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alizing that the economy and health care may not be their best targets.
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• 8. EU MULLS FUTURE AFTER EUROSCEPTICS WIN BIG IN POLLS
• An unprecedented surge by anti-EU parties is likely to complicate the economic bloc's decisions on market liberalization and a proposed trade deal with the US.
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• 9. US MARKS MEMORIAL DAY
• Planned across the nation are somber ceremonies, flag plantings at cemeteries, parades, and family get-togethers.
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• 10. WHICH DRIVER RACED FASTEST AT INDY
• Ryan Hunter-Reay nips Helio Castroneves at the finish line to become the first American to win the Indy 500 since 2006.
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AP News in Brief
Candy tycoon Poroshenko wins Ukraine presidential election outright with half of vote counted
• KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Early returns Monday suggested candy tycoon Petro Poroshenko was elected president of Ukraine in the first round of balloting. In taking on the leadership of the bitterly divided country, he vowed to "put an end to war, chaos, crime, and bring peace to the Ukrainian land."
• The 48-year-old billionaire, who claimed victory after exit polls showed him with a commanding lead in Sunday's vote, supports strong ties with Europe but also wants to mend ties with Russia.
• He said his first steps as president would be to visit the Donbass eastern industrial region, where pro-Russia separatists have seized government buildings and battled government troops in weeks of fighting. Poroshenko also said the Kiev government would like to negotiate a new security treaty with Moscow.
• Speaking to reporters on Monday, Poroshenko struck a reconciliatory tone, saying he had no "rivals or political opponents in the race" and all of the other main candidates have congratulated him on his win.
• "More than ever, Ukraine now needs to be united," he said.
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