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Discovery Channel blasted for mockumentary on giant shark. Diversions, A4
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The Bryan-College Station Eagle won’t be delivered until this afternoon because of a rare breakdown of the newspaper’s press. Eagle Publisher Crystal Dupre said the delay could not be Yemen was thrust into the helped. forefront thego fight against “All thatofcan wrong did this terrorism Dupre Tuesday when theare morning,” said. “We U.S. and Britain doing our best to evacuated get the paper embassytostaff to a threatdelivered our due readers. We ened attack. realize this is an inconvenience andAs weWesterners apologize.”flew out of the country, authoriOne of twoYemeni drive motors on tiesEagle’s launched a wide investiThe press broke and gationby into the al-Qaidapressthreat efforts experienced to multiple potential targets in men to fix the problem weren’t the impoverished Arab nation. successful. An agreement with — calls News, the Temple Telegram forA6 the paper to be printed at its location. Over more than two decades, mechanical problems have The map closed prompted theofpaper toAmeribe can embassies Middle printed elsewhereinathe handful of East and Africa provides times. a window into the Obama administration’s concern about a potentially imminent al-Qaida terrorist attack on overseas U.S. interests. Yemen was thrustacross into the While missions a forefront of theoffight terbroad swath the against Arab world rorism Tuesday when the U.S. are affected, some, including and Britain evacuated embassy in capitals that have been staff duefor to a threatened targets extremists in attack. the past, are not. News,A6 A6 ——News,
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Yemen front, center in anti-terror fight
Python’s strangling of 2 boys probed
Authorities on Tuesday were looking into the nighttime strangling of two Canadian boys by a 100-pound python. According to reports, the snake escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young boys were sleeping. A snake expert said it was possible that the python was spooked and simply clung to whatever it landed on. Police are treating the deaths in Campbellton, New Brunswick, as a criminal investigation. — World, A8
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More allegations for Manziel Broker claims to have video of QB signing items for a fee By DAVID HARRIS david.harris@theeagle.com
When Texas A&M took the field Tuesday afternoon for its second practice of fall camp, College Station was nearly cloudless. Players and coaches spread out on the Coolidge Practice Fields, sweating and drilling with the kickoff of the most anticipated season in program history just weeks away. However, off the field, for the third consecutive day, the eligibility status of the reigning Heisman Trophy winner didn’t mimic the Brazos Valley sky. Things, somehow, got cloudier for Johnny Manziel. Manziel practiced for the second consecutive day, walking onto the grass and back into the spotlight just hours after another ESPN report linked him to a third autograph broker. An East Coast autograph broker played two cellphone videos to ESPN apparently showing Manziel signing A&M helmets and memorabilia. The broker said he paid Manziel $7,500 for signing almost 300 items on Jan. 11 and 12 at the Walter Camp Foundation Event in New Haven, Conn. ESPN reported that the videos include Manziel saying “You never did a signing with me” and that, if the broker were to tell anyone, he would refuse to deal with him in the future. The videos reportedly do not show Manziel accepting any money and were filmed without Manziel’s knowledge. See MANZIEL, Page A5
Eagle photo by Stuart Villanueva Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel warms up with teammates Tuesday during the second day of fall camp. For video from the practice, go to theeagle.com.
Breaking down the bylaw Manziel is accused of violating many of the facts about Manziel’s alleged autograph sale remain unknown, several experts weighed in on how the NCAA might The future of Johnny Manziel’s football act within its bylaws. season for Texas A&M will soon come down John Infante, a former compliance officer to a one-sentence bylaw, divided into three at NCAA Division I schools and author of the sections. Bylaw Blog, said Manziel would be breaking The bylaw, 12.5.2.1, states that student-ath- the rules even if he signed the autographs for letes cannot permit their names or likenesses free with the knowledge that they would be tobeusedforcommercialpurposes,including sold for a profit, or if his friend profited and to advertise, recommend or promote sales of he did not. However, the punishment in those commercial products, or accept payment for cases would be much less. the use of their names or likenesses. While “That’s still a violation if he knows it’s goBy BETH BROWN beth.brown@theeagle.com
Boy saves ‘granny’ from fire By MAGGIE KIELY maggie.kiely@gmail.com
“The Lord is good.”
A&M football coaches laud Ben Malena’s leadership. Sports, C1
Fort Hood shooting suspect admits he was the gunman. Region, A9
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ight-year-old James Wilborn was at his greatgrandmother’s apartment in Calvert playing a game of pool on his tablet computer last weekend when he heard glass breaking. When the soon-to-be thirdgrader peeked out the window to see what all the noise was about, he saw the flames quickly approaching the unit they were in and immediately thought of his “granny.” “I started yelling, ‘Granny, granny, come quick!’” James recalled Tuesday while standing in front of his great-grandmother’s destroyed residence. “I got the window open and got out, then tried to pull my granny out but her feet got stuck.” James then rushed to the apartment nearby where his mother was working on a woman’s hair and yelled, “Fire!” His mom, Jannie Wilborn, 24, said she and a neighbor quickly went to her grand-
Eagle photo by Stuart Villanueva James Wilborn, 8, helped his great-grandmother Peril Mae Young escape from her burning home Saturday in Calvert. mother’s aid and got her out of harm’s way, then proceeded to bang on neighbors’ doors to get them to safety. The fire ignited shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, and by the time it was put out several hours later, six families were without a home and eight residences at Calvert Arms Apart-
ments had been destroyed — including granny’s. “I was about to get in the tub when he started yelling at me,” said Peril Mae Young, James’ 67-year-old great grandmother. “I probably would’ve burned up in there.” See FIRE, Page A7
ing on sale, and could cause him to be ruled ineligible, but it’s typically a ‘don’t do this again’ and he’d be reinstated without penalty,” Infante said. He said if the NCAA cannot prove he received money, it could rule him ineligible and then immediately reinstate him, similar to its action against Auburn quarterback Cam Newton in 2011. He did say there could be a small suspension if Manziel was found to be repeatedly signing things that he knew others
INSIDE Poll: Even if they could, most people wouldn’t want to live to 120
A new poll by the Pew Research Center explores attitudes about a scientific quest: Creating treatments that one day might slow the aging process and let people live to be as old as 120. The poll found most Americans wouldn’t want a treatment that would let them live decades longer than the current average life expectancy.
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TEXAS A&M SYSTEM
Budget, jobs on tap for regents By ALLEN REED allen.reed@theeagle.com
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents is set to approve upcoming budgets, begin the process of selecting a new president for its flagship institution and create a new executive vice chancellor position. The regents will meet Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and vote on the topics. The regents will consider creation of a rightSee REGENTS, Page A7