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Student debt stretches to record 1 in 5 households
Posted: 09.27.2012 at 7:39 AM Updated: 09.27.2012 at 7:45 AM
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Gan Golan, of Los Angeles, dressed as the "Master of Degrees," holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt, during Occupy DC activities in Washington last year.  / AP photo
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