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SPORTS

Coaches show enthusiasm

Chicago — While you won't see any games for about another month, this week's 2006 Big Ten Football Media Day and Kickoff Luncheon signifies the beginning of the season. The event was reminiscent of a star-studded red carpet movie premiere.

NEWS

What's in a name?

By Justin Kroll, Laura Misjak and Amy Oprean The State News Cast a glance at any building, observatory or garden anywhere and there's history.

MICHIGAN

Alumnus may plead guilty in melee case

A former MSU student living in Illinois who was charged with offenses from an on-campus disturbance in 2003 might plead guilty to a misdemeanor relating to the incident as part of a plea agreement. Kyle Thomas Manning, a 22-year-old who attended but did not graduate from MSU, is charged with an unlawful assembly felony and an arson of personal property valued at less than $200 misdemeanor.

FEATURES

Changing lanes

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Opens nationally today Studio: Columbia Pictures Director: Adam McKay Starring: Will Ferrel, John C.

MICHIGAN

Ballot machines could malfunction

Voters and candidates could face the possibility of problems with ballot machines for the primary elections Tuesday. Ingham County Clerk Mike Bryanton and his staff demonstrated how the ballot machines work and the possible problems that could occur with their use at the Ingham County Courthouse on Thursday. "We are hoping for everything to go smoothly," Bryanton said.

COMMENTARY

It is our duty to speak up for defenseless embryos

John Bice must think I'm an idiot in his letter "Krouse influenced by psychic energy via Bice," (SN 8/3). Bice claims to be using psychic energy to be influencing Shane Krouse's anti-Christian remarks and suggests that because I believe in "a wide assortment of supernatural beliefs," I should not doubt his assertion because neither have the capability of being scientifically proven or disproved. Faith in a higher power has nothing to do with scientific data.

MICHIGAN

State to vote on Single Business Tax

The Single Business Tax is closer to meeting its doom, as a ballot initiative that would repeal it has been approved by the Board of State Canvassers. Members of the organization Repeal The Single Business Tax, or Repeal SBT, which includes Oakland County Executive L.

NEWS

E.L. police impostor breaks into local home

A 28-year-old male East Lansing resident claiming he was an undercover East Lansing police officer was arrested early Wednesday morning after he broke into one home and attempted to enter another. At about 12:51 a.m., police responded to a call from two people who came home to find a man in their residence, which is located on the 300 block of Oakhill Avenue. When they confronted the suspect, he advised them that he was an undercover East Lansing police officer and that he was there in reference to a noise complaint, according to the East Lansing Police Department's news tape Wednesday afternoon. After the man left, the residents called the police.

MICHIGAN

Final Mich. plate will showcase 'peninsulas'

Michigan drivers will have something new to tack on their vehicles after the Michigan Secretary of State revealed its new license plate Wednesday. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land unveiled the new plate in Dearborn and Grand Rapids. Judges from across the state spent the last month searching through more than 1,500 entries. "It was a very tough decision to find the right design," said Kelly Chesney, a spokeswoman for the Secretary of State.

NEWS

University proposals advance in jobs fund

Chemistry professor Robert Maleczka hopes his six years of structuring scientific tinker toys will win him a slice of a $100 million pie. Maleczka and colleague chemistry Professor Milton Smith are working toward making cheaper, more efficient drugs through the creation of new building blocks for chemicals used by pharmaceutical companies. Their project is one of the remaining 179 in the running out of 505 submitted proposals to receive money from the 21st Century Jobs Fund.