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                    [Title] => Legends of the Falls (with apologies to Brad Pitt)
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There is something magical about a water formation — especially when the luminescent torrent of water thunders down 53 meters from above, rippling like the curtains over a giant horseshoe-shaped silver screen.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135221 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1391760 [AuthorName] => Joanne Rae M. Ramirez [SectionName] => Newsmakers [SectionUrl] => newsmakers [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img401/1952/newsmaker1newthumb.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 882151 [Title] => More fun with ‘tour guides’ [Summary] =>

What do Canada and the Philippines have in common? They both have waterfalls called the Bridal veil, which here in Canada is the mini-me version of the main Niagara Falls or the Canadian falls because it’s on the Canadian side. While Canada has a Horseshoe falls, the Philippines has several villages named Horseshoe.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 850032 [Title] => Niagara-on-the-Lake: Wineries, theater [Summary] =>

Mention Niagara and most travelers think of the famous falls, which deserve their reputation as the mother of all tourist attractions. But there's another place with Niagara in its name just a half-hour drive from the falls that should be part of any visit to the area.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-17 15:34:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img341/6079/niagara1thumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 835492 [Title] => Niagara Falls takes broad approach to draw people [Summary] =>

In recent years, Niagara Falls has thrown open its doors to casino gambling, gay weddings and a tightrope walk that, until laws were relaxed, would have meant arrest.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-06 10:03:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img407/5608/niagarathumb.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 809248 [Title] => Man survives plunge over Niagara Falls [Summary] =>

A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet (55 meters) over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt Monday — only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a safety device.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-22 10:20:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349857 [Title] => Orange peels [Summary] => Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. – 1 Corinthians 10:12

Back in 1911, a stuntman named Bobby Leach went over Niagara Falls in a specially designed steel drum – and lived to tell about it. Although he suffered minor injuries, he survived because he recognized the tremendous dangers involved in the feat, and he had done everything he could to protect himself from harm.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Daily Bread [SectionUrl] => daily-bread [URL] => ) ) )
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