Friday, January 20, 2012

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Today's News from TheEagle.com

Link to        All Stories       | The Bryan College Station Eagle

Harry Belafonte tells Aggies: Knowledge is key

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


To many students in Rudder Theatre on Thursday, too young to remember the Civil Rights era, Harry Belafonte may have been best known for singing The Banana Boat Song.
But Belafonte, an 84-year-old actor who even in the 1950s had broad appeal amon ...

Perry drops out of presidential race, endorses Gingrich

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:50 AM PST

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination and endorsed Newt Gingrich, adding a fresh layer of unpredictability to the campaign two days before the South Carolin ...

Los Nortenos says adios

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST


Los Nortenos, a downtown Bryan restaurant that was in business for nearly three decades, quietly closed its doors earlier this month.
"January 15 at 2 p.m. is when we closed the doors," said owner Julian Cedillo. "I didn't want to make a big fuss ...

Voices for Children honors five contributions

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:11 PM PST


A local nonprofit dedicated to helping children have better lives took a moment Thursday to recognize people who have helped the organization succeed.
Noelle Perry was named this year's "Advocate of Children" by Voices for Children. She has served ...

New home honors group's founder

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


A nonprofit agency that helps elderly residents held a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday to dedicate a Bryan home to the woman who started the organization.
Founder and former executive director Sara Loeppert retired from Elder-Aid, 307 South Main ...

Man charged with public intoxication, threatening police

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:03 AM PST

A 36-year-old Bryan man faces a felony after being accused of threatening to harm an officer's family while he was in custody for another charge.Julian Moreno Morales was charged Thursday with obstruction or retaliation and public intoxication. He al ...

Police: Man charged with pot, hashish possession

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

A 33-year-old Bryan man faces two felony charges after police said he was found with hashish and marijuana.
Gavino Acosta III was charged Thursday with possession or less than a gram of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone and possession of fr ...

Police seek man bit by dog at CS park

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
College Station police are asking for help identifying a man who was bitten by a dog Wednesday at Lick Creek Park.
A woman was walking her six-month old brown Chihuahua around 4 p.m. when it was startled by a group of joggers and ...

Texas man charged in torture case back in court

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

WEATHERFORD -- A Texas man accused of torturing his former neighbor on a deer-skinning device for nearly two weeks was to appear at a pretrial hearing. A judge Thursday was to decide whether to suppress Jeffrey Allan Maxwell's statements to authoriti ...

BV to get two rookie highway patrolmen

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
A 36-year-old Bryan man faces a felony charge after being accused of threatening to harm an officer's family while he was in custody for another charge.
Julian Moreno Morales was charged Thursday with obstruction or retaliation a ...

Gov. Rick Perry drops out of race

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:18 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Gov. Rick Perry dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday, endorsed his old friend Newt Gingrich and returned home to Texas, where the failed White House candidate has three years left to serve as the chief executive.
"I have come ...

More than 45 million American rely on food stamps

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They're all on food stamps.
As the food stamp program has become an issue in the Repu ...

U.S., Taliban take steps toward peace

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is moving ahead with plans for negotiating with the Taliban, confident that talks offer the best chance to end the 10-year-old war in Afghanistan. But the military worries things are moving too fast, and intelli ...

Area accounting firm adds new partners

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:47 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An accounting firm with offices in Brenham, College Station and Sealy has announced the addition of two partners.
Arty Brieden and Jodi Jones joined Seidel, Schroeder and Co. effective Jan. 1.
Managing partner Wade Seidel said t ...

Area accounting firm adds new partners

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:47 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An accounting firm with offices in Brenham, College Station and Sealy has announced the addition of two partners.
Arty Brieden and Jodi Jones joined Seidel, Schroeder and Co. effective Jan. 1.
Managing partner Wade Seidel said t ...

Area accounting firm adds new partners

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:47 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An accounting firm with offices in Brenham, College Station and Sealy has announced the addition of two partners.
Arty Brieden and Jodi Jones joined Seidel, Schroeder and Co. effective Jan. 1.
Managing partner Wade Seidel said t ...

Economy starts strong in 2012

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


WASHINGTON -- The economy is off to a fast start in 2012.
The outlook for hiring is improving now that unemployment benefit applications are near a four-year low. Inflation is tame, business travel is rising and the depressed housing market is sh ...

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey in Israel to talk Iran

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


JERUSALEM -- The top U.S. general, visiting Israel at a delicate and dangerous moment in the global standoff with Tehran, is expected to press for restraint amid fears that the Jewish state is nearing a decision to attack Iran's nuclear program.
T ...

Study dispels sex, heart attack links

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST


CHICAGO -- Good news: Sex is safe for most heart patients. If you're healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, you can have a love life.
That advice from a leading doctors' group on Thursday address ...

Feds shut down file-sharing site, arrest founder

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:16 PM PST


McLEAN, Va. -- One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.
An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing ...

Johnson & Johnson settles lawsuit with Texas for $158M

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Texas and a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson & Johnson reached a $158 million settlement in a Medicaid fraud lawsuit Thursday, allowing the drugmaker to pay a fraction of the potential $1 billion in penalties and fines that sta ...

Johnson & Johnson settles lawsuit with Texas for $158M

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Texas and a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson & Johnson reached a $158 million settlement in a Medicaid fraud lawsuit Thursday, allowing the drugmaker to pay a fraction of the potential $1 billion in penalties and fines that sta ...

Johnson & Johnson settles lawsuit with Texas for $158M

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:17 PM PST


AUSTIN -- Texas and a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson & Johnson reached a $158 million settlement in a Medicaid fraud lawsuit Thursday, allowing the drugmaker to pay a fraction of the potential $1 billion in penalties and fines that sta ...

Lauded Penn State prof to speak at A&M

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST

Eagle Staff ReportTerry Engelder, a fracking expert who was recently named one of Foreign Policy magazine's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," will speak at Texas A&M University on Jan. 20.Engelder, a professor of geosciences at Penn State University, ea ...

Southwest posts $152 million gain

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 04:19 PM PST


DALLAS -- Travelers should get used to higher air fares and full planes.
That formula helped Southwest Airlines Co. overcome a spike in fuel costs and earn $152 million in the fourth quarter.
The carrier, which flies more passengers in the U.S. t ...

No comments:

Post a Comment