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Did You Know You Can Lower Your Student Loan Payments? I Didn't

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Many, many more Americans would qualify for income-driven repayment plans, if only they knew about them.

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This Teacher Wants To Excite Your Inner Scientist

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Ainissa Ramirez used to be an associate professor at Yale in materials science. Now she's taking her "science evangelism" out on the road.

Singer and songwriter Bob Schneider invented "The Song Game" a decade ago, inviting a closed group of fellow musicians to submit a new song every week.

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For A Few Musicians, Beating Songwriter's Block Is A Game

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Bob Schneider, a songwriter from Texas, has challenged fellow musicians to a game for 12 years: Every Friday, a closed email group submits a new song of the week.

August A. Busch (center) and his sons, Adolphus III (left) and August Jr., seal the first case of beer off the Anheuser-Busch bottling plant line in St. Louis on April 7, 1933, when the sale of low-alcohol beers and wines was once again legal. Prohibition didn't officially end until Dec. 5 of that year.

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The 'Bitter' Tale Of The Budweiser Family

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Budweiser, is known as the "King of Beers," and the Busch family was once considered practically royalty. Their early success led to a long reign, but the end, when it came, wasn't so glorious.

As part of the National Immigration Integration Conference, nearly 50 new American citizens were sworn in Sept. 22.

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Baltimore Says, 'Immigrants Welcome'

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Baltimore's population has been declining for decades. Now the city is reaching beyond its borders for growth, courting immigrants with new programs and laws. The big question: Will it work?