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Government reducing student loans based on income

The U.S. Education Department will allow student loan borrowers to reduce monthly payments based on income, in a change that takes effect today. Fees and interest on new student loans will fall as well, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said yesterday in a conference call with reporters. The income-based repayment program may benefit at least 1 million current and former students with loans, said...

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