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| Harper Lee to publish sequel to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald famously claimed, “There are no second acts in American lives,” but Harper Lee is out to prove him wrong.The beloved author will publish her second novel this summer. “Go Set a Watchman” was written more than 50 years ago — before her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, “To Kill a Mockingbird” — but it was never published. Read full article » |
| Everything you need to know about measles |
| Measles is an extremely contagious respiratory infection caused by a virus. Once common in the United States, it was eliminated here in 2000 but is resurgent today, mostly because of the growing number of people who are refusing to vaccinate their children or delaying those vaccinations, experts say. Read full article » |
| He’s got a ‘Downton Abbey’-inspired office, but Rep. Aaron Schock won’t talk about it. |
| The Rayburn House Office Building is a labyrinth of beige offices. And then, there’s . . . Rep. Aaron Schock’s new digs. Bright red walls. A gold-colored wall sconce with black candles. A Federal-style bull’s-eye mirror with an eagle perched on top. And this is just the Illinois Republican’s outer office. Read full article » |
| Senator says maybe restaurants shouldn’t make employees wash their hands |
| Once we’re done debating whether children should be vaccinated, we can move on to other pressing public health questions, such as whether eateries can force their employees to wash their hands after they use the bathroom. Read full article » |
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| Charlie Sheen and silverware? Not a good combo. |
| Actor Charlie Sheen hasn’t left the building.Continuing his seemingly random tour of D.C institutions, Sheen was spotted at Charlie Palmer Steak on Monday afternoon.The professional bad boy joined his dear old dad, Martin Sheen (a.k.a. the most beloved pretend president of all time), plus one security detail, just as the power spot’s lunch time crowd was clearing out, at around 3:15 p.m. Read full article » |
| GNC, Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens accused of selling adulterated ‘herbals’ |
| A warning to herbal supplement users: Those store-brand ginkgo biloba tablets you bought may contain mustard, wheat, radish and other substances decidedly non-herbal in nature, but they’re not likely to contain any actual ginkgo biloba. Read full article » |
| There’s a battle brewing between Uber and Google. Here’s why Google will win. |
| Racing to win the future of transportation, two companies appear to be heading for a pretty big crash: Google and Uber.Both firms appear to be crossing into each other's territory. Uber on Monday announced a partnership with Carnegie Mellon that could enable it to get into driverless cars -- a major project in development at Google. And Bloomberg reported that Google is preparing its own ride-hailing service. Both bits of news raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley because Google is a big investor in Uber and one of its top executives sits on the ride-sharing company's board of directors. Read full article » |
| A pupil points a finger. A teacher is fired, his life rerouted. Now can they be buddies? |
| The friend request popped onto Josh Kaplowitz’s Facebook page one afternoon. He was at his office at a top-shelf D.C. law firm, but the name on the screen transported him to a very different place, a decade earlier, to a time of humiliation and failure. Read full article » |
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