Articles filed under Washington Post
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U.S. airlines: Persian Gulf carriers cutting into marketAug 30, 2015 5:36 am - The three big U.S. international airlines say competition from rapidly expanding Persian Gulf carriers has cut their passenger load to the Middle East and Asia by more t...
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Fewer companies are giving out bonuses to lower-paid employeesAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - The good news for workers, according to data released by Aon Hewitt, is that company spending on compensation has reached a new high. In 2015, the human resources consul...
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A growing push to document surgeries with cameras in operating roomsAug 29, 2015 11:00 pm - Chris Nowakoski's wife died in Wisconsin during what should have been a routine procedure on her pacemaker. Danny Long's wife in North Carolina suffered catastrophic neu...
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Inside the high-stakes quest to design a computer program that 'gets' sarcasm onlineAug 29, 2015 7:35 am - Sarcasm on the Internet, the old Web adage goes, is kind of like winking on the phone. It's pointless. It's invisible. It's almost always misunderstood. And for linguist...
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Review: Facetune allows users to remove imperfections, reshape their featuresAug 29, 2015 7:33 am - The social media arms race is ever-escalating. First you had to post about what you were doing (Finally visiting the Grand Canyon!). Then you had to include a picture fr...
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How the Internet actually makes you happierAug 29, 2015 7:31 am - According to a strain of trend piece popular in certain circles these days, the Web is some kind of social parasite, eating our decency and confidence and good humor awa...
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We're terrible at ignoring our cellphonesAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - If you're a millennial, or if you know one, then you've probably struggled at some point with the social etiquette of the cellphone. Highly scientific surveys show that ...
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My Drunk Kitcken, BBQ Pit Boys new celeb chefs on YouTubeAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - YouTube sees 280 percent increase in video views
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A personal tutor, just a mouse click awayAug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Imagine if your teacher knew that you learned math best between 8:40 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Or that after 38 minutes of studying history, you lose focus. Or that you learn s...
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Scientists credit Ice Bucket Challenge for research breakthroughsAug 24, 2015 6:00 am - About one year ago, Facebook feeds were awash with videos and photos of people pouring buckets of cold water on their heads, all in the name of medical research. At the ...