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New program could reduce student loan payments

Jun. 24, 2009
Starting July 1, many people having trouble repaying their federally guaranteed student loans might be able to choose a new, more lenient payment plan. The program, called income-based repayment, will be available to more people and almost always result in...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler