The Senate held two votes Thursday on measures to ensure that student loan rates for millions of college students do not double in July — and at the conclusion of the legislative action, the issue remained exactly where it began: stuck. Read full article > >

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Too many young people lack the social skills needed to get their first job, says a report on the issue of Neets.

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Republican leaders doubled down Sunday on a renewed push to secure spending cuts as part of any deal to increase the national debt limit, drawing a sharper line in an emerging fight over the issue. Using sharp rhetoric reminiscent of last summer’s fight over the issue, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said President Obama “needs to become the adult” in discussions with congressional leaders on spending and debt. Read full article > >

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US President Barack Obama is praised and condemned over his backing for gay marriage, as his campaign attacks Republican Mitt Romney on the issue.

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Obama on gay marriage divides US

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says the Vatican must “move out of denial mode” over the issue of child sexual abuse.

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Sir Alex Ferguson says he has spoken to Ashley Young about diving, but believes the issue has been exaggerated.

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Tensions had been running high among members at the venerable Park Slope institution over the issue of whether to stop selling Israeli-made products.

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Tensions had been running high among members at the venerable Park Slope institution over the issue of whether to stop selling Israeli-made products.

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With more than a week until the next Republican presidential primary, Rick Santorum is expected to take his campaign Monday to the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court as it takes up the issue of the health care reform law.

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The Senate Thursday rejected an effort to vastly expand conscience exemptions to the Obama administration’s new birth control coverage rule, even as Republican presidential contenders continued to tussle over the issue. Read full article > >

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Birth control exemption bill, the ‘Blunt amendment,’ killed in Senate

VIERA, FLA. – The Washington Nationals and third baseman Ryan Zimmerman must clear multiple major hurdles — most notably the issue of Zimmerman’s no-trade protection — before agreeing on a contract extension by the Saturday morning deadline Zimmerman has imposed , a person familiar with the situation said. Read full article > >

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Gabe Sherman argues that Dodd-Frank has already ended Wall Street as we know it. So how did MF Global go up in flames last year? The brokerage firm’s bankruptcy was mostly the outcome of failed, risky bets it placed through complex derivatives, and it lost an estimated $1.2 billion of its customers’ money in the process. After raising this issue on Monday, I got a call from Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who argued that MF Global’s demise wasn’t a sign that Dodd-Frank had failed to regulate derivatives in a comprehensive way. Read full article > >

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The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue.

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GMC guidance on assisted suicide

Samuel Mullet Sr. said he would allow an electronic monitor, but prosecutors said the issue in his continued custody was the danger he posed to the community, not his aversion to electricity.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the company’s changes “should address the issue” of possible fire risks of the Volt but that its investigation remained open.

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