Articles filed under Washington Post
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AT&T-Time Warner antitrust suit leaves tech firms waryNov 25, 2017 12:00 am - The nation's technology industry at first glance looked like a winner in the Justice Department's move this week to block AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner. A merged com...
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A man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove earth is flatNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - Seeking to prove that a conspiracy of astronauts fabricated the shape of the Earth, a California man intends to launch himself 1,800 feet high on Saturday in a rocket he...
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Girl Scouts: Don't force your kids to hug family members during holidaysNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - "Have you ever insisted, 'Uncle just got here - go give him a big hug!' or 'Auntie gave you that nice toy, go give her a kiss' when you were worried your child might not...
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John Oliver has been pointing out the 'awkward sex talk' on Charlie Rose's CBS show for yearsNov 21, 2017 12:00 am - It was an occasional segment on “Last Week Tonight,” one that host John Oliver seemed to use to lampoon the awkward sexual tension on “CBS This Morning.” “And now ...” a...
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What the parasites in a defector's stomach tell us about North KoreaNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The North Korean defector had sped across the demilitarized zone in a stolen jeep, then crawled south as the men who had been his comrades moments ago shot at him with h...
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Will your taxes go up or down? The five biggest questions on the GOP planNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - The No. 1 question I get from readers lately is: How likely is the Republican tax plan to become law? Compass Point, a research firm, puts the odds of the tax-cut ...
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Killed by Charles Manson's followers, Sharon Tate became the face of victim's rightsNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - Sharon Tate begged for more time. She was due to give birth to a son in two weeks and pleaded, "Please don't kill me. I just want to have my baby." One of Charles Manson...
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Fact check: Ivanka Trump touts GOP tax cuts with data from Obama administrationNov 20, 2017 12:00 am - "We spend less than any country in the developed world on children between the ages of zero and 5. It's just a fact, we don't invest enough resources." - Ivanka Trump, a...
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These robots don't want your job. They want your love.Nov 19, 2017 12:00 am - I hugged a bot and I liked it. As a tech columnist, I've tested all sorts of helpful robots: the kind that vacuum floors, deliver packages or even make martinis. But two...
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Google pays to put search engine back on Firefox browser in U..SNov 19, 2017 12:00 am - Mozilla Corp. rolled out a major update to its Firefox web browser on Tuesday with a bevy of new features, and one old frenemy: Google. In a blog post, Mozilla said Fire...