Kupferberg was a poet, political cartoonist and lifelong peace activist. He wrote two books that became counterculture classics: '1001 Ways to Beat the Draft' and '1001 Ways to Live Without Working.' Tuli Kupferberg, a founding member of the underground left-wing 1960s band the Fugs as well as a poet, political cartoonist and lifelong peace activist, died Monday in New York

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Tuli Kupferberg dies at 86; founding member of the underground band the Fugs

A commission appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill gives academics and environmentalists a prominent role in making recommendations about the future of offshore drilling in the United States.

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Obama's oil spill commission to probe disaster

Which weighs more on the What Really Matters scale, a life of selfless, loving service to loved ones, or a couple of published books? How do we measure the value of our time?

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Eliezer Sobel: What Really Matters?

The Department of Justice has filed suit against Arizona's immigration law, arguing that it interferes with the federal government's right to set and enforce its own border policy. The long-expected challenge names Arizona Gov

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Justice Department files suit against Arizona over immigration law

The queen of Mexican cuisine is scolding me with a wooden spoon.

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Queen of Mexican cuisine pens new cookbook

ONE of my favourite movies and I say this at the risk of reminding readers which generation I belong to is Youve Got Mail .

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Do you think you are a good worker? Find out

A book that gives a rare glimpse of everyday life inside one of the world's most secretive states won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize Thursday.

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Book about secretive NKorea wins UK literary prize

Rare memorabilia of former French Emperor Napoleon 1st, including a lock of hair cut from his head after he died in exile in 1821 on the remote island of St. Helena, have fetched 140,000 New Zea...

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Rare Napoleon memorabilia, including a lock of his hair, sold in New Zealand auction

A nature reserve northeast of Calgary that is home to a rare bird is growing by about 130 hectares, thanks to a Canada Day gift from the country's largest non-profit land conservation group.

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Nature reserve grows for Canada Day

One of Saskatchewan's last major independent bookstores is closing, saying e-books are partly to blame.

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Regina bookstore closing, e-books blamed