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What is bitcoin? Bitcoin is a unit of digital currency and a worldwide payment system. “It has no physical form and exists only as a string of computer code,” The Times says. It is bought and sold online, generally in exchanges and stored in an online “wallet”. Bitcoin code can also be stored on memory sticks or computer hard drives. How much is a single bitcoin worth now? Bitcoin is incredibly volatile and its price varies wildly. At 8.30am on Wednesday 14 April, CoinMarketCap valued a single coin at $64,573.40 (£46,796.02). By the time you read this, it will probably have change...

John Paradis Stacy L. Pearsall Published: 3/11/2021 3:46:00 PM Sixty years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order that established the Peace Corps. Today, over six decades, more than 240,000 Americans have served in 142 countries. Ted Nelson, a kid from Natick, was in his senior year at Amherst College on Oct. 26, 1963, when President Kennedy came to campus to speak at the groundbreaking of Robert Frost Library and to honor the poet Robert Frost. “The problems which this country now faces are staggering, both at home and abroad,” Kennedy said that day, asking ...

NCAA & NJCAA ITF National Athletes of the Week (Feb. 9)

Mavericks track and field ranked 2nd in the nation in latest poll Minnesota State climbs in national rankings; trails only Grand Valley State By KEYC Staff | February 2, 2021 at 8:05 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 8:07 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — The Minnesota State Mavericks women’s track and field team is moving up in the national rankings. After taking the third spot last week, MSU checks in at number two on the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll following a strong showing against Winona State this past weekend. MSU’s Jacey Simmons and Katie ...

WEEKEND ROUNDUP: All-Time Collegiate Efforts Continue Indoors Within the span of an hour on Friday afternoon, two women added their names to the pantheon of all-time collegiate greats in the pentathlon. Tyra Gittens of Texas A&M was first, amassing 4612 points at the Texas Tech Invitational to become the third best performer in collegiate history. Gittens opened competition with a 8.33 PR in the 60H, followed by another PR in the high jump of 1.91m (6-3.25). After a heave of 12.94m (42-5.5) in the shot put, Gittens nearly PR’d again in the long jump. Gittens soared 6.58m (21-7.25) on her fi...