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Massachusetts

Northeastern U. gives 25 percent tuition break to parents

BOSTON (AP) — Come to campus for the family weekend festivities, stay for a graduate degree. That's the idea behind Northeastern University's newest tuition discount, which will give a 25 percent break to the parents and siblings of undergraduate students if they pursue a degree in almost

finances

Nation awash in debt

A couple of recent reports illustrate just how dire the United States federal government's debt situation really is. The federal government took in a record $2.9 trillion in tax revenues for the first 11 months of the fiscal year (through the end of August), up about 7.

Barack Obama

20 million college grads living with their parents, courtesy of Obama

My 22-year-old son lives at home and still depends on his old man for spending money. My profoundest fear is that like Will Ferrell's character in "Wedding Crashers," he will never leave the nest. I'm not alone. There are some 20 million college grads