Carnegie Mellon wagers that an AI can take on the world’s top poker players
How much would you be willing to bet that a computer program could go toe-to-toe with professional poker players?…
Nuclear forces commander denies counterfeiting casino chips
Rear Adm. Timothy M. Giardina, who was fired last year as No. 2 commander of U.S. nuclear forces at an early stage of a Navy criminal investigation into the counterfeit chips, acknowledged to The Associated Press that he played the…
Why Are Pension Funds Investing in Hedge Funds?
Question: Why were pension funds allowed to “invest” in a hedge fund? Hedge funds are nothing more than gambling. Paul Solman: Because pension funds are supposedly big enough and therefore sophisticated enough to know what they’re doing and take considered…
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Embedded Reporter Describes Anti-insurgency Crackdown
Independent Television News' Julian Maynon has been embedded with American army units in Baghdad, tracking the progress of anti-insurgency forces. He filed two reports on the situation.
Jutting from the coastline in Biloxi, Miss., casino barges have brought a steady stream of revenue to the area and created thousands of jobs for the once depressed coastal community of some 50,000 residents.
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