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Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Try Doing That While Earning A Degree
Olympic athletes struggle to balance the demands of their sports with college.
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And The No. 1 Scrabble Nation In The World Is ...
Wellington Jighere of Nigeria was crowned world champ last year. He's one of many Nigerians who excel at the game. What's their secret?
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Have economists gone out of fashion in Washington?
Once the high priests of policy, economists may now be seeing lower demand. But who's taking their place?
Thanksgiving Dinner Deja Vu? Try French Food This Year
After years of cooking and eating the same pumpkin pies, stuffing and green bean casseroles, you might be in a Thanksgiving slump. Veteran restaurant critic Patricia Wells has a few recipes — including a spicy pumpkin soup and "intense" chocolate custards — to put a French twist on the holiday.
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News Brief: Booster Shots, U.S. Capitol Security, Facebook Files
The FDA meets Friday to consider COVID-19 booster shots. The Capitol on Saturday faces its biggest security test since the Jan. 6 attack. The Wall Street Journal examines Facebook's internal memos.
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High demand and prices for lithium send mines into overdrive
Demand for batteries has sent lithium prices soaring. But building new mines is controversial and time-consuming. So existing mines are hitting overdrive and boosting production as much as they can.
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MI Supreme Court set to lean even more progressive after Whitmer appointment
Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s appointment of Michigan Supreme Court Justice-designate Noah Hood might have been more consequential if it flipped the high court’s majority. But that’s not the case. Rather, it takes the court from a majority of Democratic Party-affiliated justices to a 6-1 super majority. Why it matters. Plus, President Trump will visit Macomb County next week for a rally highlighting the first 100 days of his second administration.
The Truth That Creeps Beneath Our Spooky Ghost Stories
Those chills up and down your spine could mean more than just the thrill. An anthropologist tells us what these scary stories reveal. Click — if you dare — for tales of terror.
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Earned Income Tax Credit Helps Lift Workers Out Of Poverty
David Greene talks to David Wessel, of the Brookings Institution and a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, about the Earned Income Tax Credit. It's one of the government's anti-poverty programs.
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Trump grants pardons to Giuliani and other allies linked to 2020 election efforts
President Trump issued a long list of mostly symbolic pardons for political allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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