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TheRepublic.com 

East Carolina hires Nichols to coach running backs

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina has hired Jason Nichols as running backs coach. Nichols was a receiver for the Pirates from 1994-97 and ranks fourth in program history with 152 career catches. Nichols spent last year as Western Carolina’s running backs coach. He had previous stops as assistant coach at Louisiana-Monroe, Toledo, Kent State, Appalachian

Tubantia 

Nipte zege voor waterpolosters Oranje in Nijverdal

NIJVERDAL – De Nederlandse waterpolosters hebben dinsdagavond hun derde wedstrijd in de voorronde van de World League gewonnen. In Nijverdal werd nipt met 10-9 van Griekenland gewonnen. Aanvoerster Yasemin Smit was in 'haar' bad topschutter met drie doelpunten.

TheRepublic.com 

Milo Yiannopoulos apologizes for remarks, quits Breitbart

NEW YORK — Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos was by turns apologetic for comments he made about sexual relationships between boys and men and adamant he had been the subject of “a cynical media witch hunt” on Tuesday as he spoke after resigning as an editor at Breitbart News. Yiannopoulos opened his remarks to reporters

BusinessInsider.com 

Russia has 4 warning signs of instability

Geopolitical Futures forecasted that 2017 will be “an inflection point in the long-term destabilization of Russia.” After just six weeks, there are clear signs that this forecast is right on track. You can read more about GPF's outlook for Russia in This Week in Geopolitics (subscribe here for free).

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TheRepublic.com 

At UN, US envoy stresses ‘commitment’ to European alliances

UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday underlined America’s “total commitment” to its European allies, echoing recent assurances by other administration figures to European leaders anxious about President Donald Trump. Haley told U.N. Security Council members that Washington won’t waver in supporting the NATO military alliance and “looks forward to improving our cooperation”

NBCSports.com 

Sean Payton says Saints are “always” in the quarterback business

Saints quarterback Drew Brees heads into the 2017 season without a contract for 2018, which means that there’s more than a passing chance that it is his final season in New Orleans. Brees is also 38 and whether it is next year, 2019 or sometime else, the Saints are going to find themselves in need…

JournalStar.com 

Protesters gather at closed Fischer event

Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the Grand Manse in downtown Lincoln Tuesday to protest Sen. Deb Fischer's decision not to hold town hall meetings during the current congressional recess.

The Economist 

3G’s purchases and their profit margins

IT WAS the briefest of pursuits. On February 19th, Kraft Heinz, a food-retail company, halted its proposed acquisition of Unilever, just two days after it declared an interest in its consumer products rival. The marriage would have created the second-biggest consumer-goods group in the world.

BusinessInsider.com 

Internships aren't just for college kids anymore — companies from Goldman Sachs to General Motors are hiring interns mid-career

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In 2008, Goldman Sachs launched a mid-career internship program: the "returnship."

Since then, other major financial companies like MetLife, JP Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, along with technology and engineering companies such as IBM and General Motors, have embraced the concept of the return internship.

A return internship, or re-entry program, is a temporary, mid-career internship meant to assist people who spent significant time out of the workforce ... Читать дальше...