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• Obama acts to ease burden of student loans (Reuters)
• Students' financial info revealed on gov't website (AP)
• Obama to offer student loan relief (AP)
• NC shooting victim changed to critical condition (AP)
• Obama to take action to ease student loan burden (Reuters)
• SAT officials: Former FBI boss to review security (AP)
• Students seen on video with gun accused in N.C. school shooting (Reuters)

Obama acts to ease burden of student loans (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:10 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is taking steps to ease the burden of student loans, the White House said on Tuesday, potentially helping millions of cash-strapped college graduates in a tough economy.

Students' financial info revealed on gov't website (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:52 PM PDT AP - The personal financial details of as many as 5,000 college students were temporarily laid bare for other students to view on the Education Department's direct loan website earlier this month, an education official testified Tuesday.

Obama to offer student loan relief (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:43 PM PDT AP - Millions of student loan borrowers will be eligible to lower their payments and consolidate their loans under a plan President Barack Obama intends to announce Wednesday, the White House said.

NC shooting victim changed to critical condition (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:30 PM PDT AP - The 15-year-old girl injured in a shooting at her North Carolina high school was downgraded from stable to critical condition on Tuesday, police said.

Obama to take action to ease student loan burden (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:14 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to use his executive powers to ease the burden of student loan repayments by allowing loans to be bundled and by accelerating an income-based repayment program, the White House said on Tuesday.

SAT officials: Former FBI boss to review security (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:07 PM PDT AP - A security firm run by the former director of the FBI has been retained to review security — and will recommend changes — on standardized testing procedures following an SAT cheating scandal on New York's Long Island, officials with the nonprofit organizations behind the tests said Tuesday.

Students seen on video with gun accused in N.C. school shooting (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:52 AM PDT Reuters - Two North Carolina teenagers have been arrested in connection with the shooting and wounding of a fellow student at a high school after surveillance video showed them with a rifle, officials said on Tuesday.

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