Morning Newscast: May 12, 2008

Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Democratic House Speaker Gaye Symington is expected to announce today that she’s running for governor;  The rising cost of food has pushed up food shelf use in Vermont and across the country. It’s also made discount grocery stores a lot busier.  An anti-war group at the University of Vermont is pushing the school to divest its holdings in companies that profit from war.