Student Loan - Education II Feature Package

Education II Feature Package
The following feature package is a roundup of feature stories dealing with education topics and is appropriate for special sections and for general use.

TIPS ON
TOUGH LOVE Here are some tactics parents can use to help themselves and their children financially, at any age: Don't be an ATM. There are loans for college, cars and homes but none for retirement. Don't put your own financial security at risk to help your kids.

Friday
Over the length of his term as chancellor of the University of Maine System, Joseph Westphal has earned a salary of more than $800,000, plus benefits. Now he is retiring.

SimpleTuition Raises $4.4 Million in Financing
BOSTON----April 14, 2006--SimpleTuition, a new company that will simplify the college financial aid process, today announced the completion of a $4.4 million Series A financing led by Atlas Venture and IDG Ventures Boston.

The case against Mike Ferguson
Linda Stender, the Democratic candidate for Congress in District 7, is fortunate in at least one respect: the case against her opponent Congressman Mike Ferguson, R-7th, is one that is easy to make. If politics were a trial, Ferguson would need to hire the best defense attorney in America to defend his record in Congress and would likely still lose.

Dear top tax bracket,
The other day I was reading the newspaper while I enjoyed my Top Ramen noodles, and I saw that you are retaining an average of $500,000 a year because of President Bushs investment tax cuts.