Startup turns data mining into sport for prize rich contests
San Francisco based Kaggle crowdsources data science challenges to craft models for real world problems. Competitors, including a NASA backed glacier study and HIV progression model, race for multi million dollar prizes and prestige.
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Kaggle
Jeremy Howard
Anthony Goldbloom
Raggle
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Goldbloom
Australia
Howard
Network Medical Group
Hewlett Foundation
PayPal
Max Levchin
Aggressive Tactics Rise in War on Heroin
In St Louis area police and prosecutors press tougher measures against heroin as deaths rise, with officials promising crime scene style investigations for overdoses. Suburban parents form anti drug networks while Illinois activists advocate prevention and accountability amid escalating misuse and teen exposure.
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Stephen Wigginton
U.S
Southern Illinois
Mississippi River
Illinois
Madison
Chicago
Brian Kirk
Heroin Epidemic Relief Organization
Lewis University
Matt Kirk
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Son of slain Afghan peace council leader takes over his spot
Salahuddin Rabbani, son of Burhanuddin Rabbani, elected head of the Afghan High Peace Council in Kabul. The 70 plus member body met with Hizb i Islami delegates as part of a broader push to renew talks with the Taliban and draw down foreign troops by 2014. Presidents office confirmed the appointment.
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Salahuddin Rabbani
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Taliban
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Turkey
Hamid Karzai
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Karzai
Pakistan
Aimal
Activists bar flights for Gaza welcome event
Palestinian organizers say airlines canceled reservations for about 100 pro-Palestinian activists due to Israel’s entry controls. Israel warned deportations for activists reaching Ben Gurion while organizers expect hundreds to try arriving for the Welcome to Palestine event through Saturday and Sunday.
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Musallam
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