Articles filed under Washington Post
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Prestige schools team up on redesigned college applicationOct 04, 2015 7:41 am - More than 80 of the most selective colleges and universities are teaming up to design a new application system that aims to deepen engagement with high school students, ...
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Business VIPs were hot dates at state dinnerOct 04, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - A state dinner invitation is, for most people, a once-in-a-lifetime event, which means spouses or mothers are the preferred dates. But at Friday's White Hou...
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Google's self-driving car offers smooth test rideOct 04, 2015 7:34 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif - Three SUVs - looking like they just pulled out of a car wash - sit waiting in front of the Google X headquarters. The Lexus logo has been stripped...
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Behold Tesla's very smart, very fast and very pricey SUVOct 04, 2015 7:33 am - The room was packed and excited in Fremont, California, as Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's new all-electric Model X SUV, so excited after long production delays that the crow...
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College residency rules sometimes force students to pay prohibitive costsOct 04, 2015 7:32 am - Housing and meal plans at many colleges and universities now cost more than tuition, and the dozens of colleges that require students to live in a campus dorm and eat in...
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Fidgeting might be good for your health, study suggestsOct 04, 2015 7:15 am - Good news, workplace fidgeters! A new study suggests that some healthy fidgeting throughout the day might be the key to surviving a sedentary life. Just don't go canceli...
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What IBM Watson can do for elite athletesOct 04, 2015 1:00 am - IBM Watson, which has done everything from compete on "Jeopardy!" to create recipes for a new Chef Watson cookbook, has a new career calling: becoming a sports coach for...
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How a new feature in Apple's iOS 9 could spike your data useOct 03, 2015 7:11 am - Keeping track of your data usage isn't always an easy thing to do. And now several iOS 9 users are questioning whether a feature in Apple's new operating system designed...
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Food poisoning: How three experts avoid getting sickOct 03, 2015 7:10 am - Kellogg Schwab, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, orders his hamburgers well-done. Before Kim Robien sets off on a trip, she...
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Review: The one killer feature that should've been in the latest iPhones, but probably never willOct 03, 2015 6:39 am - I've had a few days to play around with the iPhone 6S now, and by far the most engaging feature I've used has been Apple's Peek and Pop. Beyond the simple right-click ac...