Senate Hearing On Gulf Oil Spill

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A family of four on vacation in Louisiana

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Fed survey details middle-class pain

By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers

A new survey of U.S. family finances released by the Federal Reserve on Monday documents in painful detail just how deeply the so-called Great Recession and its aftermath has been felt in family budgets across America. » read more

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STUDENT LOAN LEGISLATION

Adam Jennings/Charlotte Observer/MCT

Brandon Fishser, 24, a law student at North Crolina Central University says he pays all of his $13,000-a-year tuition with government-backed student loans.

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Student loan rates up in air while parties fight for advantage

By David Lightman and William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers

The political combat over freezing student-loan interest rates is about much more than whether the rate will double July 1. It’s also an important flash point in the battle for young people’s votes. » read more

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SPECIAL REPORTS

Special report: Honor Tarnished

McClatchy found errors and embellishments in the Marine Corps' Medal of Honor nomination for Dakota Meyer, whose deeds have been retold in a book and numerous news reports.

Special report: Chimp research

Chimpanzees at a federal primate facility are at the center of an impassioned debate between the National Institutes of Health and the animal-rights community.

Special report: Military Injustice

An ongoing McClatchy probe reveals troubling flaws in the nation's military justice system, from an error-ridden crime lab to botched death penalty cases and ethical conflicts.

Special report: Afghan contracts

The U.S. program to spend billions of dollars on Afghanistan's facilities is failing. Corruption, nepotism and mismanagement hobble the reconstruction.

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Read McClatchy coverage of Afghanistan and South Asia from correspondents in Kabul and Islamabad, as well as our national security team in Washington.

More on Camp Lejeune water

Scientists studying water contamination at Camp Lejeune have learned of another source of leaking fuel near a drinking well that served thousands of Marines and their families.

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