Latest updates:

Articles

• I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

  Last modified 10:22pm

  During a Sunday visit to the Kellogg Center, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader took shots at corruption in U.S. big business, which he said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., are “sweeping under the rug.”

• McCain stresses change in Mich.

  Last modified 10:21pm

  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., promised change to a rapt audience Friday, less than 24 hours after securing the Republican presidential nomination in St. Paul, Minn.

• Spartans run ball, leading them to victory

  Last modified 10:16pm

  MSU head coach Mark Dantonio wanted his team to make a statement in the home opener Saturday. He wanted the Spartans to run the ball effectively, block up front and display the toughness he hopes will come to define the program.

• Big Ten cities plan similar development projects

  Last modified 10:16pm

  East Lansing isn’t the only Big Ten town looking to give residents a better view of its skyline. Madison, Wis., home of the University of Wisconsin, and Ann Arbor are pursuing development projects similar to East Lansing’s City Center II, which calls for the creation of a 10-story building along Abbot Road and Grand River Avenue.

• Colleges tap into Facebook to issue alerts

  Last modified 9:57pm

  While MSU implemented a text message alert system last year to warn students of emergencies, other universities also are using technology in the name of campus safety. Last month, the University of Maryland at College Park started a Facebook.com group for students to receive emergency information, talk with each other about emergencies and share information with family.

• Unbelievable: Evans a big winner at UFC 88

  Last modified 8:54pm

  Wow.

  That’s about the best word I can think of to describe Rashad Evans’ brutal second round knockout of former UFC light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell at Saturday’s UFC 88: Breakthrough in Atlanta

• On Campus — Basketball schedule unbelievably brutal

  Last modified 8:27pm

  Tom Izzo and the masochist who does the scheduling for the MSU men’s basketball team must have been pretty angry when they laid out their 2008-09 slate of games.

• More articles