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Graduations to cause weekend traffic delays

Construction along Interstate 95, bridge work, more track work and several area university commencement ceremonies will delay travelers this weekend. That and more in your Weekend Wakeup.

Friday - 05/17/2013, 07:49pm EDT

Michelle Obama speaks of 'hunger' for education

Michelle Obama speaks about importance of education to black community in commencement address

Friday - 05/17/2013, 05:10pm EDT

Michelle Obama speaks of 'hunger' for education

Michelle Obama speaks about importance of education to black community in commencement address

Friday - 05/17/2013, 05:09pm EDT
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Steger delivers Va. Tech commencement address

Nearly 6,000 students at Virginia Tech's spring commencement ceremony heard from President Charles Steger Friday, just days after he announced his retirement.

Friday - 05/17/2013, 04:42pm EDT

Va. community college rates to rise 4.4 percent

Board votes to increase Virginia community college rates by 4.4 percent for in-state students

Friday - 05/17/2013, 08:51am EDT

Creator of one of world's rarest maps featured in exhibit

Library of Congress hosts conference, exhibit on 1 of world's rarest maps purchased for $10M

Friday - 05/17/2013, 08:00am EDT

Review: No passing grade for 'English Teacher'

Film Review: No passing grade for the tone-deaf 'English Teacher'

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 10:00pm EDT

Obama taps Giffords for Fulbright board

Obama appoints former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to Fulbright scholarship board

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 08:19pm EDT

Chiefs announce moves within scouting department

Chiefs general manager John Dorsey announces post-NFL draft shakeup of scouting department

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 07:11pm EDT

House advances student loan fix

Republicans move forward with student loan plan that could mean higher rates later

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 05:20pm EDT

Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

Police: Man shoots himself in head at private school in central Paris

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 05:20pm EDT

Theater attack prompts new Colo. mental health law

Colo. governor signs expansion of mental health services in response to theater shootings

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 05:09pm EDT

Newtown parents seek more focus on school security

Parents of Sandy Hook victims unite to call for more focus on school security

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 04:50pm EDT

Frederick college reveals president's severance

Frederick Community College has released some details about the ouster of its former president following a newspaper's filing of a Public Information Act request and lawsuit.

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 04:10pm EDT

Conn. lawmakers seek federal funds for Newtown

Conn. congressional delegation to seek federal funds to help build new Sandy Hook school

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 02:39pm EDT

Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces Class of '14

Harvard's Nieman Foundation announces the 24 journalists in the Class of 2014

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 02:09pm EDT

Swine flu found in elephant seals off California

Researchers find swine flu in elephant seals off Calif coast; animals show no sign of illness.

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 02:07pm EDT

Stax's past influences future musicians in Memphis

Stax Records left a powerful legacy with an ongoing impact on students in Memphis' Soulsville

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 10:45am EDT

Md. regents approve university tuition hikes

Maryland board of regents approves tuition hikes for state universities

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 09:21am EDT

Columbia U. seeks to alter whites-only bequest

NYC's Columbia University seeking to change 1920 fellowship bequest for whites from Iowa

Thursday - 05/16/2013, 12:20am EDT
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