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Mike Anderson speaks to reporters yesterday at Mizzou Arena after he was introduced as the new head coach of the MU men’s basketball team.   Read the Article

Local News Stories
New coach shares game plan
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
Mizzou Arena sat mostly empty yesterday afternoon, just as it has for nearly all of its two seasons, which have been marked by failure on the court and controversy off it.

•	Curators don’t vote on Alden’s status

Judge delays decision on O’Neal photos
By MATTHEW LeBLANC of the Tribune’s staff
A lawyer for the family of deceased University of Missouri-Columbia football player Aaron O’Neal believes access to unpublished photos will help prove university staff contributed to the athlete’s death.

Leak spurs evacuation downtown
By JANESE HEAVIN of the Tribune’s staff
Niedermeyer apartments resident Gene Wyatt couldn’t smell natural gas, but he did notice some activity before he and about 25 of his neighbors were forced to evacuate the complex early this morning.

MU produces heart-healthy pigs
By TERRY GANEY of the Tribune’s staff
Collaborating with two other institutions, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have developed a strain of pigs that generate omega-3 fatty acids, a substance known to reduce the risk of heart disease.

Plan for forests threatens study, researcher says
By JACOB LUECKE of the Tribune’s staff
A research tower in rural Boone County could someday clarify how forests affect global warming. But a plan to sell national forest land around the tower could alter its readings and cloud conclusions, researchers say.

Two hospitalized in Range Line wreck
Two people were taken to the hospital yesterday after an accident on Range Line Street in north Columbia.

Man, 54, accused of raping 28-year-old
Columbia police arrested a man yesterday on suspicion of raping a 28-year-old woman.