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- Home sweet home
- A&M budget plan vague
- Bliss ready for a comeback
- Police: Felon caught selling Ecstasy pills
- Man with multiple warrants wanted
- Man charged with DWI for third time
- A few final touches
- Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive N.Y. estate
- Salazar weighs drilling ban
- Teamwork needed to plug oil well
- Congress struggles to amend new law
- Firefighters gaining control of California wildfire
- Man's cell phone tapping device reveals vulnerability
- Dorothy Miller inspires community with lifetime of contributions
- Homemade toys can beat boredom
- Catch up on fairy tale favorites with 'Into the Woods'
- Hulu Plus puts television in your pocket
- Bush Library ready to celebrate 2 millionth visitor
- Our Neighbors
- Calendar
- Livestock reports
- Readers flood inbox, are 'ready to march' after column
- BTU should be returned to city control
- Calendar
- THIRD & SHORT
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Capt. Gregory Brown said there were no easy days during the seven months that his unit was responsible for the care and custody of up to 2,400 detainees at an internment facility in Iraq. Brown and 40 others arrived at the National Guard Armory in B ...   |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Texas A&M likely will strategically "reallocate" a central pool of money to be collected from its colleges and divisions. The immediate concern for some, like Faculty Senate Speaker Bob Strawser, is creating the process of deciding who gets what. ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Dave Bliss' cozy office on the Allen Academy campus sits 77 1/2 miles from where he became a national pariah. A football on a bookcase is emblazoned with the Texas A&M logo. A small print of a Monet painting hangs on the wall. There's no immedia ... |
| Police: Felon caught selling Ecstasy pills Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report A convicted felon faces charges of possessing a firearm and selling Ecstasy. Police served a search warrant on Jerome Lamont Adkins' Bryan home Friday and reported finding 92 tablets of Ecstasy. Adkins, 33, also had a loaded .2 ... |
| Man with multiple warrants wanted Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Eagle Staff Report Brazos County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding a man with multiple warrants for his arrest. John Anthony Flores is wanted on two felony motion to revoke warrants related to theft charges and two misdemean ... |
| Man charged with DWI for third time Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Eage Staff Report A man with two convictions for driving while intoxicated remained in the Brazos County Jail Saturday, charged with DWI a third time. Bryan said they stopped Paul Douglas Burger's vehicle after being called to the area of the Tejas ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Youngsters from across the state gathered Saturday at the Louise Pearce Pavilion on the Texas A&M campus for the Lamb Futurity Booster Show. The annual show is hosted by the Texas A&M Animal Science Department. |
| Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive N.Y. estate Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement that their daughter wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky after ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -- The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico -- with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface -- when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 millio ... |
| Teamwork needed to plug oil well Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster. Workers say ... |
| Congress struggles to amend new law Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT WASHINGTON -- Tucked into the nation's massive new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. The rule: They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods ... |
| Firefighters gaining control of California wildfire Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Associated Press PALMDALE, Calif. -- A wildfire smoldered in the high desert north of Los Angeles Saturday, spewing plumes of thick smoke into a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters worked to contain the 2-day-old blaze. The fire has charred nea ... |
| Man's cell phone tapping device reveals vulnerability Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT LAS VEGAS -- A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said. The attack Chris Paget showed Saturday illustrates weaknesses in GSM, one of the worl ... |
| Dorothy Miller inspires community with lifetime of contributions Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT These days, 87-year-old Dorothy Miller might fill her time with quiet activities -- reading the newspaper, starting a new book, visiting with other Carriage Inn residents. Then again, on any given day, the Bryan resident might also be found stren ... |
| Homemade toys can beat boredom Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Sometimes the cure for the summertime blues is found in a tube sock. Or a pile of cardboard. Maybe even in the ubiquitous empty toilet-paper tube. Kids who spend hours communing with technology -- plugged into televisions, computers and iPods -- m ... |
| Catch up on fairy tale favorites with 'Into the Woods' Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT If you were going to be competing for a Tony Award, 1988 was not the year to do. Unless, that is, your production just happened to be The Phantom of the Opera. Phantom, rightly, gobbled just about every prize in sight that year -- but not quite all ... |
| Hulu Plus puts television in your pocket Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Hulu, the popular website with TV shows, now comes as a subscription-based application for iPhones and iPads. Although it isn't perfect, it works well enough that it may make you wonder if the TV's reign as the center of family life is coming to an ... |
| Bush Library ready to celebrate 2 millionth visitor Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Over the next few months, the George Bush Presidential Library Center will be passing new thresholds that will continue to sharpen its vitality and programming, as well as its place as a special resource in the community. This fall, we expect to h ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT BRIDGE CLUB * July 9 winners for Star Duplicate Bridge Club were: N/S -- 1. Cindy DuBois and James Hibbetts; 2. Billie Elmendorf and Sam Sharp. E/W -- 1. Richard Duble and James Evans. 2. Peggy Ross and Lucy Nelson. * July 12 winners for Star Dupli ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Monday * Star Duplicate Bridge Club. 9:45 a.m. College Station Conference Center. For partnerships, call 774-0043. * College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525. Tuesday * Bryan Noon Lions. 11:30 a.m. Best West ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Bryan Results of Brazos Valley Livestock Commission's July 27 sale: Head: 1,132 Steers: 200-300 lbs., $115-$167; 300-400 lbs., $110-$161; 400-500 lbs., $105-$146; 500-600 lbs., $100-$122; 600-700 lbs., $90-$115; 700-800 lbs., $100-$108. Heifers: ... |
| Readers flood inbox, are 'ready to march' after column Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Some columns hit a nerve. I was quickly deluged with e-mails from people "Ready to March" after the publication of my recent column on how low interest rates may cut the long-term retirement income of seniors by as much as 50 percent. Listen: * We ... |
| BTU should be returned to city control Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:05 PM PDT Eagle Editorial Board On Thursday, BTU turned over what its managers say is the budget information requested by Bryan City Manager David Watkins. Although Watkins still is going through the documents to make sure they are complete, we are glad t ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT Sunday EVENTS Harvest Fun. Messina Hof Winery & Resort. Pick, stomp and taste. www.messinahof.com or 778-9463, ext. 234. Crush for Fun, noon to 5 p.m. Pleasant Hill Winery, Brenham. Bring clothes you don't mind getting grape-stained and an old ... |
| Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:30 PM PDT BOXING LAS VEGAS -- Juan Manuel Marquez earned a masterful unanimous decision over Juan Diaz on Saturday night, picking apart his younger opponent to retain his WBA and WBO lightweight titles. Marquez captivated the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events ... |
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