Federal legislation that would make more direct lending available to students would benefit community colleges, according to local financial aid officials. See the original post here: New law could make college loans easier for Nevada families (Reno Gazette-Journal)

EDGWARE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – 02/15/10) – Statistics reveal that people from low-income groups had debt of around GBP 29 million in payday loans by the time the festive season had kicked in. Needless to say, the figures would have doubled, post Christmas. What is shocking is the fact that most of them had borrowed from illegitimate lenders or the ’sharks’, as the...

EDGWARE, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire – Feb. 15, 2010) – Statistics reveal that people from low-income groups had debt of around £29 million in payday loans by the time the festive season had kicked in. Needless to say, the figures would have doubled, post Christmas. What is shocking is the fact that most of them had borrowed from illegitimate lenders or the ’sharks’, as...

Getting your tax refund quickly using a rapid-refund loan has gotten more difficult for the second straight year. That may frustrate the customers who are turned down for these expensive short-term loans. But consumer advocates say it’s good news. Visit link: Rapid-refund loans dwindling (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Also: Leonard Cohen concert film ‘Isle of Wight’ opens Friday; Erykah Badu plays the Fox Theater in Oakland Feb. 19; ‘Law Abiding Citizen,’ starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx, comes out on DVD. Original post: This week in entertainment: Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for spooky ‘Shutter Island’ (Contra Costa Times)

BARCELONA, Spain—-At the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress, Dolby Laboratories, Inc. , is showcasing the next version of its Dolby® Mobile technology that is set to bring discrete 5.1 multichannel audio to mobile handsets. Read more from the original source: Dolby Showcases True End-to-End Solution for Mobile Entertainment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)