The INSIDER Summary: 

• There are plenty of classy yet affordable options for when you're drinking on a budget.
• The key is to keep it simple and take advantage of fresh ingredients.
• When in doubt, always reach for a simple beer.

We've all been there. You check your bank account and it says $17.48, but you REALLY want to go out with your friends. Just because you're on a tight budget, doesn't mean you have to drink shit. 

I tracked down bartenders from all over the world (yes, the world!) to find out the best way to stretch your dollar and still feel classy AF. Here's what everyone from your local bartender to one of the world's best mixologists sips on when they're feeling thrifty.

Whiskey on the rocks

Chonchaya Chaiinkham, known as Fern, attended New York Bartending School. She most recently bartended at Yakiniku Futago where most cocktails will set you back at least $15. She says if you avoid the mixed drinks and any top shelf liquor, you can still have a glass of whiskey for under $10.

Daiquiri

Joseph Boroski, "world traveling mixsultant" and owner of the coolest bar I know, says that it's not the drink, per say, but the freshness of the ingredients. You can have a very expensive daiquiri or a very cheap daiquiri, but as long as you've got those fresh ingredients, it will definitely taste delicious.

Sex on the beach

Miranda Sook bartends at Vino's in Charleston, WV and relies on Sex on the Beach cocktails when she's going for cheap drinks. The cranberry and orange juices are super flavorful and will have you feeling tropical, even from those country roads. 

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If you clicked on this story, you probably waited until the very last minute to find a Father's Day present for your dad — and now you're scrambling to find him something he'll like that'll get to him by Sunday.

That's where Amazon comes in.

Through Prime Now, Amazon's Prime members can get everything from toiletries to Xboxes delivered to them in just a couple hours. You can opt for free two-hour delivery, or if you're in a big hurry, for one-hour delivery for $7.99.

Either way, your dad will have no idea you almost forgot his special day — and you won't have to pay through the nose to show him how much you care. 

You can use Prime Now if you live in one of these 35 US cities. 

If you aren't a Prime member, but need to get a gift to your dad by Sunday, you can always sign up for a free 30-day trial for the service. Trial members have access to free two-day shipping in addition to other perks like unlimited access to Amazon's growing roster of video content. Just make sure to cancel your membership before the trial is up if you don't want to pay for an annual membership.

But with all the perks Amazon Prime has to offer, you may ultimately find the annual $99 fee worthwhile.

For Father's Day, we rounded up 14 last-minute gifts you can order and have in a few hours through Prime Now. 

DON'T MISS: This little-known Amazon service turns stuff you want to get rid of into store credit

Noise cancelling headphones

Sony H.ear on Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones, $219

A cigar humidor

Quality Importers Desktop Humidor, $35.07

A classic board game

Monopoly: Game of Thrones Collector's Edition Board Game, $42.70

You can now use Spotify to help get concert tickets.

Spotify on Thursday announced a partnership with Eventbrite and AXS that will let you find concert tickets at nearby venues. You can find information on ticket prices and dates right in your Spotify app, although you'll have to leave the app to actually purchase them. 

Previously, Spotify only allowed you to find concerts happening near you, not search for tickets to them.  

Here's how to find tickets for your favorite artists' upcoming shows:

SEE ALSO: You'll soon be able to listen to Taylor Swift's '1989' on Spotify

Choose your location and hit search. Spotify will list upcoming nearby concerts based on your listening preferences.

Click an event that strikes your fancy and view the concert's lineup. You can click "find tickets" to be directed to the Eventbrite site. Or you can listen to the artist's music to decide if the tickets are really worth the money.

If you're not sold on any of the recommended shows, you can scroll down to see other upcoming shows near you.

After serving a year of a 15-year prison sentence for stealing a poster from a hotel in North Korea, American detainee Otto Warmbier was released and returned to his family in the US.

Warmbier has reportedly been in a coma for a year and has been in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness," his doctors said.

For the time being, it is unclear what truly happened during the year Warmbier spent in North Korea — despite North Korea's account that Warmbier contracted botulism and went into a coma after taking a pill to help him sleep.

Here is what we know about the 22-year-old who spent more than a year imprisoned in North Korea:

SEE ALSO: Doctors say the American student imprisoned in North Korea is experiencing 'unresponsive wakefulness' — here’s what that means

During a study-abroad trip to Hong Kong, Otto Warmbier decided to embark on a five-day tour of North Korea on January 2016. He was convicted of stealing a propaganda poster after a one-day trial in court.

Raised in Ohio, Warmbier graduated from high school in 2013 as class salutatorian. He eventually enrolled at the University of Virginia, studying economics and global sustainability.

Source: Cincinnati.com

At the University of Virginia, Warmbier was named an Echols Scholar, an honor awarded to the top 7% of first-year students, according to his LinkedIn page. He also served as alumni chair for the Theta Chi fraternity.

Source: USA Today

For a single person, there are few experiences more frustrating than having someone break things off without explaining why. One day you two are really vibing; the next you get a "let's just be friends" text.

We're not promising to have uncovered the reason why things went south with the object of your affection. But it's worth checking out the list below to see if perhaps you've been guilty of any of these unappealing behaviors.

To compile said list, we asked a panel of dating and relationship experts to tell us about the biggest turn-offs in budding relationships. Some have to do with your physical appearance; some have to do with the way you treat the other person.

Read on to learn about some potentially huge obstacles standing between you and true love. And if you're getting paranoid, remember: most of these things are easily fixable.

SEE ALSO: 12 things that can make you less attractive, according to science

Bad self-care habits

Examples include bad breath, body odor, terrible hygiene, and lack of etiquette.

"These are qualities that are seen early in the dating process," said Dr. Terri Orbuch (PhD), relationship expert, Oakland University professor, and author of "Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship." "They are obvious right away."

"They turn people off because they seem simple to attend to or address. It doesn't take that much effort to have good hygiene. And people infer that the bad self-care habits infer something about the person's habits in a relationship.

"The potential partner can't or doesn't have the time/effort/inclination to take care of him/herself — why then would they have the care/effort/inclination to put forth with someone else?!"

Criticizing or trying to control the other person

"People don't like being told what to do," Orbuch said, "particularly at the beginning of a relationship — and to do that at the beginning seems too self-centered and ego-oriented.

"Also, negativity and criticizing you at the beginning isn't what people are attracted to. In general people are attracted to the opposite — positivity, optimism, and giving compliments!"

Emotional neediness

"We don't like constantly having to support someone who's not available to support us," said Hal Runkel, marriage and family therapist and author of "Choose Your Own Adulthood."

The early birds will inherit the earth.

At least that's what a 2009 University of Leipzig study found. The researchers concluded that "morning people were more proactive than evening types."

But being an effective early riser isn't just about waking up before everyone else. It's about putting yourself in a positive mindset and getting important things done before everyone else.

So there's no point in setting your alarm clock at a crazy-early time if you're just going to zone out in front of the television for a bit before slouching off to work.

To start your day right, you've got to get into some good habits.

Following are eight morning rituals that may seem hard to adopt but will ultimately help you reap major rewards, if you stick with them.

SEE ALSO: I tried waking up at 4 a.m. every day like Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi, but I ended up creating a perfect morning routine for myself

DON'T MISS: I followed Benjamin Franklin's daily schedule for a week, and the most rewarding part was also the most difficult

Wake up painfully early

Sorry, night owls. It's time to adapt.

In a poll of 20 executives cited by Laura Vanderkam, a time-management expert and the author of "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast," 90% said they wake up before 6 a.m. on weekdays. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, for example, wakes at 4 and is in the office no later than 7. Disney CEO Bob Iger gets up at 4:30 to read. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is up at 5:30 to go jogging.

Yes, this might sound awful, but if you get to sleep earlier, that'll numb the pain of such early wake-ups over time. The bottom line: Productive mornings start with early wake-up calls.

Start the day right with exercise

Yeah, there are superhumans among us who crave that pre-sunrise workout (that, or they're just really good liars). Still, for everyone else, waking up at the crack of dawn to sweat and get sore probably doesn't sound ideal.

But the morning is probably the ideal time to exercise. By starting your day with exercise, you'll prevent yourself from putting it off.

Think about it this way: If some of the busiest people in the world can find time to workout, so can you. For example, Vanderkam notes that Xerox CEO Ursula Burns schedules an hourlong personal-training session at 6 a.m. twice a week.

US President Barack Obama starts out each day with strength and cardio training while Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey does three repetitions of a seven-minute workout, Anisa Purbasari reported for Business Insider.

"These are incredibly busy people," says Vanderkam. "If they make time to exercise, it must be important."

Eat a decent breakfast

Skip the cereal and whip yourself up a breakfast with protein. As Entrepreneur reported, it's better to kick off the day with some eggs than digging into carbs. Everyone's busy. It might seem difficult to find the time to cook a whole meal in the morning, but it'll energize you and help keep your appetite in check.

Jeff Gundlach, the CEO of DoubleLine Capital, on Tuesday held his quarterly "Total Return Webcast."

The big takeaways included: 

• Traders and speculators in the stock market should be raising cash "literally today"; Gundlach forecasts a lower stock prices this summer. Long-term investors, however, should be able to weather a pullback in stocks.  
• The low volatility environment should not be seen as a "new paradigm" for the market.
• The 10-year yield is not likely to rise to 3% this year, but could top its March high near 2.575%.

Here are the highlights:

SEE ALSO: BANK OF AMERICA: There's one big difference between now and the 1999 tech bubble

What "small change" means.

It reflects the fact that markets have been treading water, Gundlach said, amid low levels of volatility in stock and bond indexes. 

It also reflects the fact that some people are trying to obstruct President Donald Trump's agenda as much as possible. "Small change is what they're looking for," Gundlach said. He spoke as Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in Congress on the Russia investigation. 

It's also a 1976 jazz album by Tom Waits.

"The officials in Europe continue to be drinking the Kool-Aid."

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is involved to a lesser extent, Gundlach said. 

Here's just how low volatility is today in the context of data since 2005.

This doesn't mean that low volatility will be here forever, Gundlach said. He advised investors to diversify in stocks, but not bonds. 

This week, Microsoft released not one, but two new laptops. 

First, you've got the Surface Laptop, an all-new device that's aimed at students. It also serves as the showcase device for Windows 10 S, a streamlined (but flawed) version of the operating system designed to eke higher performance out of even lower-end hardware. 

Second, you have the Surface Pro. This is a revamped update of 2015's well-received Surface Pro 4, only this version doesn't carry a number, just the name. And while Microsoft has previously marketed it as "the tablet that can replace your laptop," the Surface Pro now carries the tagline of "the most versatile laptop in the world." 

In this reporter's opinion, it's hard to go wrong: In their own ways, each of these new, premium laptops is better than the Apple equivalent, specifically with regards to the iPad Pro and MacBook.

But if you're having trouble choosing between them, never fear. Here's what you need to know.

SEE ALSO: Microsoft's new Surface Pro is only a minor upgrade, but it's still a killer alternative to a MacBook or iPad

DON'T MISS: Microsoft's new $999 laptop is a great rival to Apple's MacBook, with one big tradeoff

That's the Surface Laptop on the left, and the Surface Pro on the right. They look pretty similar from this angle, apart from the fact that the Laptop sports a 13.5-inch screen to the Pro's 12.3-inch display.

Both of them run Windows 10. If you're coming from a Mac, try it. You might be pleasantly surprised. Speaking personally, I like Windows 10 better than Apple MacOS.

Read more about why that is here.

But let's look a little more closely at the Surface Pro. While it's marketed as a laptop, the Surface Pro is actually a $799 tablet, with its trademark Type Cover sold separately for $129 (or $159 for the luxe fabric-covered model I'm using here).

The Surface Pen stylus is another $99. The good news is that if you already have a Type Cover or Surface Pen from a previous model, it'll still work, as will your wall charger.

Read more about the new Surface Pro here.

Since Republicans took over Congress, Obamacare has become more popular. Surveys from the Kaiser Family Foundation show the number of Americans supporting it went from 38% a year ago to 49% today.

But Obamacare, itself a compromise, has real problems, and its limitations — and the growing backlash to Republican efforts to repeal it — have given an opening to an idea that until now has had little traction in the US.

The idea is single-payer healthcare, and if the US adopted it, it'd be a radical change. At its core, the idea is that the government, in some form, would pay for all or most healthcare expenses.

In business circles, states, and even the top levels of some insurers bringing some form of a single-payer healthcare system is beginning to gain traction.

California's legislature is considering a bill that would institute a single-payer system, and Nevada's legislature just passed a bill to expand publicly funded Medicaid to all residents.

Business leaders including famed investor Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger said that single-payer healthcare is the solution to the increasingly high levels of healthcare expenditures in the US. Even Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, the top executive at one of the five major publicly traded US insurers, said at a staff meeting in May that a modified form of single-payer is a "conversation" the US should begin to start.

On Capitol Hill, while the American Health Care Act would take the US further away from single-payer, Sen. Bernie Sanders has again introduced his Medicare-for-all bill that would create a single-payer system.

During his campaign, Sanders showed that the appetite among the American left is growing for the policy. So what exactly is single-payer?

While it may seem simple enough, there are actually a number of different forms a government-funded healthcare system could take.

We've broken down the single-payer healthcare systems in Canada, the UK, and Taiwan, along with one non-single-payer but intriguing option in Germany, to see where the US system could go next. While these breakdowns aren't comprehensive, they highlight the types of single-payer systems that the world uses.

The basics

There are a few ways that single-payer can work, but at its core it is the government paying for healthcare services through revenue generated via taxation.

Put another way, people who live in a country pay into a pot of money through their taxes. The government then takes this pot of money and pays drugmakers, healthcare facilities, and doctors.

One of the hallmarks of a single-payer system is the ability for the government to have more control over prices.

For instance, in many single-payer systems, the government can negotiate prices for prescriptions drugs since it controls the purse for much of the spending. This makes sense because in the case of the UK, nearly 80% of the healthcare spending comes from the government. So if a drug is not bought by the government, it almost totally closes off the market to a pharmaceutical company. This gives the government a lot of bargaining power.

Payments to healthcare providers, prescription drugs, and other aspects of the system are all subject to price negotiation with the government in single-payer systems.

Across different countries, however, it can take different forms.

Canada: government single-payer, but private healthcare providers

Canada's single-payer system is mostly run by provincial and territorial governments, but is funded heavily by the federal government. The federal government also sets baselines of standards for care at the provincial level.

Each province sets its own ambulance fees, reimbursement rates for doctors, and other system fees. Most of the costs are covered by the government or supplemental private insurance, but out-of-pocket spending accounted for 14% of all healthcare spending in 2014 (a bit higher than the 11% in the US).

The federal government does set some national cost standards, however, including for pharmaceuticals. The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board is federally run and helps to negotiate and set the prices for drugs under patent. While the Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance handles some drugs not on patent, provincial governments handle the bulk of the negotiations over the prices.

Many Canadians opt to get additional private insurance because it covers things that aren't publicly reimbursed like dental and eye care and has some nicer benefits like private rooms in hospitals and rehab care. So while public insurance is a base layer, the optional private insurance goes a step beyond.

While two-thirds of Canadians have private insurance, the bulk (94%) of the costs are paid by employers, unions, and groups. Private insurance costs made up roughly 12% of total healthcare spending in 2014, compared to 33% of healthcare spending in the US. (The rest is Medicare and Medicaid.)

In terms of facilities, most primary-care doctors are private individuals or groups who receive reimbursement from the government. Hospitals are a mix of public and private, with a bulk being nonprofit, with some provinces having a heavier weighting toward private facilities.

Key spending facts:

Healthcare spending per capita (2014): $4,728

Out-of-pocket spending per capita (2014): $644

Percent of GDP spent on healthcare (2015): 10.1% (11th-highest among OECD)

Percent of healthcare costs from the government: 69.8%

The UK: nationalized hospitals, private insurers

The UK technically has four different national healthcare systems, one for each country that makes up the union, but the general construct is known as the National Health System.

Within the NHS, there is a system of smaller community health boards that help ensure that national standards for care, cost, and efficiency are maintained.

For patients, the NHS is generally "free at the point of use," meaning that when you go to a hospital or doctor's office there are no bills or co-pays.

The UK pays for all this using both a specific national insurance tax on people making more than £157 per week and general tax funds to provide 98.8% of the funding for the NHS. The other 1.2% is paid for by out-of-pocket costs for things like prescriptions and dental care. The cost of co-payments for the out of pocket procedures are set by the NHS.

About 66% of primary-care doctors are private contractors. The doctors, called general practitioners (GPs), receive payment at a rate set between their lobbying group the British Medical Association and the NHS. In contrast to the US, many doctors assign a patient a specific time to arrive at the doctor, rather than providing options the patient can choose from.

A large majority of patients get their services from NHS-funded hospitals, but there are private-care facilities that can offer more specialized care or shorter wait times.According to the government, in 2012-2013, 8.77 million people received surgery at a NHS hospital compared to 1.61 million in private facilities.

There is some private insurance that can be added on top of the basic NHS policy, but in 2015 only 10.5% of those in the UK elected to add on the coverage. Most of these policies do not cover the basics from the NHS, but provide additional coverage for specialized care or going to a private healthcare provider.

Key spending facts:

Healthcare spending per capita (2014): $4,094

Out-of-pocket spending per capita (2014): $586

Percent of GDP spent on healthcare (2015): 9.8% (13th-highest among OECD)

Percent of healthcare costs from the government: 79.5%

A delightful new "Super Mario" game is in the works, and it's got a fun new twist.

In the upcoming"Super Mario Odyssey," Mario's hat is alive, and it's accompanying him on a bizarre new journey. 

I was lucky enough to play "Super Mario Odyssey" at the annual E3 video game trade show in Los Angeles, California this week. In addition to playing the game, I found out a ton of details about it. 

Here's the best stuff I learned!

SEE ALSO: I played Nintendo's insane new 'Super Mario' game for the Switch — here's what it was like in person

1. "Super Mario Odyssey" is a 3D, open-world game. It's the first such sandbox-style Mario title since 2002's "Super Mario Sunshine," which was made for the Nintendo GameCube

2. The main gimmick in "Super Mario Odyssey" is Mario's hat. It's named "Cappy," and it's alive!

3. Mario can do several things with Cappy. He can throw it as a weapon to hurt enemies. He can use it to help him jump higher...

As the retail apocalypse sweeps the US, hundreds of malls are being deserted. But a blessed few are being transformed into something entirely different.

Empty and out-of-use malls are being revamped as fitness centers, offices, public libraries, movie theaters, medical clinics, and even churches. 

"Only so many consumers are going to malls, and they will flock to newer ones," June Williamson, a City College of New York architecture professor and the author of "Retrofitting Suburbia," told Business Insider. "If developers build a new mall, they are inevitably undercutting another property. So older properties have to get re-positioned every decade, or they will die."

Worshipping at a mall might sound strange but it's a reality that thousands of people across the US are living.

Here's what it's like to go to a church that is inside a former mall. 

SEE ALSO: 'Psychologically scarred' millennials are killing dozens of industries — and it's their parents' fault

In 2000, the deserted Grand Village Mall in Grandville, Michigan was donated to Mars Hill congregation.

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The church revamped a huge anchor store, turning it into a huge, open chapel, nicknamed "The Hanger" because it was big enough to fit an airplane.

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It doesn't look like a traditional church, but it can fit hundreds of worshippers.

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Samsung wants to make your TV feel less like technology.

At least, that’s the idea behind the Frame TV: a swanky, minimalist television set that’s designed to look like a large picture frame.

The Yves Behar-designed TV was first showcased earlier this year as a sort of concept device, but now Samsung is rolling it out as a full-on consumer product. The company announced on Friday that the Frame will be available to purchase on Samsung’s site starting June 18.

As you might expect, it’s not cheap: A 55-inch model will go for $1,999, while a 65-inch model will cost $2,799. A handful of different color snap-on bezels will cost $200 for the smaller model, and $250 for the larger one.

For that cash, though, you get a TV that’s a bit more striking than the usual black boxes sitting in most living rooms.

SEE ALSO: Here's why HDR, not 4K, is the most important upgrade for your next TV

Samsung has dabbled with this “lifestyle TV” design before — the fancy Serif TV it launched in 2015 got at a similar aesthetic. The company says it wanted to harken back to a time when TVs were more like the wooden boxes that, indirectly or not, contributed to the vibe of a living room.

You can decide whether the Frame TV looks like something you'd want. For what it’s worth, though, I was able to briefly check out the new set at Samsung’s offices in New York earlier this month, and I can say that the TV is, in fact, nicely put together. You can still tell it’s a TV when you see it planted among actual picture frames, but it certainly feels less like a gadget.

To be clear, the Frame is still a LED Samsung TV at its core. It’s got a sharp 4K resolution, and it supports HDR10, which’ll give it more life-like colors with compatible content. There is some level of local dimming — a type of screen tech that boost contrasts and creates a more vibrant image — though it's not as deep as on other Samsung TVs. There are a host of ports for HDMI, USB, and Ethernet, too, and the central smart TV interface is the same as it’d be on any other Samsung TV.

I’d have to spend more time with the Frame to make any judgments about picture quality, but Samsung likens it to the quality of its MU8000 series. So, it should be a step below the company’s highest-end TVs — which use a special “QLED” technology for better colors — and instead sit in the upper mid-range area. Everything looked more than pleasant in my demo; just know that you’re paying for the design first and foremost.

The big hook here is something Samsung calls “Art Mode.” The idea is that, when you’re done actually watching TV, you can flip the Frame TV into a separate mode that’s explicitly for displaying digital paintings and photos.

Samsung says the Frame comes with about 100 works of art from a few dozen artists and photographers by default. You can add your own photos through the USB port or Samsung’s Smart View app, which lets you beam content from your phone to the TV, though there’s no integration with photo apps like Instagram or Flickr.

Not since Walt Disney has there been a figure in the animation world who has transcended the medium like John Lasseter, with the studio he oversees, Pixar.

Yes, Jeffrey Katzenberg and DreamWorks Animation had their time, but for over 20 years, Lasseter's Pixar has consistently put out box-office hits (the company has earned close to $11 billion worldwide) and created stories that affect us on an emotional level and that we can't wait to experience again and again.

From the "you've got a friend" tale of the "Toy Story" movies to a commentary on how we need to protect our planet in the multilayered "WALL-E," Pixar movies are much more than kids movies or cartoons. Which is exactly how ol' Walt went about it.

With Pixar's latest, "Cars 3," now in theaters, we've taken on the gargantuan task of ranking all 18 Pixar releases — scroll down to find out the best.

SEE ALSO: 22 stars you didn't know were in the "Star Wars" movies

18. 'Cars 2' (2011)

Taking Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) away from Radiator Springs and going international (plus making Mater a spy) didn't grab critics. This sequel became the first "rotten" Pixar movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Deservedly.

17. 'A Bug’s Life' (1998)

In the second movie ever released by Pixar, an ant named Flik (voiced by Dave Foley) sets out to find others to help save his colony against grasshoppers and ends up recruiting a unique group of allies.

Though the movie was successful at the box office, with the release of DreamWorks' "Antz" a month earlier, you're more likely to remember the Lasseter-Katzenberg feud than the films. 

16. 'Cars 3' (2017)

Though the "Cars" movies are the least acclaimed of anything Pixar makes, the company continues to churn them out. The latest one touches on some interesting themes like mortality and self-confidence, but it feels like everyone involved in the making of it was on cruise control.

There’s a price war happening among major discount retailers like Walmart and Costco. In the middle of this war is Target.

While it’s not necessarily known as a low-price retailer, Target offers great prices on certain items that other stores simply can’t beat.

Keep reading to discover which items are always less expensive to buy at Target and to learn useful tricks to save even more money with the retailer.

SEE ALSO: Target is fixing the most annoying part of shopping there

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Pantry items

Target stores offer competitive prices on food products with their Market Pantry and Archer Farms brands so you can save more on groceries. You can also save on regular shipments of staples like coffee and snacks when you sign up for the store’s subscription service. With the service, you get 5 percent off and free shipping on every order. Get an additional 5 percent off when you use your Target REDcard.

Even without a REDcard or subscription service, the prices on Target’s pantry items are competitive. For example, Market Pantry animal crackers cost about $2 per pound, while Costco’s Kirkland brand cost $3.75 per pound. You can get a four-count of 5 oz. Market Pantry chunk light tuna for $2.94, while Amazon Fresh charges $2.29 for a 12 oz. can of StarKist.

Although these pantry staples are cheaper at Target, big box stores like Walmart and Costco usually have better variety and prices on grocery items like produce, cheese, eggs, milk and meat. If you have the time, you might want to make multiple stops to get the best prices on every item on your grocery list.

Party favors and stocking stuffers

Smart Target shoppers know to hit up the dollar bins when they first enter the store. In these bins, shoppers can find seasonal socks, candles, office supplies, candy, bubbles, thank you cards, stationery sets, garlands, gift wrap, storage containers and more.

Walmart has silly string for about $1.90 a can, Easter baskets for about $8 and thank-you cards for $11. Target often has similar items in the dollar bins. You can order custom thank you cards from Costco’s photo center, but they’ll cost about $18 for a pack of 25.

Maternity clothing

Expectant mothers can find low prices on Target’s maternity clothing without sacrificing their personal style. Keyla Kirton, a money-saving expert and mother of two, knows how to get through a pregnancy without spending a ton on maternity clothing. During her second pregnancy, Kirton said she discovered amazing deals at Target.

“They have a special clearance section for maternity clothes and accessories,” she said. “The online sales are OK, but the in-store markdowns are incredible. I went from spending $500+ on maternity work clothes to less than $100 on work dresses, jeans and belly support bands.”

Skinny maternity jeans cost between $50 and $60 at JCPenney but just $35 at Target. At Walmart, skinny maternity jeans are less than $20; however, online customer reviews showed these jeans fit poorly, among other complaints. This is why Kirton and other savvy shoppers look to the Target clearance racks to get high-quality, stylish maternity gear.

The hair care space isn't one that's seen much tech innovation since handheld hair dryers went mainstream in the 1950s.

While there are flashy new products from time to time, most of us settle for the same-old, same-old: Gadgets that may help us look our best, but are a total pain to use.

So I jumped at the chance to test out the Dyson Supersonic, a $400 hair dryer that looks like something used in outer space. This product is said to be extremely powerful, super-fast, and capable of much more than turning my hair from wet to dry. 

Not only did the Supersonic live up to my expectations, it went above and beyond. Here's what using it was like:

SEE ALSO: Amazon Prime members can upload their outfits and get a fashion expert's opinion — here's what it's like to use in person

Overcoming the sticker shock

The Supersonic is Dyson's first foray into hair care. The company is predominantly known for its powerful and expensive vacuum cleaners, but it also makes hand dryers, lighting, and air purifiers. 

Let's get over the biggest hurdle first: Yes, the Supersonic costs $400. 

It's very difficult to get over the price tag. I'm almost positive I paid $18 at the drug store for my last hair dryer, and even a "nice" hair dryer costs in the $50-$100 range. Spending $400 seems absurd, and maybe it is. 

But if you're someone with challenging hair, or just someone who uses a hair dryer every day of your life, is it that crazy to invest?

After using the Dyson for a few weeks, I can definitively say yes. 

Powerful yet quiet

The dryer is small and lightweight — about the general shape and size of a rubber mallet or maybe a meat tenderizer. Compared to current hair dryers, that alone is revolutionary: there's no long snout and no extra weight to hold up while trying to dry the back of your head. 

There are four heat settings and three fan settings, and the dryer comes with three interchangeable nozzles: A diffuser, a smoothing nozzle, and a concentrator, all of which snap onto the end with magnets. And the dryer itself is made out of a soft-to-the-touch material that looks and feels luxurious. 

The first thing I noticed when turning it on is that there's no slow ramp up or power down like other dryers. When you turn it on, you're immediately hit with the full force of the air, and when you shut it off, it's immediately silent. The Supersonic has 1,600 watts of power and an airflow of 85 cubic feet per minute (To give you some perspective, a typical Shop-Vac runs at 120 CFM. This thing is powerful). 

The other difference from other dryers is the sound: It's incredibly quiet for such a powerful machine and the frequency is different. I was able to use the dryer in the morning without bothering my sleeping roommates. 

This week in 1994, the Boeing 777 airliner made its first flight — kicking off a career that would revolutionize the airline industry. 

Once every few decades, an airplane comes along and simply redefines what a modern airliner is capable of delivering for airlines and its passengers. In 1957, Boeing changed the game with its first jet-powered airliner, the 707. In 1969, Boeing turned the airline industry upside down with the introduction of the 747 jumbo jet. In 1994, Boeing did it again with the 777.

In the two decades since its first flight, the 777 has become the trusty long-haul workhorse for the world's international airlines. Through May of 2017, Boeing has sold a whopping 1,911 777s — making it the best wide-body airliner in company history. 

Here's a closer look at the history of the Boeing 777.

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The Boeing 777's journey began in October of 1990 with an order from United Airlines for a twin-engine wide-body airliner larger than Boeing's 767...

... But smaller than the iconic 747 jumbo jet.

Leading the 777 program was its general manager Alan Mulally. In 2006, Mulally left Boeing to become the CEO of the Ford Motor Company.

Walk through any major music festival and you're going to encounter similar fixtures: big stages, a mix of hip up-and-comers and established megastars, and an array of gourmet food and drink vendors. Add one more to the list: brands.

At this year's Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, the brands were tucked into every corner: Bacardi Rum, Tito's Vodka, Coca Cola, Vitamin Water, Subway, and Godiva Chocolate, to name a few.

One might think that advertising at an event attendees pay $300 or more to attend would be unwelcome, particularly among hip millennials, whose reputation as advertising-averse and difficult to reach has spawned a cottage industry of millennial-focused brand experts and consultants. But, it's the opposite.

Everywhere, over the course of the three-day festival, attendees were — to use advertising jargon — engaging with brands — sampling products, filling out surveys, signing up for mailing lists, and taking branded photos and uploading them to social media.

All of that is a testament to the skill of Founders Entertainment, the festival promotion company behind Governors Ball, and more broadly the genius of "experiential marketing" or "engagement marketing" (there are a lot of names for it, I could go on.).

Rather than a one-way, passive relationship between brand and consumer (like traditional television advertisements), "engagement marketing" tries to create a two-way relationship getting the consumer and the brand to interact in the real world. So-called brand activations, like those on site at Governors Ball, are the predominant way to make that happen.

The Founders Entertainment team, led by Alex Joffe, the director of brand and media partnerships, have grown festival sponsorships and activations to a program that generates millions of dollars per year.

'The old days' are over

At its most basic level, activations mean free stuff: bags and bags of Kettle Chips, Vitamin Water-branded sunglasses and drinks, a Subway "sandwich tasting" twice a day.

It gets more complex from there. Subway's tasting area was situated in a massive shaded and air-conditioned "Green Room" that featured a DJ, temporary tattoos, and a photobooth. Citibank offered an exclusive viewing platform for Citibank cardholders. In addition to the Bacardi-branded stage, Bacardi staged a "backyard party" with specialty cocktails, shade structures with comfy chairs, "palm-tree periscopes," and "pop-up" performances.

Needless to say, the activations get elaborate — leveraging emerging technologies like 3-D printing, touchscreens, and advanced camera equipment.

"The old days of festival marketing — the generic name on a stage or a banner in a tent somewhere — are over," Joffe told Business Insider. "It's about as progressive and cool and evolving as we've seen it."

Alixandra Barasch, an assistant professor of marketing at NYU Stern School of Business who attended the festival, said that the amenities provided help generate what companies are after: "positive associations" between consumers and the brand.

And whereas past generations may have viewed any brand presence as an overt and unwelcome "persuasion attempt," according to Barasch, millennials tend to be more comfortable, and even positive, about activations so long as they feel like they aren't being constantly sold to, and are getting something in return.

"Millennials are embracing that idea of having both the authenticity and wanting to make a profit," she said. "But they are skeptical about how you go about that. They want value created."

Barasch pointed to the free ponchos handed out by Tito's Vodka on the rainy Sunday of the festival as a case-in-point. When ponchos were also on sale at stands for $5, who wouldn't welcome that Tito's sponsorship?

The strategy is hardly new

Red Bull is a well-known pioneer of activation and sponsorship-based marketing. As Rob Walker wrote in "Buying In"— an entire book about the rise of experiential marketing — when Red Bull first entered the US market in the early 2000s, it spent hundreds of millions on sponsoring events that fit its "extreme" image like kiteboarding and motorcross competitions and its association to partying, with displays at nightclubs and creating the Red Bull Music Academy.

Evan Holod, the brand director for Coca Cola, said the company has created activations and sponsored local events throughout its history, but it's clear the brand has upped the ante in recent years.

For Governors Ball, Coca-Cola brought its Share-a-Coke activation, which handed out free cans of different Coca-Cola products and featured a specialized vending machine that allowed attendees to type in their name and a friend's and receive two Coke cans emblazoned with the names.

While the activation has appeared at various events since 2014, Holod said the brand iterates the activation from year to year, adding new a look and new features. For example, this year the brand added Coca Cola "ambassadors," who wore backpacks that could spray cold air.

"Money in the Bank" is the best show in wrestling.

Of course WrestleMania and SummerSlam are bigger events independently, but neither offer a greater potential reward for up-and-coming WWE Superstars.

For those new to wrestling, this particular pay-per-view presents one of the biggest opportunities in the WWE. In the marquee matches of the night, a briefcase will be suspended above the ring, within it a contract for a title shot that can be "cashed in" at any time. The first person to climb a ladder and unhook the briefcase wins the match, and the contract.

The winner of the match will typically carry the briefcase with them wherever they go, always threatening the champion that their time is coming soon. Since the briefcase can be cashed in at a moment's notice, "Money in the Bank" winners will often wait until the champion has just finished a brutal match with another wrestler, before running down the ramp, cashing in, hitting a finishing move and pinning the exhausted champ.

Winning the "Money in the Bank" briefcase can launch a career to the next level, and this year for the first time in WWE history, the SmackDown women's division will be having a "Money in the Bank" match as well. Below you can find a breakdown of every match on Sunday's card.

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Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Who’s fighting: AJ Styles, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin, and Dolph Ziggler

What’s at stake: The "Money in the Bank" briefcase, an almost certain title reign in the near future

What to expect: The "Money in the Bank" briefcase always does better with a bad guy, who can both use the briefcase as a weapon in matches and threaten a cash-in with spite any time he's in the ring. It's also a great way of pushing someone relatively new or underused into a new position within the minds of WWE fans. For these reasons, I think Baron Corbin is the first to ascend the ladder and unhook the briefcase. Corbin is HUGE and will surely be a champion one day. He also has a true meanness about him that you believe more than most heels on the roster. Basically everyone else in this match is already established within the SmackDown hierarchy, but Corbin could leap to the top of the list with a win here.

Potential shocker: Shinsuke Nakamura is a sensation but still relatively new to the WWE universe. He's a great performer, but his limited English makes it difficult to book him in more storyline-heavy segments. Giving him the briefcase would make it so that he is always considered a threat without having to say a word.

Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Who’s fighting: Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Natalya, Tamina, and Carmella

What’s at stake: The Money in the Bank Briefcase, an almost certain title reign in the near future, and a place in the history books as the first ever Women's Money in the Bank winner

What to expect: Charlotte is the logical choice here. She's the strongest woman on the roster, and she's a historic name that would be very deserving of being crowned "first ever Women's "Money in the Bank" ladder match winner"— a title that the WWE could remind it's fans of for decades to come.

Potential shocker: Carmella hasn't seen great success so far in her time on SmackDown, but she has had a few fun moments with her "boyfriend" James Ellsworth. It’s been announced that Ellsworth will be at ringside for the match, so there's a chance that he commits some sort of chicanery that steals the match for Carmella.

The Usos (champions) vs. The New Day

Who’s fighting: The fun-loving, former RAW Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Big E of The New Day are up against the formerly fun-loving, now mean and scary Jimmy and Jay Uso.

What’s at stake: The WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship

What to expect: The Usos have been one of my favorite acts on the SmackDown roster since they broke bad a few months ago. After years of being happy-go-lucky wrestlers wearing bright colors and high-fiving all the kids in the crowd, the Usos have now adopted this blackout look and are just straight mean all the time. It's fantastic. The New Day are new to SmackDown and after having so much success on RAW, my guess in that the Usos teach them a lesson about just how tough Tuesday nights can be.

Potential shocker: The seeds of a New Day break up start to be laid. I don't think it happens, but the trio have been together for a while now, and I wouldn't be surprised if their eventual, inevitable separation happens on SmackDown over the course of a few months. Maybe a slip-up that cause their loss here starts the snowball.

Vladimir Putin is becoming a household name in the US.

The Russian president has been in the US news lately due to — among other things — an investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign, tensions around Syria, and the US Senate conversations around imposing new sanctions on the Russia.

The former KGB agent served as Russia's prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2012. From 2000 to 2008 and 2012 to the present day, he has held the office of the presidency. While some praised his partial reversal of Russia's economic fortunes, his tenure has sent the country sliding back into authoritarianism, according to the Economist's Democracy Index.

Here are some quotes that provide some insight into how Putin sees the world:

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'I am not a woman, so I don't have bad days.'

The Russian president has a history of making sexist comments. He let another one fly while speaking to Oliver Stone for his upcoming documentary — which has been criticized for "pandering" to the strongman.

Source: USA Today

'The task of the government is not only to pour honey into a cup, but sometimes to give bitter medicine.'

After announcing his intention to run for the presidency in 2012, the strongman said that the Russian government would need to take controversial steps to deal with the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Source: NBC

'It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.'

Putin scoffed at the idea of American exceptionalism in his 2013 New York Times op-ed.

Source: The New York Times

This fall, the Trump administration will ask Congress to give the green light on a federal budget that includes funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border.

Not all Republican lawmakers are on board, making it more uncertain that the estimated $21.6 billion wall will become a reality. But the Trump administration is currently reviewing design bids for the project, and says it will reveal the finalists this summer.

Hundreds of construction firms, architects, and artists answered the open call for border wall proposals put out this past spring. Some are more eccentric than others, and many have additional functions beyond securing the border.

The ideas — some of which are in protest of the wall itself — range from parks to hyperloop transit systems. Here are some of the most interesting border wall proposals we've seen.

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The pink "Prison-Wall."

Mexican architects from Estudio 3.14, a design firm based in Guadalajara, imagined a hot pink border that stretches 1,954 miles, called the "Prison-Wall."

The renderings are meant to show the impracticality of building the wall, designer Norberto Miranda told Business Insider. He says the border wouldn't foster positive relations with Mexico, and the country's rolling mountain ranges would make construction difficult.

The designers imagined a pink wall, since Trump has said it should be "beautiful." It would include a prison for immigrants, holding up to "11 million people who Trump plans to deport," Miranda said.

A monorail wall with a mall.

A proposal from the National Consulting Service (NCS) calls for a wall with a monorail, which would travel along the 1,900-mile-long border, and a mall.

The National City, California-based firm said the transit system would help revitalize cities on both sides of the border, because the US and Mexico would share profits from transportation fares, according to the LA Times.

"The NCS Team believes the basis of our wall design concept to be a win-win for all; from US National Security, infrastructure, expanded commerce, transport, energy and cost savings efficiencies, and a the US-Mexico build partnership," the proposal's technical summary reads.

A hyperloop wall powered by solar farms.

A group of Mexican and American engineers and urban planners called MADE Collective want to build a $1 trillion hyperloop transportation network as the border wall.

The plan would turn the border into a shared nation, called Otra Nation, with an independent local government and nonvoting representatives in the US and Mexican legislatures, the group told BI.

It would feature several solar farms to power the hyperloop. The designers said an equal number of Americans and Mexicans would build the system.