Articles filed under Washington Post
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A quarter of Americans are one emergency away from financial ruinJun 28, 2015 7:12 am - With people less worried these days about losing their jobs, Americans are feeling much better about their finances. Yet after the bills are paid, many people struggle t...
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Is buying cars passe? Ford preparing for the futureJun 28, 2015 6:55 am - Ford last month sent letters to 14,000 of its American drivers with an unusual suggestion: For extra cash, they could rent their cars to fellow urbanites wanting a cheap...
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The type of renter v. homebuyer is shiftingJun 28, 2015 6:33 am - WASHINGTON - The majority of American households still own their homes, a fact that will remain true as far into the future as demographers and economists can see. But t...
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How to help co-worker grieving death of loved oneJun 28, 2015 6:12 am - When Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg unexpectedly lost her husband, Dave Goldberg, many of us read the beautiful tributes she wrote about him, their children, and their lives...
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In 1998, these hackers said the Internet would become a security disaster. Nobody listenedJun 27, 2015 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - The seven young men sitting before some of Capitol Hill's most powerful lawmakers weren't graduate students or junior analysts from some think tank. No, Spa...
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Why farmers are laughing about self-driving technology storiesJun 27, 2015 5:17 am - Google has received tons of gushy press for its bubble-shaped self-driving car, although it's still years from the showroom floor. But for years, John Deere has been se...
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100-year-old Illinois scientist launched trans fat battle decades agoJun 27, 2015 5:12 am - No one was more pleased by the Food and Drug Administration's recent decision to eliminate artificial trans fats from the U.S. food supply than Fred Kummerow, a 100-year...
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This is what happens when you create an online community without any rulesJun 27, 2015 5:09 am - Just as "oppressed" 4channers once fled that site for the boundless freedom of 8chan, disgruntled Redditors have lately become enamoured of a Reddit-knockoff/free-for-al...
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6 reasons why we're underhyping the Internet of ThingsJun 27, 2015 5:08 am - Just when you thought the Internet of Things couldn't possibly live up to its hype, along comes a blockbuster, 142-page report from McKinsey Global Institute ("The Inter...
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New Tinder-inspired apps will help you keep your girlfriend … then dump herJun 27, 2015 5:02 am - In an age when we need phones to remind us to say "happy anniversary," it's little surprise that two new apps - Binder and HeroBoyfriend - have arrived to assist with th...