Sunday, January 22, 2012

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Today's News from TheEagle.com

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Enduring flame: Burn raises questions about future of Student Bonfire

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


Texas A&M may be leaving behind the Big 12 and its longtime rivalry with the University of Texas, but the bonfire will continue to burn, organizers of the unofficial student-run event say.
This year's lighting, staged off of Old Hearne Road in ...

Enduring flame: Burn raises questions about future of Student Bonfire

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


Texas A&M may be leaving behind the Big 12 and its longtime rivalry with the University of Texas, but the bonfire will continue to burn, organizers of the unofficial student-run event say.
This year's lighting, staged off of Old Hearne Road in ...

Data shows universities losing funding

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


States' funding of major public research universities dropped 20 percent in constant dollars -- those adjusted for inflation -- over eight years, according to federal data released last week.
The trend held true in Texas, but was less pronounced, ...

Data shows universities losing funding

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


States' funding of major public research universities dropped 20 percent in constant dollars -- those adjusted for inflation -- over eight years, according to federal data released last week.
The trend held true in Texas, but was less pronounced, ...

Data shows universities losing funding

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


States' funding of major public research universities dropped 20 percent in constant dollars -- those adjusted for inflation -- over eight years, according to federal data released last week.
The trend held true in Texas, but was less pronounced, ...

Rick Perry's 2012 run spotlighted A&M

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


In the early days of Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Texas A&M's media relations department fielded two or three calls a day from the national media.
Reporters from publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Stre ...

Rick Perry's 2012 run spotlighted A&M

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


In the early days of Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Texas A&M's media relations department fielded two or three calls a day from the national media.
Reporters from publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Stre ...

Rick Perry's 2012 run spotlighted A&M

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


In the early days of Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Texas A&M's media relations department fielded two or three calls a day from the national media.
Reporters from publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Stre ...

Rick Perry's 2012 run spotlighted A&M

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


In the early days of Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Texas A&M's media relations department fielded two or three calls a day from the national media.
Reporters from publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Stre ...

Rick Perry's 2012 run spotlighted A&M

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:36 PM PST


In the early days of Gov. Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Texas A&M's media relations department fielded two or three calls a day from the national media.
Reporters from publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Wall Stre ...

Event aims to benefit heart patients

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST


It's likely that those who have suffered a heart attack in the Brazos Valley have also received a visit from John Hicks.
Hicks, now 76 and a lifelong resident of Bryan, had his first heart attack in 1989 and required a quadruple bypass.
About th ...

Two women jailed on prostitution charges

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
An undercover operation by the Bryan Police Department Friday resulted in the arrests of two women for prostitution.
Jacquelyn Campbell, 44, and Tamara Jones, 31, were arrested separately for agreeing to have sex with an undercov ...

Officers looking for brown Chihuahua

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
Animal control officers are seeking a brown male Chihuahua who had bitten someone and escaped his owners before being placed into quarantine at a veterinary clinic.
The dog, approximately six to eight months of age, was last see ...

Day at the Pinewood Derby races

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

Boy Scouts from Pack 802 watch as wooden cars cross the finish line Saturday at the pack's Pinewood Derby races at A&M United Methodist Church. The colorful, scout-created cars battled for speed and design awards.

South Carolina scramble: Newt Gingrich's upset shakes up GOP race

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST


COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and abruptly scrambling the race for the Republican presidenti ...

South Carolina scramble: Newt Gingrich's upset shakes up GOP race

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:15 PM PST


COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stormed to an upset victory in the South Carolina primary Saturday night, dealing a sharp setback to former front-runner Mitt Romney and abruptly scrambling the race for the Republican presidenti ...

One person hurt after gang fight in Bryan

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:55 PM PST

Eagle Staff Report
One man was hospitalized with a knife wound after a gang fight that took place in Bryan on Saturday afternoon, police said.
Between 8 and 20 people were involved in the fighting between two groups on Dansby Street.
During the a ...

Following in her footsteps: Teacher inspires student successor

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

By FRANCISCO VARA-ORTA
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- To understand how teachers not only inspire their students but also each other to keep their craft alive, take the story of Deborah Woodward and Jamie Molina as an extraordinary example ...

Following in her footsteps: Teacher inspires student successor

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

By FRANCISCO VARA-ORTA
San Antonio Express-News
SAN ANTONIO -- To understand how teachers not only inspire their students but also each other to keep their craft alive, take the story of Deborah Woodward and Jamie Molina as an extraordinary example ...

From a rook-ie to a king

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:05 PM PST

COPPELL -- When Jeffery Xiong first approached a chess board, he picked up the pieces and knocked them against each other, as if they were toys.
But the 4-year-old's eyes sparkled. His dad got him a chess set. Soon, he learned to play. Then he compe ...

Analysis: GOP nomination no longer an easy choice

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST


COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.
Gingrich's come-from-behind win in ...

Analysis: GOP nomination no longer an easy choice

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST


COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.
Gingrich's come-from-behind win in ...

Divers recover 12th body from ship

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 04:00 PM PST


GIGLIO, Italy -- Divers plumbing the capsized Costa Concordia's murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain's cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man wh ...

Faith calendar

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:17 AM PST

Saturday
Christ United Methodist Church, 4201 Texas 6 South, will hold a District Missions Forum from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. There will be missionaries from the Ukraine and Kenya making presentations and workshops on Missions ...

More Afghans fleeing as 2014 withdrawal nears

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:55 PM PST


KABUL, Afghanistan -- More Afghans fled the country and sought asylum abroad in 2011 than in any other year since the start of the decade-long war, suggesting that many are looking for their own exit strategy as international troops prepare to with ...

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