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Student loan rates. students going to college in fall taking out a new loan they will pay an interest rate of 3.85%, only slightly higher than what was being paid last year. and caps have been imposed so that in the future the rate will never go above 8.25% for undergrads, over 9% for graduate students. if it's the parent taking out the loan, just over 10%, 10.5%. that's all the good news. we've rolled back the recent spike. to answer your question, we have not solved the underlying problem which is we're subsidizing all of these loans at great cost to the taxpayer. we have not solved the prob...

A bipartisan group of senators held a news conference to announce a tentative deal to restore interest rates on federally subsidized college student loans. those rates doubled to 6.8% after congress failed to act. under the deal rates for undergraduates this fall would be rolled back to 3.85% and for grad students, 5.4. the deal would offer the rates through the 2015 academic year but then rates could climb if the economy improves. democratic senator joe mancion. mark murray is joining us. good news but also the word compromise coming up again with something out of capitol hill or on capitol h...

Be a step forward. >> under the deal the undergraduate students will be able to borrow at a rate of 3.85% this fall, though that rate will climb in coming years but will ultimately be capped at 8.25%. lob loans are a boon for the federal government which is on track to make $51 billion in profits on student loans this year alone. that fact does not sit well with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who yesterday ripped congress for balancing the books on the backs of poor students. instead of helping our students, said warren, the government is making a profit on student loans. that is wrong...

In from outside gallup, the university of michigan, texas, maryland. we've really taken the hood off to look at what we did last fall to try to answer your question. four things, likely voter estimation. we had obama up by three points among registered voters, which is about where he was at the end. won by about 3.85%. moved it down to a one-point romney lead, and that was more than the average for all other models of a similar fashion out there and we think we overcorrected. so the model itself is something that we really think needs reevaluating. this is an historic way we've calculated for ...

Temperatures meaning americans are using less oil to heat their homes. all that pushes prices down further. prices also spiked after hurricane sandy and have fallen since, shepard. >> shepard: so right now they're headed down more, right? > >> reporter: that's right. there's a difference between lowest and highest of 80 cents a gallon. 3.85 in long island, in mems me, tennessee, it's less than 3.05. the average price of gas in the u.s. has fallen 10 cents in the past week, dipping 3.38 for a gallon of regular, expected to go lower. >> shepard: you can furnish your entire home at ikea if you wa...