OUT THERE: Upper Hudson opening to canoeists
NEWCOMB, N.Y. (AP) -- After a big easy sweep across a flat-water pool on the upper Hudson River, Allison Buckley made sure she chose a better channel through the oncoming rapids than the previous canoe that hung up on a submerged rock....
5 free things in South Dakota's Black Hills
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Mount Rushmore National Memorial may be the most famous landmark in the Black Hills of South Dakota, but it's not the only one....
Cruises get good buzz from new ships, overhauls
NEW YORK (AP) -- The 2013 cruise season began with a nightmare: A Carnival ship adrift with no power. But in the last month or so, several cruise companies - including Carnival - have announced major overhauls to old ships and exciting innovations on new ships, from engineering upgrades to theme park-style rides....
A cruise ship fitness class designed by Rockettes
ABOARD NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY (AP) -- I'd been at sea on Norwegian Cruise Line's new ship, Norwegian Breakaway, for more than 14 hours but I didn't feel the ship moving until I tried to do a dance move with the Rockettes....
Buenos Aires launches tours for Argentine pope
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut....
