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MICHIGAN

Judge delays attempted sexual assault hearing

The preliminary examination for Walter Thomas Webster, charged with home invasion and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration, is adjourned until Thursday. Webster was transported from the Ingham County Jail and appeared on Friday morning at the 54-B District Court for his preliminary examination, which was rescheduled after the prosecution's witness failed to appear. The woman, who fought off an assailant who broke into her second-floor apartment on June 8, was scheduled to testify at the preliminary examination. Kristen L.

FEATURES

'Click' unoriginal flop; Sandler fails to entice laughter, amusement

Rewind, stop, eject. Adam Sandler has always come across as a nincompoop, but he used to be a funny idiot, like in "Billy Madison" and "Happy Gilmore." But with his new half-baked, unemotional, remote control fantasy, "Click," he's hit an all-time low of lazy, imbecile comedy. Where to begin? First category of stupidity: Sandler's facial expressions. Maybe it wasn't as noticeable in his other films because they were entertaining, but why doesn't Sandler ever open his mouth more than halfway?

FEATURES

The bartender

So you're just chillin' at Maggy's, right? And lets say you just happen to meet a flock of four of the flyest young hunnies your eyes have ever seen.

COMMENTARY

Increasing evidence for intelligent design theory

Once again there is a hot debate and controversy over the validity of a certain scientific theory. I can understand why people would shoot down an emerging theory that challenges decades of scientific consensus, especially one that permits the supernatural and unobservable.

MICHIGAN

Shop while you walk

Area stores are taking their business to the streets this weekend during the annual East Lansing Sidewalk Sales. Starting June 22 and running through Saturday, downtown businesses, in conjunction with the city of East Lansing, put on the sales hoping to draw more customers to the area. Matt Rouhan, manager of Silver Streak and Krazy Katz, 317 E.

MICHIGAN

Zoo cavies' killers euthanized, 5 new rodents en route

The two dogs that killed three rare animals at Potter Park Zoo June 17 are dead after being found in the zoo again this week, said Ingham County Animal Control Director Jamie McAloon Lampman. The dogs first entered Potter Park Zoo last weekend and killed three Patagonian cavies.

FEATURES

Happenings

FRIDAY Festival of the Moon (517) 485-4283. Turner Street and Grand River Avenue in Lansing's Old Town.

COMMENTARY

Almighty, awesome ethanol

You might not like how vegetables taste, but they can save you money. Ethanol gas, commonly called E85, is made of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

FEATURES

Gore film fascinating, intellectual

If you're planning on seeing "An Inconvenient Truth," there are two things you need to expect: plenty of Al Gore and plenty of Al Gore's lecture on global warming. However, this is not the Al Gore you may remember from the 2000 presidential election.

NEWS

Planetary meltdown

Higher temperatures. Disappearing ice caps. Rising ocean levels. Diseases spread worldwide via invasive species. These are the images and implications used to market the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," the poster for which warns, "By far the most terrifying movie you will ever see." The film, directed by Davis Guggenheim and starring former Vice President Al Gore, is intended to be a red flag flying in the face of the American public.