By Brian Truitt , USA TODAY It takes a true Sorcerer Supreme to turn the streets of Manhattan into a grand magic show. It’s a frigid early April Sunday morning, and six blocks of Madison Avenue have been cordoned off for the last day of filming Doctor Strange (in theaters Nov. 4), Marvel Studios’ latest superhero […]

From The History Channel.com  Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and paucity, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, […]

By Ed Mazza for The Huffington Post A Tennessee man died last month shortly after riding the Star Tours attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida. Ralph Lyles, 67, had a pre-existing heart condition, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The incident took place on Sept. 18, but was not revealed publicly until […]

By Jennifer Nalewicki SMITHSONIAN.COM The heart of New York City may be Times Square, but its lifeblood is its subways. Comprised of more than 600 miles worth of mainline track, New York’s intricate transportation system whisks an estimated 5.6 million commuters across the five boroughs every weekday. The iconic subway wasn’t always the mammoth operation […]

By Michael Overell Small business is the driving force of the economy, contributing 64 percent of all new private-sector jobs. But almost every small business struggles with scarce resources, expertise and technology to efficiently operate and grow. New online platforms are now transforming the way small businesses operate in every industry. Online platforms are replacing […]

Where the Wrigley Field Rooftop phenomenon began! Since 1914, the nearby rooftops of adjacent residential buildings have been used to view Chicago Cubs baseball games or other major events at historic Wrigley Field. The term “Wrigley Rooftops” has been used primarily by sports crazed Chicagoans for the past several decades to describe the beautiful structures […]

by Vlad Savov This week Apple launched a new iPhone without a headphone jack and stirred up an understandable furor of discontent. But you won’t hear any headphone companies complaining about the move, even though it takes away their familiar entry point into the Apple ecosystem. Most of them have already been preparing for this […]

By Gregory Ciotti There are certain customer service skills that every employee must master if they are forward-facing with customers. Without them, you run the risk of finding your business in an embarrassing customer service train-wreck, or you’ll simply lose customers as your service continues to let people down. Luckily, there are a few universal skills […]

By Chris Woodyard , USA TODAY LOS ANGELES — In a most unlikely place, an industrial enclave of warehouses protected by razor wire, the golden age of what was once America’s pre-eminent airline lives again. For an evening, about two dozen “passengers” will experience the look and feel of Pan American World Airways in its heyday. They board […]

Join the rebel forces in a surprisingly optimistic “Rogue One” trailer packed with hope, explosions and just a hint of Darth Vader. The concept of hope runs through the latest “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” trailer. It’s a trailer for underdogs, for people banding together against a seemingly insurmountable force. It’s a time for […]