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Canada's Constitutional Crisis

Many Americans may not know it, but our neighbor to the north, Canada, may be in the middle of a constitutional crisis. The governing Conservative Party may be on the brink of being voted out by the opposition! Adam Radwanski is a member of the Globe and Mail’s editorial board, and he also writes a political blog for that paper.

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Sleepwalk With Me

Standup comedian Mike Birbiglia knew he had to get help for his sleepwalking disorder when he jumped from a window and starting running on his motel lawn at 3:00 am, all while asleep. His monologue about his life with the disorder is "Sleepwalk With Me," now at the Bleecker Street Theatre (45 Bleecker St., NYC).

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Religious Thriller

Larry Beinhart’s new legal thriller, Salvation Boulevard, tells the story of a born-again Christian private eye who takes on the case of a Muslim suspected of murdering his atheist professor.

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NYC on the Nightshift

When the sun goes down in New York, fry cooks, train conductors, cabbies, radio hosts and thousands of others keep the city running until morning. We get a glimpse of what life is like for New Yorkers who work the night shift. Russell Leigh Sharman, Cheryl Harris, and photographer Corey Hayes have put together the book Nightshift NYC; they also keep a blog of the same title.

Weigh in: Do you work the night shift? What do you do, and is it by choice or necessity?

Slideshow of images from Nightshift NYC

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