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• Google blasts through computer's language barrier
  

  Teaching a computer to understand languages isn't rocket science — it's not nearly that easy, said Peter Norvig, director of research at Google Inc. »Read Story...
  

    

• Hit the road

  First step: Put one foot in front of the other.Hey! Not so fast, runners. You can take one step back. »Read Story...
  

       

• Finding the family fortune

  When I was a child, my maternal grandmother made a dessert called the One Hundred Dollar Cake for most family celebrations — birthdays, Christmas and the like. It was a chocolate layer cake topped with chocolate frosting and pecans, and members of my family thought it was a pretty special treat. »Read Story...
  

       

• Internet unites people in love with the outdoors

  After more than a dozen treks through Kings Canyon National Park, one place has always eluded me. »Read Story...
  

    

• Night Sky: Stars tell story of Imhotep

  This week let's turn our attention to a constellation that, according to some measures, is the 10th sign of the zodiac. Some astrologers follow a set of equal divisions of the sky resulting in 12 signs based upon the tropical zodiac. However, the sun, moon and planets also pass through an additional constellation. If your birthday falls between Nov. 30 and Dec. 17, your solar zodiac sign is Ophiuchus. This may be a bit of a jolt to some of you Sagittarians, but there is no shame in being an Ophiuchi. »Read Story...