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Amazon, the world’s largest internet retailer, has picked New York City and Arlington, Va., for its second headquarters locations. The move has prompted local colleges, including Virginia Tech and George Mason University, to make new investments and open new centers to tie in with expected economic and employment boom.

Image: Associated Press, Cliff Owen Crystal City, a locality in Arlington, Va., was chosen this week as one site of Amazon’s second headquarters. Nearby colleges and universities now want to be linked with the tech giant.