Articles filed under Washington Post
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Cancer survivor competing for Olympic marathon spotFeb 11, 2016 12:00 am - Serena Burla pointed to her right leg and repeated the words "thank you" over and over as she ran past the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center between miles 16 and 17...
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Book explores whether the moon affects human behaviorFeb 09, 2016 4:58 am - No celestial object has inspired more myth and legend than the moon - pale, mysterious, waxing and waning, inspiration for lovers, creator of tides and trigger for werew...
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Career Coach: Want to stand out at work? Take some initiative!Feb 07, 2016 6:39 am - Ask any boss which employee in their firm really stands out as a star, and they will most certainly bring up the person who shows initiative. Everyone wants a hardworkin...
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Have a great idea? Here's how to make it actually happenFeb 07, 2016 6:38 am - Adam Grant is not your typical business school professor. Just 34, he reached tenure while still in his 20s and finished his Ph.D in less than three years. He writes op-...
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Fitbits now mandatory for students at this Oklahoma universityFeb 07, 2016 6:36 am - They take exercise seriously at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa. All students are required to meet strict fitness goals. And they are graded on how they do. For years, ...
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Why The Isle of Man might hand over its roads to self-driving carsFeb 07, 2016 6:35 am - Phil Gawne, the transportation minister on the Isle of Man, is working 16-hour days on two projects rooted in radically different eras. First, he's trying to salvage the...
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Why it might be better to list your home in the winter than springFeb 07, 2016 6:34 am - Ask anyone and they'll tell you: The best time to sell a home is in the spring. I think most real estate professionals would agree. But when exactly is the spring market...
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Why everyone hates Uber's new logoFeb 07, 2016 6:33 am - Like just about any other iPhone user, I have an apps folder titled "Navigation" on my homescreen. But when I open it, I can't find what I'm searching for. I know it's t...
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Why people are leaving New York, L.A. for DetroitFeb 07, 2016 6:32 am - Erica MacKinnon and Bill Sneed have lived all over the world and spent a couple of years in a rented Los Angeles duplex considering whether to move to Miami or Seattle, ...
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Study: HIV can hide and grow in 'sanctuaries' in body after it's undetectable in bloodFeb 07, 2016 6:23 am - A new National Institutes of Health-funded study shows that HIV can still live and grow in the body even after disappearing from the blood following aggressive antiretro...