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Making money in hard financial times
With people facing an economic crunch this year, many are turning to alternative means to make ends meet. Check out the article below and post your thoughts.

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College: Too Expensive?
This week a report was issued showing the cost of college increasing significantly. Obviously, this will have a huge impact on many of your lives. The following articles will help you learn more.

[|CNN] [|Washington Post] [|New York Times]

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Hopefully, you have read some of the articles above. You'll need that information so you do not seem ignorant when you write your post and present on Friday.

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Pirates In The News!?....ARR!
Recently, yes it is true, there have been a string of hijackings of the coast of Somalia. The hijackers call themselves pirates, because they make their living by hijacking ships, usually with hostages, contacting the owners, and demand a ransom before they return the hostages and the ship. Check out the following articles to learn more. [|New York Times] [|New York Times 2] [|CNN] [|BBC] [|BBC 2] [|Timesonline]

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