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...that's the problem with having five faces. There's more than one to choose from. The "secret Muslim" rumors about Obama may be scurrilous, but they survived the sudden fame of Obama's card-carrying Christian pastor. A recent poll found that 12% of Americans believe them...
...survey, conducted in May, of 1,400 undergraduates and their parents about how they plan to pay for college this year. One in five parents borrowing money reported either taking out a second mortgage of more than $10,000 or charging some portion of college expenses to a credit card. In a study released earlier this summer, consumer advocate U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found roughly a quarter of students reported billing their tuition to a credit card. Such borrowing practices generally carry along with them much higher interest rates and fees than private student loans. "Using a credit...
...billion in such loans during the 2006-2007 school year. But as credit markets dried up last spring, many private lenders either went out of business or became much stricter about approving loans. And the people least likely to get a bank loan are often the same ones credit card companies are trying to reel in with low interest rates that quickly jump sky-high...
...Another troubling finding: some 70% of survey respondents said they didn't consider what a student's potential post-graduate income would be. This is bad news for today's college students, who graduate with an average of some $9,000 in credit card debt, which will cost young wage earners more the longer it takes to pay back. Aggressive on-campus marketing by credit card companies "equates signing up for a new card to impulse shopping," says PIRG spokesman Ed Mierzwinski. "No one tells students that if they don't buy off the balance each month, the price...
...That clean-cut image is a calling card for Bolt and an entire new generation of Jamaican sprinters who have taken the Beijing Olympics by storm. With Bolt shattering world records to claim gold in the men's 100 and 200 meters, and Jamaica making a clean sweep of the medals in the women's 100 meters, the Caribbean island is fast earning the title of the world's fastest country. That reputation is music to the ears of Jamaicans who, for years, have become more accustomed to hearing their country discussed for its sky-high murder rate...