NEW YORK -- So you're a guy? Poor you!You get slapped on your bottom at birth, then spend the rest of your life being shoved around by wives and girlfriends who make you mow the lawn, listen to their friends, return their phone calls, eat fruit at br ... full story
Valentine's Day gift shopping for the man in your life? New, guy-oriented Web sites such as Ploomy, Gent Supply Co. and Ask Men offer some ideas -- as well as advice and information for the modern man on everything from managing money and dressing to ... full story
NEW YORK -- There's a reason why a new book about helping disorganized teenagers was published midway through the school year, rather than in September."When you go back to school in September, everything is fresh and everything is new," said Ana Ho ... full story
Emily Judah used to think geology was boring. But that was before the 15-year-old College Station home-schooler spent seven days visiting mines and laboratories across three states in November. Emily and five other students and three teachers were se ... full story
Robert "Buzz" Pine's list of movie, television and even stage credits spans more than 45 years and while, yes, he's one of those actors you might know more by face than name, there's little doubt you've seen his work -- and more than just a few times ... full story
The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum is gearing up for a busy spring. Saturday, we had our second winemaker weekend exploring Napa Valley wines, and it was a blast. If you have not had the chance to come to one of our wine seminars or an e ... full story
AGRICULTURE AWARDBrant Baugh, Texas AgriLife Extension Service integrated pest management agent for Lubbock County, was presented a 2009 Superior Service award in the county agent category at the 2010 AgriLife Conference held at Texas A&M Univers ... full story
In the space of just a few weeks, we have movies starring Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson and John Travolta. It's like the early '90s all over again.Nostalgia is on Travolta's mind, too. In From Paris with Love, he plays a violent but chatty CIA agent who, ... full story
Sunday* Financial Peace University. 9 a.m. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 217 W. 26th St., Bryan. 13-week Dave Ramsey program to help people handle their money through common-sense principles and small group accountability. Register: 218-6702 or comm ... full story
Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.BryanMonday: Chicken rings, mini sub sandwich with pickle, rice, steamed broccoli with cheese sauce, fruit.Tuesday: Beef and bean burrito, popcorn chicken bites, charra beans, Mexicali corn, Mexican ... full story
LONDON -- Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won't.The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government on Thursday. Officials swore the country would save billions in health care costs by comin ... full story
Rebecca Haacke started making play food out of felt for her children because she was tired of cleaning out their toy box during recalls of lead-contaminated toys.The 29-year-old from Orem, Utah, first made a whole stuffed apple, then sewed a ham sand ... full story
Now fellas, don't let the word ballet scare you. I know it's not a "man" word. In some "guy" languages this "B-word" is a synonym for such phrases as "I saw it on Oprah," "starring Julia Roberts" or "let's lunch at the tea room."But I'm convinced th ... full story
TEXAS A&M* Bhimu Patil, director of Texas A&M University's Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, has received the 2009 Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence for Research On-Campus. The award was presented during the annual Texas A&M Agr ... full story
Sunday* 12th Annual Brazos Valley Youth Concerto Competition. 3 p.m. Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in College Station. Presented by Brazos Valley Symphony and Friends Association of the Symphony Orchestra. Three finalists will perform for judges. Fre ... full story
Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.BryanMonday: Crispy steak fingers, pepperoni Hot Pocket, mashed potatoes, green beans, whole grain roll, fruit.Tuesday: Baked chicken, barbecue riblet, corn on the cob, black-eyed peas, cornbread, p ... full story
Dog agility competitions make great TV, with pooches racing around an obstacle course, jumping through hoops and dashing through tunnels. If you've seen it, though, your reaction probably wasn't, "What about cats?"But that's exactly the thought that ... full story
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the levees broke, many who were forced to leave without their pets endured long searches to find animals that had been ferried to safety without them. You'd think that finding that their pets were alive and ... full story
Years of training, special diets and elite coaching may not be enough to win an Olympic medal. That's when athletes turn to special socks, pictures of their kids or fortune cookies.Superstition runs deep in humans, even those jocks seeking to represe ... full story
As I've watched in awe at some of the marvelous homegrown song and dance folks we have in the Brazos Valley, I wonder where do these sometimes "diamonds in the rough" come from.Most of those who grace the stages of The Theatre Company or StageCenter ... full story
The eight dark-haired young men look out from the photo with all the confidence and uncertainty of youth. The black-and-white image, on display in a Hispanic heritage exhibit at the College Station Conference Center, captures these men when they perf ... full story
The Philadelphia InquirerNEW YORK -- The sprawling NBC Experience Store in Rockefeller Center is "the place to go if you're shopping for a Jim (Mad Money) Cramer bobblehead or a Biggest Loser refrigerator magnet.The Law & Order coffee mug? Right ... full story
HIGHER EDUCATION* Alison Wyrick, 22, graduated from Emirates Aviation College in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday. Wyrick is a 2004 graduate of Bryan High School and attended Texas State University in San Marcos. She is employed by The Emirate ... full story
Monday* College Station Senior Advisory Committee meeting. 10 a.m. The Exit Teen Center, 1520 Rock Prairie Road Visitors are welcome. 764-6371.* College Station Noon Lions Club. Hilton Hotel, 801 University Drive E. 690-8525.* Community Conversation. ... full story
Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included.BryanMonday: Chicken nuggets, munchable, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole grain roll, fruit.Tuesday: Bueno cheesy nachos, barbecue on a bun, ranch-style beans, Spanish rice, shredded l ... full story
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