Articles filed under Washington Post
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White House vows to help arm teachers, backs off raising age for buying gunsMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday vowed to help provide "rigorous firearms training" to some schoolteachers and formally endorsed a bill to tighten the federal back...
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24 players to watch in the NCAA tournament if you're an NBA fanMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - The NCAA tournament brings the best opportunity for NBA fans to get a look at the next generation of potential stars. While a few elite prospects won't be part of the fe...
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Warren Buffett vs. Ivy League endowments: Which is the first-in-class investor?Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - In fine juxtaposition, Berkshire Hathaway and university endowments have reported results. Berkshire, the holding company run by Warren Buffett, and American colleges, b...
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Fearless Finance: How to avoid being 'trapped by the lifestyle'Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Financial adviser Lori Atwood has untangled many a financial mystery for her 400 clients, like this gut-buster: How does a family of four drop $500 in one m...
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When a good friend (and co-worker) flips for a bad bossMar 11, 2018 12:00 am - Q: We recently got a new manager, "Damien," who is the poster child for bad bosses: incompetent, lazy and immature. After six weeks, when he started feeling heat from hi...
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South Korea is capping its workweek at 52 hours; should the U.S. do the same?Mar 11, 2018 12:00 am - South Korea's parliament is putting a lid on what an official there has called its "inhumanely long" work hours, passing a bill that would cut the maximum workweek from ...
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Poll: The myth of the lonely gamer is a lieMar 10, 2018 12:15 am - Jeff Kaplan met his wife in his 20s, as many do. He was an aspiring writer living in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a Halfling rogue in the multiplayer fantasy video ...
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Study: Fake news spreads 'farther, faster, deeper' than truthMar 10, 2018 12:05 am - A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked The Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions a...
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#MeToo forces South by Southwest festival to confront sexismMar 10, 2018 12:00 am - South by Southwest is taking a hard look at #MeToo. Amid the raucous parties and speed networking at the annual festival that draws people from technology, film, and mus...
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Microsoft changing Windows 10 S operating system into 'S mode'Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Less than a year after introducing Microsoft Windows 10 S, a lightweight version of Microsoft's operating system marketed to students and businesses, the company is now ...