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Obama's Student Loans Plan Won't Require Congressional Approval

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President Barack Obama's student loans deal will be announced in Denver on Wednesday, Business Day reports. The plan will not require any action from congress, and will announced in tandem with a new plan to make it easier for homeowners to refinance their mortgage.

Athletic Footwear Stocks, Juiced by Lightweight Running Shoe Trend, Are Sprinting Into New Records

Nike shoes on display.
After spending a summer sidelined by fears of an exhausted consumer and nearly stopped dead on their tracks by the market correction of early August, the stocks of athletic shoe and apparel makers (and the specialty retailers that put those products in consumer’s hands) have been sprinting into marathon season, outperforming the wider footwear and apparel sectors and setting one or two all-time records along the way.
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Madonna's Brother Homeless, Lives Under Bridge: Report

Pop icon Madonna's brother is apparently homeless and living under a bridge in Michigan. Tony Ciccone Jr, who was fired more than a year ago from his father's Ciccone Vineyard in Suttons Bay, Mich., now claims to be homeless and told the Michigan Messenger newspaper he had been living on the streets of nearby Traverse City since then.
People take pictures of the body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi inside a meat locker in Misrata

Gadhafi to be Buried in Secret Desert Grave: NTC

Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will be buried Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said Monday night, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many to fear for Libya's governability.
NBA will cancel another two weeks, prolonging the NBA lockout

NBA Lockout 2011: League Set to Cancel Two More Weeks

As if the first two weeks of the regular season down the drain because of the NBA lockout wasn't enough for fans, the NBA will cancel at least two more weeks of its season, according to the New York Daily News.
The exterior shot of the State Capitol is seen as California legislators work late into the night to pass a $40 billion budget in the building in Sacramento, California

Debts of States over $4 Trillion: Budget Group

The total of U.S. state debt, including pension liabilities, could surpasses $4 trillion, with California owing the most and Vermont owing the least, according to an analysis released on Monday.
Protesters chant slogans against the government and military rulers at Tahrir Square after Friday prayers in Cairo

Arab Films Showcase Turbulent, Redemptive Year

The Arab Spring of pro-democracy uprisings features prominently -- both directly and more subtly -- in the selections at the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, kicking off in the Qatari capital this week.
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American Airlines Jack the Cat Is Still Missing After 2 Months

Jack the Cat has been missing for two months now, since he escaped from his carrier in the American Airlines baggage area at John F. Kennedy International Airport. But his owner and her thousands of online supporters aren't giving up hope, as Saturday was dubbed Jack the Cat Awareness Day at the airport.
Residents sit in front of their destroyed apartment blocks in Izmit, Turkey.

Can Earthquakes be Predicted?

Could the Turkey earthquakes (or the 9.0 Japan quake in March of the L'Aquila, Italy quake in 2009) have been predicted in advance?

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