Articles filed under Washington Post
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Defaults rise despite student loan payoff optionsNov 29, 2015 5:43 am - WASHINGTON -- A curious thing is happening. Despite an increase in the number of people enrolling in the government's generous student loan repayment plans, more people ...
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Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last yearNov 29, 2015 5:31 am - WASHINGTON - Here's an interesting factoid about contemporary policing: In 2014, for the first time ever, law enforcement officers took more property from American citiz...
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Tech workers turning to Japanese practice of 'forest bathing' to unplugNov 29, 2015 5:13 am - SEATTLE - Before they were to find a "sit spot" in the forest, resisting the urge to check their phones and just pay attention to the nature around them, before they pla...
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Why Mark Zuckerberg says taking paternity leave mattersNov 29, 2015 5:04 am - With a picture on his Facebook page of a car seat, a stroller and his dog, Mark Zuckerberg announced he'd be taking two months of parental leave. It wasn't a huge surpri...
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Credit card perks that will make your life easier this holiday seasonNov 29, 2015 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Most consumers already know they probably won't be held responsible if a thief gets a hold of their credit card information and goes on a shopping spree. Bu...
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This holiday season, we'll also be shopping for ourselvesNov 29, 2015 4:00 am - What hasn't changed: the American consumer swinging into action during the holiday season. What has: the things we're opening our wallets to buy. (Hint: It's not just gi...
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Too much oxygen for preemies can be blindingNov 28, 2015 6:00 am - When I was a newborn - a preemie struggling to survive in a hospital nursery's incubator - an article deep inside The Washington Post saved me from becoming blind. The a...
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Do men eat more to show off to women?Nov 28, 2015 6:00 am - Maybe it's due to our evolution from the era of cave men when the strongest and fastest hunters would have the biggest bounty to eat. Or maybe it's just another example...
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How ThredUp could be changing the clothing resale businessNov 28, 2015 5:45 am - James Reinhart built his secondhand clothing e-commerce site, ThredUp, based on a simple thesis: Women don't wear more than 50 percent of the clothes in their closet. An...
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Meet Tally, a new robot that scans store aislesNov 28, 2015 5:00 am - As long as consumers love low prices a trend will continue: the evaporation of the human employee. Recently, a Silicon Valley startup unveiled Tally, a robot designed to...