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The Simple Dollar Student loans are $300,000. Prepay them or save?
Student loans are so high, couple wonders whether to pay them off early or save $5,000 a year for retirement. Question on student loans is No. 6 in this reader mailbag.
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Top Picks: Brian Wilson, 'Prime Suspect,' Canada's Garrison Keillor, and more
Brian Wilson sings Gershwin, 'Prime Suspect' comes out on DVD, Stuart McLean's storytelling is like Canada's answer to Garrison Keillor, and more recommendations.
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Top Picks: 'The Last Station,' 'A Capitol Fourth,' Tanglewood, and more recommendations
'The Last Station,' featuring Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy on DVD, PBS hosts 'A Capitol Fourth' from Washington D.C., the annual Tanglewood music festival begins, and more top picks.
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Green Hornet: A new twist or same old Hollywood garbage?
Green Hornet mania is sweeping the blogosphere, as the first trailer for the masked superhero – played by Seth Rogen – is now available for public consumption. But will the movie be like every other action comedy, or will it break new ground?
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
The final season of 'Lost,' Garrison Keillor's radio show in movie theaters, Laura Veirs's lovely homespun 'July Flame' CD, and more.
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Review: 'Julie and Julia'
In this summer-soufflé of a movie, Meryl Streep's rendering of Julia Child is a bravura comic performance.
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Review: 'Away We Go'
In this neohippie movie, a young couple travel the country in search of a new home to start their family.
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Review: 'Doubt'
Adaptation of prize-winning play serves up searing performances from Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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For Maxine Kumin, 'Writing is my salvation'
Bouncing back after an accident, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet has renewed passion for 'poems that matter.'
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