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U.S. Agrees to Buy Student Loans to Ease Borrowing
The Education Department announced that it would buy up to $6.5 billion of federally guaranteed student loans made in the 2007-8 academic year as part of its effort to make sure loans are available.
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Open verdict on student's death
A coroner records an open verdict at the inquest of a 20-year-old student found hanging after a pub-crawl.
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Man arrested over student killing
A man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Qatari student who died following an incident in a Sussex town.
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Colo. student-athletes to vie for scholarships
Qwest and Kroenke Sports announced Wednesday that 420 high school student-athletes have been nominated by their schools to participate in the Qwest Leadership Challenge.
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First Look Student Film Fest now part of the big picture
For seven years, the First Look Student Film Festival offered a sweet break in the spring moviegoing calendar.
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Lenoir-Rhyne student dies in fraternity exercise
CHARLOTTE -- A Lenoir-Rhyne University student died in what authorities said today may have been a freak accident during a fraternity pre-initiation team-building exercise. So far, authorities have found no evidence alcohol was involved in the death Monday night of Harrison Kowiak, 19, Tampa, Fla. Investigators with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office said Harrison was involved with a group of ...
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Facing Student Loan Crunch, Colleges Get Possible Solution
Private student lenders have dropped like flies in the past few months, victims of the credit crisis – bad news for them, but also bad for students who suddenly can’t get loans and colleges who would like to keep tuition dollars flowing.
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Spellings promotes access to student loans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department is working to ensure student access to federal loans during the financial crisis, Secretary Margaret Spellings said Thursday.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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