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Central Missouri State University is joining the growing ranks of state institutions changing their names.

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Matt Blunt’s chief of staff Ed Martin said Wednesday that the governor was not ruling out the possibility of a delay to vote on the sale of assets from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.

A fire caused at least $1 million in damage to a warehouse complex on Hillsdale Road on Wednesday morning. The cause of the blaze was unknown, but arson was not suspected, fire officials said.

Today we see them on credit cards, cereal boxes and in CAT scans, and although they are mesmerizing to look at, how and why holograms work is not always apparent. As part of their exhibit at Stephens College, husband-and-wife holographic artists Fred Unterseher and Rebecca Deem will present “Tranceforms: The Lecture” today.

Although Yoko Yamada would have rather been shopping Tuesday, she couldn’t help but smile as she watched children at the Stephens College Children’s School sampling Japanese sweets.

A group of Columbia religious leaders rallied Wednesday to show their support for the Muslim grocer whose home was raided by the FBI earlier this week.

Can science be taught in public schools in a way that gives equal respect to science and all religions?

Four men were arrested Tuesday afternoon on North Garth Avenue near Hickman High and Ridgeway Elementary schools on suspicion of selling drugs near a school. One of the men is believed to be homeless, according to police reports.

The Autocite machine hums like a muted dot-matrix printer, rolling paper filled with fine print out the top so that it can be stuffed in a yellow envelope and placed under the vehicle’s windshield wiper.

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is seeking funding for a new interagency computer crimes task force to combat online child pornography, identity theft and fraud.

Mayor Darwin Hindman got to work late Tuesday. So did Sixth Ward City Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe.

COLUMBIA — The disappearance of civil rights pioneer Lloyd Gaines nearly 70 years ago dominated headlines across the country, with amateur sleuths, activists and historians stumped over the fate of the black man who successfully sued to gain admission to the segregated MU School of Law.

Judging by the number of people who came to meet author T.C. Boyle on Wednesday, receiving autographs on their books and listening to him read excerpts from “The Tortilla Curtain,” the 2006 One Read program was a success.

After mostly coming off the bench in the beginning of the season, Marcos Fernandes is back in the starting rotation and showing that he wants to stay there.

The Missouri football team ranks No. 2 in total defense and sacks in the nation, and defensive end Brian Smith leads the nation with six sacks.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Rams’ linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa sounded a lot more confident than his coach about his chances of playing with a dislocated elbow.

MILWAUKEE — Geoff Jenkins saw the sign begging the Brewers to keep him, then stated his case.

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The instant replay official whose failure to overturn a bad call helped Oregon beat Oklahoma has been granted a leave of absence for the rest of the football season by the Pac-10.