Which meant that when the loan forgiveness window finally opened in October 2017, the only people who were legally eligible were a kind of rare, immaculate borrower: someone who had not only made all of the loan payments, in full and on time, for 120 consecutive months, but had also (unusually) taken out exactly the […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCheaper by the half dozen? Two sets of triplets have been born within 24 hours in the Ulster Hospital at Dundonald in County Down. On Tuesday, Brendan and Kirsty McMenamin from Downpatrick in County Down had Zoey, a baby girl, and two boys called Cameron and Brody.
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President Donald Trump’s quip about quitting the White House if he earned some positive press coverage got Stephen Colbert all excited on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Late Show.” Speaking at the Turning Point USA summit in Washington, Trump claimed he’d received “the best publicity” before becoming president but was now “dying for my first good
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Manchester City, currently on an East Asian tour, has extended its global sponsorship by Japanese carmaker Nissan in a “multi-year deal”. Nissan will be the official automotive partner to City Football Group teams in the UK, US and Australia. The City Football Group includes Man City, New York City FC and Melbourne
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YouTube probably generates $16 billion to $25 billion in annual revenue, making the video service big enough to crack the top half of the Fortune 500. But that’s just a guess. Even though financial analysts on Wall Street think YouTube makes about as much money as the Gap, General Mills or Netflix, the video service’s
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Kole Calhoun charged hard to his right and watched his footwork while he fielded the single to right field. He knew Cody Bellinger would be sprinting for home, so the game was riding on this throw to the plate. Calhoun’s preparation resulted in a nearly perfect play, and the Los Angeles Angels slipped out of
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The timing of the vote drew complaints from Palestinian rights activists and supporters of Ms. Omar and Ms. Tlaib, who said House Democratic leaders were effectively isolating them. Both women have also joined with Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil rights icon, in introducing a measure affirming that “all Americans have the
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Image copyright Getty Images In 1974, almost half of all adults in the UK smoked. For many, spending time in smoke-filled homes, pubs and workplaces was simply a part of daily life. Today, that figure has fallen to 15%. The government has pledged to end smoking in England altogether by 2030. But some people remain
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Elisabeth Moss (left) stars in the TV adaptation of Atwood’s landmark 1985 novel Margaret Atwood’s follow-up to The Handmaid’s Tale is one of 13 novels on the Booker Prize longlist, despite not being published for several weeks. The Testaments is out on 10 September and comes 33 years after
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Image copyright Getty Images A pair of rare Nike trainers designed by the sportswear giant’s co-founder has sold for a record-breaking $437,500 (£351,772). They were the last shoes to sell in an auction of 100 pairs of trainers – from Adidas to Air Jordans – in New York. The 1972 Nike Waffle Racing Flat Moon
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