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Pat Tillman's legacy: More help for military veterans in college (USA Today)
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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:17:06 GMT
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The Pat Tillman Foundation's Tillman Military Scholars program offers funding to veterans who demonstrate a record of service to their communities and pledge to continue those activities
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Granddaughter jailed in loan fraud (Sanilac County News)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:14 GMT
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A Melvin woman has been sentenced to jail for forging her grandfather's name to get thousands of dollars in student loans. Then she spent most of it on things for her then boyfriend. read more
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Defaulted Loans May Haunt Seniors (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:05:41 GMT
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A little-noticed law could result in smaller Social Security checks for hundreds of thousands of seniors who owe the U.S. money from defaulted loans and other debts more than a decade old.
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Local scholarships more than $190,000 (The Harlan Tribune)
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Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:46:38 GMT
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Local scholarships generate over $190,000 in funding to area students. School officials said that total doesn't include individual scholarships achieved by the students in such areas as music, athletics and academics that likely would bring the total to over $350,000.
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Social Security checks may get smaller (KETK 56 Tyler)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:19 GMT
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A little–noticed law could soon result in smaller Social Security checks for hundreds of thousands of the elderly and disabled who owe the U.S. money from defaulted loans and other debts more than a decade old. Social Security benefits are off–limits to creditors, such as credit–card companies and banks. But the U.S. can collect debts to federal agencies by "offsetting," or withholding Social ...
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Community calendar (The Daily Comet)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:09:36 GMT
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Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 8:02 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 8:02 a.m.
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Hare works on education (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:31:49 GMT
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U.S. Rep. Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, discussed education reform in an intimate setting in the Monmouth-Roseville Junior High School band room with Superintendent Paul Woehlke, principal Don Farr and PBIS coordinator Rebecca Harris. Hare has been working on the Keeping All Students Safe Act, which would expand Positive Behavior Intervention Supports in school, but also would protect students and ...
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Defaulted Loans May Haunt Seniors (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:15:46 GMT
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A recent federal law lifted the 10-year statute of limitations on withholding Social Security payments on defaulted debt, adding $6 billion to delinquent debt owed Uncle Sam.
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A slice of the pie (The Mail Tribune)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:16:14 GMT
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Fifteen projects ranging from an economic development loan program to an expanded parking lot at the Medford Senior Center are hoping for a piece of more than $600,000 in federal community development block grants that will be awarded by the city of Medford.
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Hare works on education (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:30:38 GMT
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ROSEVILLE — U.S. Rep Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, discussed education reform in an intimate setting in the Monmouth-Roseville Junior High School band room with Superintendent Paul Woehlke, Principal Don Farr and PBIS coordinator Rebecca Harris.
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