Articles filed under Washington Post
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A black man was forced to pay upfront at a Chinese restaurant. He got his meal - and $10,000.May 01, 2018 1:00 am - In the early hours of May 3, 2014, Emile Wickham and three of his friends went out to eat in downtown Toronto for Wickham's birthday. The group chose to celebrate at Hon...
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T-Mobile and Sprint announce plans to mergeApr 30, 2018 7:00 am - T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation's third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, respectively, agreed to a nearly $27 billion merger Sunday that could dramatically reshape...
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Yellowstone geyser is experiencing unusual eruptions. Scientists can't explain why.Apr 30, 2018 1:00 am - The Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park can spout 300 feet of scalding water into the air, a feature of the world's tallest active geyser. That is known. What ...
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Corporate boards are still mostly white, mostly male - and getting even olderApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - Corporate America's boardrooms have long been criticized for being too old, too white and too male. But while the race and gender makeup of corporate boards have come un...
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Essay: Why I stopped apologizing to my daughter for going back to workApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - My 9-year-old daughter has been engaging in psychological warfare since I returned to work. For eight years, I freelanced from home. I never missed a class holiday party...
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'They are so underpaid': School support staff scrape by on meager earningsApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - Jessica Morales gets to Prairie Queen Elementary before the bell rings. In class, she is a lifeline for recent immigrant students, translating lessons th...
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Looking for a bigger salary? These are the companies with the highest median payApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - Most of the attention that's been paid to new rules requiring companies to publish a comparison between CEO and worker pay has focused on one number: The pay ratio. Head...
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Why E. coli keeps getting into our lettuceApr 28, 2018 7:30 am - Consumers have grown to love convenience salads, from tubs of pre-washed baby spinach to bags of chopped romaine. There's only one problem with these modern-day convenie...
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How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviewsApr 28, 2018 1:16 am - SAN FRANCISCO - On Amazon, customer comments can help a product surge in popularity. The online retail giant says that more than 99 percent of its reviews are legitimate...
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6 ways to get around Amazon Prime's new $119 feeApr 28, 2018 1:13 am - Amazon is justifying Prime's 20 percent price hike, to $119 a year, by saying it is more a valuable service than when the fee last rose four years ago. "The value of Pri...