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Microsoft, Seattle Children's Team Up for AI-Powered SIDS Research
Microsoft believes artificial intelligence, or AI, can be a force for good in the world. To prove the point, last September the company started its AI for Humanitarian Action initiative — a $40 million, five-year program to use AI to address some of the world’s biggest humanitarian challenges.
The initiative recently bore fruit through a collaboration between Microsoft data scientists and researchers at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. The research resulted in a study, published in Pediat
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A U.S. Magistrate judge on Thursday ordered Radu and Diana Nemes to remain detained pending the resolution of their extradition case.
What Credit Score Do I Need to Get the Best Rewards Cards? | U.S. News & World Report
Rewards credit cards offer perks, such as points, airline miles or cash back. But what credit score do you need for a rewards credit card – and what can you do to boost your score if it's not up to snuff?
Legislature allocates money for skills center
A color rendering shows what the Grant County Skills Center is expected to look like.
MOSES LAKE - The Grant County Skills Center is a step closer to becoming a reality after the state Legislature allocated $19.41 million for the project.
The 43,120 square feet facility, to be located on an approximately 8.5 acre site owned by the Moses Lake School District on Yonezawa Boulevard, will serve eight Grant County school districts: Moses Lake, Quincy, Wilson Creek, Ephrata, Warden, Coulee-Hartline,
Rent-to-own homes: Are they a good idea? | Ask a Lender
Kathy Haan purchased her home in Denver, Iowa, through a rent-to-own agreement. But it wasn’t an easy — or painless — process.
“For us, it was a way to get our foot in the door and purchase a home,” she said. “But in looking back on the situation, there’s so many things I would have changed. Meeting with my lawyer recently, he said, ‘This was not a good deal for you.’”
Is a home purchase a good investment in future wealth? | Ask a Lender
There are many vehicles for building wealth, from stocks, to bonds, to savings accounts. But one of the most common ways Americans build wealth is through a home purchase. As homeowners gain home equity, and as the home appreciation of their property increases, houses frequently become their single-largest assets. But how exactly do you build wealth by making what’s likely to be the single largest purchase of your life?
Housing starts are still chasing the pre-recession peak | Scotsman Guide
The housing market as a whole has largely bounced back from the Great Recession, with home sales near pre-recession levels in many markets. Existing-home sales, which make up 90 percent of the housing market, are largely responsible for this resurgence. Single-family housing starts, however, have lagged behind. While new-home construction has grown slowly since the recession, it has yet to return to pre-recession levels.
