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can be wildly different. And, if they do need to borrow to get through school, federal student loans, with options like income-based repayment, are the safest way to go."
• The latest figures come at a time of increasing alarm about the sheer scope of student debt nationally, which by some measures has surpassed $1 trillion. Recent government figures show nearly 10 percent of borrowers of federal student loans in the most recently measured cohort had already defaulted within two years of starting repayment.
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• LUXEMBOURG (AP) -- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg doesn't get a lot of turns in the spotlight.
• It's an independent country tinier than Rhode Island, the smallest U.S. state, and it would fit inside Germany, its neighbor to the east, 138 times with room to spare. It won no medals at the 2012 London Olympics -- in fact it hasn't won a medal at the summer Games since 1952.
• But this week is Luxembourg's turn to shine. Prince Guillaume, the heir to the throne -- the grand duke-to-be -- will marry Belgian Countess Stephanie de Lannoy. It will be a two-day affair, including fireworks, concerts, a gala dinner at the grand ducal palace, and two marriages between the betrothed -- a civil wedding Friday afternoon and a religious ceremony Saturday morning.
• A glittering array of European royalty has been invited. The guest list for the religious ceremony includes kings, queens, princes and princesses from European countries including, among others, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Lichtenstein, Denmark, the Netherlands, Romania and Britain, which is sending Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth's youngest child, and his wife, Sophie.
• Non-European royalty plan to attend, as well, from Morocco, Japan and Jordan and elsewhere.
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• NEW YORK (AP) -- Like Chicago Cubs fans in spring, Jewish Republicans start every presidential election season hoping this will be their year. They hope American Jews, who have voted overwhelmingly Democratic for decades, will start a sig

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