Rock star Sting, on fundraising tour for education, says teachers deserve higher pay

Rock star Sting says teachers should be paid more

Michelle Obama urges Arkansas graduates to brace for hardship in speech echoing King in ‘58

1st lady echoes King’s call to brace for hardship

Michelle Obama tells Ark. graduates to prepare to overcome hardship; MLK said same in 1958

1st lady echoes King’s call to fight hardships

Obama watches soccer, plays golf while wife speaks to college graduates in Arkansas

US President Barack Obama

Minnesota Senate working on bill to shut $2.9B budget gap through cuts, possible tax increase

Minn. Senate readies bill to shut $2.9B budget gap

Sotomayor urges anxious college grads to embrace future and strive to join her on high court

US President Barack Obama

Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke tells college graduates: money can’t buy you happiness

Fed chief to grads: Money can’t buy happiness

After UN speech, Lucknow girl to go green

LUCKNOW - While most children of her age look forward to playing with friends in summer vacation, 13-year-old Yugratna Srivastava, who made history by delivering a speech at a United Nations summit last year, has plans to green the city.

Kerala’s state education channel to telecast BBC videos

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Kerala government-run educational TV channel will telecast documentaries produced by the BBC Motion Gallery for the benefit of the state’s students, an official said Saturday.

Hike subsidy for poor schoolkids, court tells Delhi

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has underlined the need for providing good facilities to poor students in private schools and directed the government to consider revising the rates for reimbursement of the cost of their books and uniform.

Students sickened in E. coli outbreak; FDA investigating Ariz. lettuce farm

E. coli outbreak may be from Arizona lettuce farm

Dhaka moves against errant ruling party cadres

DHAKA - Authorities in Bangladesh have launched a crackdown against errant cadres of the ruling Awami League who use political patronage and muscle power to get things done.

Army Secretary: Anonymous system planned to get soldier feedback on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

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2 Mexican schools halt University of Arizona student-exchange programs over immigration law

Mexican schools halt exchange programs over AZ law

Obama and first lady go out for dinner, delighting onlookers near Washington’s DuPont Circle

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Assam youth beats poverty to crack civil services exam

MORIGAON - Young Narayan Konwar from Assam who cracked the civil services examination this time had failed once in his Class 12 board exams and secured a second division in Class 10.