Debt bloom on campus as credit cards tempt students
College students chase easy credit amid preapproved offers and banks on campus. Emily and Mark describe early overspending, bankruptcy, and the lure of perks like free fries. Visa officials note legal age rules and that many students strive to build good credit, while half report paying balances in full and a troubling 17 percent interest rate remains.
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Emily
Mexico
Champaign
Chicago
Mark
Carolyn Bretschneider
Visa
General Custer
U.S
Bretschneider
L.L. Bean
Train whistles silenced spark debate across crossings
Across the United States whistle bans at 1,400 crossings trigger safety worry and local pushback. Federal officials cite reduced accidents at crossings with warnings, while communities like Acton argue safety is adequate without whistles. In Westford and other towns residents notice the quiet, though lawmakers push to meet a 1996 law requiring whistle soundings.
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U.S
Forbes
Acton
Boston
Federal Railroad Administration
David Bolger
Congress
FRA
Nancy Tavernier
Bolger
National Railway Historical Society
Paul Kutta
Berlin Bunkers Hidden Beneath the City Face Memory Test
Architectural engineer Dietmar Arnold preserves Berlin's wartime undergrounds a decade after the war. He maps 195 bunkers linked to World War II and Cold War shelters, with the Alexanderplatz bunker among the best preserved.
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Erlin
Dietmar Arnold
Arnold
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Alexanderplatz
East Berlin
East Germany
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink reuse program
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support farming. It invites readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton at 4250 Sixth St. SW or at the nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
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Kutta
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Walt Whitman
Tom Taber
Muncy
Strings
Westfield Tennis Club
18Th Ave. S.W
Cedar Rapids
America
Blairs Ferry Rd
N.E
Reich Chancellery
Hitler
Rau
Northtowne
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Third Avenue SE
Cedar
Iowa
AP News
Rapids Gazette, Inc
Dar
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Sat
Sun
Amelia
Audio King
Ballard
Campbell Steele Gallery
Carma Lou's
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Ellen’s
Fox Eye Frontier Futures
Heartland Investment Ass
Holley’s Men Shop
Jcpenney
Jeff Jones Furniture
Iowa City
Sociatir
Isplay
Vertising
Kohl's
Krebs
Longbranch, McGinsberg
Mercy Hospital, LLC
Northtowne Schwinn Cycling & Fitness
Papich-Kuba Funeral Home
Peck’s
Flower & Garden Shop
Perpetual Savings Bank
Ralston Creek
Smulekoff’s
the Blind Factory
United Security Savings Bank
Ista
Optical West Music
YMCA
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Sypear
Inge
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