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will double July 1.
• Republicans say they favor freezing student loan interest rates but oppose how Democrats would finance the $6 billion bill: by raising Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes on high-earning stock holders of some privately owned corporations.
• "They know we're particularly upset about this" financing plan, Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., said as the Senate debated the bill Monday. He said Democrats hope that when Republicans oppose the bill, it will "make it look like Republicans want to raise the rates on students, and that's not true."
• As if issuing a dare, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said, "Republicans claim they share Democrats' goal in protecting these 7 million students I've talked about from these interest rate increases. We'll see."
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the battle against obesity, just about everything is on the table, from creating healthier kids' meals to nagging people to exercise.
• Specialists meeting in Washington on Tuesday are looking for a blueprint on reducing America's weight problem as they debate what strategies should be a priority.
• Today, just over a third of adults are obese. A government-funded study suggests that by 2030, 42 percent will be. That's not nearly as many as experts once predicted, before years of the rapid rise in obesity rates began leveling off. But Americans aren't getting thinner either.
• Experts are looking beyond government policies to unusual partners. Frozen vegetable maker Birds Eye, for instance, is beginning a $6 million campaign to encourage kids to eat their veggies.
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• JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his new coalition government will promote a "responsible" peace process with the Palestinians.
• Netanyahu spoke Tuesday at a news conference with his new coalition partner, Kadima Party chief Shaul Mofaz.
• Netanyahu now presides over a broad coalition with 94 members of the 120-seat

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