Articles filed under Washington Post
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Homeownership rate expected to keep fallingJun 21, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - The homeownership rate in the U.S. has been tumbling since the height of the housing boom. Fewer people own their homes - because foreclosures claimed them,...
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House panel's spending plan revives clash over student debtJun 20, 2015 7:40 am - WASHINGTON - A spending plan released by a House committee Tuesday would prevent the Obama administration from moving forward with new regulations limiting the amount of...
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Meet the website where startup dreams go to dieJun 20, 2015 7:39 am - A superhero film project with an attention-grabbing premise was listed in early 2012 on Kickstarter, a website where entrepreneurs and artists solicit funding for their ...
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Portal art project globally links peopleJun 20, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON - Nick Meeker made a new Facebook friend last week. Her name is Mahsa Biglow, and she is a 25-year-old Iranian graduate student in photography at the Universi...
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Apps can help keep blood sugar in balanceJun 20, 2015 7:36 am - As anyone with diabetes knows, the daily grind of managing the disease - from watching carbs and calories to tracking blood sugar and A1C levels - can be tiresome. In an...
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App reviews: Animated GIFs, LumosityJun 20, 2015 7:35 am - If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animated GIF has to be worth close to a million. Animated GIFs, for the uninitiated, are short videos often with humorous...
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Waze now lets The Terminator give you turn-by-turn directionsJun 20, 2015 7:31 am - If a cyborg assassin tells you to turn left, you better do it. That said, the directions he's giving you will probably keep you out of rush hour traffic. Arnold Schwarze...
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The fascinating, feel-good psychology of Internet cat videosJun 19, 2015 11:00 pm - It's 2 p.m. You're tired, disgruntled and deskbound. Casting about for something - anything! - to carry you to 5, you contemplate a coffee or an office walk-around. But ...
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Meditation affects the brain physicallyJun 15, 2015 5:45 am - Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first scientists to take anecdotal claims about the benefits of...
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As the secular practice explodes, some want focus on the spiritual sideJun 15, 2015 5:45 am - SILVER SPRING, Md.— Inside the newly opened Meditation Museum, exhibits refer to the pursuit of “God,” the “Supreme Soul” and often “The One.” A constant visual theme is...