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SALARY a Canadian candy company offered in August in a job posting for Chief Candy Officer. The C.C.O. will sample products to help decide which ones should be sold on the website.
Source: UPI
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AGE of Alena Analeigh Wicker, a Texan who was recently accepted to medical school in Alabama. She plans to attend after she completes two undergraduate programs she’s currently enrolled in.
Source: ABC News
2.7 million dollars
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PRICE at auction this summer for a white, Teflon-coated jacket worn by astronaut Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, when he and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to walk on the moon.
Source: The New York Times