Articles filed under Washington Post
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Review: Three apps to consider if you're pregnantOct 24, 2015 7:31 am - Oh, baby, are there a lot of pregnancy apps. After learning I'd be having my first child in November, I scrolled through dozens of diverse offerings to find a few that a...
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'Sesame Street' welcomes autistic characterOct 24, 2015 7:00 am - Autistic kids often struggle with stigma in their families, in their schools - and just about everywhere. Some advocates even say they are more at risk of bullying, But ...
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Facebook wants you to spend all your time on FacebookOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - There seems to be a lot going on at the big blue social network these days. A spate of headlines from the past several weeks have outlined some very ambitious plans: Fac...
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Caitlin Brodnick turned breast cancer scare into stand-up fodderOct 19, 2015 5:45 am - It's a rollicking Saturday night in the cozy basement comedy club at Stairs, a gay bar in New York's East Village. A series of young comedians are doing their 10-minute ...
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Bias might prevent Muslims from joining the top professsionsOct 18, 2015 7:44 am - WASHINGTON - Roughly 4 percent of Britain's population is estimated to be Muslim. However, British Muslims are conspicuously absent from many of the country's top profes...
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The best-performing CEO in the world is someone you've probably never heard ofOct 18, 2015 7:43 am - Harvard Business Review just released its annual ranking of the world's best-performing CEOs on Monday, and this year's winner is a leader in health care who remains las...
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The states where people have the best and worst financial habitsOct 18, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON - Where you live might have a huge impact on your wallet - and not just for the reasons you expect. Most consumers think of affordability when they calculate ...
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Multigeneration homes in demandOct 18, 2015 7:37 am - Michael Cox and Aimee Norwood, married baby boomers, sold their home and were about to sign a contract for a newly built house in Virginia when their lives took an unexp...
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The new, nude-less Playboy wants to attract millennialsOct 18, 2015 7:35 am - "If you're a man between the ages of 18 and 80, Playboy is meant for you," Hugh Hefner wrote in the first issue in 1953. Sixty-two years later, Playboy is ditching the n...
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Bernanke explains why he was right about the economyOct 18, 2015 7:32 am - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spent eight years as the leader of the world's most influential central bank during the most devastating global financial cr...