books la ... |
| Child-on-child sex abuse poses challenge for therapists, law Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST NEW YORK -- Recent high-profile cases of child sex abuse have roused national revulsion against the adults who perpetrated them. Rarely mentioned is the sobering statistic that more than one-third of the sexual abuse of America's children is commit ... |
| Twinning! Two-at-a-time births increasing Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST ATLANTA -- The number of twins born in the U.S. soared over the last three decades, mostly the result of test-tube babies and women waiting to have children until their 30s, when the chances of twins increase. In 2009, 1 in every 30 babies born in ... |
| More young people grab farming opportunities Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST MILWAUKEE -- A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get int ... |
| Plant flower bulbs right to avoid spring no-shows Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Flower bulbs are a forgiving bunch. They can be buried upside down, stomped on or ignored, yet most will bloom for several seasons. There are the occasional no-shows, of course -- those that fail to flower and deliver the first burst of color in ... |
| Turn books into decor: Get creative with old reads in your home Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Stacks of books turned into tables? Volumes made into shelves? Pages turned into sculpture? Library purists, remain calm. Because we're going to talk about doing things to books that might, under other circumstances, send a shiver up your spine (p ... |
| Arts Watch: Bryan museum spotlighting black politicians Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST It's 2012, and certainly the headlines this year will be dominated by politics, presidential primaries and the November election. The Brazos Valley African American Museum is on board with it all, and its exhibit titled "Ain't It Good to Always be t ... |
| Our Neighbors: Students of the Week Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Teachers and schools: Please send nominations and JPEG photos to neighbors@theeagle.com. Shelby Smith Age: 11 School: St. Michael's Episcopal School Grade: 6th Parents/guardians: Lisa Kalmus and Mark Smith Favorite subjects: Math, Spanish, Lat ... |
| Our Neighbors: Bringing the light back Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Workers recently navigated a seven-ton, 120-foot light pole bound for Olsen Field through a parking lot near the Mitchell Tennis Center on Texas A&M's campus. It was one of four poles being returned to the Aggies' baseball stadium after being rem ... |
| Our Neighbors: Pet of the Week Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Topper is a black and white terrier mix who is already neutered and ready to go to his new home. He has a wonderful personality with a heart to match, and he likes to dance. Meet Topper at the Brazos Animal Shelter (www.brazosanimalshelter.org) at 5 ... |
| Our Neighbors: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero recently visited with staff and toured the archives, museum and other facilities at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Ferriero, who is head of the National Archives and Records Adminis ... |
| Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST In honor of the Girls Scouts centennial celebration, Bryan-College Station Troop 9078 recently attended the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. The Girl Scout float "100 Years of Girl Scouts -- What Will You Do Today?" won the Past Presidents' Trophy fo ... |
| Our Neighbors: Isle at Watercrest Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST Isle at Watercrest, an assisted living and skilled nursing community in Bryan, recently hosted its Winter Wonderland Open House with its next-door neighbor, active adult community Watercrest at Bryan. Residents and guests were invited to tour the co ... |
| Bush Center Notes: Perfect election year exhibit at Bush Library Posted: 07 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST George Bush Presidential Library Foundation I hope you had a Merry Christmas and your New Year is off to a wonderful start. Make sure one of your resolutions includes visiting the Bush Library Center. We have a great series of events lined up over t ... |
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