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Abstract: Answering binary causal questions is a challenging task, and it requires rich background knowledge to answer such questions. Extracting useful causal features from the background knowledge ...

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TORONTO — For the Red Sox, the hoopla is on hold. Brayan Bello’s continued messiness and a suddenly dormant lineup postponed postseason-related celebrations Thursday night at Rogers Centre. The Sox ...

TORONTO — The Red Sox’ three-year absence from the playoffs, matching their longest in three decades, can end Thursday. Garrett Crochet’s eight-inning masterpiece carried the club to another win over ...

The Minnesota Star Tribune is closing its Minneapolis printing facility at the end of the year and shifting print production to Iowa, ending a 158-year run of locally printed newspapers. About 125 ...

Of all the crappy ways smartphones have affected our health, this one is a real kick in the pants. A first-of-its-kind study links excessive scrolling on the phone while sitting on the toilet with ...

Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...

At a press conference on January 11, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time how he would handle the many conflicts of interest that his business empire posed for his new role.