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Undergraduate college students will be able to access a certain kind of loan for the low rate of 3.4 percent for one more year. The interest rate on Stafford loans was about to double, but lawmakers reached an agreement recently to keep the rate low. Renee Montagne talks to financial planner Tim Maurer about low-cost student loans.

An elementary look at the way many of the political class are running away from their parties — and even themselves.

The scene is stitched from 817 images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from Dec. 2011 to May.

The decision shifts much of the burden of implementing the law to the states, which are responsible for the lion's share of getting people without insurance covered under the health law. States also now have to make a decision about expanding Medicaid coverage to their poorest people.

Congressional Republicans reacted to the Supreme Court's validation of President Obama's health care law with a promise to repeal the law.

The Supreme Court surprised a lot of people Thursday when it upheld the heart of President Obama's health care overhaul law. That is the requirement that everyone either have insurance or pay a fine or a tax. The decision was a big victory for Obama but it also gave his GOP rival Mitt Romney some opportunities.

Health care was just one of the issues ruled on by the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Renee Montagne and Linda Wertheimer have a round up of some other decisions handed down before the court's summer recess.

Anheuser-Busch InBev has announced it is buying the rest of the Mexican brewer Modelo, which is known for Corona. It had already owned a non-controlling portion and is paying more than $20 billion for full control. Analysts say the buy will help InBev move into new markets.

European leaders worked through the night at a summit in Brussels aimed at tackling the eurozone's worsening debt crisis. There's been growing concern Italy will soon become the sixth eurozone nation to request a bailout.

For some elected officials in Florida, Thursday's Supreme Court decision came as an unexpected shock. Republican Governor Rick Scott and his administration have done as little as possible to comply with the law. Now they have some tough decisions to make.