Articles filed under Washington Post
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Was Smokey Bear Wrong? How a beloved character may have helped fuel catastrophic firesAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - First off, let's ditch "the." It's officially "Smokey Bear." The definite article only got shoehorned in there in 1952, when his fame was snowballing and a pair of songw...
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Baltimore police officer resigns after viral video of him pummeling man who was not fighting backAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - On the same day the Baltimore Police Department graduated the city's future men and women in blue, the agency suspended an officer who was captured on video pummeling a ...
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Omarosa Manigault Newman claims 'false imprisonment' during her firing, accuses Trump of lyingAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - Omarosa Manigault Newman, the once-loyal aide to President Donald Trump who has written a new tell-all book containing explosive allegations about her former boss, said ...
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How to keep working out on vacationAug 12, 2018 7:30 am - It's vacation season, and we all agree we should take a break from work. But that doesn't mean we should take a break from working out. Working out is a great habit tha...
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Sending kids to college increases the chances you'll lose your houseAug 12, 2018 1:12 am - The financial distress caused by college tuition worsened the foreclosure crisis at the heart of the Great Recession. New research in the journal Demography shows that i...
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In expensive cities, rents fall for the rich - but rise for the poorAug 12, 2018 1:07 am - U.S. cities struggling with soaring housing costs have found some success in lowering rents this year, but that relief has not reached the renters most at risk of losing...
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Many of the best money management jobs for women aren't on Wall StreetAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - Women who want to manage money seem to be having better luck doing it someplace other than Wall Street. U.S. firms with the highest share of female portfolio managers ar...
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Analysis: Why there are still so few minority women CEOsAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - When asked in an interview with Freakonomics Radio earlier this year why there are so few female CEOs leading big corporations today, outgoing PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi po...
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Online shopping is on the rise among kids. Here's how brands are courting them.Aug 12, 2018 1:00 am - Nine-year-old Isabella Colello shops for just about everything online. She scrolls through the Amazon app on her phone at least once a day. She gets ideas from YouTube, ...
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Can you mix politics with job interviews?Aug 12, 2018 1:00 am - Q: I run a small work-at-home business - nonpolitical, nongovernmental, nonreligious - with one independent contractor working with me. I am looking to hire a part-time ...