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Bargains still give us sticker shock
DALLASMORNING NEWS
      Tuition rates in Texas remain a bargain. You can attend college here for about $5,300 a year, while the national price tag hovers around $5,800. But try telling that to Texas parents and students suffering from sticker shock. Since legislators gave state universities the freedom to set tuition ra...
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MILWAKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
The savings gap continues to widen
      The clock is ticking for baby boomers - and this time, it’s not their biological clocks. It’s the countdown to retirement, for which many boomers feel they are unprepared. A new study conducted for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans found that 71 percent said a lack of money would prevent them from ...
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ST. LOUISE POST-DISPATCH
Kids pay a high price in bias of women
      Mulu Melka was 11 when she was abducted. The kidnapping of girls is widespread in many parts of rural Ethiopia, where Mulu lives. Most abducted girls are raped by their captors and then forced to "marry" them. Mulu managed to escape unharmed. But her luck ran out earlier this year when her family...
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