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California police working to determine if body found is missing Army veteran

A body has been found in a remote part of Orange County and authorities are trying to determine if it is a 36-year-old former Army sergeant who has been missing for the past two weeks.The body was found late Thursday in an unincorporated area near Modjeska Canyon. Police from the city of Orange were called to the scene to investigate. They have been looking for Maribel Ramos who was last seen on surveillance video outside her apartment building May 2."No connection has yet been made between Ms. Ramos' disappearance and the body, and the investigation is continuing," Ly. Dave Hill of the Orange Police Department told MyFoxLA.com. Ramos was reported missing a few days later after failing to show up for a softball game and speaking engagement at a veterans group.Police have said there were no signs of foul play and there has been no record of Ramos using her credit card she she disappeared. But investigators said it was out of character for Ramos to suddenly cut ties.Her sister Lucy Gonza...

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    Former Senator Scott Brown criticizes Senator Elizabeth Warren’s student loan plan, and says it could lead to a huge financial crisis.

  2. Colleges Cutting Tuition Prices to Attract Students

    Economic Policy Institute’s Christian Dorsey, economist Lindsey Piegza and former George W. Bush Political Director Matt Schlapp on many colleges reducing tuition costs.

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    Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett on the access and cost of education .

  4. Government Subsides Hurting Cost of Education ?

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  7. Is a college education worth the cost?

    Reaction from former Secretary of Education William Bennett

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