debt

What do sugar daddies, medical studies and pawnshops have in common? They all help some students pay for college. With tuition continuing to rise and many graduates being saddled with huge debt, students are turning to innovative ways of paying for school. Blake Ellis, financial writer for CNN Money, reports. Plus, Michael Thornton, associate program director of scholarships for the College Bound Foundation, on the more conventional ways students and families pay for higher education.

The U.S.

What should you know before you owe? A lot, says Congressman Elijah Cummings. Tomorrow, he’s hosting a town hall meeting in Baltimore with Elizabeth Warren, who’s President Obama’s choice to lead the newly-established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). We ask Cummings how the agency will affect Maryland consumers–and Maryland banks.

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