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Changes to make federal student loan processing faster
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:13:56 -0700
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For college students looking to apply for federal financial aid, the process of securing a federal loan this school year will be faster and more streamlined, but despite big changes in how the U.S. government runs the program, impacts on students should be minor, financial aid officials at colleges here say.
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Feds block Schwarzenegger's plan to sell EdFund
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:27:31 -0700
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Federal officials are blocking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to sell the state's student loan guarantee operation to help fill California's deficit. Schwarzenegger had hoped to sell the nonprofit EdFund for as much as $1 billion to help fill the state's $19 billion hole. But in a letter obtained Friday, the U.S. Department of Education says the federal government ...
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Love, Marriage and Student Loans
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:44:27 -0700
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A change in the Income Based Repayment program should give married couples some relief from burdensome student loan debt payments. Student loan - Debt - Financial services - Business - College Financing
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Kendrick Meek: Out of mom's shadow
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:00:15 -0700
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Congressman Kendrick Meek readily admits he would not be where he is today without his mother. The twice-divorced mother of three rose from riot-torn Miami to become one of Florida's first black members of Congress since Reconstruction. Now the son, who took her seat, is waging a historic campaign to be the state's first black U.S. senator.
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The 10 richest and poorest members of Texas' congressional delegation
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:02:54 -0700
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The lists are based on legislators' disclosure.
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Kendrick Meek has no problem giving his mother her due, even if it becomes a burden
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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:15:51 -0700
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By Beth Reinhard, Miami Herald Saturday, July 31, 2010 U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, here campaigning at an Orlando barbershop in February, was elected to the Florida Legislature in 1994 and to the U.S. Congress in 2002, but still struggles to gain name recognition throughout the state. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek readily admits he would not be where he is today without his mother. The twice-divorced ...
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Subprime Colleges, Revisited
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:27:38 -0700
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The Senate will hold its second committee hearing next Wednesday on the status of for-profit education in the United States. Enrollment at for-profit colleges and trade schools has tripled in the last decade to about 1.8 million, or nearly 10 percent of the nations higher education students.
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Missouri auditor releases higher education reviews
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:25:41 -0700
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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) -- The state Department of Higher Education should have been more involved in picking projects for a college construction program and additional coordination is needed among colleges, according to reviews released Wednesday by the state auditor's office.
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Lawyer in Hutaree case being sued for allegedly defaulting on student loan
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:26:26 -0700
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A lawyer who was recently in the national news as he successfully argued for the release of a Hutaree militia member awaiting trial is being sued for allegedly defaulting on a student loan. The federal government filed suit Monday against......
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Some people can't get credit? Good!
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:32:38 -0700
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Credit is a useful financial tool -- when it is extended and used responsibly. But given too freely, credit can wreak havoc on the whole economy. Where's the line?
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