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Birds continue to adapt to winter conditions

By SCOT STEWART Birding enthusiast “I could feel the winter shaking my bones and banging my teeth together.” — Sylvia Plath That really summed up the ending of Tuesday evening and most of Wednesday — as it has several other recent storms. Winter has become a truly challenging force ...

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 ...