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    Dec 24, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Moscow protest draws more than 100,000 anti-Putin marchers

    World Now
    More than 100,000 people took to the streets Saturday in the biggest show of protest in Russia's capital since the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s....
    2. Jul 24, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Discoveries: 'The Chairs Are Where the People Go' by Misha Glouberman with Sheila Heti

    The Chairs Are Where the People Go
    Los Angeles Times
    The Chairs Are Where the People Go How to Live, Work, and Play in the City Misha Glouberman with Sheila Heti Faber and Faber:: 175 pp., $13 paper Sheila Heti wanted to write about her friend Misha Glouberman. The Canadian performance artists had...

    Tags: Chess Playing, Human Interest, Vladimir Putin, John Hay, Russia

    3. Mar 31, 2011 |Story| Daily American

  3. Do not fear the growth of computers

    Somerset
    In the 1950s, computers took up entire rooms and did simple mathematical calculations. In 1965, high school student Raymond Kurzweil invented a computer that could compose music. In 1984, Apple Computer Inc. released the Apple II personal computer. In...

    Tags: Chess Playing, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Defense, Headaches

    4. May 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    5. Feb 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. IBM's Watson on 'Jeopardy': The machine has won

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    The machine has won. Watson defeated the two top champions "Jeopardy" has so-far produced: Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The IBM supercomputer finished the final round of competition on Wednesday night with $77,147 in winnings over Jennings' $24,000 and...
    6. Dec 14, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. IBM computer to compete on 'Jeopardy!' with two of game show's best contestants

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    IBM computer named Watson to play human Jeopardy champs...
    7. Jan 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. IBM computer named Watson will battle 'Jeopardy' champs for $1 million

    L.A. Times Tech Blog
    An IBM computer named Watson is taking on two of Jeopardy's top competitors. And to the winner will go $1 million....
    8. Feb 14, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. 'Jeopardy!': A singular moment, or the onset of singularity?

    Opinion L.A.
    The "Jeopardy!" clue: Humans, for now. The answer (in the form of a question, of course!): Who is smarter, people or computers? Monday night marks the debut of man versus machine, "Jeopardy!" style. A computer built by IBM, named Watson,......
    9. Feb 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Watson wins 'Jeopardy!' finale; Ken Jennings welcomes 'our new computer overlords'

    Show Tracker
    Watson wins 'Jeopardy!'; Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter defeated...
    10. Dec 31, 2007 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. And you don't want to know what's going to happen to Britney

    How right were my 2007 predictions? Let's just say they included oil at $100 a barrel, the sub-prime meltdown and racist outbursts from Don Imus, Bill O'Reilly and Tom Hanks. Trust me, today is going to be a bad day for Hanks. For 2008, I see a lot of...

    Tags: Racism, National Government, The New York Times, Amy Winehouse, Boston Red Sox

    11. Apr 17, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Gorbachevs heir

    One year ago this month I found myself in the unusual position of hosting lunch for Mikhail Gorbachev. It was a work meeting at the L.A. Times, not some kind of rubber-chicken tribute (the former Soviet president was in town to talk up his Green Cross...

    Tags: Baltic Region, Czech Republic, Moscow (Russia), Germany, Defense

    12. Jan 19, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Bobby Fischer dies at 64; reclusive genius of the chess board

    Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse and fugitive known for his hate-filled rants, has died. He was 64.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse and fugitive known for his hate-filled rants, has died. He...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon, Obituaries, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice

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