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The St. Paul family of a brain-injured woman celebrated its latest miracle Monday: A man found and returned a stolen computer that linked her to the outside world.

The computer, valued at $ 7,800, was taken Friday morning, and the man said he discovered it in his yard about four blocks away, according to Vicki Swenson. Her 38-year-old daughter, Lynda Swenson, uses the device to communicate because she is unable to speak.

“Oh my gosh, we just screamed,” Vicki Swenson said. “We were so excited. What a miracle.”

The man found the computer in his yard and had it for a couple of days, Vicki Swenson said. When the machine is turned on, she explained, it says, “My name is Lynda Swenson” and shows the family’s address.

Lynda Swenson suffered a brain injury at age 6 in a St. Paul car crash, and…………… continues on Pioneer Press

Why do artists like Adele and Kelly Clarkson always find themselves topping the charts – and winning Grammy Awards –  instead of bands like Mumford & Sons?

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New research from a team at the University of Bristol’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory led by Dr. Tijl de Bie aims to answer that question by employing  computer software designed to automatically analyze audio tracks and evaluate their “hit potential.”

The algorithm, based on the last 50 years of