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U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion

Click here: Student-loan delinquencies, with the percentage delinquent at least 90 days or in default, surged last year hitting consecutive records of $166.3 billion in the third quarter and $166.4 billion in the fourth.

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Former Iowa sports talk radio host charged in $1.5M scam

Click here: Martin “Marty” Tirrell, a former Des Moines, Iowa, sports radio host, is accused of defrauding people out of more than $1 million has been indicted on federal charges. One count Tirrell is facing is mail fraud for allegedly sending four faulty checks totaling $355,522 to Burlington in November 2016.

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VIDEO: Most students loved Ocasio-Cortez’s ‘Green New Deal’…until finding out what’s in it.

Students loved the idea of the Green New Deal… But they changed their mind after hearing what was actually in it. Watch this short 4-minute video to find why.

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America Wants Legal Immigrants

Virtually everyone knows America has a big illegal immigration problem. But we also have a legal immigration problem: Current U.S. immigration policy is not serving the best interests of America. Is there a way to protect American citizens and still welcome newcomers to our shores? Reihan Salam offers an insightful solution in this short 5-minute video.

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Venezuelans Warn Americans Who Want Socialism

Click here: Venezuelans in Washington D.C. warn young people in America who want Socialism.

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Why Hosting The Super Bowl Isn’t Worth It

The NFL and host committees ‘claim’ that the Super Bowl brings between $300 to $500 million to host cities. Economist Victor Matheson estimates the big game only brings in between $30 to $130 million. The NFL’s higher estimates encourage cities to continue to provide the NFL with tax subsidies to host the event and build new stadiums.

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Payrolls surge by 304,000, smashing estimates despite government shutdown

Click here: Job growth in January shattered expectations, with nonfarm payrolls surging by 304,000, the Labor Department says. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected payrolls to rise by 170,000.

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Why Trump Won

Were you shocked at the results of the 2016 American presidential election? Most people were, but Stephen Harper was not one of them. Here, the former Prime Minister of Canada explains in this short 5-minute video the trends that foreshadowed Trump’s victory and left many political elites looking wildly out of touch.

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Newspaper agrees to pay Melania Trump ‘substantial damages’ over article

Click here: British news outlet The Telegraph apologized “unreservedly” on Saturday and agreed to pay first lady Melania Trump “substantial damages” for publishing an article about her with “a number of false statements.” The newspaper published an article titled, “Melania Trump – An Apology,” writing that the cover story of its Jan. 19 edition of the magazine “should not have been published.” “We apologize unreservedly to The First Lady and her family for any embarrassment caused by our publication of these allegations,” the outlet wrote. “As a mark of our regret we have agreed to pay Mrs Trump substantial damages as well as her legal costs.”

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Half of Facebook Accounts are Fake?

Click here: Facebook has been lying to the public about the scale of its problem with fake accounts, which likely exceed 50% of its network.

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