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Gymnast Olga Korbut’s gold medal from 1972 Games nets $66K

TheRepublic.com 

How much is a 1972 gold medal won by Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut worth? According to a recent auction, $66,000. Korbut let go of five of her medals, including the gold she won in team competition in 1972. Heritage Auctions said in a release Tuesday her 1976 gold was auctioned for more than $57,000 last

What’s in your sandwich? Subway disputes study on chicken

TheRepublic.com 

How much chicken is actually in your chicken sandwich? A study by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s consumer affairs show “Marketplace” says researchers conducted DNA tests on several chicken sandwiches from fast-food restaurants and found that Subway’s chicken breast contained only about half chicken. The rest was mostly soy. Subway said Tuesday the report was “absolutely

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«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

This week’s question was asked by Michael Eckelberg, fourth grade, Miller Elementary School.



What the White House can do to help HBCUs thrive

PBS.org 

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now: the role of America’s historically black colleges, and what could, or should, be done to strengthen them.

That was on President Trump’s agenda today, and is the focus of our weekly segment Making the Grade.

As part of an effort to celebrate Black History Month, President Trump signed an executive order today aimed at helping historically black colleges and universities.

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Yankees’ Tanaka goes 2 hitless innings in spring debut

TheRepublic.com 

TAMPA, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka’s first pitch of spring training was a wild one, sailing all the way to the backstop. Then, the New York Yankees ace quickly settled in. Tanaka struck out two over two hitless innings during his initial exhibition start Tuesday in the Yankees’ split-squad 9-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. The

Disruption in Amazon's cloud service ripples through internet

Yahoo Autos 

By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some web surfers on Tuesday experienced glitches on media outlets and other sites whose data is hosted by Amazon.com Inc's popular cloud business, which Amazon said suffered a technical disruption. The technology company's simple storage service, known as Amazon S3, experienced "high error rates" that rippled throughout its various cloud services, Amazon said in an online posting. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's biggest cloud business.

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Markets Live: ASX waits on Trump talk

Sydney Morning Herald 

Shares extend recent losses, pulled down by Telstra trading ex-dividend and as investors remain cautious ahead of a key Trump speech

Washington star Markelle Fultz questionable with sore knee

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington freshman Markelle Fultz, the leading scorer in the Pac-12 Conference, has not been cleared by team doctors to play due to a sore knee and may miss the final two regular-season games. Coach Lorenzo Romar said Tuesday that Fultz has yet to be given clearance by the team's medical staff to return to game action.

Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals

TheRepublic.com 

NEW YORK — Barack and Michelle Obama have book deals. The former president and first lady have signed with Penguin Random House, the publisher announced Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed for the books, which several publishers had competed for, although the deals are likely in the tens of millions of dollars. Both Obamas have





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