Articles filed under Washington Post
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The math test that Illinois is nearly flunkingDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - It's a math test that New Jersey, Illinois, and even Texas are nearly failing: How to pay for billions of dollars in unfunded liabilities for public-employee pensions an...
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Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search 'idiot' do I get pictures of Trump?Dec 12, 2018 12:00 am - In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company's CEO a simple question: "If you Google the word 'idiot' ...
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Your definitive guide to Christmas season arguments: From eggnog to 'Love, Actually'Dec 11, 2018 12:00 am - It's December, the month when people go online to argue about Christmas. Although nothing will ever top the fights that the Puritans had about Christmas (some Puritans, ...
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Time's Person of the Year: 'Guardians' of the truth, including slain journalist Jamal KhashoggiDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Time magazine has announced its 2018 Person of the Year is "The Guardians," four individuals and one group - all journalists - who this year helped expose "the manipulat...
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How Second City is using comedy to teach empathy in the workplaceDec 09, 2018 12:00 am - DALLAS — In a large conference room in a suburban Dallas office park, three dozen employees of an American manufacturing company are standing in a circle, tossing around...
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Interviews aren't the place for personal disclosuresDec 09, 2018 12:00 am - Q: I recently finished treatment for cancer and am in full remission. I'm now looking for a full-time job again and wondering whether it's inadvisable to mention this ex...
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Editing your smartphone photos can make all the difference - here's how to do itDec 08, 2018 12:17 am - Deborah Sandidge is a travel photographer who has written books on photography, teaches advanced photo technique workshops and has been honored as a Nikon Ambassador. In...
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Robot janitors are coming to mop floors at a Walmart near youDec 08, 2018 12:00 am - Robots are coming to a Walmart Inc. near you, and not just as a gimmick. The world's largest retailer is rolling out 360 autonomous floor-scrubbing robots in some of its...
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Your Apple products are getting more expensive. Here's why.Dec 08, 2018 12:00 am - You can't put a price on loyalty. Just kidding, it's $1,000. Apple this year became a trillion-dollar company. But it also became the thousand-dollar company: Suddenly y...
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Those cheap drones you use to shoot videos? The Pentagon wants them, too.Dec 08, 2018 12:00 am - The Pentagon wants to bring the same low-cost drone technology behind aerial wedding photos or extreme skiing videos to the battlefield. But it needs the private sector'...