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Interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans doubled on July 1 from 3.4% to 6.8% because the U.S. Congress failed to reach an agreement on legislation. As a result, a renewed battle between Democrats and Republicans for a lack of a good plan has also resurfaced.

As part of a deal to settle a dispute in her bankruptcy case over right to sell her life story, Casey Anthony has agreed to pay $25,000.

A forensic expert testified on Tuesday that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's gunshot wound indicated that he was likely on top of George Zimmerman when the neighborhood watch volunteer shot and killed him