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Facebook has announced plans to start selling it's stock on Wall Street. Facebook will now make about $120 per user by selling member information online.The company has been estimated to be worth at least $100 billion (putting Facebook into the same market category as Disney, Amazon, and McDonald's). Each share will be worth $45 at opening upon the submission of the IPO (Initial Public Offering).

Security raises alarm Editor—I am currently a sophomore at Laney College and a concerned night time student. I recently read your article "petty Theft Auto in Laney Lot" and it is a very scary article. As a female I feel that I am a little more at risk than male students that take classes at night time.

Romney vs Gingrich drives Santorum "NUTS' in Florida

Editor—Much has been said about the American Dream: that one improves one's life and financial situation with hard work and perseverance. Surely, many who benefited from the American Dream (today's 1%), could never have expected how today's youth would interpret that dream.

All over California, funding is being cut for various programs, ranging from schools to public programs. Yet Gov. Jerry Brown says that the budget cuts and tax increases are necessary to help improve fiscal stability.

Internet users the world over can take in a sigh of relief over the temporary defeat of Internet black list bills, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), but that would be a very short sigh.

  Marching across the globe now is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). If you haven't heard about ACTA you're not alone; thought it's been circling the wagons for several years now, it has managed to remain largely aloof from mainstream media.

As Black History Month is now upon us, we will be reminded about the efforts of great African-American leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Rosa Parks.  Remembering and acknowledging these great leaders is a small token of appreciation for the heroic acts that they have displayed while fighting for human equality in the United States and in other countries.

For-profit colleges and universities are reaping the benefits of Federal funds intended for military personnel discharged since 9/11. The new Post-9/11 G.I. Bill that was passed in 2009 replaced the original G.I. Bill, called the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944.