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Bubba wins Zurich in playoff

PGT: In New Orleans, the most famous Bubba in the state may not be a fictional character anymore. Move over, Bubba Gump — the Bubba Watson Golf Company is open for business.

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Three share lead at Ballantine’s

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -Sweden's Alexander Noren, Rhys Davies of Wales and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez share the lead after three rounds of the Ballantine's Championship in South Korea.

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Leisure: Cellars’ Markets

The mill-shaped sign hanging out front of the shop and the massive scales inside are holdovers from Berry Bros. & Rudd’s early days, when, at the close of the 17th century, the Widow Bourne opened the Coffee Mill on St

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The Robb Reader: Ann Ziff

When the Metropolitan Opera was in dire need of funding last year, arts patron Ann Ziff came to the rescue with a $30 million donation—the largest single gift the New York institution has ever received from an individual. Ziff, 64, has quietly supported several such organizations over the years, not ...

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Extreme Explorers

On most megayacht charters, adventure means motoring from one idyllic Caribbean cove to another, or hopping among the Mediterranean’s most glamorous ports of call for cocktail hour. But a new breed of explorer yachts is bringing the same level of comfort and service one might find in Monte Carlo to ...

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Travel: Hang Loose

Mornings on Hangzhou’s West Lake begin with a subtle symphony. Docked wooden sampan boats creak and moan, rhythmically bobbing with the lake’s waterline.

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FrontRunners: Magnum Force

The new Champagne bar at London’s May Fair Hotel does not pour bubbly by the glass, serve fizzy cocktails, or, for that matter, even have a bar.

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FrontRunners: Magnum Force

The new Champagne bar at London’s May Fair Hotel does not pour bubbly by the glass, serve fizzy cocktails, or, for that matter, even have a bar. Dubbed 150 at the May Fair (www.themayfairhotel.co.uk/150), the intimate sunken lounge within the hotel’s May Fair Bar offers vintage Champagne by the magnum ...

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FrontRunners: Magnum Force

The new Champagne bar at London’s May Fair Hotel does not pour bubbly by the glass, serve fizzy cocktails, or, for that matter, even have a bar. Dubbed 150 at the May Fair (www.themayfairhotel.co.uk/150), the intimate sunken lounge within the hotel’s May Fair Bar offers vintage Champagne by the magnum ...

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Home Electronics: Center of Attention

For music reproduction, few loudspeakers compare with the two-channel Utopia models made by French hi-fi manufacturer Focal-JMlab. However, until recently the company had yet to offer a center-channel unit to complement its current generation of reference-quality Utopias—which range from the nearly 7-foot-tall Grande Utopia to the bookshelf-model Diablo Utopia—in a ...

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Devi Ratn

The Jantar Mantar Observatory in Jaipur, India, is an 18th-century sculpture garden of massive astrological instruments that are as impressive for their architecture as they are for their accuracy. The stone designs served as inspiration for the developers of the Pink City’s newest star: Devi Ratn, a boldly contemporary resort ...

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