Students trapped by credit card debt raise concerns
Connie Bedell of Virginia warns of college credit card traps after daughters Michele and Diana rack up over $4,000 with no income or co signer. lawmakers cite aggressive marketing, while credit issuers defend student responsibility. advocates urge lending limits tied to student income and parental oversight.
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Connie Bedell
Springfield
Michele
Diana
Radford College
Virginia
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Dmass
Kennedy
Harvard
MIT
Susan Murdy
Visa
U.S.A. Inc
Gary Flood
MasterCard International Inc
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House Banking Consumer Subcommittee
Ruth Susswein
Bankcard Holders of America
Ken McEldowney
Consumer Action
Michelle Lopopolo
Worcester
Mass
Emmanuel College
Boston
Carolyn B. Maloney
D-N.y
Drifter arrested in deaths of 10 Charlotte women
Henry Louis Wallace, 28, was arrested in Charlotte for the murders of 10 women and linked to nine killings over 20 months. Police say he strangled victims, many in their homes, and then helped locate a 10th body found in ashes. Wallace, a fast food worker and cocaine addict with no fixed address, cooperates with investigators.
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Charlotte Observer
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Family feud turns deadly in North Carolina dispute
In Stokes County near Francisco a family row over driveway gravel escalated into a shooting. James Marvin Collins killed his older brother William Mau rice Collins, 65, and his wife Mary Jo Collins, 61, before Maurice Collins’ son-in-law John Paul Manning, 26, shot and killed Marvin. Manning faces no charges. Relatives say years of estrangement fueled the dispute.
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Stokes County
Mike Joyce
Manning
Maurice
Marvin
Columbia crew tests new shuttle arm gizmo during orbital experiment
SPACE CENTER Houston Ap astronauts test a magnetic dexterous end effector on Col umbia s robot arm. Marsha Ivins and Charles Gemar maneuver the 50 foot arm to grab a dummy satellite while a new guiding system aligns targets. The DEE could replace the mechanical latch on posts. The crew also studies shuttle glow by lowering orbit and releasing nitrogen for imagery. The mission began March 4 and runs to Friday in Florida.
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Columbia
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Pierre Thuot
Florida
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