U.S. citizens can officially travel to Cuba using Airbnb, the company announced today. 

Airbnb has seen a 70% increase in searches for Cuban listings from U.S. users since December 2014, when President Obama announced eased travel restrictions to Cuba. 

More than 1,000 "casa particulares"— or traditional Cuban homes — have been added as Airbnb listings this morning. Not all of them have full internet access, but Airbnb hosting partners will be helping hosts to manage their bookings online. 

At the moment, Airbnb's Cuban service is only available to U.S. citizens.

We stumbled upon a gorgeous bed & breakfast in Havana, now available for Americans to rent. It's just one example of the authentically Cuban experiences travelers can now get by booking a vacation through Airbnb. 

The bed & breakfast is located on the top of a hill in the geographic center of Havana.

It's a historic building surrounded by beautiful flowers and palm trees.

The host, Sivio, has listed a few of the bed & breakfast's rooms on Airbnb.

Airbnb is one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world.

If you want to work there, you might have to answer some tricky questions first.

Using Glassdoor's information about Airbnb, we've compiled some of the most ridiculous questions that people say they've been asked while interviewing for the company.

No matter if you're looking for a customer service job or a more technical position, Airbnb's interview questions will give you a run for your money.

"If you had to teach or give a TED talk, what subject would you talk about?" - Customer Experience Specialist candidate

"What would you say at Airbnb's funeral?" - Marketing candidate

"What position am I interviewing you for?" - Engineer candidate

Ending up on this list is the worst-case scenario for any player who enters the NFL Draft.

No one wants to be the next Ryan Leaf.

But while a few of the biggest NFL Draft busts ever have fallen on hard times, many are actually thriving in second careers.

Ryan Leaf was picked No. 2 overall by the Chargers in 1998.

Leaf spent two years in jail in Montana on burglary and drug charges before being released in 2014.

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Tim Couch was picked No. 1 overall by the Browns in 1999.

Super Typhoon Maysak is currently barreling for the Philippines. It could hit within the next few days.

Maysak is the most powerful storm this early in the season since 1971. It’s only the third Category 5 typhoon seen in the Northwest Pacific before April ever, according to Al Jazeera.

The storm has already passed over the islands of Fais and Ulithi in Micronesia on Tuesday, causing extensive damage.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have been observing Maysak and posting unbelievable photos of the historic storm on Twitter and Flickr. We’ve collected a few of the photos here:

And here's a video taken aboard the ISS:

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I  write about the tech industry, but personally, I've never been that into gadgets. I usually wait for a few iterations of a particular product to come out before I'm ready to make a splurge purchase. 

But I care about my health, and being able to track and monitor my exercise with a device seemed appealing. There are a lot of fitness trackers out there, though, and researching them all was a little intimidating.

Enter Lumoid, a Y Combinator-backed startup that sends you a box of five wearables to try at home for a week. 

"Everyone is different, and each gadget is personalized," Lumoid founder and CEO Aarthi Ramamurthy said to Business Insider. "It's not our job to sell you stuff. We say, 'Here's a box — try it out, and you decide.'" 

When you log onto Lumoid's web site, you'll see a collection of gadgets to choose from. 

In addition to its wearables box, Lumoid also offers the ability to check out drones, photography gear, and Google Glass individually. Google Glass costs $18 a day to rent, while drones range from $8 to $45 a day. Lumoid will be renting the Apple Watch for $45. 

If you want to check out wearables, though, you can choose five of them to put in a box that costs $25 for one week. If you end up buying one of the devices, $5 of that initial fee goes toward your purchase.

The Lumoid rental store has pretty much every wearable on the market. 

The site even has a handy chart that compares the features in each device you're considering.

The five I picked: Jawbone UP24, Jawbone UP Move, Misfit Flash, Fitbit One, and Nike Fuelband. Each package listed the device's features, as well as the cords I would need to charge the battery and the apps I would have to download. 

A note on the inside of the box explained exactly what I had to do. There was even a FedEx shipping label ready for me to send them all back at the end of the week.

Over the course of the week, I downloaded each app, wore each device for a day or more, and assessed my options.

Some devices I liked more than others. 

The Nike Fuelband, for example, I knew I wouldn't like as soon as I put it on. The band was way too bulky and tight around my wrist — something I wouldn't have known if I had just bought it after researching it online.

I ended up only wearing it for an hour or so before deciding it wasn't for me.

I really liked the sleep tracker on the Jawbone UP24. It even has a smart alarm that gently wakes you up when you're in a period of light sleep.

Still, like with the Nike Fuelband, I wasn't sure I wanted something so large around my wrist. 

My favorite wearable overall was the Jawbone UP Move. 

It might not be the best looking device out there, but it was small and discreet enough that I could attach it to my clothes and wear it comfortably while I slept. Plus, at a price of $50, it was one of the more affordable options in the wearables box. 

The Jawbone app was also easy to use, with hour-by-hour data on the number of steps I had taken and the hours of light and deep sleep I had gotten each night.

Though the Fitbit One was also small, I thought Jawbone's app was slightly more accurate and efficient.

Ramamurthy said that Lumoid gets smarter when people choose to buy a certain device after the weeklong trial. 

"We're collecting a ton of data, including why you bought something or not, why you picked one over the other," Ramamurthy said. "We can use that to recommend other products in the future, or go back to the manufacturer and share our findings." 

There was one glitch — the Misfit Flash was still paired with the person who had rented it before me, and I couldn't get my phone to match with it. This was the last wearable I was going to try before I had to send the box back the next day. At that point, I was pretty set on the Jawbone UP Move, so it didn't matter too much. 

Overall, I found that Lumoid was a less intimidating way for a wearables novice to pick out a fitness tracker. 

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For most people, private jets such as the $65 million Gulfstream G650 or the Bombardier Global Series are the epitome of luxury air travel, but there are a select few who can afford more than that. They’re converting airliners into private flying palaces. To meet this demand, Airbus and Boeing have begun selling "VIP" versions of their airliners under the Airbus Corporate Jet and Boeing Business Jet brands. While most of these planes are based on smaller Airbus A320 series or Boeing 737 models, one recent VIP conversion took luxury to a new level.

One very lucky, very wealthy, and very confidential client took delivery of a personalized Boeing 747-8, completed by Greenpoint Technologies of Kirkland, Washington. Its incredible 4,786 sq. ft. of space features a stateroom, lounges, an office, and a massive dining room.

The Boeing 747-8 VIP is the longest and second-largest airliner ever built. Powered by a team of four General Electric GEnx engines, the plane can fly 8,000 nautical miles nonstop.

The Boeing has been selected to be the president's new plane and will one day assume the call sign Air Force One.

The asking price for the jumbo jet is $367 million — and that's before the all the luxurious goodies are installed.

Now that phones come with high-quality cameras, there's no need to carry around a digital camera in addition to your phone.

Apple, Samsung, and HTC have all emphasized how great their phones are at taking photos. But that doesn't mean they're all the same in terms of camera quality.

The iPhone 6 comes with an 8-megapixel camera, while the HTC One M9 features a 20-megapixel camera and the Galaxy S6 comes with a 16-megapixel camera. During our testing, we used the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy S6 Edge, which both feature the same camera as the ones found in the iPhone 6 and standard Galaxy S6.

(Note: All photos were taken with the camera's default settings in the same place at the same time. No flash or editing features were used). 

This photo taken on the rooftop of our building with the iPhone 6 Plus is sharp and clear. But you'll notice there's a little glare in the upper right hand corner.

This one taken with the Galaxy S6 seems a little washed out and overexposed. But it doesn't have the same glare as the iPhone 6's image.

This photo taken with the new HTC One is the best of the three. The colors are vibrant, it's not overexposed, and there's no glare.

The way we access the internet has changed rapidly over the past few years, transitioning from desktops to mobile devices.

Now, the internet is expanding again — coming to all of the everyday devices found in our homes, businesses, and cities.

BI Intelligence has created a slideshow highlighting the most important ways the Internet of Everything market will develop, the benefits newly connected devices will offer consumers and businesses, and the potential barriers that could inhibit growth. 

BI Intelligence is a new research and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet of Things computing markets. 

Only BI Intelligence subscribers can download the individual charts and datasets in Excel, along with the PowerPoint and PDF versions of this deck. Please sign up for a trial membership here.

Savvy hiring managers have honed their ability to ask the fewest questions yielding the greatest depth of information.

One way they do this is by asking seemingly simple questions that get you to reveal information you may have been trying to conceal — queries that break through the traditional interview noise and clutter and get to the raw you.

In other words: questions designed to trick you.

Can you tell me about yourself?

Why do they ask this? They ask to determine how the candidates see themselves as it pertains to the position. "The employer wants to hear that the candidate did their homework," says Tina Nicolai, executive career coach and founder of Resume Writers' Ink. "The interviewer is also listening for a level of confidence in how well the candidate portrays herself through the information that is communicated. Additionally, the interviewer is listening for strong behavioral competencies, which help determine a right fit with the job. If this opening answer is weak, it can send the remainder of the interview into a tailspin or cut the interview short."

What makes it tricky? It can tempt you to talk about your personal life — which you shouldn't! "Most candidates are not versed in seeing this as a trick question, so they may answer by speaking from a personal perspective: 'I have three kids, I'm married, etc,'" Nicolai says. "Believe it or not, even the most seasoned candidate falls for this question especially when prompted by the interviewer to elaborate."  

What response are they looking for? A focused, laser-sharp answer conveying your value to the organization and department. "The employer wants to hear about your achievements broken down into two or three succinct bullet answers that will set the tone of the interview," she says. Remember, what we tell people about us is what they hear. So stay sharp and convey your top strengths when answering this question.

For example, you can try something like: "I am known for turning around poor performance teams as a result of my innate skills in analyzing problems and seeing solutions very quickly." This statement tells the interviewer that the candidate has analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and leadership ability to turnaround business performance, among other things.

"At least four behavioral skills are conveyed in this simple response, and it sets the tone for the interviewer to ask more targeted questions," Nicolai says. 

How would you describe yourself in one word?

Why do they ask this? This will most likely come up to elicit several data points: your personality type, how confident you are in your self perception, and whether your work style is a good fit for the job, explains Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job," 

What makes it tricky? This question can be a challenge, particularly early on in the interview, because you don't really know what personality type the manager is seeking. "There is a fine line between sounding self-congratulatory versus confident, and humble versus timid," Taylor says. "And people are multifaceted, so putting a short label on oneself can seem nearly impossible."

What response are they looking for? Proceed cautiously, Taylor warns. "If you know you're reliable and dedicated, but love the fact that your friends praise your clever humor, stick with the conservative route."

If you're applying for an accounting job, the one-word descriptor should not be "creative," and if it's an art director position, you don't want it to be, "punctual," for example.

"Most employers today are seeking team players that are levelheaded under pressure, upbeat, honest, reliable, and dedicated," she adds. "However, it would be a mistake to rattle off adjectives that you think will be well received. This is your opportunity to describe how your best attributes are a great match for the job as you see it."

How does this position compare to others you are applying for?

Why do they ask this? They're basically asking: "Are you applying for other jobs?""The hiring manager is first trying to figure out how active you are in your job search," Nicolai says. The interviewer wants to see how you speak about other companies or positions that hold your interest — and how honest you are. 

What makes it tricky? If you say, "This is the only job I'm applying for," that'll send up a red flag. Very few job applicants apply to only one job — so they may assume you're being dishonest. If you openly speak about other positions you're pursuing, however, and you speak favorably about them, the hiring manager may see you as unattainable and pass. "Speaking negatively about other jobs or employers isn't good either," she says. 

What response are they looking for? It is appropriate to say, "There are several organizations with whom I am interviewing, however, I've not yet decided the best fit for my next career move."

"This is positive and protects the competitors," Nicolai says. "No reason to pit companies or to brag." 

A college math and computer science professor at Biola University in California had the best April Fools' Day prank of 2015.

The resulting YouTube video, which is going viral on Reddit, shows a lecture that professor Matthew Weathers gave to his class with a projector. At the end of his lecture, he pulled up a YouTube video of one of his classes to show the students that they were also available online.

Unexpectedly, the video counterpart picks a fight with the real Weathers, and they begin to argue with each other.

And then things get really weird:

Weathers goes behind and "into" the screen, where the pair begin to exchange blows and throw icons, some of which even fly out into the real world.

Eventually, video Weathers wins and traps the real Weathers. The video Weathers deletes his competition and exits the screen at the end.

The students went crazy for it.

Weathers said he used Adobe Premier and After Effects to create the on-screen skit and spent a lot of time practicing to make sure everything was perfect — what we see in the video is exactly what happened in class.

"I practiced about 20 times to get the timing right," Weathers told Reddit. "But yes, I also had audio cues that helped a lot."

The video, which was filmed Tuesday because Weathers did not have class on April 1, has been viewed almost 2 million times on YouTube.

This is not Weathers' first April Fools'-inspired math class. Last year, he also went "inside the screen" to buy a book on Amazon, and back in 2010 he did a skit in which his shadow kept messing up his presentation.

His videos have been so popular that he even uploaded a tutorial on how to do it.

As for future pranks, Weathers told Reddit, "I haven't figured that out yet … we'll see what happens on April 1, 2016."

You can see more of Matthew Weathers' videos here.

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Apple came out with the very first iPad five years ago today.

Then, Quartz's Dan Frommer ran out to the Apple Store, eager with anticipation. 

"So I got on the train, went into Manhattan, and got one!" Frommer wrote on Business Insider back then.

"It was surprisingly quick. From the back of the line to paying only took 15 minutes." He documented the whole iPad buying experience on Business Insider.

It's a beautiful day in Brooklyn as I leave my house

Getting on the subway. Destination: Manhattan

Central Park is buzzing on the second nice weekend of Spring

An opulent but deteriorating home owned by CNET founder Halsey Minor has had its price reduced to $12.5 million, Curbed SF reports. 

The home, located in the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, was originally listed for $25 million in 2012.

After failing to find a buyer during three years on the market, the home is now being sold as two separate packages — a $12.5 million, 18,000-square-foot main house, and a $3.5 million, 2,618-square-foot guesthouse.

In 2001, Minor's net worth was $180 million. He sold CNET to CBS for $1.8 billion in 2008. By 2013, however, he was filing for bankruptcy, most likely due to his expensive taste in real estate, art, and horses.

In 2014, he founded Bitreserve, an online bitcoin exchange.

The home sits on a massive 20,000-square-foot lot in Presidio Heights.

Originally built in 1904, the home was meant to be a replica of the Petit Trianon in Versailles, France.

The home is a San Francisco landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

AMC will begin to air the final episodes of “Mad Men” on Sunday.

If you haven't had a chance to watch the first part of the final season 7, which aired last spring, don't worry, we have you covered.

Before saying goodbye for good to Don Draper and the rest of the gang, here's a refresher of what went down the first half of the final season.

If you haven't watched the first part of season 7 yet, warning: spoilers ahead.

Season 7 begins with Don Draper (Jon Hamm) still on “mandatory leave of absence” from Sterling Cooper & Partners after he divulged his shocking childhood at a pitch meeting with Hershey at the end of season 6.

But Don doesn't reveal his work situation to his actress-wife Megan (Jessica Paré), who he still visits in Los Angeles on the weekends.

Back at the advertising agency's office in New York, Peggy Olsen (Elisabeth Moss) is at odds with Lou Avery (Allan Havey), Don’s fill-in.

It may not feel like it, but it is, in fact, spring.

The official first day of the season was March 20.

New York City offers some great activities during spring. The winter cold has started to wear off, and the summer heat hasn't set in, so it's a great time to take advantage of the outdoors.

With food and drink festivals, art fairs, bike and boat tours, and park visits, there's something for everyone in our guide.

Practice your skills at one of Bryant Park's ping-pong tables, which are open to the public April through September. Paddles and balls are provided free.

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Sample some of the best treats New York restaurants have to offer at Smorgasburg, which runs every weekend until November.

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Picnic in Central Park. If you're too lazy to pack your own food, both Delivery.com and Seamless deliver directly to you at the park.

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Five years ago today, Apple's original iPad went on sale in the US.

Hundreds — maybe thousands — of people lined up at Apple stores across the country to buy the first-generation iPad, which retailed for between $500 and $700. 

The longest lines were, naturally, in New York City, where people line up for anything (burgers in a park, movie tickets, every iPhone), but people tweeted pictures from all over the country.

(An earlier version of this story was written by Dan Frommer.)

Fifth Avenue, NYC

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SoHo, NYC

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Palo Alto, CA

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Happy fifth birthday, iPad! 

Since Apple first launched the device five years ago today, its usefulness has increased hugely. 

Why not tap into your iPad's full potential?

We've got you covered.

Use your iPad as a card table

The next time you're looking for a deck of cards, just use Card Table ($1.99). The app turns your iPad into a card table, and players use their iPhones to hold the cards in their hand.

Quickly navigate to an app's settings using Siri

When you have an app open on your iPad, simply hold down the Home button to bring up Siri and say, "Settings." Siri will then bring up the settings page for that particular app.

Watch free movies and TV shows (legally) with Crackle

There's no need to sign in or pay to enjoy Crackle (Free). And while you won't always see the newest movies or TV shows, there's plenty of original content and old-time favorites to keep you entertained.

In five seasons of ABC's reality pitch show "Shark Tank," we've seen some doozies. Hopefuls have pitched products including an energy drink for Cougars, a vortex chamber that generates gold, and flatulence-scented candles.

At times, contestants show up unable to even explain why anyone would want to buy their product.

With an average viewership of seven million and airtime that's worth about half a million dollars to the aspiring entrepreneurs who make it on, you'd think every pitch would be thoughtful, well-rehearsed, and airtight. But you'd be wrong.

Andrew Figgins, a Chicago-based entrepreneur and owner of the fan site InTheSharkTank.com, says nearly half of the hundreds of pitches that have been made on the show have been awful. The most common problems? Far-fetched ideas, wacky personalities, and a lack of basic business knowledge. "The people who have gone on the show and don't know their numbers get chewed up and spit out," Figgins says.

In anticipation of the sixth season's two-hour premiere on Friday, we take a look at some of the biggest duds in the history of the hit pitch show.

Jason Woods pitches the Kymera jet-propelled boogie board.

Episode 507: "Kymera"

In the most recent season, Woods asks for $250,000 for a 20% stake in his company, which he's been developing for 10 years. The problem is he doesn't have a business plan. Oh, and he's never sold a single one in a decade.

Mark Cuban calls Woods a "wantrepreneur," someone who's got ideas but not a shred of business acumen.

Episode 507: "Kymera"

Because Woods couldn't figure out how to finalize a product and sell even a few with the $130,000 he spent on development over the past decade, the Sharks conclude an injection of capital won't save him.

Brothers Richard and Albert Amini pitch a social media app for doctors.

Episode 501: "Rolodoc"

It would function as a secure platform for medical professionals to upload their medical records and put each other in contact, they say. They want $50,000 in exchange for a 20% stake. Sounds like there may be an idea there, right?

As a Minnesotan, I'm very proud of my home state. We're attractive, have great food, awesome cities, and we live in one of the healthiest states in the US — with perhaps one of the unhealthiest state fairs.

Some might even say we're the best state.

Plus, Minnesota has raised some very famous people.

From Nobel Prize winners to famous actors, keep reading to see the most famous people who were born and raised in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Singer-songwriter Prince 

Born Prince Rogers Nelson in June 1958 in Minneapolis, Prince came from a family of musicians. He grew up writing music (he wrote his first song when he was 7, as the story goes) and attended Minneapolis Central High School, where he started his first band, Grand Central, which played at venues in the Minneapolis area.

Prince created a demo at a Minneapolis studio in 1976 and received a recording contract from a Minneapolis businessman when he was 17. That move garnered him a lot of attention from top record companies like Warner Brothers and was the start of his dazzling career.

He is now one of the most iconic musicians of all time, and still has a home and recording studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald

Born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald in Saint Paul in September 1896, he grew up in Minnesota (for the most part he also spent some of his early life in Syracuse, New York) and attended St. Paul Academy before moving to the Newman School in New Jersey and eventually to Princeton.

After dropping out of Princeton, serving in the army, and being rejected by publishers, Fitzgerald quit his advertising job in New York City and moved back to Saint Paul to finish his first novel, “This Side of Paradise.”

He is now known as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His novels — especially “The Great Gatsby” — remain classics. Read more about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life here.

Actor Josh Hartnett

Joshua Hartnett was born in July 1978 in Saint Paul. He graduated from South High School, in Minneapolis, before leaving to attend SUNY Purchase in New York and later to pursue acting in California.

He moved back to Minnesota in 2002 after growing fed up with Hollywood. In addition to taking on more indie projects, he became involved with Minnesota politics, joining Barack Obama in his Minnesota campaign in 2012.

Hartnett is most famous for his roles in “Black Hawk Down,” “The Virgin Suicides,” and “Pearl Harbor.” He is starring in the TV series “Penny Dreadful.” His Saint Paul home is on the market. 

Actress and singer Judy Garland

Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, in June 1922. Her Vaudevillian parents had her working in show business straightaway — she started out, at 2 years old, as a member of the performing group the Gumm Sisters with her two older sisters.

The family moved to California for the girls to study acting. Garland's talent garnered attention from top studios, and she signed a deal with MGM at 13.

Garland was married five times and had three children, including daughter Liza Minelli. She was plagued by drug and health problems throughout her career, but is remembered for her early roles in “The Wizard of Oz” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.” You can read more about Garland’s life here.

'Peanuts' cartoonist Charles Shulz

Influential cartoonist Charles Monroe Shulz created the comic strip “Peanuts.”  

Born in Minneapolis in November 1922, he grew up in Saint Paul, where he was one of the youngest in his class at Central High School.

After graduating, Shulz entered the army and served in WWII before returning to Saint Paul and selling his first cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post. His career took off from there.

At its height, "Peanuts" was published in over 2,600 papers in 75 countries and in 21 languages. You can read more about Charles Shulz and his incredible career here.

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan

Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in May 1941 in Duluth, the man who later became known as Bob Dylan grew up in Minnesota. Dylan and his family lived in Duluth until he was 6, and then they moved to Hibbing, Minnesota, to live among a small Jewish community on Mesabi Range. He attended Hibbing High School and formed a few bands before graduating and moving to Minneapolis.

Dylan enrolled at the University of Minnesota, but became invested in folk music and began performing full time at venues in Dinkytown, a neighborhood in Minneapolis. He dropped out of college after his first year and began calling himself Bob Dylan.

He moved to New York and the rest is history. Dylan remains most famous for his early songs, including “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin,’” which were a part of the '60s protest movement. Dylan continues to perform, tour, and write new music, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obama in 2012.

Actor Seann William Scott

Born in Cottage Grove in October 1976, Seann William Scott grew up the youngest of seven kids. He graduated from Park High School in Cottage Grove in 1995 and moved to Los Angeles shortly after to work in Hollywood after becoming inspired while working at the local movie theater and seeing all the movies he wanted free.

He is most famous for his role as Steve Stifler in the "American Pie" series, but has also starred in“All My Children, “Role Models,” “The Dukes of Hazard,” and has done voice work for the “Ice Age” series.

Novelist and playwright Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was born in February 1885 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He spent his early childhood mostly reading since he found it hard to make friends and meet girls. He even tried to run away from home when he was 13, according to biographer Mark Schorer.

He left Minnesota when he was 17 to spend a year at Oberlin Academy (a preparatory school for Oberlin College) before moving on to Yale University and the East Coast.

Sinclair Lewis is considered one of the most acclaimed American novelists, famous for being the first US writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature for his book “Dodsworth.” He wrote many books, plays, and short stories during his lifetime, including “Main Street” and “Babbitt.” You can read more about him in “Sinclair Lewis: An American Life.”

Former professional wrestler, actor, and governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura

Jesse Ventura was born James George Janos in July 1951 in Minneapolis, where he was raised. After graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1969, he enlisted in the US Navy and was a part of the Underwater Demolition Team (which eventually became a part of the SEALs).

After his career in the Navy and a stint with a biker gang, he attended North Hennepin Community College and began weightlifting and wrestling. He created the stage name Jesse "The Body" Ventura and was a charismatic "heel" throughout the '70s and '80s.

After his career in wrestling and in Hollywood, Ventura turned his attention to politics. He ran for mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, in 1990, and got the job. In 1998, he ran for governor of Minnesota as a nominee for the Reform Party and narrowly won, defeating the major party candidates and serving until 2003.

Ventura made national headlines recently for successfully suing the estate of “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle for defamation. The now deceased Kyle described beating up a former Navy SEAL in his book for saying that American soldiers deserved to lose a few men during the Iraq war — in later interviews, he claimed the SEAL was Ventura, which Ventura denied. You can read more about the lawsuit here.

Author and radio personality Garrison Keillor

Gary Edward “Garrison” Keillor was born in Anoka, Minnesota, to a family of six children. He attended Anoka High School and went on to study at the University of Minnesota, where he earned his bachelor of arts in English in 1966.

While at the U of M, Keillor worked at a student-operated radio station and went on to establish a professional radio career. His most famous radio program was “A Prairie Home Companion,” a variety show recorded in front of a live audience on Minnesota Public Radio.

Keillor still hosts radio programs — including the latest reboot of “A Prairie Home Companion,” despite continuously threatening to retire— and writes frequently for newspapers and online publications. He also opened a bookstore that on Snelling Avenue, across from Macalester College, in Saint Paul. 

Keillor still lives in Minnesota with his third wife and their daughter.

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In April, every MLB team is dreaming of October, even if only ten teams will make the playoffs.

As the season begins, take a look at where all 30 teams stand going into Opening Day.

Using projection systems from BaseballProspectus.com (PECOTA) and Fangraphs.com, we have our first power ranking of the 2015 season.

1. Los Angeles Dodgers (94-68 in 2014)

2014 Regular Season Ranking: 4

2015 Projected Wins (Fangraphs): 91

2015 Projected Wins (PECOTA): 93

2015 Playoff Odds (PECOTA): 89.0%

What to know: In 2014, new Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman was working with an $82 million payroll with the Tampa Bay Rays. This season, the Dodgers are expected to have a payroll north of $270 million. The Dodgers still have reigning MVP Clayton Kershaw and the ultra-talented Yasiel Puig. They've also added veteran infielders Jimmy Rollins and Howie Kendrick as well as pitchers Brandon McCarthy and Brett Anderson. It would be a catastrophic failure if this team missed the playoffs.

2. Washington Nationals (96-66 in 2014)

2014 Regular Season Ranking: 2

2015 Projected Wins (Fangraphs): 93

2015 Projected Wins (PECOTA): 89

2015 Playoff Odds (PECOTA): 78.5

What to know: The Nationals took a great rotation and made it the best in baseball when they added 2013 Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer with a 7-year, $210 million contract. But the biggest question is whether this season will be Bryce Harper's coming out party where he establishes himself as one of the best players in baseball. It is easy to forget that Harper is still just 22 years old. Since being drafted in 2010 Harper has still never faced a pitcher that was younger than he was in the minors or majors.

3. St. Louis Cardinals (90-72 in 2014)

2014 Regular Season Ranking: 5

2015 Projected Wins (Fangraphs): 88

2015 Projected Wins (PECOTA): 87

2015 Playoff Odds (PECOTA): 61.7%

What to know: The Cardinals' roster is largely unchanged from 2014. The biggest offseason move was to trade for outfielder Jason Heyward, who has hit just 25 home runs in the last two seasons combined. Heyward will replace the late Oscar Taveras, who was killed in a car accident in the Dominican Republic in October.

In the last 50 years, the FBI has had its hands full. From Puerto Rican separatists to Marxists to Islamic terrorists, the bureau has investigated and apprehended a number of threats to US civilians from around the globe.

Despite the their efforts, however, a number of suspects remain at large. 

In a bid to streamline the FBI's efforts, the investigative agency has compiled a list of the most wanted terrorists and the most wanted domestic terrorists. We highlighted the most interesting suspects. 

Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Zawahiri is the current leader of al Qaeda. Formerly an Egyptian physician, he founded the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) before merging the group with al Qaeda in 1998. The FBI is currently seeking Zawahiri for his role in the bombing of the US embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya on August 7, 1998. 

Zawahiri is 63-years-old. The US Department of State is offering a reward of up to $25 million for information leading to his arrest.

Jamel Ahmed Mohammed Ali Al-Badawi

Al-Badawi is wanted in connection with the the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen, which killed 17 American sailors. the Yemeni authorities had previously arrested him twice, but he escaped from prison in both April 2003 and February 2006. 

The US Department of State is currently offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the apprehension of Badawi. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Husayn Muhammad Al-Umari

Al-Umari, also known as "The Bomb Man," is wanted for his role in the August 11, 1982 bombing of Pan Am Flight 830, which killed a 16-year-old and injured an additional 16 passengers on a flight from Japan to Hawaii. Umari formed the 15 May Organization, which promoted the Palestinian cause by carrying out violence against supporters of Israel. 

Umari is 79-years-old and is believed to be in Lebanon. The State Department is offering a $5 million reward for his capture, and the Department of Defense is offering an additional $200,000 for information as to his whereabouts. He is apparently a fan of Cuban cigars.