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Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

LOS ANGELES — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead helped found the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the 1960s and kept it alive through decades of endless tours and marathon jams, has died. He was 78. Weir's death was announced ...

Buddhist monks and their dog captivate Americans while walking for peace

A group of Buddhist monks and their rescue dog are striding single file down country roads and highways across the South, captivating Americans nationwide and inspiring droves of locals to greet them along their route. In their flowing saffron and ocher robes, the men are walking for peace. ...

Creating poems can be more fun than just reading them

There are three main structures of poems — haiku, free verse and limerick. In this column, I will show examples of each type and explain tips and tricks on how to write your own. Haikus follow the pattern of five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables. If you don’t know what a ...

Some dogs expand vocabulary by eavesdropping

NEW YORK — Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the names of things, like what their squeaky or stuffed toys are called. Only an elite group of gifted word-learner dogs can retain the names of hundreds of toys. Scientists know of ...

NASA cuts space mission after astronaut’s medical issue

NEW YORK — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue. The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned. NASA canceled its ...