Articles filed under Washington Post
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Women are pulling one another into the tech worldAug 08, 2015 7:39 am - "I was frustrated when I went to tech events," Shannon Turner wrote recently for Women in Tech. "I'd be one of the only women in the room and felt outnumbered and intimi...
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On Capitol Hill, Etsy's on a missionAug 08, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON - Eight noisy, animated out-of-towners were squeezed into an elevator in a Senate office building recently when it stopped on the second floor. Waiting to get...
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Third of all teens who meet strangers online are meeting them in person, tooAug 08, 2015 7:37 am - The majority of teenagers don't consider meeting strangers online a taboo, with six in ten saying they have met at least one new friend on the Web. Teens are also textin...
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Review: Two free apps that let you plan trips with friendsAug 08, 2015 7:34 am - With summer in full swing, groups of friends and family members will be planning road trips and social events. Two free apps, Jink and Scout, hope to make meeting up has...
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Learning to deal with aging eyesAug 08, 2015 7:00 am - I've always had reliable vision. Glasses were my husband's thing. Yet suddenly and sadly, this is no longer my situation. My children hand me objects to look at and I ha...
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'WHAT ARE THOSE?' a subversive sneaker meme, explained for the OldsAug 08, 2015 7:00 am - YouTube Like all the most impenetrable Internet memes, this traces back to The Teens, somehow. On Tuesday, a 17-year-old named Bryce Lyle #8212; #8220;people tell me I l...
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Federal government says more scrutiny needed of nursing home Coumadin errorsAug 08, 2015 5:20 am - WASHINGTON - The federal government is asking health inspectors nationwide to be on the lookout for errors by nursing homes in managing the blood thinner Coumadin, inclu...
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Feeling stressed? Try an aquariumAug 07, 2015 6:00 am - Maybe it's the sluggishly moving fish, maybe it's the slowly waving seaweed. Whatever it is, aquariums have the power to reduce stress, new research has found. Scientist...
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Disturbing decibelsAug 03, 2015 5:45 am - Whether noise will harm your hearing depends on a combination of factors such as volume, exposure time, frequency and individual susceptibility. A single episode of ver...
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Hearing loss can be harmful, but it often can be alleviatedAug 03, 2015 5:45 am - Sometimes the changes that affect the well-being of our loved ones come about so slowly that we don't understand what's happening. Even being a medical professional didn...