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Sommelier software program recommends pairings

Jul. 24, 2009
Building it took eight months and the brainpower of math, code and food-and-wine geeks. The result is a new computer-generated wine pairing service that developers say uses cutting-edge technology to answer an age-old question: What wine to serve with dinner?...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler