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- Alcoa plant shutdown made permanent
- College Station man arrested for stealing bicycle
- Tucson remembers 6 killed, 13 hurt in shooting
- 1 dead, 1 wounded outside Texas fitness center
- Iran's new uranium enrichment lab raises concern
- Bryan streets get hot during rod run
- Mitt Romney under attack from GOP rivals
- Civil War museums trying to change exhibits, perceptions
- Drought threatens only surviving whooping cranes
- State budget cuts hurt volunteer fire departments
- Car sales soar, prompting stylish new car trends
- Stephen Hawking too ill to celebrate 70th birthday
- Red-light camera funds not getting to trauma centers
- Syria pressed to stop violence
- Hugo Chavez to ignore world civil suit agency
- Women blame pregnancy drug for causing cancer
- Safety of air shows, races scrutinized
- Opera announces musician lockout
- Duchess turns 30 without royal birthday bash
- Calendar
- Panetta says diplomatic pressure on Iran needed
- 7 resolutions for retirees in 2012
- Giants rout Falcons 24-2 in NFC wild-card game
- Thunder beat Spurs 108-96 to win third game in three nights
- Tebow rules in OT, too: Broncos 29, Steelers 23
| Alcoa plant shutdown made permanent Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST When Alcoa halted work at its Rockdale plant and laid off about 900 workers in 2008, the aluminum manufacturer said the plant could someday return to its normal production level. Most workers and nearby residents doubted that would happen. Last w ...   |
| College Station man arrested for stealing bicycle Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST Eagle Staff Report An 18-year-old College Station man remained in jail Sunday after police said they caught him with a bicycle that investigators had left on the Texas A&M campus in hope of catching thieves. The bike was left on a rack at Asto ... |
| Tucson remembers 6 killed, 13 hurt in shooting Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST TUCSON, Ariz. -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords led a crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance, her words ringing out across a cold Tucson night in a rare public appearance Sunday evening at a candlelight vigil one year after surviving a deadly shooting. The De ... |
| 1 dead, 1 wounded outside Texas fitness center Posted: 08 Jan 2012 11:14 PM PST SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio police have detained a suspect in the fatal shooting of a fitness center worker and the critical wounding of the victim's girlfriend outside the club.Police Chief William McManus says investigators believe a Planet Fitness ... |
| Iran's new uranium enrichment lab raises concern Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site built to withstand possible airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear progr ... |
| Bryan streets get hot during rod run Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST Hundreds of classic cars -- from complete restorations to totally blown-out modifieds -- descended upon the parking lots at and around Chicken Oil Company in Bryan for the 23rd annual Lucky's Rod Run on Sunday. Owners from across Texas and the nation ... |
| Mitt Romney under attack from GOP rivals Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST CONCORD, N.H. -- With the hours slipping away before New Hampshire's presidential primary, Republican rivals fought on multiple fronts Sunday to slow Mitt Romney's march toward his party's nomination. Their efforts were on display in a combative m ... |
| Civil War museums trying to change exhibits, perceptions Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST NEW ORLEANS -- Inside Louisiana's Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battl ... |
| Drought threatens only surviving whooping cranes Posted: 08 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST FULTON -- Raising its slim, white neck out of the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the world's last surviving whooping cranes hungrily searches a Texas marsh for the blue crabs and berries it devours during its annual migration to the Gulf Coast. ... |
| State budget cuts hurt volunteer fire departments Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST KILLEEN -- A combination of record drought, epic wildfires, hard economic times and slashed state funding has put added stress on volunteer fire departments in Texas. Chris Barron, executive director of the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Assoc ... |
| Car sales soar, prompting stylish new car trends Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST DETROIT -- Beyond the usual hype at the Detroit auto show, automakers have plenty to crow about this year: U.S. sales are the highest since 2008 and they're expected to keep growing. Buyers are being lured by cheap loans and an improving economy. ... |
| Stephen Hawking too ill to celebrate 70th birthday Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST CAMBRIDGE, England -- Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was too ill to attend a conference in honor of his 70th birthday Sunday, but in a recorded message played to attendees he repeated his call for humans to colonize other worlds. University of ... |
| Red-light camera funds not getting to trauma centers Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST DALLAS -- At least $46 million in revenue from red-light camera tickets, intended to help fund trauma centers across Texas, sits in Austin instead as lawmakers use it to back certification of a balanced state budget. Cities are sending in the stat ... |
| Syria pressed to stop violence Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST BEIRUT -- The Arab League demanded Sunday that the Syrian government immediately stop all violence and allow more monitors in, as activists reported at least 10 more civilians, including two teenagers, were killed by regime forces.Fierce clashes in t ... |
| Hugo Chavez to ignore world civil suit agency Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government should pull out of a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body and won't recognize its decisions. Exxon Mobil Corp. is one of more than a dozen companies with arbi ... |
| Women blame pregnancy drug for causing cancer Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST BOSTON -- Arline MacCormack first heard about DES from her mother when she was 17. Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44. MacCormack, of Newton ... |
| Safety of air shows, races scrutinized Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:21 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Despite suffering severe injuries in the worst air race accident in the U.S. in more than a half a century, some victims have told their lawyer they would like to attend future races. Eleven people died and about 70 more were badly i ... |
| Opera announces musician lockout Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST NEW YORK -- A bitter contract dispute has led to a lockout of musicians at the New York City Opera, a possible "death knell" for a company that's nurtured such singers as Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo and Beverly Sills. On Sunday, hours after tal ... |
| Duchess turns 30 without royal birthday bash Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST LONDON -- The former Kate Middleton turns 30 on Monday -- but royal fans expecting a lavish birthday bash to mark the milestone will be disappointed. Palace officials say the Duchess of Cambridge's birthday celebration will be a "low-key and priva ... |
| Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:03 PM PST Mark Your Calendar The 16th annual MLK Freedom March begins at 10 a.m. Jan. 16 at Sadie Thomas Park. The march ends at Kemp Elementary. For information on other events happening on Martin Luther King Jr. Day or during Black History Month, visit www. ... |
| Panetta says diplomatic pressure on Iran needed Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:20 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Iran is laying the groundwork for making nuclear weapons someday, but is not yet building a bomb and called for continued diplomatic and economic pressure to persuade Tehran not to take that step. ... |
| 7 resolutions for retirees in 2012 Posted: 07 Jan 2012 11:24 PM PST Retirees may be past the days of resolving to work out more or buy fewer $4 coffees. Yet when it comes to money in particular, resolutions may be even more important for those living on fixed income.From financial nuts and bolts to more holistic aims ... |
| Giants rout Falcons 24-2 in NFC wild-card game Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:24 PM PST EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Even Eli Manning's feet are dangerous.Manning punctuated his best pro season Sunday by throwing for three touchdowns and scrambling for a 14-yard gain that woke up New York's offense. He sparked the Giants to a 24-2 rout of t ... |
| Thunder beat Spurs 108-96 to win third game in three nights Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:01 PM PST OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant had 21 points and 10 rebounds, reserve James Harden scored 20 and the Oklahoma City Thunder became the first NBA team to win three games on consecutive nights this season by beating the San Antonio Spurs 108-96 Sunday.Du ... |
| Tebow rules in OT, too: Broncos 29, Steelers 23 Posted: 08 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST DENVER -- "Pull the trigger," John Elway told his Denver Broncos star, Tim Tebow, trying to shake the quarterback from a three-game funk. Tebow went one better -- he pulled off an upset. A rejuvenated Tebow connected with Demaryius Thomas on an e ... |
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