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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Above: William Shefflette, 10, rides the Squadron on Tuesday at the Wright's Amusements Carnival in the Post Oak Mall parking lot. The carnival, which is in town until Sunday, opens on weekdays at 5 p.m. and on weekends at noon.
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Merit raises for faculty and staff members -- which have not been given for more than two years -- are Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin's No. 1 priority, he said in an interview.
He didn't explicitly say he would be recommending a tuition in ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
MOSCOW -- After more than two decades of drilling, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica that had been hidden under miles of ice for 20 million years, potentially holding life from the distant past a ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Brazos County Elections Coordinator Jaime Hines usually starts contacting polling locations six months before a primary election.
The county's full-time election preparations -- printing ballots, mailing voter registration cards and much more -- be ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
A 20-year-old accused of setting his parents' garage on fire in an attempt to hurt himself and his father continued to be evaluated Wednesday by health professionals.Bryan police said the homeowner's son walked into the house and announced he'd set t ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
A Caldwell man spent his 27th birthday in jail after being arrested on charges of stealing candy worth less than $1.50, authorities said.
Bryan police said an early afternoon call about a shoplifter took them to the Walmart on Briarcrest Drive. Store ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
College Station school trustees on Tuesday engaged in a passionate three-hour discussion on how the district can balance its budget while meeting the needs of its students.
It's a discussion that will be ongoing.
The district must cut $1.8 million f ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
BEIJING -- A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949.
The state-run Tianjin Post said Tuesday that the 29-year-old mother in Henan province gave birth ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The Snook community in east Burleson County was in full recovery mode Tuesday, four days after two tornadoes touched down and caused major damage to several homes and businesses in the area.
Burleson County Emergency Management Coordinator David Bag ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
The chief of the Iola Volunteer Fire Department, his mother and his sister were arrested Tuesday and charged with theft by a public servant of between $20,000 and $100,000 after an investigation revealed they had been using department money for pers ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Q: When did the worst period of cold weather occur in Texas?
A: The record was more than 100 years ago, says Texas A&M University’s John Nielsen-Gammon, who also serves as the state climatologist. “On Feb. 12, 1899, both Texas and Ok ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Eagle Staff Report
A 35-year-old College Station man remained behind bars Tuesday after reportedly threatening to kill his parents.
College Station police said they responded at about 5:30 p.m. Monday to the 200 block of Redmond Drive, where the man ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.
The product, called AeroSho ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Eagle Staff Report
Funeral services were pending Tuesday for a 64-year-old Bremond woman killed in a one-car accident on Texas 6 near OSR, officials said.
Barbara Snider Funderburk, a nurse, died on scene at 5:05 p.m. Monday, about 30 minutes after ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Eagle Staff Report
Authorities said arson was to blame for a Tuesday morning garage fire at a home in the 2000 block of Rockwood Drive in Bryan.
A resident, whose name has not been released, was attempting to hurt himself and a relative when he set t ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Eagle Staff Report
A 26-year-old Bryan woman remained jailed Tuesday on five charges, including possession of a controlled substance and endangering a child.
Amanda Delee Whiting was pulled over for speeding on Texas 21 near FM 2776 Monday when a de ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A resurgent Rick Santorum won Minnesota's Republican caucuses with ease Tuesday night, relegating front-runner Mitt Romney to a distant third-place finish that raised fresh questions about his ability to attract ardent conservatives at ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
NEW YORK -- It was just last summer that the Dow Jones industrial average shed 2,000 points in three terrifying weeks. Investors had a host of things to worry about, including the possibility of another recession.
Now the Dow is within reach of the ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government.
The Etter Health Center at Shippensburg, a public school of 8,300 ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
BEIRUT -- Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for reforms Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, promoting a settlement to end the uprising without removing him f ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places?
Move over, eHarmony and Match.com, and head to your local animal shelter to Meet Your Match. The color-coded program evaluates shelter pets and the people looking to adopt them i ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Police have released a series of recordings from 911 calls made Sunday when authorities in Washington state say Josh Powell locked himself and his two young sons in his house and lit it on fire. The following transcript comes from a social worker who ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Dear Lisa: When a recipe calls for shallots, it that the same thing as green onions? And do I use both the white and green part? Thank you -- Cathy J.
Dear Cathy: It's a common confusion, but shallots and green onions are not the same. Green onions a ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
LOS ANGELES -- A civil jury will likely not hear directly from Mel Gibson about the night of his drunken driving arrest because his testimony doesn't appear relevant to a deputy's claim that he was discriminated against because of the traffic stop, a ...
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Published Wednesday, February 08, 2012
No. 1 Kentucky 78, Florida 58: LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 13 points and 13 rebounds and top-ranked Kentucky easily passed its toughest Southeastern Conference test to date with a 78-58 victory over No. 8 Florida on Tuesday ...
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