Navigating the World of Student Loans (Time Magazine)
Amid widespread misconduct in the student-loan industry, college kids are learning about private lending the hard way

News of the Norm (The Reader)
Tasered man dead, police policy in question A 21-year-old Omaha man is dead following an encounter with police in which a Taser was deployed.

Greenland Schools Establish Line Of Credit To Pay teachers (The Morning News)
GREENLAND -- The Greenland School District established a 1 million line of credit at a local bank, just 16 months after coming off the state fiscal distress list.

Watch List (Aug. 5-11): Ah Contraire (CoStar Group)
In this week's issue we report that: while U.S. homebuilders are still writing down land holdings, others are starting to look at the opportunities that may be coming; U.S. newspapers are taking big hits on troubles in residential real estate; Prudential...

When students become commodities (The Star-Ledger)
If the flier hasn't arrived already, students coming to Rutgers later this month will soon be getting an offer in their mailboxes to buy linens from Follett, a private company.

Student loan firm, New York settle (The Star-Ledger)
OMAHA, Neb. -- Student loan company Nelnet has agreed to pay $2 million and will quit offering two services as part of a settlement with the New York state attorney general's office.

Student loan maker Nelnet agrees to pay $2 million to settle with New York officials (The Standard-Times)
OMAHA, Neb. — Student loan company Nelnet Inc. has agreed to pay $2 million and will quit offering two services as part of a settlement with the New York state attorney general's office.

NextStudent Private Loans Can Supplement Educational Financial Aid Plans (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
As parents and students finalize their educational budgets for the upcoming school year, they may be faced with a budget that doesn't stretch quite far enough. Even with financial aid packages that can contain need-based and non-need-based grants, scholarships, work-study, and state and federal student loans, students may still have some educational expenses that aren't covered.

Winslow, Greenland still at odds over schools (NWAnews.com)
Three years have passed since the Winslow School District dissolved due to a consolidation law and became part of the Greenland School District. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

Student loan maker Nelnet agrees to pay $2 million to settle with New York officials (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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