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College glad Kennedy found graduation pinch-hitter, but logistics are tougher

(NEWSER) - Wesleyan University is happy that ailing Ted Kennedy found someone to take his place as commencement speaker Sunday, the Hartford Courant reports—though the fact that it's Barack Obama has created some logistical issues on the small Connecticut campus. "It'll be pretty crazy," an administrator says of the event, usually open to the public but rarely bringing the kind of crowds the Democratic front-runner tends to draw. More»

Speech seen as message to tight-pursed GOP governors

(AP) - President Obama today urged the nation's governors to invest more state resources in education, saying that a highly skilled workforce is crucial for the US to remain competitive with other countries. "The fact is that too many states are making cuts in education that I think are simply too big," Obama said at his annual meeting with governors today. "Nothing more clearly signals what you value as a state than the decisions you make about where to invest. Budgets are about choices." More»

Time, Reddit, and other smart ideas

(NEWSER) - Turns out you don't have to suffer through a 6-hour graduation ceremony before you can make a splash in the business world. The Huffington Post lists 10 really impressive companies started in college:

1. Time magazine: Yale seniors Henry Luce and Briton Hadden dreamed up the idea of a newsweekly, and founded it when they were both the ripe old age of 23.

Blasts the president again for not taking control

(NEWSER) - James Carville is on a tear to push the president to step up his response to the gulf oil spill . He kept the campaign going last night on John King's show on CNN by advising Obama: "Tell BP 'I'm your daddy, I'm in charge, you're going to do what we say." He didn't have kind words for BP, either. "They have been negligent," he told CNN . "They need to whip out their checkbook and start moving into action and the president needs to push them." Click here for the latest on the disaster in the gulf. More»

Magazine unveils latest megalist

(NEWSER) - The Time 100—Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world—has just hit the interwebs, and as usual, the names range from obvious to head scratching. The names you expect are there—Barack Obama, Oprah, Steve Jobs—as are some you might not, or that seem to be in an odd category. Glenn Beck, for example, makes the list as a “Leader.” More»