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Slate will no longer refer to Washington’s NFL team as the ‘Redskins’

A group in the U.S. House of Representatives recently introduced a bill to void the trademark. Yet the choice of the team's name belongs to one person, Washington owner Daniel Snyder.

Folding for peace, remembering Hiroshima

AROUND COSTA RICA: Ticos create origami cranes at the Children’s Museum for an art exhibit dedicated to Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died of cancer after her city was bombed in 1945.

Haiti-UN launch urgent 2013 aid appeal

Financial aid would help cover immediate needs for the rest of the year, notably for the most vulnerable 935,500 people who have not yet received assistance and who are at-risk of cholera or from the hurricane season.

‘Living on One’: What happens when the privileged live on $1 a day?

More than a billion people around the world barely survive on $1 a day. A group of students and documentary filmmakers from the U.S. find out just how truly devastating poverty is for many of the world’s inhabitants.

U.S. Embassy warns of Yemen threats, urges citizens to leave

A statement on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Yemen warned U.S. citizens "of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities and civil unrest."

Chief executive Bezos is noted for patience

Bezos has invested millions in a space flight company, a reflection of his passion for "moonshot" innovations, and, perhaps most symbolic of his endurance, he is also helping to lead an effort to build a clock that will tick for 10,000 years.

Brazilian scientists to test AIDS vaccine on monkeys

At its current stage of development, the vaccine would not totally eliminate the virus from the organism.

The Grahams: A family synonymous with The Post and with Washington

During Katharine Weymouth's tenure as publisher, the problems at The Post — and other papers — have worsened. Post circulation fell from 638,000 on weekdays to about 450,000 for the first six months of 2013. The newspaper's revenue dropped as well. The company's newspaper division took in $801 million in Weymouth's first year as publisher and $582 million in 2012 — a decline of more than 25 percent.

Peer support can = academic success

“We are stronger together than we are alone.” –Walter Payton

9-year investigation of mystery Pinochet funds ends; family cleared

Six former military officers are accused of embezzlement and helping to hide millions of dollars in Pinochet accounts.

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