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The Wall Street Journal on how elementary school fundraisers have perverted our childhood. / With less than a third of teenagers with real jobs this summer, a profile of teenagers who are making as much as $2,000 per month as virtual contractors and designers on Second Life for their summer job. / GameDaily speculates that PS3 and Xbox 360 price cuts are near – with perhaps a Blu-ray enabled 360 even closer. / Inside Higher Ed on the future of foreign language education in the United States.
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Campaign songs Paul Farhi writes in today’s Washington Post about presidential candidates’ campaign songs, writing that they aren’t paying much attention to the lyrics. Case in point: Taking Care of Business just so happens to be about avoiding work. It is, however, one of the least suggestive campaign songs. – Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. is the de facto song of the Republican party; Mellencamp’s This Is Our Country is the Democrats’. “And although campaigns don’t need permission to use a pop song, … George W. Bush may have set the record for upsetting the most singers and songwriters” – pulling four songs over two elections. World Golf Tour Fortune Magazine has called it the World of Warcraft for suits – allowing you to play with friends from your web browser without additional software on famous courses meticulously converted from thousands of high-definition photos. nprmusic.org The best of NPR’s music programs – a tremendous library of live concerts, studio sessions, and interviews, in addition to streaming alternative, world, indie, jazz, and classical. Plenty of favorite lists and full song samples – check out M.I.A.’s interview where she plays songs from her critically acclaimed album.
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