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HoustonChronicle.com -- http://www.HoustonChronicle.com | Section: Business Jan. 28, 2003, 8:51AM Loan debt, burden hit worse now Student liabilities triple over decade By GREG WINTER New York Times Every so often, when the phones grow quiet and the copiers still, Margot E. Miles glances at the lawyers devouring cases around her and thinks: "I could do that. I would love to do that." A smile overtakes her as she envisions life as a lawyer -- fighting injustice, changing the world -- until the prickly reminder of having $25,000 in undergraduate loans wipes it away. Dreams can wait. As for the need to...

HERE is the latest lesbian TV kiss – and it is set to leave Friends fans gobsmacked. Blonde Aussie stunner Melissa George, who plays Rachel and Ross’s new “hot nanny” Molly, embraces her girlfriend Tabitha in front of Joey, who quips: “This is my ultimate fantasy.” But the scene — which will be shown on Channel 4 on March 21 — is not the first girl-on-girl action in Friends. In 2001 Rachel snogged an old college pal played by Winona Ryder. In fact sometimes it seems it is difficult to turn the TV on without seeing two women snogging....