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sports Websites

Should the Washington Redskins change their team name?

Over the years, there has been more and more calls to the NFL and the Washington Redskins organization about the offensive name “Redskins” for the Washington team mascot.

Even President Barack Obama has voiced his opinion on the subject.

In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century
In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century

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Internet Music Websites

20% of Spotify will never be heard

Spotify is just over five years old, and has over 20 million songs in its library.

That’s how Spotify can provide you a constant stream of music that’s geared to your listening tastes.

Spotify for Dummies
Spotify for Dummies

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10 Things Disney Websites

The 10 Most Photographed Places at Walt Disney World

It’s been said that more photos are taken at the Disney Parks (Walt Disney World, Disneyland, etc) than anywhere else in the world.  That Sleeping Beauty Castle or Cinderella Castle is the most photographed landmark anywhere.

The question is, how true are either of these statements?

Disney Mickey and Gang Blue Fireworks Picture Frame
Disney Mickey and Gang Blue Fireworks Picture Frame

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How To Websites

How to Contact a Prison Inmate (and not just any random prisoner…)

Remember when you would go off to summer camp and you’d all spend the most awesome summer together and then you go home promising to write each other every day, and then you end up with a PEN PAL FOR LIFE?

Too Much Joy: Cereal Killers
Too Much Joy: Cereal Killers

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News Websites

How much chlamydia, syphilis, and gonorrhea cases are in your county?

STD’s (sexually transmitted diseases) are no laughing matter, especially if you’re a parent trying to raise teenagers.  Casual sex amongst young people happens, you know.  All a parent can do is hope that they’ve raised their children correctly in that they’ll use proper protection or common sense when it comes time to hook up.

Chlamydia Home Test
Chlamydia Home Test

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10 Things food Travel TV Websites

Year in Review: 2013’s most popular Web Watch articles and searches

2013 is a wrap, but before we head boldly into 2014, let’s take a quick look at what all of you, our many Web Watch readers, have stopped by to take a look at over the past year:

2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012
2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012

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food Websites

How much would you pay to eat at Applebee’s? Does it matter if it’s All You Can Eat?

When was the last time you ate at Applebee’s?

Web Watch knows a couple who eats at Applebee’s at least once a week.  For them, it’s almost a second home.  And who really can resist a bowl full of riblets?  We know we can’t.

Applebee's BBQ Fever
Applebee’s BBQ Fever

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10 Things Websites

What’s your New Year’s Resolution going to be?

It’s getting to be about that time of year, where everyone stops celebrating the holidays and starts looking more towards things that they can do to improve their lives in the upcoming year.

Many experts all say the same thing — you shouldn’t be worried about making a New Year’s Resolution, but rather make yourself a New Year’s Commitment.

The difference is that commitments are more binding, mentally and physically, over a mere resolution where you try to achieve something that may or may not happen.   It’s all about committing to your stated goal, forcing that new habit to take effect.  A resolution?  Beh.

Fitbit
Fitbit