Articles filed under Washington Post
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Woman gets $284 billion electric bill, wonders whether it's her Christmas lightsDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - What can you buy with $284 billion? You could own all of Netflix. Or purchase 747 Boeing 747s, with change to spare. Or erase the national debts of Venezuela, Nigeria, P...
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Will the rapidly-shrinking store save retail?Dec 26, 2017 12:00 am - With holiday shopping in full swing, Sears decided it was time to host a "grand reopening" for its department store at Fair Oaks Mall in northern Virginia, complete with...
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10 gear-free ways to exercise while travelingDec 24, 2017 6:35 am - Nothing puts a damper on travel quite like a bum back or screaming sciatica. Sitting for long stretches in a car or on a plane, lifting luggage, and slumbering in diffe...
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Focus on 'superstar' workers enables harassment, experts sayDec 24, 2017 6:24 am - These days, no industry, no workplace, no pocket of American life seems to be immune from the long reach of sexual harassment. From Capitol Hill to Hollywood, higher edu...
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Analysis: Of bitcoin, body snatchers and Warren BuffettDec 24, 2017 6:19 am - The most chilling movie scene ever might be the final take of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." One by one we see the human race overtaken by aliens except for the hero,...
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This old drug was free. Now it costs $109,500 a year.Dec 24, 2017 6:19 am - For four decades, Don Anderson of Seattle has been taking the same drug to help control the temporary bouts of immobility and muscle weakness caused by a rare and fright...
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10 memorable leadership stories from 2017Dec 24, 2017 6:19 am - The last year has been an epic one for leadership stories: A combative, unrestrained, ego-driven president in the White House. A divided, dysfunctional Congress with lit...
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How the campaign against the Mueller probe has taken holdDec 24, 2017 12:00 am - For months, efforts to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign flickered at the fringes of political deba...
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Analysis: Slow iPhone? You don't need a new phone, just a new batteryDec 23, 2017 12:21 am - Apple is taking heat for a discovery about old iPhones: As their batteries age, Apple's software slows them down. The phenomenon, discovered by Reddit members and acknow...
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Lawsuit: Companies use Facebook ads to exclude older Americans from jobsDec 23, 2017 12:19 am - Three workers and a large union sued T-Mobile, Amazon, Facebook, and other corporations on Wednesday, accusing them of using Facebook's ad targeting tools to exclude old...