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6 hrs ago | Star-telegram.com

Texas Supreme Court may send A&M bonfire case back to trial court

By ANTHONY SPANGLER FORT WORTH - Nearly 10 years after the Texas A&M University bonfire collapse, the Texas Supreme Court on Friday may have cleared the case to return to a trial court.Attorneys for Zachry Construction Corp., the Texas Aggie Bonfire Committee and Scott-Macon Ltd.

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Related Topix: Brazos County, TX

22 hrs ago | CBC News

Saturday Afternoon at the Opera

The romantic entanglements of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream have inspired movies, novel plots, and, of course, music.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Symphony, Science / Technology, Robots

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Court ruling clears way for bonfire lawsuits

The last remaining lawsuits from the fatal 1999 collapse of the Texas A&M University bonfire - filed more than eight years ago - moved closer to resolution Friday when the Texas Supreme Court dismissed a related appeal.

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MediLexicon

How Viruses Destroy Bacteria

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria.

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Related Topix: Biology, Molecular Biology, Science, Health

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KYTX-TV News

Parents of Bonfire victim honor the memory of their daughter

Ten years ago, 12 students died and 27 others were hurt when the Aggie Bonfire they were constructing collapsed.

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Related Topix: College Station, TX, Bryan Metro

Wired News

Robots Perform Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream has been updated for the 21st century with seven small robots playing fairies alongside carbon-based co-stars. Beyond being a cool thing to do, researchers saw bringing bots to the Bard as a chance to introduce robots to the public and see how people interact with them.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Study Looks At Viruses Attacking Bacteria

Scientists at Texas A&M University say they are investigating how some viruses, known for attacking humans and animals, instead attack bacteria.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

The Dallas Morning News

Ceremony, vigil to mark 10th anniversary of Texas A&M bonfire collapse

Texas A&M University is preparing to remember the 10th anniversary of the bonfire collapse, which killed 12 Aggies and injured 27 others.

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Air America Radio

Texas A&M remembers fatal '99 bonfire collapse

A somber candlelight vigil is concluding Texas A&M University's marking of the 10th anniversary of a bonfire collapse that killed 12 people.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

590ktie.com

Texas A&M remembering fatal '99...

The bonfire collapse at Texas A&M University killed Carolyn Adams' daughter, Miranda.

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Related Topix: Santa Fe, TX

KCEN

Job prospects drawing students to ag schools

Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, UC Davis, Purdue University, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Social Software

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Ceremony to mark 10th anniversary of bonfire collapse that killed 12, hurt 27 at Texas A&M

In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1996 file photo, Texas A&M University students huddle in front of a bonfire, in College Station, Texas.

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Related Topix: College Station, TX, Bryan Metro

Mon Nov 16, 2009

MyFoxHouston

Bonfire Debated Decade After Collapse

Texas A&M University's reverence for tradition lured Tim Kerlee Jr. to the storied College Station campus.

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Related Topix: College Station, TX, Bryan Metro

Science Daily

Link between climate change and cattle nutritional stress examined

Comparing grasslands and pastureland in different regions in the U.S., the study, published in Global Change Biology, discusses data from more than 21,000 different fecal samples collected during a 14-year period and analyzed at the Texas A&M University Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab for nutritional content.

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Related Topix: Kansas State University

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Corsicana Daily Sun

Tenth anniversary of deadly bonfire collapse nears

As the 10th anniversary of the deadly bonfire collapse approaches this week, the former president of Texas A&M University says only her successor can decide whether the tradition returns to campus, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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Related Topix: Bryan College, Bryan Metro

Customer Interaction Solutions

Lubbock business's TruProtect product solves variety of problems

In a small manufacturing shop on Lubbock's southeast side, Mike McDonald is on the verge of something big.

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Related Topix: Patent / Trademark Law, Law, Hailstorm, Natural Disasters

MySanAntonio.com

Decade after disaster, A&M Bonfire debate continues

Around Texas A&M University, it's known simply as Bonfire. No explanation needed.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, University of Texas at Austin

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KIII

YouNews: Kingsville CAP Honor Veterans

Kingsville, Texas- Cadets from the Corpus Christi Comp Squadron's Kingsville Area Brahma Cadet Flight honored veterans this week as part of Kingsville, Texas' overall efforts in support of Veteran's Day 2009.

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Related Topix: Kingsville, TX, Corpus Christi, TX

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Physics Org

Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people

Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University's production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream , which runs through Sunday in the Rudder Forum.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots, Apiculture, Science

Denton Record-Chronicle

Main Street Garden park sprouting in downtown Dallas

Even in its richest times, downtown Dallas was little more than a concrete jungle, with a few shining high-rises surrounded by moats of parking lots and smaller buildings that had seen better days.

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Related Topix: Main Street and Main, Restaurant Management, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Home Gardening, Home

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