Articles filed under Washington Post
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How mindfulness practices are changing an inner-city schoolNov 27, 2016 6:30 am - At many schools, the third-grader would have landed in the principal's office. But in a hardscrabble neighborhood in west Baltimore, the boy who tussled with a classmate...
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Why you can't get that one song out of your headNov 26, 2016 6:30 am - “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. “Don't Stop Believin'” by Journey. Katy Perry's “California Gurls.” If you spend the rest of the day with the words “Just a small town girl/l...
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Study: 47 percent of the world's population now use the InternetNov 26, 2016 6:20 am - A new report from a United Nations agency says that 47 percent of the world's people now use the Internet - an increase from just one year ago, when the same agency esti...
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Evidence debunks the notion that poinsettias can prompt fatal reactionsNov 25, 2016 6:30 am - As you think about decorating for the holidays, don't worry about having poinsettias around. “Those beautiful flowers you've been so wary of keeping in your home during ...
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How to detect fake news, from the left and rightNov 25, 2016 12:00 am - Anyone active on social media has probably done this at least once: shared something based on the headline without actually reading the link. Let's face it, you've proba...
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Meet the 'new yellow journalists'Nov 25, 2016 12:00 am - 'News' writers say anything to get clicks, more money
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Black Friday cheat sheet: Your guide to a big weekend of holiday shoppingNov 24, 2016 6:30 am - Lately, your brain has probably been a fog of factoids about the electoral college, exit polls and Cabinet appointments. And so it may not have sunken in yet that the ho...
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How much to spend on holiday giftsNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - The No. 1 rule for holiday shopping should be to stay out of debt. So before you hit the stores, make your list and check it twice. And don't feel bad about crossing som...
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10 things that have had an impact on public healthNov 20, 2016 6:30 am - The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health turns 100 this year. The school came to life during a time when women frequently died during childbirth and infant m...
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More people are Googling the Ku Klux KlanNov 20, 2016 6:18 am - Americans have never been more interested in looking up the Ku Klux Klan online than they are right now, according to search data from Google Trends. Google doesn't publ...