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The 50 Best Law Schools In America

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If you go to the right law school, you've got a direct line to high-paying and prestigious jobs.

If you go to the wrong one, you may come away with too much debt and too few opportunities.

We've ranked the 50 best law schools based primarily on a survey of more than 300 legal industry professionals, produced with help from Survey Monkey. Our ranking also factors in data on acceptance rates and post-graduated employment rates.

The top-ranked school was Yale Law School, an extremely elite institution recognized as a launching pad for almost any post-graduate job. It was followed closely by Harvard and then Columbia and Stanford — elite schools with strengths in different areas.

Click here to read more about our methodology.

50. University of Arizona (Rogers)

The University of Arizona scored a 4.3 out of 10 on our Legal Insider rating.

76% employed nine months after graduation.

40% applicants accepted.

The James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona offers numerous specialized programs and excels in its environmental law and Indian & Indigenous Peoples law programs.

Read our full methodology here.



49. Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University scored a 4.3 out of 10 on our Legal Insider rating.

66% employed nine months after graduation

38% applicants accepted

One of the oldest law schools in the country, W&L Law has educated multiple governors, state Supreme Court justices, ambassadors, cabinet members, and legislators.

Read our full methodology here.



48. University of Utah (Quinney)

The University of Utah scored a 4.3 out of 10 on our Legal Insider rating.

81% employed nine months after graduation.

45% applicants accepted.

Students at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah are incredibly well prepared for the bar exam. This year 91% of those who took the bar exam passed the first time they took it.

Read our full methodology here.



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The Best Gadgets You Can Buy This Holiday Season

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It's time to get serious about holiday shopping.

Trying to decide on the perfect laptop, tablet, or tech accessory can be overwhelming.

Manufacturers release tons of gadgets all year, so sifting through all of your options to find the best fit can be overwhelming.

Our holiday gift guide is full of excellent ideas — whether you're trying to find a new laptop for your son or daughter going away to college, some new cases and accessories to use as stocking stuffers, or the best entertainment devices to spice up your living room.



iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are the two best phones you can buy.

For most people, the iPhone 6 is the best smartphone. The iPhone 6 Plus, with a larger 5.5-inch screen, is the best phone if you want a phablet.

Why? Both phones are the perfect blend of design, app selection, ease of use, and powerful hardware.

Click here for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus review >>

Price: Starts at $649 for the iPhone 6 and $749 for the iPhone 6 Plus. 



The HTC One M8 is the most beautiful Android phone.

HTC's flagship phone, the HTC One (M8), is the best Android phone you can buy.

Like the original, the new HTC One, which is also called the M8, has a gorgeous design and high-quality metal construction. It also has an extra rear camera that acts as a depth sensor so you can edit photos later and change the focus.  

Click here for the HTC One (M8) review>>

Price: Around $540



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Here's How Thanksgiving Costs Have Changed Over 100 Years

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The average Thanksgiving Day dinner this year will cost $49.41, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Each year, the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates the cost of Thanksgiving around the country based on feeding 10 people a meal with a 16-pound turkey, bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cranberries, carrots, celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and coffee with milk.

The average costs has hovered around $49 since 2011, and results were based on 179 volunteer shoppers checking prices at grocery stores in 35 states.

But what would the same dinner have cost a century ago?

The Morris County Library in New Jersey researched the advertised prices of common Thanksgiving goods from November 18-22, 1911 in the NJ newspaper, The Daily Record. They discovered the cost of everything from sweet potatoes to plum pudding on the newspaper's old microfilm, and shared it with Business Insider.

Here's what a Thanksgiving dinner would have cost in 1911:

Turkey: $.28/pound ($4.48 for a 16-pounder)

Bread stuffing: $.05/pound

Sweet potatoes: $.29/6 quart basket

Rolls (bread): $.05/pound

Butter: $.37/pound

Peas: $.05/can

Cranberries: $.13/quart

Carrots: $.25/6 quart basket

Celery: n/a

Pumpkin pie: (milk, eggs, flour, sugar, pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon) ~$.84 to make (recipe)

Whipped cream: n/a

Coffee: $.25/pound

Milk: $.05/pint

Total cost: ~$6.81

Of course, these prices don't take inflation into account: That measly sounding $6.81 suddenly jumps to a staggering $167.77 when you consider inflation (calculated here for 2013 prices).

It's mostly due to the sheer size of the turkey since a 16-pounder in 1911 prices would cost roughly $110 today (this year, that same-sized turkey will cost Americans $21.65, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation).

See the full list of prices from New Jersey in 1911 over at the Morris County Library website, and be thankful that your turkey this year didn't cost over $100.

SEE ALSO: 17 Thanksgiving Hacks For The Best Meal Of Your Life

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Here Are 50 Stocks Hedge Funds Are Shorting Like Crazy

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It's been tough being short in this stock market that only seems to be going up.

However, the big hedge funds nevertheless see plenty of stock with more downside than upside.

In its latest quarterly Hedge Fund Trend Monitor report, Goldman Sachs analysts identify the 50 stocks that make up their "Very Important Short Positions" for hedge funds list.

These are the most heavily shorted stocks based on the dollar value of the short interest as of Oct. 31, 2014.

The top five stocks are AT&T, Intel, Gilead Sciences, Disney, and ExxonMobil.

Consolidated Edison

Ticker: ED

Sector: Multi-utilities

Value of short interest: $1.2 billion

Short interest as a % of Float: 6%

No. of funds with stock as Top 10 holding: 1

Avg. portfolio weight when stock ranks among Top 10 holdings: 4%

Recentnews: Consolidated Edison director Kevin Burke sold 160,000 shares of the company's stock November 14. 

Source: Goldman Sachs



McDonald's Corp.

Ticker: MCD

Sector: Restaurants

Value of short interest: $1.2 billion

Short interest as a % of Float: 1%

No. of funds with stock as Top 10 holding: 6

Avg. portfolio weight when stock ranks among Top 10 holdings: 6%

Recent news: Amid declining sales, McDonald's announced changes to its restaurants beginning in January, including 'build-your-burger' kiosks that will be launched in Australia.

Source: Goldman Sachs



Oracle Corp.

Ticker: ORCL

Sector: Systems Software

Value of short interest: $1.2 billion

Short interest as a % of Float: 1%

No. of funds with stock as Top 10 holding: 8

Avg. portfolio weight when stock ranks among Top 10 holdings: 5%

Recent news: Oracle paid a $359 million settlement over a dispute with rival SAP on copyrighted instruction materials.

Source: Goldman Sachs



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11 Tricks Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, And Other Famous Execs Use To Run Meetings

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Americans sit through some 11 million meetings every day— with the unproductive ones costing companies $37 billion a year. 

We've already learned that meetings fall apart thanks to sloppy agendas, un-articulated ground rules, and other structural mistakes

So we decided to look at how some of the most effective executives in history — from GM czar Alfred Sloan to Apple prince Steve Jobs to Facebook queen Sheryl Sandberg — run the meetings that invariably fill their calendars. 

Here's what we found. 

Legendary GM CEO Alfred Sloan said little — then made follow-ups.

Alfred Sloan ran GM from the 1920s to the '50s. During that time he led GM to become the world's largest corporation— in the '50s, GM held 46% of the US auto market and employed over 600,000 Americans

Sloan is also credited with inventing modern corporate structure

According to leadership guru Peter Drucker, the follow-up memo was one of Sloan's go-to tools. 

After any formal meeting — in which he simply announced the purpose, listened to what people had to say, and then left — Sloan would send a follow-up memo with a plan of action. 

Drucker's take: 

[Sloan] immediately wrote a short memo addressed to one attendee of the meeting. In that note, he summarized the discussion and its conclusions and spelled out any work assignment decided upon in the meeting (including a decision to hold another meeting on the subject or to study an issue). He specified the deadline and the executive who was to be accountable for the assignment. He sent a copy of the memo to everyone who'd been present at the meeting.

These memos made Sloan an "outstandingly effective executive," Drucker argues, and you might say they were a key to GM's dominance of the 20th century. 



Opsware CEO and Andreessen Horowitz cofounder Ben Horowitz likes to have one-to-one meetings.

Back when he was a CEO, Ben Horowitz led Opsware to a $1.6 billion sale to HP in 2007.

Two years later, he cofounded Andreessen Horowitz, probably the most sought-after firm in venture capital. 

Horowitz, who spends much of his time mentoring young leaders, says that most important job for a CEO is to architect the way people communicate in a company. 

The one-to-one meeting is essential to that process, he says, as it's the best place for ideas and critiques to flow up from employees to management.

Here's his take on how to run one

If you like structured agendas, then the employee should set the agenda. A good practice is to have the employee send you the agenda in advance.

This will give her a chance to cancel the meeting if nothing is pressing. It also makes clear that it is her meeting and will take as much or as little time as she needs.

During the meeting, since it’s the employee’s meeting, the manager should do 10% of the talking and 90% of the listening. Note that this is the opposite of most one-on-ones. 



Tesla CEO Elon Musk demands that people be super prepared.

Musk has incredibly high standards. He has a reputation for firing people if they miss a deadline. So if you're meeting with him at Tesla or SpaceX, you have to be ready.

As one anonymous Musk employee shares on Quora:

When we met with Elon, we were prepared. Because if you weren't, he'd let you know it. If he asked a reasonable follow-up question and you weren't prepared with an answer, well, good luck.

What else would you expect from the most badass CEO in America? 



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Check Out The Incredible Armored Trains Of World War I And World War II

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Armored TrainTrains may seem pretty mundane in the 21st century, when compared with jet aircraft.

These days, trains play a small role in transporting Americans. Things are a bit flashier in Europe and Asia, where they're used for high-speed, comfortable travel.

This contrasts vividly with the previous century, when not just trains but armored trains were a vital piece of machinery in the two largest military conflicts of the era.

The armored train was first seen in the American Civil War, according to The Jamestown Foundation. But the battle-ready form of transportation came to prominence in World War I, when Russia used it as a means of defense during cross-country travel.

The trains were used by most of the European nations fighting in World War II: Poland took advantage of them extensively; Nazi Germany reacted and began using them; and the Russians kept their fleet up. Even Canada patrolled its west coast with one for a time in case of an invasion, according to Canada's Virtual Museum.

These trains were not just armored — they were heavily armed. Cannons, machine guns, anti-aircraft weapons, and even tanks were on board these moving walls of terror.

While the armored train could transport large amounts of firepower rapidly cross country, it also had quite a few drawbacks.

They were hardly stealthy. Their reliance on tracks not only limited where they could go, but it provided the enemy with an easy target: Sabotage the tracks, and you disable the train.

After World War II, automotive technology had caught up sufficiently to render the armored train obsolete. But these insane trains have left an indelible mark on history.

[An earlier version of this feature was written by Alex Davies and Travis Okulski.]

This early Polish train, Smialy, is one of the most famous of the era. The rotating turret on the front helped clear out anything that got in the way.



Here is another shot of Smialy. It was captured by Poland in 1919 but was used in both wars by four different nations: Austria, Poland, the USSR, and Germany.

Source: fsu.edu



Extensive armor plating could withstand a lot of punishment.



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Take A Tour Of McLaren's Incredible Supercar Laboratory

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McLaren International boasts one of the finest records in all of Formula One.

Since they started competing in 1966, McLaren has won a staggering 25 percent of the races they competed in and have finished in the top three for 50 percent of them.

There was a shakeup in 2014 as McLaren and Mercedes parted ways on the track. And it was Mercedes, not McLaren, that saw Lewis Hamilton to his second championship title this past weekend in Abu Dhabi.

McLaren also builds road cars, under the aegis of McLaren Automotive. Until earlier this year, the firm produced the  MP4-12C supercar at its factory in England. The level of of detail that went into this vehicle was unreal. 

[An earlier version of this post was written by Travis Okulski.]

The offices of the McLaren Technical Centre (MTC) are full of amazing cars from the company's racing history.



Apparently, some people have actually been brought to tears by the amazing cars that they have seen.



McLaren doesn't just work on cars.



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The Best Airbnb Rentals In 18 Big Cities Around The US

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Staying in an Airbnb rental gives travelers a uniquely authentic alternative to the traditional hotel. 

Airbnb hosts are known for their design sensibilities and attention to detail, and there's a ton of variety for the more adventurous traveler. 

We've rounded up some of the most interesting homes you can rent from Airbnb in 18 major cities in the U.S. They all have a unique design and have earned top reviews from previous travelers.  

Romantic treehouses, swanky lofts, and secret gardens are highlights.

ATLANTA: Escape from the city in this magical treehouse.

Three separate elevated structures are connected by rope bridges. The bedroom is meant to accommodate two people, and everything is left open to the elements. 

Cost: $275/night

Accommodates: 2

Neighborhood: Buckhead



AUSTIN: Rent out a historic 20th-century manor just east of downtown.

If you have a big group that's willing to splurge, this beautifully remodeled house can be rented out for a few nights. Each room is amazingly decorated, and there's even a fire pit for hanging out outside. 

Cost: $1,000/night

Accommodates: 13

Neighborhood: East Downtown

 



BALTIMORE: Stay in a renovated row house with a secret garden.

According to the listing, this home is located on a street where Frederick Douglass once lived. There's a second-floor deck as well as a quaint garden.

Cost: $90/night

Accommodates: 2

Neighborhood: Washington Hill

 



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The 13 Most Successful Harvard Dropouts

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College isn't for everyone. Between tests, papers, and classes, there's a lot of stress, and plenty of students don't make it through.

But that doesn't mean these students are doomed to failure.

We put together a list of the most successful Harvard dropouts. 

Some left the prestigious Ivy to pursue their passions, while others were forced to leave after partying too much. Either way, they all found extraordinary success after leaving the university.

At 20 years old, Bill Gates dropped out to start Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

Attended Harvard: 1973-1975

The applied math major was known at Harvard for his intense study habits. Gates would go on a 36-hour study-bender, sleep for 10 hours, socialize, then start from the beginning. He would even audit classes that were the same time frame as his scheduled classes. 

Gates left the university because he and Allen wanted to be the first to establish the software industry. 

The Microsoft mogul has long hovered at or near the top of the list of wealthiest people in the world, worth approximately $81 billionGates recently stepped down as chairman of Microsoft and now serves as a technology adviser for the company.

Gates and his wife, Melinda, started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, through which they have donated more than $30 billion to charities around the world.



Matt Damon dropped out one semester and 12 credits shy of a degree.

Attended Harvard: 1988-1992

The Boston-born actor was known to cut class to attend auditions during his time at Harvard.

Damon, an English major, dropped out of the Ivy his senior year after earning a spot in the film "Geronimo: An American Legend." 

However it wasn't until 1997 that Damon received his big break starring in "Good Will Hunting," which earned the actor an Academy Award.

His career has since taken off, making his net worth approximately $75 million. The actor/producer is also heavily involved in humanitarian work; Damon is one of the founders of Water.org.



Mark Zuckerberg built the world's largest social network, Facebook, in his dorm room.

Attended Harvard: 2002-2004

On Feb. 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched the first version of Facebook from his Harvard dorm, and he is now worth approximately $35 billion.  

Zuckerberg dropped out shortly after Facebook's launch and moved to Palo Alto, California, to continue to develop the site.

Facebook went public in 2012 for the fourth-biggest IPO ever (and biggest in tech) at $16 billion. 



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7 Highly Successful People Share Their Biggest Financial Regrets

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We all do things we aren't proud of with our money.

Whether that's selling stock in a company right before its value skyrockets, shrinking away from negotiating our salary, or simply dragging our heels on opening a retirement savings account, even the best of us are prone to mistakes.

Successful people are no exception.

We spoke with seven CEOs, executives, and multimillionaires to find out exactly which of their financial choices over the years made them cringe.

Read on to find out how these highly successful people answered the question, "What's your biggest financial regret?"

Jacquelyn Smith, Jenna Goudreau, and Richard Feloni contributed reporting to this story.

Letting other people talk you out of great investments.

Tony Robbins, multimillionaire life coach:

"I have a resort in Fiji, and there was a little company that bottled water. The bottle looked cool, and the water tasted really incredible — you could tell the difference. I hired a guy to give me research [on the business]. He was a so-called 'expert.' And I said, 'I think I can make an investment in this. I think I can get 30% of the company for half a million dollars.'

"He came back to me and said they don't have the resources or capacity to make it. And I accepted that. I look back on Fiji Water and anytime I grab one I say, 'Holy shit!' So use your experts as coaches and do your own homework and dig deep."



Buying stock in a bank that 'couldn't' go under.

Ken Lin, CEO and founder of Credit Karma, which recently reached a $1 billion valuation:

"In 2008, I bought shares of WaMu two days before they collapsed. At that time, I thought that it was panicked selling and that a bank like WaMu wouldn’t or couldn’t go under.

"Clearly, I was wrong. It did teach me a valuable lesson about how fast things can change in business."



Overthinking investing.

Jon Stein, founder and CEO of Betterment:

"I wasted so much time and money by overthinking investing. Whether it was opening a dozen brokerage accounts, getting too concentrated in individual securities (thanks Enron), and attempting to do overly complicated transactions — it was a waste.

"I should have just taken the index route in my younger years. I'd be in a better place for retirement now, and I would have been able to spend more time with friends and family.

"The money is one thing, but I'll especially never get back the hundreds of hours I poured into trying to beat the market."



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11 Things You Never Knew About Thanksgiving

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TurkeyWe all know that the first Thanksgiving dinner took place when the Pilgrims celebrated a good harvest in the New World, and that the tryptophan in turkey isn't actually what makes you so sleepy. 

But did you know that there was a crisis in the late 1930s called “Franksgiving?" 

We rounded up 11 of the best facts about Thanksgiving, which might come in handy during those awkward silences at the family dinner table. 

1. There are three places in the US named Turkey. 

Three small towns in America are named after the nation's favorite bird. There is Turkey, Texas; Turkey, North Carolina; and Turkey Creek, Louisiana, according to the US Census Bureau. Turkey Creek, Louisiana is the most populated, with 441 residents. 

There are also two townships in Pennsylvania called Upper Turkeyfoot and Lower Turkeyfoot 

2. The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade used live animals from the Central Park Zoo.

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York took place in 1914 when Macy’s employees dressed in vibrant costumes and marched to the flagship store on 34th street. 

The parade used floats instead of balloons, and it featured monkeys, bears, camels, and elephants all borrowed from the Central Park Zoo. 

It was also originally called the Macy’s Christmas Parade, but was renamed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927. 

3. Jingle Bells was originally a Thanksgiving song. 

James Pierpoint composed the song in 1857 for children celebrating Thanksgiving. The title was "One Horse Open Sleigh," and it was such a hit that it was sung again at Christmas. The song quickly became associated with the Christmas holiday season, and the title was officially changed in 1859, two years later.

4.  The Detroit Lions always play on Thanksgiving.

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Football is so ingrained in the Thanksgiving holiday that many people think the game is just as important as the turkey. 

The first NFL football game that took place on Thanksgiving Day was in 1934 when the Detroit Lions played the Chicago Bears. The Lions have played on Thanksgiving ever since, except when the team was called away to serve during World War II, according to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  

The Dallas Cowboys also always play on Thanksgiving. Their first Thanksgiving Day game was held in 1966, and the Cowboys have only missed two games since then. 

6. The night before Thanksgiving is the best day for bar sales in the US.

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is responsible for the most bar sales in America, more than New Year’s Eve, the Super Bowl, or even St. Patrick’s Day. 

It makes sense, since nearly all Americans have Thanksgiving off and dealing with family members can be very stressful. (But at least stuffing your face with fatty Thanksgiving foods is a perfect hangover cure.)

7. Thanksgiving leftovers inspired the first-ever TV dinner. 

TV Dinner In 1953, the TV dinner company Swanson overestimated the demand for turkey by over 260 tons, according to Smithsonian Magazine

The owners of the company had no idea what to do with all the leftovers, so they enlisted the help of company salesman Gerry Thomas.

Taking inspiration from airplane meals, Thomas ordered 5,000 aluminum trays, and loaded them with the turkey leftovers to create the first TV dinner. 

8. Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the official bird of the US.

Benjamin Franklin thought turkeys were much more American than bald eagle. Franklin wrote a letter to his daughter that said: “I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; his is a bird of bad moral character." 

Franklin thought the turkey was a “much more respectable bird.” 

8. Thomas Jefferson canceled Thanksgiving during his presidency. 

George Washington was the first to declare Thanksgiving as a holiday, but it was on a year-to-year basis, so presidents had to re-declare it every year, according to the Washington Post. Jefferson was so adamantly against Thanksgiving that he refused to declare it a holiday during his presidency, and many say that he called the holiday "the most ridiculous idea ever conceived." 

Most historians agree that Jefferson really refused to declare the holiday because he fervently believed in the separation of church and state, and thought that the day of “prayer” violated the First Amendment. 

It wasn’t until 1863, when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a federal holiday, that our beloved turkey day was officially scheduled to fall on the fourth Thursday of every month. 

9. FDR tried to change the date of Thanksgiving — and it caused a lot of problems. 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt ThanksgivingIn 1939, Franklin Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the second-to-last, according to the US National Archives.

The change was made in an attempt to lift the economy during the Great Depression, the idea being that it would give people more time to shop for Christmas. 

But it ended up making everybody confused. Most states held Thanksgiving on its original date, and three states — Colorado, Mississippi, and Texas — celebrated the holiday in both weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal.

It caused such a public outcry that people began referring to it as “Franksgiving.” After two years, Congress ditched the new policy and set the fourth Thursday of November as the legal holiday. 

10. Minnesota produces the most turkeys in the US.

Minnesota produces more turkey than any other state in America. Last year, the state produced more than 1.16 billion pounds of turkey, valued at nearly $839 million, according to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center.

North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and Virgina are also top producers.

11. There is an annual tradition of offering a turkey a presidential pardon — and no one is really sure when it began. 

Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon 2009The White House has a tradition of pardoning one lucky turkey each year. 

The annual tradition was thought to have begun in 1947 with President Harry Truman. But some think that it actually started in the 1860s with Abraham Lincoln after his son Tad begged him to spare his pet turkey's life. 

Despite these two theories of the origins of the pardon, George H. W. Bush was the first president to officially grant a turkey a presidential pardon, according to the New York Times

Plus, John Oliver really doesn't understand why America does it. 

SEE ALSO: 17 Thanksgiving Hacks For The Best Meal Of Your Life

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The 25 Highest-Paying Jobs In America

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CEOs are known for pulling in a pretty penny. But doctors make even more.

That's right: On average, those sporting scrubs and stethoscopes bring home fatter paychecks than those donning suits and ties, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates survey.

The survey, which reflects May 2013 salary and employment data gathered from more than one million businesses, found that 15 of the nation's top 25 highest-paying occupations are in the medical field.

The best-paying job of all: anesthesiologist. 

On average, anesthesiologists in the US earn $113 an hour, for a mean annual salary of $235,070.

According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), these medical doctors are responsible for the safety and wellbeing of patients before, during, and after surgery. In the US, they're required to complete a four-year undergraduate college degree, four years of medical school, and a four-year anesthesiology residency program. Most anesthesiologists become board certified, and many complete an additional fellowship year of specialty training.

A 2014 physician compensation report by Medscape found that nearly 80% of anesthesiologists spend 40 hours or more per week with patients.

25. Sales Managers

Mean annual pay: $123,150

Number of people who hold this job in the US: 352,220

Projected growth (2012 - 2020): 8%



24. Financial Managers

Mean annual pay: $126,660

Number of people who hold this job in the US: 499,320

Projected growth (2012 - 2020): 9%



23. Prosthodontists

Mean annual pay: $128,310

Number of people who hold this job in the US: 290

Projected growth (2012 - 2020): 16%

According to the BLS these professionals construct oral prostheses to replace missing teeth to correct natural and acquired deformation of the mouth and jaws, to restore and maintain oral function, such as chewing and speaking, and to improve appearance.



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Harvard And Yale's Football Rivalry Is Like No Other In College Sports

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This past Saturday, the Harvard and Yale football teams met for 131st time in what has become one of college football's most storied rivalries. Over 30,000 students and fans filled the Harvard Stadium for the sold-out game, enduring freezing cold temperatures to cheer on their chosen team.

The event and the pageantry around it is an experience unlike any other. From the tailgating to the fans,to the afterparties (and of course, the football,) you really have to see it to believe it.

Both current students and alums piled into Harvard Stadium's parking lot two hours before kickoff to tailgate. Some brought huge meals to share, like this Thanksgiving feast.



Harvard and Yale students took some time off from studying to let loose and celebrate the rivalry.



ESPN's College GameDay crew broadcasted live from the tailgate prior to the game, discussing the history and making predictions. Outspoken analyst Lee Corso made a bold prediction by picking Yale, a 12-point underdog, to win the game.



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The World Is Full Of Taxis — And They're All Different

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If you live in New York, you might assume that all taxis around the world are just yellow cars that take you from place to place.

You'd be very wrong.

While the Ford Crown Vic, and now the Nissan NV200, dominated the New York scene for years, other countries have not been close to following suit.

Some cities have run-of-the-mill hatchbacks while others are full of $400,000 luxury cars. Basically, they run the gamut from the mundane to the sublime.

[An earlier version of this post was written by Travis Okulski.]

New York City: The famous yellow Fords were replaced in 2013 with this, the Nissan NV200.



New York City: The outer boroughs started using a new, apple green color on its cabs a few years back.



Stuttgart: German cars run wild as taxis throughout the country. Mercedes' E-Class is a popular choice.



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A South African Architect Created A Stunning House In Just 183 Square Feet Of Space

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Tiny, sustainable living is becoming a more and more attractive solution to the problems of urban living.

So architects like the Johannesburg-based architect Clara da Cruz Almeida are coming up ingenious ways to make these teeny tiny spaces more livable.

Almeida designed and built a tiny 183-square-foot home — called the INDAWO / lifePOD — and suited it perfectly to the warm South African climate.

podbig2Though the square footage isn't much to work with, the pod's clever fold-out couches, fold-down table, and enclosed storage allow the space to transform instantaneously.

pod3The pod also has very high ceilings, allowing for storage up along the walls and a beneath high lofted bed. The space is bright and airy since the side walls are made of see-through glass, which lets in copious amounts of light.

The lower area of the pod can be used for anything, but is particularly well-equipped to serve as a kitchen.

As for the green aspects of the pod, it promises to shave huge amounts of money off the energy bill with its prefab design and efficient use of space.

pod4According to Curbed, Almeida hopes people will see the pod as more than guest a backyard guesthouse, but instead a new model for home ownership where land ownership is not necessary. This pod will be extremely affordable ,too, costing between $18,000 and $63,000.

Almeida hopes to expand on her concept and develop different versions like a flatpack or self-assembling pod.

pods2You can find out more information at the POD-INDAWA website

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MIT-Designed 'Smart' Frying Pan Promises A Perfectly Cooked Meal Every Time

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Pantelligent Never feel the need to order takeout after a poorly cooked meal again.

A new Kickstarter project is promoting something called Pantelligent, which is exactly like a frying pan — only smarter.    

Fed up with the fact that "frying pans have barely changed in thousands of years," four MIT engineers created this high-tech frying pan. It has a temperature sensor on the inside that communicates with a smartphone app to give the chef a step-by-step guide to cooking a perfect meal. 

The app comes pre-loaded with a bunch of recipes, including ones for buttermilk pancakes, mushroom risotto, seared scallops, salmon, scallion pancakes, and more.

All you have to do is choose which one you want and click "start cooking." 

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Electronics in the handle transmit the data to a phone through Bluetooth. Just tap the phone to the pan's handle to get the data, and the app can say how hot the pan is, when to add ingredients, and when to stir or flip.

All the cook needs to do is follow the alerts. 

The pan is able to do this through a “patent-pending design that accurately measures the temperature of the pan’s cooking surface,” according to the Kickstarter page

It even gives reassurances and says things like “spot on” when the chef has done done a step correctly. 

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Chefs who don’t want to follow a step-by-step process can use the “freestyle” mode, which allows the user to set a target temperature for the pan and warns if the pan gets too hot or cold. The freestyle mode works like a “sous chef that never gets distracted,” according to Kickstarter

It even has a recipe-recording feature, which allows chefs to record someone cooking so that they can emulate them later. This feature would be perfect for someone trying to get a family recipe just right. 

The smart-pan has recieved a lot of praise on Kickstarter, and has already raised $8,000 more than its $30,000 goal at the time of this post, with 42 days lefts to go.

Pantelligent asks for a $199 pledge, and will be delivered in August of 2015. But for those who want it immediately, the creators are offering a prototype to be delivered in January for a pledge of over $2,000. 

For more information, check out the Kickstarter page here

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12 Surprising Things That Can Make You Successful

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Sure, we all know that an Ivy League education, stint at a blue-chip firm, and stellar sales skills can help us get ahead. But it may surprise you just how many lesser known, seemingly random variables contribute to your professional success. 

From the month you were born to your comedic timing, the weirdest quirks can affect how successful you'll ultimately be.

We combed through research on success to identify 12 surprising things that can influence your career trajectory. While some factors can be sought out, others are beyond your control.

This is an update of an article written by Alison Griswold.

For starters, your birth month is hugely important in determining success.

There's a ton of research on what's variously called the "relative-age effect,""month of birth bias," or "birth-date effect." The basic principle is that kids born right before an annual cutoff date for starting school or sports are at a disadvantage because they're essentially a full year younger than other members of the group. That makes a big difference in physical, emotional, and intellectual maturity. On the other hand, just missing the date means you will be more developed than your peers.

Malcolm Gladwell popularized this idea in "Outliers," which explored how more professional hockey players from Canada were born in January, February, and March than any other months. The reason? Canada's cutoff date for hockey programs is Jan. 1. Similar research has shown that the number of CEOs with June and July birthdays is far below the expected normal distribution. That's because kids born in June and July are usually the youngest in school, putting them at an early intellectual disadvantage.



Your birth order influences your personality and development.

Research shows that first-borns are highly ambitious and competitive. They tend to excel academically and, according to CareerBuilder, are the most likely to earn six figures and hold a C-level position.

Middle children are considered strong team players and negotiators. Career-wise, they're the most likely to work in entry-level jobs and earn less than $35,000.

The youngest siblings are usually the most creative and entertaining in their families. Because of this, they often end up in creative roles or mid-level management.

Finally, only children are most likely to be self-centered and success-seeking, and can also be unusually mature because they spend so much one-on-one time with their parents. Like first-borns, they often end up in C-level or six-figure positions, but can be less satisfied with their jobs than people who have siblings.



Public or private school? It turns out that more expensive isn't always best.

That's right, the latest data says that public schools actually outperform their costlier private peer institutions. University of Illinois professors Christopher and Sarah Lubienski published that surprising finding in their book, "The Public School Advantage: Why Public Schools Outperform Private Schools."

According to their research, students at private schools generally do well because they come from wealthy backgrounds and families with more advantages. But public schools are actually better when it comes to teaching math and keeping their teachers trained in the latest instructional methods.



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Look How Much San Francisco Has Changed In 3 Years

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Three years ago, Twitter announced that it was moving into a deserted building in one of the worst parts of San Francisco.

Twitter made the move because the city had created a new tax-free zone in that neighborhood, known as Mid-Market. 

We took a walk around the neighborhood in July 2011 to see exactly what Twitter was getting itself into. It didn't look pretty. But Twitter made the move, and a bunch of other tech companies followed. Then came the residential developers. Then the other businesses.

Three years later, the change is startling. See for yourself ...

First, a reminder. This is what the building looked like before Twitter moved in.



Here's what it looks like today.



The most obvious change is the number of people in the street. In this picture from three years ago, this neighborhood didn't have much foot traffic at all. It was kind of grim.



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This Is What Ferguson Looks Like The Day After Riots

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Protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, last night following the decision by a grand jury to not indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August.

Authorities published Wilson's grand jury testimony and photos of his injuries following the decision.

About 25 buildings were set on fire in a wave of civil unrest, and CNN reports that several flames were still burning as of 6 a.m. ET on Tuesday.

After the crowd heard the prosecutor announcement of the grand jury's decision via radio and phone, a portion of the crowd sprinted towards a barricade in front of the Ferguson police headquarters, according to the Washington Post.

The protesters hurled water bottles at the officers who blocked them with plastic shields. It wasn't long before the scene turned to chaos as the protesters were divided by those demonstrating peacefully and others tuned to violence. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. Numerous businesses and buildings were destroyed or broken into, with some being looted. At least two police cars were burned.

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St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar also said he personally had heard about 150 gunshots fired during a night of looting, arson, and clashes between demonstrators and police.

After the night of chaos, those in Ferguson and St. Louis paused to take stock of the destruction.

At least 61 people have been arrested in the area overnight after the protests grew violent. According to Al Jazeera, arrest records indicated that the charges included burglary, trespassing, and unlawful possession of a firearm. 

In addition to the Ferguson arrests, there were 21 arrests in St. Louis.  At least 14 people were injured during the protests, according to the AP.

Here are some photos of the aftermath in Ferguson and the St. Louis-area. 

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Every New Yorker Should Get Out And Explore The 'Forgotten Borough'

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Last year, Business Insider surveyed local readers to find out how they felt about other New Yorkers. Staten Island took a beating in the polls.

Named New Yorkers' least favorite part of the city (despite being the third-largest borough), it scored big in the following categories: worst food, least attractive people, and most aggravating to travel to for a party. Thirty-four percent of participants said they would sell Staten Island to New Jersey.

Needless to say, Staten Island gets a bad rap. 

And yet, families have chosen to live in New York's "forgotten borough" for generations and generations. Rent.com named it the second-best area in America for couples. If Staten Islanders love Staten Island, why shouldn't any other New Yorker?

We recently spent the day there to uncover the borough's hidden gems. While we weren't quite convinced to pack up and move there, it's a fantastic place to spend a day.

Staten Island has a less-than-stellar reputation, especially among its cosmopolitan neighbors. From the garbage dumps to the lack of public transportation, it's easy to forget all the great things the Island has to offer. Even New Jerseyans wouldn't take the borough if it were offered to them.

The white dotted line indicates the New York/New Jersey border. 

 



But on a recent day trip to the island, I was blown away by the variety of activities located within a 20-minute drive of the ferry station. Any outdoorsperson, sports fan, pizza lover, or history buff will find something worthwhile.



For starters, the Staten Island Ferry runs for free between lower Manhattan and Staten Island's North Shore, sells beer on board, and offers excellent views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and at least three bridges on a clear day.

 



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