'Intelligent' computers put to the [Turing] test

Comedian/Game Show Host Jeff Foxworthy wants to know if you're smarter than a 5th grader, but are you smarter than a computer? October 12, humans and 6 AI will face off to see if the programs can fool human judges into not being able to tell them apart from human beings. Ray...

Biden Says McCain Often Wrong On National Security

In an article from the Associated Press out of Cincinnati, Dan Sewell writes about how Democratic vice presidentioal candidate Joe Biden has questioned John McCain's judgement to be commander in chief, arguing that...

A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution

Today, Wednesday, the 17th day of September 2008, marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution for the United States of America by the nation's founders, and with the hope of forming a more perfect...

NTSB Seeks Order Banning Use of Cell Phones by Train Operators

"September 16, 2008- Ever since the news that teenage train enthusiasts were text messaging the train engineer at the time of the train crash in Chatsworth, the NTSB has sought an order banning the use of cell phones...

Stump the Palin

"GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took questions with her running mate Wednesday night, offering at one point to play "stump the candidate" with a mostly friendly Michigan crowd. ...

Palin disclosures raise questions with few Answers

"ST. PAUL - A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket. On Monday morning, Ms....

Digg Crowdsources Convention Interviews

Citizen engagement with political processes has never been as diffuse and 'technified' as it is today. Although crowdsourcing interview questions for politicians isn't a particularly radical or new concept of civic...

Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media

Glenn Greenwald has been blogging hard questions about the Anthrax investigation for some time now, including about ABC's reporting of a supposed Iraq link soon after the attack happened, based on leaks from 4...

Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Ligh...

"Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting"

Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician

"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...

Question Over Ceremonial President

Dev Gurung, a senior leader of Nepal’s largest party Communist Party of Nepal, also known as CPN-Maoist, today accused the newly elected first President Dr Ram Baran Yadav of violating the interim constitution by becoming active in government forming business. He said,...

Concerns over Olympic drug test

"A BBC investigation has found that there are serious question marks over a key drug test just two weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics. The BBC has seen indications that labs are classing positive tests...

M.D. quits day job to Blog

"y Son, the Blogger: An M.D. Trades Medicine for Apple Rumors Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By BRIAN STELTER Published: July 21, 2008...

Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran

I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFP)...

Calling All Citizen Journalists

If you had the time, you could write thousands of eye-opening money-and-politics stories using the information that lives on OpenSecrets.org. And many professional journalists do just that -- CRP was cited in the news more than 3,000 times last year. But why leave...

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