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Among Tuesday's best Web stories for investors: myths about China's communist party, food stocks that could be poised to double this year, tips for making your own viral video and funny financial predictions for 2011.

It started off as a viral Web sensation, quickly blossomed into a promising investment, and ended up as a dirty joke. Chatroulette is relaunching, but can the clever site clean up its act to appeal to audiences beyond exhibitionists and voyeurs?

The Girl Scouts have sold cookies since their early years, bringing in $700 million a year. But sales slipped about 1% last year, prompting the group to look for new ways to get its message across. The result? They've posted a video on YouTube called "What can a cookie do?" which has attracted about 24,000 hits.

Who can forget Chocolate Rain, the insanely weird, catchy song by Tay Zonday, that made him a web sensation? Even pop star Lily Allen was a fan and had him on her show, Lily Allen and Friends, in London. But when Zonday scored a deal with Dr. Pepper, starring in an overly-produced online...