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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Plenty of people travel light, but two California vacationers are trekking the world with just the shirts on their backs. Jennifer Lau, 21, and Marcus Fernandez, 23, are in the middle of a 90-day trip that will bring them to 12 countries on six continents. And the only things they've packed are in their pockets. "People tend to overpack for travel, so we have realized how little you actually need to bring with you," Lau and Fernandez said in an e-mail from the first leg of their trip in South America. "With bags, people pack things for every scenario they could be in, a lot of 'just in case' ...
For years, teenagers have used the Internet to connect with their families and friends. Now, they're using it to connect with strangers who can help them pay for college. Take Eddie Ashley, a recent graduate of Oakland Technical High School in California. As a high school senior, Ashley wasn't sure how he would pay for his first year at the University of California Riverside, where he hoped to pursue a career goal in environmental engineering. He had lost his mother to an autoimmune disease in middle school, and although he managed to maintain good grades while caring for his younger ...
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