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Sequestration Stupidity Is Genetic

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

ST. LOUIS -- Of all the blinkered buzz-saw cuts in this year’s $85 billion spending sequestration, perhaps none is as counterproductive -- or as fla...

This Every Day Item May Trigger Early Menopause: Study

The Huffington Post | Shelley Emling | Posted 10.29.2012 | Fifty

Everyone's spotted them -- women of all ages who pile on too much makeup as in the oh-she-looks-so-cakey kind of way. But wearing makeup may result in...

Fast Food Study Participants Packed On Weight, Health Problems

Posted 10.05.2012 | Home

We're going to go ahead and put this in the, "No, really?" column. Participants in a Washington University School of Medicine fast food study packed o...

Get Paid To Eat Fast Food For 3 Months

Posted 05.10.2012 | Home

This almost sounds like a joke -- a study from Washington University in St. Louis is recruiting participants to eat only fast food for three months. T...

The 10 Best Value Private Colleges

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 02.16.2012 | College

These ten public schools will give you the best bang for your buck, and these six schools are actually cutting tuition costs -- but which private scho...

Sex Ed Is Less Effective In Red States

Vitals/LiveScience | Christopher Wanjek | Posted 02.07.2012 | Home

Sex education is failing to reduce adolescent birthrates in conservative states, according to a new study. Perhaps paradoxically, states with a majori...

Thomas Jefferson's Books Found In Wash U Library

AP | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Dozens of Thomas Jefferson's books, some including handwritten notes from the nation's third president, have been found in the rare books collection a...

Bristol Palin's 'Sex Week' Appearance Goes Off The Rails

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Uproar over Washington University's decision to pay Bristol Palin around $20,000 to partake in a discussion about "sexual responsibility" during the i...

Wash U Students Not Happy About Bristol Palin Panel

Student Life | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Student outrage over Student Union Treasury's decision to fund a panel featuring Bristol Palin for $20,000 was not assuaged by Wednesday's SU Senate m...

UPDATED: Acceptance Rates DROP At Highly Selective Schools

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Application numbers to competitive schools grew dramatically this year, with the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Duke and Brown seeing increase...

APRIL FOOLS, College Style: The Good, The Bad And The OUTRAGEOUS (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Dittman | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Colleges are bastions for practical jokers -- students and administrators alike -- and April 1 is the day for them to strut their stuff. Many college ...

Class of 2014: Wash U Application Rate Surges

Student Life | Alan Liu | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

The high school seniors arriving on campus this weekend for scholarship finalist weekend--the first of many visitation weekends--were admitted into th...

Washington University Receives $60 Million Gift

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Washington University in St. Louis has been given one of the largest gifts in its history, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. The gift, from ...

UPDATED: Gender-Neutral Housing Takes Off On Campus

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Mixed-gender living policies are cropping up on college campuses countrywide, though some schools are having an easier time establishing them than oth...

Wash U: Antibiotic Preserves Hearing In Mice

Student Life | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found that the antibiotic Kanamycin (KM), which was previously believed to damage ears, a...

The F Word: Define Security, Mr. President

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Laura Flanders

A three-year freeze on public spending on everything except entitlements, veterans benefits and security? Two years into a major recession -- a deva...

Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.