CNN STUDENT NEWS -TEN MINUTES A DAY

CNN.com/StudentNews — brings you a daily news video without all the usual violence. (We generally think of TV news as “yesterday’s shootings and fires.”) Each show is ten minutes long.

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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS SHARES IN A BIG COMPANY

Stockpile.com lets you buy shares in a company such as Apple or Facebook as a Christmas gift. A share of Apple is around $120, so if you only have $60 to spend, that’s half a share. You can buy the virtual version online or a physical gift card at various stores, such as Kmart and Office Max. The recipient can trade it in for a retailer’s gift card, if they don’t want the stock.

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