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10 Websites Every College Student Should Know

Last week I wrote about 10 Things Every College Student Needs. Now I want to tell you about something a little cheaper and possibly more useful than some of the stuff I listed. Here is a list of 10 essential websites for every college student.

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Why is the United States so Damn Racist?!

Warning: this article contains some strong language, and if you're the type to complain about it, leave now.

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Mark Cuban rips Donald Trump

My internet adventures have led me to sites that have made me smile, cry, be happy, and get sad.

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What is Facebook Worth?

After the $580 million sale of MySpace to Murdoch's NewsCorp, and around the time of the $1.76 billion sale of YouTube to Google, Facebook came up on the chopping block.

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How Start-Ups are Sold

When you hear about companies being sold for millions (sometimes billions) of dollars, an image of a suitcase bursting full of money may come to mind, or even a bank statement that has 7 figures on it.

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The Things we do for Money.

Only a few hours ago, I found my cousin (the name of whom shall not be disclosed) in a desperate quest to generate some money from a virtual game called "Second Life".

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Are CEO Salaries Justified?... YES!

My last piece on today's public perception of CEO's, Hunting CEO's(external link. newsvine discussion here.), generated a bit of heat. I sided against the public on several issues, but one that I feel needs clarification/justification is that of executive salaries.

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Hunting CEO's

We are in the midst of turbulent times in corporate America. Enron got the ball rolling and it now seems to be fashionable to hunt down CEO's like deer.

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New $18,371 Apple MacPro

Apple fans and tech junkies got an overdose of silicon power when Apple [just] announced an 8-core Xeon processor MacPro.

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HBO - Life After "The Sopranos" and "Rome"

This month's Vanity Fair cover featured Tony Soprano, a faceless female, and David Chase, the mind behind the show the magazine proclaimed, "The greatest show in TV history." Knowing that this is the last season for the New Jersey mafia of The Soprano's must have some HBO executi …

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McCain MySpace Prank Featured on the Daily Show!

This McCain MySpace prank is reaching cult status. Tonight's mention of it on the Daily Show on Comedy Central was, in my humble opinion, the official stamp of comic approval.

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Terrorists, Terrorism, and those who Terrify people

The new catch-phrase of the new millennium needs a bit of clarification. Everywhere I look, people are being called terrorists, and well, frankly, it's confusing the hell out of me! What exactly is a terrorist? And who qualifies? Definitions from Dictionary.com first:

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The Problems of Establishing a Viable Political State in the Islamic World

The establishment of viable political states in the Islamic world has been a difficult task thus far. Due to the very orthopractic nature of Islam, the Muslim population has demanded a certain level of acceptable behavior from the respective governments.

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Thoughts on Israel and anti-semitism

There are a few articles going around Newsvine regarding Israel. Some vilify the Palestinians to be bloodthirsty savages out to kill every Jew in sight, and then also cast the Jews in some superior humanitarian light.

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Lance Armstrong, who?

Sure Lance Armstrong is a great guy. He dates Sheryl Crow, does TV appearances (did anyone catch him on Colbert last week?), and is even a pretty good cyclist from what I hear. But I'm not impressed.

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Exploitation: One Worker's View

This article written by Sgt. Satinder Kaur, and posted at her request. "The company is exploiting the employees here and by doing that they make a good profit out of us," explains Mr. RMT, who works for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) in Baghdad, Iraq.

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