Exclusive: First Look at Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible" (from TVGuide.com)

This is look sooooo cool! (Copied from TV Guide.com)
-Jessica


Exclusive: First Look at Exclusive: First Look at Joss Whedon's "Dr. Horrible"

Neil Patrick Harris in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along screen grab courtesy Mutant Enemy ProductionsTwo of my favorite things in all of show business— musical comedy and Joss Whedon — combine in the funniest, freshest TV special of the summer, which happens to be available only on your computer starting in mid-July.

I had the great good fortune late last week to get a sneak peek at all 42 minutes of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Whedon's stylishly scrappy, lovably cheesy and insanely tuneful return to the form for which he showed such incredible aptitude in the classic "Once More, With Feeling" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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New federal student loan terms take effect (sfgate.com)

wOOHOO! Congress also approved $2,000-per-year increases in what students can borrow from unsubsidized Stafford loans, which students can take out regardless of income.
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New federal student loan terms take effect
By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer

Tuesday, July 1, 2008



Changes in the federal student aid program that took effect Tuesday will lessen interest rates for some students while increasing the amount they can borrow.

Among the biggest changes, the interest rate on new, subsidized Stafford loans to undergraduates drops from 6.8 percent to 6 percent. Subsidized Stafford loans are awarded to lower-income students, and the government picks up interest payments while students are still in school.
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