Five Things You Need to Know (4/12/2013)

Here are the top news headlines that may interest you for Friday, April 12th, 2013. Read, be informed, discuss, and prosper.

Should Student Athletes Purchase Disability Insurance “Gifted student-athletes sometimes buy athletic-disability insurance to secure their potential pro earnings, but the expensive policies almost never pay out.”

How Much Money Does the Gov. Make Off Student Loans? “If the numbers are accurate, the government will make more money on student loans than Ford makes on automobiles,” he said. “Using student loans to create a profit center is not what anybody intended.”

Post Office Dilemma “There’s only so much the Post Office can do on its own to reduce the billions it loses every year. (Last year it lost $16 billion.) Congress holds all the cards, and that became increasingly clear this week.”

Reebok Dropped Rick Ross “Reebok holds our partners to a high standard, and we expect them to live up to the values of our brand.  Unfortunately, Rick Ross has failed to do so.”

Weed Socks and Amber Rose “Some people were criticizing Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose for posting a picture of their almost two-month-old son.”