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NEW YORK — College students who graduated with bachelor’s degrees in 2011 left school with the largest average student debt load in history, according to a new report.

She class of 2011 came out with an average of $26,600 in student loan debt, a 5 percent increase from $25,250 in 2010, according to the Project on Student Debt at The Institute for College Access & Success.. The increase, in line with recent years, shows student debt continues to grow faster than inflation.

“As debt levels rise, fear of loans can prevent students from getting the education they need to succeed,” said Lauren Asher, president of The Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. “Students and parents need to know that, even at similar looking schools, debt levels can be wildly different. And, if they do need to borrow to get through school, federal student loans, with options like income-based repayment, are the safest way to go.”

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Sony’s NEX-7 may be fast approaching its first birthday, but that doesn’t mean the company’s ready to give up on pushing out updates. The camera’s first new firmware version, 1.01, should be hitting today, bringing with it the ability to disable the Movie Record button to avoid accidental taps (finally!), boosted image quality with a wide-angle lens, improved audio playback and expanded EV bracketing. An option to disable the EVF eye sensor doesn’t appear to be included with this revision, unfortunately. Other updates hitting at the same time include E-mount lens firmware v.01 that’ll enable NEX-5R/NEX-6 Hybrid AF functionality with older lenses, A65/A77 firmware v1.06 and A37/A57 firmware v1.03, both of which deliver the ability to enable/disable the movie record button while also adding a variety of lens compensation options for select Alpha optics. All of these updates should now be live — head over to the source link below for the hook-up.

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Belkin’s new WeMo Baby turns your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch into a baby monitor so you can easily keep in touch with your baby. The gadget works with your existing Wi-Fi router to wirelessly stream audio from your baby’s room to your iOS devices. You just need to download and install the free WeMo Baby app to your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The Belkin WeMo Baby will be available in early November 2012 for $89.99. [Belkin]

Exercise is good for the body and brain — and new research suggests it could boost your immune system and possibly even help it guard against cancer.

A small new study conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute showed that a large number of the immune T cells in cancer survivors improved in their ability to fight against disease after the cancer survivors participated in an exercise class for 12 weeks.

“What we’re suggesting is that with exercise, you might be getting rid of T cells that aren’t helpful and making room for T cells that might be helpful,” study researcher Laura Bilek, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said in a statement.

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HOUSTON — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that people shouldn’t think the high court’s justices make decisions in terms of a liberal or conservative agenda.

Roberts told a crowd of nearly 4,800 people at Rice University in Houston that many of the court’s close votes have had nothing to do with politics.

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