Best ice cream parlors in the world (USA TODAY)

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Meet the Cronut: Croissant-Donut Hybrid Takes Pastry World by Storm

Meet the cronut, the half-croissant and half-donut hybrid, which is taking New York and the pastry world by storm. “It has the shape of a donut. The dough is very similar to croissant dough,” pastry chef Domnique Ansel explained of his newest creation. “Back in…      ABC News: Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]

Best ice cream parlors in the world (USA TODAY)

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World championship: Sweden shuts out Finland to advance to final

STOCKHOLM—Sweden has the opportunity to win a men’s world hockey championship as the host country for the first time since the Soviet Union did it in 1986. Sweden blanked Finland 3-0 in Saturday’s semifinal at Stockholm’s Globe Arena to advance to Sunday’s championship game. The Soviet Union won a men’s world hockey title 27 years [...]

Luxury Train Trips Around the World

Private railway excursions in Russia, Canada, Spain, Africa and Asia offer white-glove service, gourmet cuisine, upscale surroundings and access to remote parts of the globe. WSJ.com: Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Canada’s special forces soldiers give rare peek into their world in slick new video

OTTAWA—Lights, action, weapons free. Canada’s special operations forces soldiers have produced a slick video showcasing their fighting skills — on water, in the air and room-by-room in the close confines of a building. At a time when special forces soldiers are in the limelight with movies like Zero Dark Thirty, which tells the tale of [...]

IIHF World Championship: Canada loses 3-2 in a shootout to Sweden

STOCKHOLM—Canada has been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Championship for a fourth straight year with a 3-2 shootout loss to host Sweden. Fredrik Pettersson scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to give Sweden a spot in the semifinals. Trailing 1-0, Nicklas Danielsson scored a pair of power-play goals [...]

Report: Wealthy hire disabled guides to skip lines at Disney World

“Crazy.” “Freaky.” “Awful.” “Despicable.” CNN.com – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Amazing Picnics Around the World

It’s al fresco dining season again, and hotels are getting creative with their outdoor setups. From a rustic-elegant setup overlooking the Spanish hillside to a romantic beach tryst on a private South Sea island, here are 10 over-the-top arrangements that take picnicking to a new level.      ABC News: Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]

World Wide Web turns 20

On April 30, 1993, CERN, the European Nuclear Agency, published a document releasing all of the software and coding necessary for everyone to use the World Wide Web free of charge. There was no fanfare at the time and no news reports in the mainstream media, but it was the watershed moment that set the [...]