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• Obama announces help for student loan borrowers (AP)
• A guide to Obama's student loan plan (AP)
• College costs shot up 8 percent this year (The Lookout)
• College prices up again as states slash budgets (AP)
• Analysis: How to get your piece of Obama's student loan relief (Reuters)
• Obama's Executive Order of the Day: Easing Student Loan Payments (The Atlantic Wire)
• Ala. student bitten by snake during P.E. class (AP)
• College costs outpace inflation: College Board (Reuters)
• Two students accused in North Carolina school shooting (Reuters)
• Obama's student loan debt-relief plan: Too good to be true? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama announces help for student loan borrowers (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 04:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama recalled his struggles with student loan debt as he unveiled a plan Wednesday that could give millions of young people some relief on their payments.

A guide to Obama's student loan plan (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:38 PM PDT AP - Recognizing that college students and recent graduates are facing rising tuition prices and burdensome student loan debt, President Barack Obama announced a plan that seeks to lessen the burden of paying back student loans.

College costs shot up 8 percent this year (The Lookout) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 01:25 PM PDT The Lookout - In-state tuition at public colleges shot up 8.3 percent this year to an average of $8,244, according to an analysis by the College Board. Tuition at private four-year colleges jumped a more modest 4.5 percent, to an average of $28,500. Meanwhile, President Obama announced a plan Wednesday to allow borrowers who have loans from different government [...]

College prices up again as states slash budgets (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 12:22 PM PDT AP - As President Obama prepared to announce new measures Wednesday to help ease the burden of student loan debt, new figures painted a demoralizing picture of college costs for students and parents: Average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose an additional $631 this fall, or 8.3 percent, compared with a year ago.

Analysis: How to get your piece of Obama's student loan relief (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 10:07 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's new student loan relief plan may be less than meets the eye: It will not do anything to alleviate the pain for the millions of borrowers who have private student loans, and its centerpiece merely accelerates by two years a program to lighten the load for low-earning federal borrowers.

Obama's Executive Order of the Day: Easing Student Loan Payments (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:31 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire -

Ala. student bitten by snake during P.E. class (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:12 AM PDT AP - A high school freshman in Alabama was taken to a hospital after being bitten by a snake during an outdoor physical education class.

College costs outpace inflation: College Board (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:17 PM PDT Reuters - The cost of college in the United States rose sharply for the 2011-2012 school year, continuing a multiyear pattern in which public school increases outpaced private school hikes and both eclipsed the average rate of inflation by significant amounts, the College Board reported on Wednesday.

Two students accused in North Carolina school shooting (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:21 PM PDT Reuters - Two North Carolina teenagers have been arrested over the shooting of a 10th grade girl at a high school after surveillance video showed them with a rifle on campus, officials said on Tuesday.

Obama's student loan debt-relief plan: Too good to be true? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:42 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama on Wednesday is launching a new plan to lower the cost of paying back student loans for millions of borrowers â€" the latest installment in his bid to move a jobs agenda that bypasses a gridlocked Congress.

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