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That said, refinancing isn't for everyone. Consolidating generally doesn't make sense for borrowers with just a few years remaining on their loans, since they would stretch out their term and pay more interest. Students with Perkins or Health Professional Loans also need to make sure that consolidation wouldn't void their deferment or cancellation privileges. And it's not an option for borrowers who have consolidated already; you can't go to the well again unless you go back to school and borrow more...
...Oman; it's the Omanis themselves. Before landing in Muscat, a Kuwaiti oilman tells me, "Omanis are hospitable, hardworking and humble." Rashid, a young Omani man who works in the oil fields of Abu Dhabi, responds with a wry smile: "That's because we are poor." It's a stretch to call Rashid poor?he sports a new mobile phone and a watch-mounted digital camera?but in relative terms, he is right. Oman's oil reserves are modest compared with the rest of the gulf states', and many Omanis like Rashid work in the United Arab Emirates, lured...
...confessed pipe bomber's 3,000-mile cross-country crime spree, which injured six and dredged up painful memories of everything from anthrax to the Unabomber, ended last week with Helder's arrest on an empty stretch of Nevada interstate highway. By turning on the cell phone in his car and dispatching a series of letters to his family and a student newspaper, Helder had ensured his arrest. The knottier problem is divining his motives. Far from fitting the usual profile of an angry loner, the smiling young suspect in the Kurt Cobain T shirt was an easygoing student...
...typical 21st century wedding can now feature a supporting cast of stepparents, half-siblings, Dad's new girlfriend and her kids, the bride's first stepfather and his new wife, and sometimes even the bride and groom's ex-spouses. The old rules of wedding etiquette don't stretch far enough to cover the shape of these families. A new crop of creative solutions can help...
...call Kashmir the subcontinent's West Bank or Gaza Strip would be a stretch. The Kashmir Valley, the heart and soul of the territory, is one of the earth's lovelier places. Many Kashmiris are poor, but no one lives in 50-year-old refugee settlements. Unlike the Palestinians, they have a homeland...