Articles filed under Washington Post
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How can I get a musty smell out of an antique wood hutch?Oct 23, 2024 2:58 am - After being in storage, a wooden cabinet smells of mildew and airing it out didn’t help. How can the mildew smell be removed?
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Get the look of built-ins without splurging on custom shelvingOct 23, 2024 2:38 am - Though the “bookshelf wealth” look — stylishly arranging novels, coffee-table books, and knickknacks — is trending, people have used shelving to showcase what they’ve read and collected for centuries.
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Harris and Trump locked in dead heat in seven-state poll, with some voters still weighing their optionsOct 21, 2024 4:32 pm - With two weeks of campaigning left before the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are running nearly evenly across the seven bat...
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The FTC is making it easier to cancel subscriptions. Here’s what to know.Oct 20, 2024 6:00 am - The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on the patchwork of hidden subscriptions that undergirds modern life. The agency’s new finalized proposal requires businesse...
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Trump, RFK vow to ‘Make America Healthy Again,’ raising hopes and doubtsOct 20, 2024 6:00 am - Staring into a camera last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he’d deepened his partnership with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. He gestured to his green “Make America Healthy Again” hat, a new and visible melding of his environmental politics and Trump’s conservative brand.
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Here’s how the Smithsonian Zoo grows bamboo for its pandasOct 18, 2024 12:18 pm - At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for the new pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao.
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Are high deductible health insurance plans a good deal for you?Oct 18, 2024 10:09 am - For millions of Americans, the end of the year means it’s time to review health insurance coverage as open enrollment for 2025 gets underway.
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend rebuked for acting as confidant to married female friendOct 18, 2024 6:00 am - Boyfriend is chastised for offering advice to a married female friend and his girlfriend says she can’t trust him. Carolyn Hax says if he has to walk on eggshells around her, then she may not be the girl for him.
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Personal fight is public for CNN anchor: ‘I have thanked cancer for choosing me’Oct 17, 2024 9:38 pm - CNN correspondent Sara Sidner has been fighting a poignant and public battle against breast cancer, one that has shown her how much she loves life. She is using her platform as an anchor on national television to urge Black women to get mammograms and do self-exams.
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It’s the end of the world, and Guy Maddin feels fine in ‘Rumours’Oct 17, 2024 3:59 pm - “Rumours” is an unexpected development in the career of Canadian filmmaking maverick Guy Maddin: It almost looks like a normal movie. Don’t be fooled. Maddin delivers a disarmingly gonzo absurdist comedy about Western world leaders lost in the woods, figuratively and literally.