Vice president to speak at ag school graduation

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Vice President Dick Cheney will deliver a commencement speech May 18 at the University of Missouri's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, the university said Friday.

Lowell Mohler, director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture, had been scheduled as the school's commencement speaker. But Mohler's office previously told the Columbia Daily Tribune he no longer was scheduled to speak.

Cheney said last week he has agreed to be President Bush's 2004 running mate, saying past health problems wouldn't prevent him from running.