Cruises: A leisurely meander down the Danube

Gabriella Le Breton assumed the Danube only offered ornate campaniles and schmaltzy music, but a cruise proved her wrong.

From vampire parties to Jay Leno in a jet pack, many Super Bowl ads already are out online

NEW YORK, N.Y. - There won't be many surprises for viewers who follow the ads during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast.

Shocked? Not! Not many surprises in Super Bowl ads

There won't be many surprises for viewers who follow the ads during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast.

What do zippers, cheese, electricity have in common?

Did you know the zipper was invented in St. Catharines? Or that the Leon’s furniture chain began in Welland? Niagara has been an inspiration to a number of entrepreneurs and forward thinkers over the years.[...]

'Soul Train' creator Cornelius remembered as inspiring, generous

NEW YORK — Fans and friends including Roberta Flack paid tribute to "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius in Harlem today, calling the producer a fearless pioneer who brought black music to television and gave hundreds of dancers and musicians their start.

THE DIESEL DIALOGUES

Chevrolet hedges its bet in the global compact-car battle through a diesel-powered Cruze DIESEL, on the off chance you don’t know, refers to the type of engine that relies on intense compression instead of spark for combustion, and which got its name from the guy who invented it—Rudolph Diesel. It was only later, after Diesel presumably got tired of using peanut oil to feed his contraption, did ...