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Many college graduates struggle with getting a job after they receive their diploma. Not having a job also hinders the ability to pay off student loans. MSNBC reports that college loan debt has become a bigger issue for families than credit card debt. President Barack Obama plans to help reduce the economic burden by making loans easier to pay off.

What it means for students

A powerful earthquake has hit the east coast of Japan today, according to CNN. 

Hundreds are dead and hundreds more are missing after water up to 30 feet high rushed through towns, Japanese media said.

The Japanese broadcaster NHK showed video of wildfire in the city of Hakodate in northern Japan.

Buildings and homes are destroyed and towns are washed away in what CNN calls "the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years."

A teacher at a Florida middle school acted appropriately after he did not intervene in an October fist-fight between two students in his class, according to district officials. The teacher, Donald Charbanneau, could not intervene unless he had taken a special training session, which he had not, according to The Post-Standard.

Today, there is a new trend in America’s TV shows. They are becoming more “gay friendly.”

According to The New York Times, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) said the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on U.S. television is increasing, with 58 regular LGBT roles this season.