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Lowe’s announces bonuses, plans to hire 50,000
Read full article: Lowe’s announces bonuses, plans to hire 50,000JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lowe’s plans to hire more than 50,000 new employees ahead of the spring rush and award $80 million in bonuses to current associates, according to a release from the company. The latest bonus will bring the company’s total commitment to associates, communities and store safety during the pandemic to nearly $1.3 billion. The release said: “Active hourly associates at U.S. stores, distribution centers and call centers will receive the bonus on Feb. 5 in recognition of their continued dedication. Full-time hourly associates will receive $300, and part-time and seasonal associates will receive $150. This will be the seventh bonus or special payment Lowe’s has provided to hourly associates during the pandemic.”AdThe company is also looking to hire full-time, part-time and seasonal workers.
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Rays beat Mets 8-5, clinch 1st AL East title in 10 years
Read full article: Rays beat Mets 8-5, clinch 1st AL East title in 10 yearsTampa Bay Rays' Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, right, of Japan, celebrates with teammates after a baseball game against the New York Mets Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The Tampa Bay Rays, long accustomed to doing more with less, figured out a way to maximize the division-clinching celebration they were allowed to enjoy during a 2020 season shortened by the coronavirus. Randy Arozarena homered twice and the Rays clinched their first AL East title in 10 years Wednesday night with an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets. Tampa Bay will be home at quirky Tropicana Field for a best-of-three first-round playoff series beginning next Tuesday. Tampa Bay, which began play in 1998, also won the AL East, home of two big-spending powers in the Yankees and Red Sox, in 2008 and 2010.
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AP Was There: 16-year-old American wins 1st women's 100 dash
Read full article: AP Was There: 16-year-old American wins 1st women's 100 dashIn a day mark by the shattering of three worlds records and two Olympic standards, Yankee fortunes again ebbed and flowed. HAMM ADDS WORLD CROWNHamm wound up the most sensational broad jumping campaign any human kangaroo ever had by adding the worlds championship to his national and worlds record holding honors. Weightman-Smiths performance followed the semi-final triumphs by two other Americans, Leighton Dye and Stephen Anderson, each equaling the former worlds record of 14 4-5 seconds made by Earl Thompson in 1920. Helmut Koernig, German ace, captured this heat, equaling the Olympic record of 21 3-5 seconds. The American, running third most of the way behind Edvin Wide of Sweden, rushed out in the final lap to win by a big margin.
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AP WAS THERE: 1924 Paris Olympics
Read full article: AP WAS THERE: 1924 Paris OlympicsFILE - In this 1924 file photo, Vilho Ritola, of Finland, leads the field during the men's 10,000-meter race at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. (AP Photo/File)PARIS EDITORS With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story from the Paris Games of 1924 was published in the Aberdeen American newspaper on July 9. But William Richardson attended Stanford University and at the time the AP put in schools or clubs and referred to that particular university as Leland Stanford. The American long jumper was the first Black athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics.