- 4,000 U. Delaware students graduating
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 4,000 students are expected to graduate during commencement ceremonies at the University of Delaware.
IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for Greece
LONDON (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures.
Matthew McConaughey pulls of Cannes double header
CANNES, France (AP) — To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune — and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.
- W.Va. high school aims to dump textbooks for iPads
McMECHEN, W.Va. (AP) — One Catholic school in West Virginia is abandoning textbooks.
Obama honors veterans during Memorial Day weekend
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is paying tribute to veterans during Memorial Day weekend, honoring those willing to sacrifice their lives for their country.
- Ariz. county agrees to maintain tribal bus routes
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Coconino County officials have agreed to continue maintaining more than 200 miles of unpaved roads that serve as school bus routes on the Navajo Nation.
- MSU announces new aquaculture leadership
STONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Two Mississippi State University scientists are taking on new leadership roles in the school's aquaculture program in Stoneville.
- Lafayette schools short $1.4M, need rainy-day cash
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Lafayette school administrators say they need $1.4 million from the school district's rainy day fund to balance the budget for the next school year.
Finland gunman who killed 2, wounded 7 is arrested
HELSINKI (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed two people and wounded seven others in what appeared to be a random shooting in a southern Finnish town, police said Saturday.
- Teen convicted for threatening school official
SPINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Geneva student has been convicted of threatening a school official in an email he sent last year.
