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Student loan interest rates to double

CENTRAL FLORIDA — College students will have to start paying more on their student loans.

Congress left for the Fourth of July holiday Friday without a solution to stop interest rates from doubling on student loans Monday.

Interest rates will go from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

That would add about $3,000 to the interest $23,000 loan repaid over 10 years.