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How to rent a speedboat in Croatia: UberBOAT launches

Antonio Bronic | Reuters Crew members from UberBOAT on a boat at the Adriatic sea on the island of Solta, Croatia, June 30, 2017. Uber Technologies launched its speedboat service in Croatia on Friday, connecting major tourist spots along the country’s Adriatic coast. UberBOAT, which offers speedboats for up to …

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Ticktock as Taskmaster: A Show About Metronomes and Musical Time

But in order to breathe, music relies on a certain amount of flexibility, on the skill of a performer to toy with the tempo in ways that molds a phrase or throws into relief the emotional trajectory of a piece. The question of how to balance precision and freedom, accuracy …

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Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch

Mr. Carvel won a 2012 Olivier Award and later a Tony nomination for his portrayal of the termagant headmistress, Agatha Trunchbull, in the musical “Matilda.” So he presumably knows a thing or two about playing authority figures who can chill or caress as required. Photo Bertie Carvel as Rupert Murdoch. …

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Consumer sentiment hits 95.1 in June vs. 94.5 estimate

Consumer attitudes soured in June as U.S. consumer sentiment slid to a seven-month low, a new report showed on Friday, though still rising slightly above economists’ expectations. U.S. consumer sentiment fell to 95.1 in June, sinking 2.1 percent from May and hitting the lowest level since November 2016. Economists expected …

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Review: Spider-Man (Again) and All That Sticky Kid Stuff

Photo Tom Holland in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Credit Chuck Zlotnick/Sony Pictures – Columbia Pictures, via Associated Press Sony’s latest Spider-Man movie is kind of like the first and fourth, even if it’s hard to keep track of what happened when in this on-and-off again series. Once more, it spins on Peter …

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Blue Apron just fell below its IPO price on just its second day of trading

Blue Apron shares slipped below their IPO price Friday, a shaky start for the meal-kit delivery company. The stock sank as much as 4.5 percent amid growing concerns over the impact of tech giant Amazon’s pending acquisition of Whole Foods Market and if Blue Apron would be able to cut …

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A new report raises some big questions about Michael Flynn and Russian hackers

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images National Security Adviser Mike Flynn listens to President Trump during a listening session with cyber security experts in the Roosevelt Room the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. A tantalizing new report from Shane Harris of the …

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It was 129 degrees in Iran Thursday, which is one of the Earth’s hottest temperatures ever recorded

De Agostini | Archivio J. Lange | Getty Images Bridge over the Karun river in Ahvaz, Iran. The southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz soared to a brutal 129 degrees Thursday, which is Iran’s highest temperature ever recorded. It’s also one of the world’s hottest reliably measured temperatures and the highest …

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11 Perfect Podcasts for the Fourth of July

Stuff You Missed in History Class: The Boston Massacre, from 2013 (28:58) American history is filled with embellishments, exaggerations and outright fabrications. On “Stuff You Missed in History Class,” Tracy V. Wilson and Holly Frey take a second look at an event that they say should have been called “the …

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Google is still mostly white and male

Susana Bates | Getty Images The Google logo features the Eiffel Tower on the Google campus in Mountain View, CA. Latinos are better represented at Google compared with a year ago, according to the company’s latest diversity report. And more women hold technical roles. But not by a lot. Google …

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