Articles filed under Washington Post
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Donor eggs, sperm banks and the quest for 'good' genesNov 25, 2017 10:00 pm - When Julie Schlomer got the news that she was finally pregnant at the age of 43, her thoughts turned to the other mothers. There were three of them in all, complete stra...
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AT&T-Time Warner antitrust suit leaves tech firms waryNov 25, 2017 12:00 am - The nation's technology industry at first glance looked like a winner in the Justice Department's move this week to block AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner. A merged com...
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A man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove earth is flatNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he...
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Girl Scouts: Don't force your kids to hug family members during holidaysNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - "Have you ever insisted, 'Uncle just got here - go give him a big hug!' or 'Auntie gave you that nice toy, go give her a kiss' when you were worried your child might not...
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John Oliver has been pointing out the 'awkward sex talk' on Charlie Rose's CBS show for yearsNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - It was an occasional segment on “Last Week Tonight,” one that host John Oliver seemed to use to lampoon the awkward sexual tension on “CBS This Morning.” “And now ...” a...
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What the parasites in a defector's stomach tell us about North KoreaNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The North Korean defector had sped across the demilitarized zone in a stolen jeep, then crawled south as the men who had been his comrades moments ago shot at him with h...
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Will your taxes go up or down? The five biggest questions on the GOP planNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The No. 1 question I get from readers lately is: How likely is the Republican tax plan to become law? Compass Point, a research firm, puts the odds of the tax-cut ...
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Killed by Charles Manson's followers, Sharon Tate became the face of victim's rightsNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - Sharon Tate begged for more time. She was due to give birth to a son in two weeks and pleaded, "Please don't kill me. I just want to have my baby." One of Charles Manson...
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Fact check: Ivanka Trump touts GOP tax cuts with data from Obama administrationNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - "We spend less than any country in the developed world on children between the ages of zero and 5. It's just a fact, we don't invest enough resources." - Ivanka Trump, a...
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These robots don't want your job. They want your love.Nov 19, 2017 12:00 am - I hugged a bot and I liked it. As a tech columnist, I've tested all sorts of helpful robots: the kind that vacuum floors, deliver packages or even make martinis. But two...