Morning Roundup: I'm Kin Lay's Confidenshul Secraterry edition

Good morning, Houston. At Houstonist world headquarters, our e-mail boxes are graced almost daily with offers from people who want to move millions of dollars to U.S. bank accounts and allow us to take a huge share of the money just for helping — eh, all in a day. But there's a new e-mail in the same vein floating around now: It comes from someone claiming to be Michelle Kristine Kraiser, the "the Confidential Secretary to Mr. Ken Lay, Enron founder, who deid on July, 5th 2006, at the age of 64 and his friend and partner Mr. Jeffrey Skilling, Ex-Enron CEO." (You'd think Lay and Skilling would have hired a secretary who could spell and use proper punctuation, right? No wonder Enron collapsed!) According to the message, Lay deposited about $60 million into a British bank account, and Kraiser is the only person with the PIN to the account. And if you supply some personal information — including your name, address, nationality and phone number — you can get a portion of Lay's fortune! Who knew it was that easy? (Check the e-mail out for yourself, but be careful who you let in on the deal — otherwise, our share is gonna be pretty small.)

>> Banker testifies in Slade trial: A banker with JPMorgan Chase testified Friday that former TSU President Priscilla Slade told her she didn't have to pay for groceries or spa treatments, bolstering prosecutors' allegations that Slade misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars in university money on personal expenses. The banker said Slade didn't qualify for a $1.3 million home loan she was seeking in 2004; she talked with Slade by telephone and said that Slade told her she didn't have to pay for lawn care, groceries or spa treatments because TSU covered those expenses. The banker went on to testify that Chase wasn't able to verify that what Slade said was true. In all, prosecutors say, Slade spent more than $143,000 on her home in Missouri City and some $286,000 on furniture, landscaping and a security system for a new, $1.2 million house she built near Memorial Park. Prosecutors say Slade wasn't authorized to spend the money on those things and that she had TSU employees work on the design and construction of the home; Slade's attorney, Mike DeGuerin, said the work was necessary because Slade often held university functions at her home and needed to put TSU's "best foot forward."

>> How about iCollege?: Trustees of the North Harris Montgomery Community College District have come to a shocking realization: The name of their college system is too long. No, really. So the district is looking for a new, easier-to-handle moniker: "Research has been telling us for years that our name is cumbersome, and does not communicate the fact that our district is composed of five colleges and seven learning centers," Richard Carpenter, the NHMCCD chancellor, told the Houston Business Journal. Citizens are being invited to suggest names for the district; the list will be pared down, and then everyone will be asked to help narrow it farther. Trustees said they expect to pick a new name in November. If you have an idea for a new name, submit it here.

>> This week's weather: Remember that cool front we keep getting promised? It always seems farther and farther away — now, it looks like it'll come at the beginning of next week. We'll believe it when we see it. In the meantime, expect highs in the lower 90s and lows in the mid-70s this week, with a chance of rain every day. Bonus: This afternoon, we could have a heat index as high as 102. Think cool!

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