What was once a sleepy farming village on the East End of Long Island is now a summer resort for the wealthy. For the second time since it was incorporated in 2005, the village has been named the wealthiest zip code in America.

From the looks of this flyover tour, it's easy to see why the median home price in the 11962 zip was $5.12 million from January 2014 to June 2015, according to Property Shark. Aerial photographer Jeff Cully of EEFAS captured the area in all its gorgeous hidden real estate glory.

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Sagaponack is located on the eastern end of Long Island, on the Atlantic Ocean.

It sits squarely between Bridgehampton and Wainscott.

Sagaponack, NY is the Hampton's youngest zip code — 11962 only incorporated in 2005.

Mondays are rough — especially if you're 50 Cent.

Originally reported by The Wall Street Journal, the rapper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, estimating between $10 million and $50 million in assets and debts.

But he still can't get rid of his his 52-bedroom mega-mansion in Farmington, Connecticut. 

He listed the property as his current residence on the bankruptcy papers, alongside his actual name, Curtis Lee Jackson.

The home is currently off the market, and we doubt Jackson plans to throw a party anytime soon, so here's your inside look at the estate he just can't shake.   

Leah Goldman contributed to an earlier version of this post. 

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Back in 2003, 50 bought the 17-acre home from Mike Tyson's ex-wife Monica Turner for $4.1 million.

In 2007 he listed it for $18.5 million, dropped it to $14.5 million in 2009, then $10.5 million, and finally $10 million in 2011 before giving up.

We don't understand why nobody wants the mansion — it has a helipad.

France is known for many things — its beautiful language, charming towns, and gorgeous beaches. 

While these are all true, the country's cuisine is not to be forgotten.

Whether it's a simple croissant or a classic dish like escargot, French food always has a gourmet feel to it.

We've pulled together 32 foods that everyone should try throughout France.

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A fresh baguette is possibly the most iconic French food. The bread is just as delicious by itself as it is with a traditional French cheese such as gruyère or brie. If you're in Paris, try Le Grenier à Pain; the bakery won this year's Grand Prix de la Baguette (Paris's best baguette competition).

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Crème brûlée is a favorite French dessert. Once you crack the thin hard caramel shell and dip your spoon into the creamy custard below, there's no going back.

For classic steak frites (steak and fries), try Le Relais de l'Entrecote, which has perfected the only entree it serves: steak frites. It's a Paris institution — attracting both locals and tourists — so lines can be long.

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At first glance, the tiny community of Cassadaga is nothing out of the ordinary. Nestled in in the heart of central Florida and surrounded by lakes and forest, the sleepy town may not seem like much — but there’s something quite peculiar about it.

This town is known as the "Psychic Capital of the World."

Of the village’s roughly 100 inhabitants, over half are practicing psychic mediums. 

When photographer Christiaan Lopez-Miro heard about the town, he was instantly intrigued.

“I've always been fascinated with magic and illusion, as well as the intrigue of the occult,” he said. “When I found out about Cassadaga, I instantly thought of ... ghosts and all the things one would usually think of when told there is a town where all its residents are psychics, healers and mediums. Of course I wanted to explore it further.”

He initially planned to photography psychic waiting rooms, but the draw of the mysterious little town grew. On a journey through central Florida, Lopez-Miro took his cameras with him on a side trip to Cassadaga and began knocking on doors. 

What he discovered was a place both otherworldly yet completely mundane. He shared the incredible images from his project with us.

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Starting was surprisingly easy. “I literally just started knocking on doors and explaining … that I was interested in photographing in their homes and eventually creating a project on the town and its residents," said Lopez-Miro. "Mostly everyone I spoke with invited me in and was very welcoming.”

The Spiritualists believe that anyone can utilize the sixth sense to reach enlightenment; a medium has natural energies that merge with spiritual energy and can be used to heal. Here, a town medium is healing a visitor.

The town was founded in 1875 by George Colby, a famed medium who traveled the country holding seances.

Now's your chance to pretend you're Jean-Claude Van Damme and live in his house.

The Expendables 2 star and Belgium-born actor, director, producer, and screenwriter is selling his Marina del Rey home in California.

Sitting on the area's Grand Canal, it's an attractive piece of property for those seeking a luxurious SoCal lifestyle. 

Listed at almost $10 million, we're a little hesitant to negotiate the price with the martial arts master ...

Built in 2011, the home is a quick stroll away from the Marina, delicious restaurants, and Pacific beach.

It's okay to take the elevator after legs day in the home gym — we assume JCVD does.

A wraparound couch alludes to many nights spent entertaining friends and family.

The U.S. Highway Trust Fund will expire on the last day of this month, and elected officials on Capitol Hill haven't passed a long-term transportation funding measure in years.

U.S.Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is fed up with Congress' inaction. 

In a July 9 blog post, Foxx yet again called out congress for their lack of action.

"While you read this, there is a transportation proposal called GROW AMERICA sitting on desks all across Capitol Hill," Foxx writes. 

"It covers 6 years; it would increase investment in roads, bridges, transit, and freight facilities across the country; and, we sent it to Congress 4 months ago."

Secretary Foxx's passionate plea to lawmakers is followed by statistics of American roads and bridges by state, and the results aren't pretty. 

All together, 65% of roads in the United States are in "less-than-good" condition, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.

The House of Representatives Transportation Committee didn't respond to a request for comment on Secretary Foxx's remarks. Other transportation bills have been written this session, but none have gained any traction. 

Scroll down to see the 10 states with the worst roads. 

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10. Oregon

Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 65%

Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 1,724

9. New Jersey

Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 66%

Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 2,334

8. Washington

Percentage of roads in poor/mediocre condition: 67%

Structurally deficient/functionally obsolete bridges: 2,066

Religious pilgrims in Mecca were able to stream their experiences to the world live on Snapchat during Laylat al-Qadr, the 27th night of Ramadan, known as the “night of power.”

In response to a campaign on Twitter, centered around the hashtag #Mecca_Live, Snapchat created a live story that opened up the Muslim holy city to the world, presenting a endearingly human look at one of the world’s largest religious festivals.

This year, 14 million Muslims and counting have traveled to Mecca during Ramadan, according to The Guardian. 

Snapchat curated the videos created by its users and presented them a single stream for other Snapchat users to view.   

Live event coverage is a fairly new offering of Snapchat's, and used to be buried deep in the app until a recent update more prominently featured live events. It’s part of a push for Snapchat to become a live TV replacement, and so far has included stories from events like Hillary Clinton’s campaign announcement and the removal of the Confederate Flag in South Carolina.

Advertisers can pay to have short videos included in these live events, giving Snapchat a slick method of earning extra revenue. But there were no such video ads evident in the Laylat al-Qadr stream, which simply showed an up-close view of what a night was like in a city buzzing with vibrant activity.

“Goodnight from the city that never sleeps, Mecca,” one Snapchatter said. Here are pictures from the night, presented without captions. They speak for themselves.

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Urban folklore in Southern California claims it was the car companies that engineered the destruction of the Los Angeles streetcar system. 

Unfettered by a lack of rail, and filled to the brim with Angeleno enthusiasm, Los Angeles’ highway network grew and grew and grew — to the point that the city is now synonymous with freeways and traffic.  

But the City of Angels also boasts the most trafficked light-rail system in the United States, which opened to passengers on July 14, 1990 — 27 years after the closure of the last streetcar.  

Business Insider is taking a look back at the first two and a half decades of Metro, which now serves 350,000 riders every weekday, via its 80 stations throughout LA County.

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Ground was broken for the first line of what would become Metro — the Blue Line — on October 31, 1985, but garnering public support wasn't easy.

To celebrate the opening, LA turned to none other than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to star in an ad called “Operation Blue Line."

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Over the years, Metro grew to eventually include 6 lines. The Red Line followed the Blue Line, opening in 1993.

TMZ has reported that Shoshana Roberts, the woman who appeared in the "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman" video, is suing the director, Rob Bliss, and the anti-harassment group, Hollaback!. Roberts claims that Bliss and Hollaback! used her likeness without her written permission and is suing for at least $500,000.

She is also suing Google, YouTube, and T.G.I. Friday's for its parody of the viral video. 

Video courtesy of Rob Bliss and Hollaback!

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TripAdvisor just revealed its Traveler's Choice Awards for the best water parks in the US.

The results are based on millions of reviews from TripAdvisor users.

Three of the water parks that made the list are in Florida, and the other seven are spread out across the country.

From Erie, Pennsylvania, to Santa Claus, Indiana, here are the water parks you should add to your summer bucket list. 

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10. Waldameer Park & Water World, Erie, Pennsylvania

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9. Lost Island Water Park, Waterloo, Iowa

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8. Roaring Springs Waterpark, Meridian, Idaho

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In the science and technology industries, women are often massively underrepresented. 

But that doesn't mean they aren't making some of the most important and inspiring contributions out there. 

We've highlighted 15 female scientists who are doing amazing things, pulled from our recent list of groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world. 

From a woman who developed a revolutionary blood test that will transform the way we measure our health to an astrophysicist who's trying to find another Earth, here are the most amazing women in science today.

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Cori Bargmann is uncovering the causes of neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and autism.

Through her studies on roundworms, Cori Bargmann is uncovering how neurons and genes affect behavior. Because many of the gene mechanisms in roundworms mimic those of mammals, Bargmann is able to manipulate certain genes and observe how that affects changes in behavior.

For example, in one study she manipulated a gene that caused the male worms to bumble around while trying to mate, ultimately failing. Bargmann developed the Brain Research Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative, which researches the root causes of conditions such as Alzheimer's and autism by looking at connections between brain function and behavior.

Bargmann is the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor in the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at Rockefeller University.

Cynthia Kenyon is developing ways to help us live longer and healthier lives.

Cynthia Kenyon joined Google's Calico venture last year, where she helps a team of scientists develop methods to slow aging and prevent age-related diseases.

The goal of Calico is to extend human lives by up to 100 years. Kenyon gained prominence in the science community in 1993 for her discovery that altering a single gene in roundworms could double their life span. Since then, Kenyon has pioneered many more breakthroughs in aging research, including pinpointing which genes help us live longer and determining that a common hormone-signaling pathway controls the rate of aging in several species, humans included.

Kenyon is the vice president of aging research at Calico.

Elizabeth Holmes developed a groundbreaking blood test that will transform the future of healthcare.

Not only is Holmes on a mission to change the healthcare industry, she's the youngest self-made female billionaire in the US.

Holmes dropped out of Stanford during her sophomore year to create Theranos, a blood-testing company that uses a prick of blood to get the same test results as you’d get from an entire vial. The concept is disrupting and revolutionizing the industry by making blood tests faster, simpler, and, most important, cheaper. Theranos has raised $400 million in funding.

Holmes is the founder and CEO of Theranos.

If you're young and your career is in its early days, you've likely been privy to plenty of career truisms and clichés.

But if "follow your passion,""give 110%," and "be true to yourself" just aren't cutting it for you anymore, perhaps advice like, "don't work too hard" and "relax" are more up your alley.

These successful people have offered some of the best — and oftentimes unconventional — advice for people in their 20s:

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Warren Buffett: Exercise humility and restraint.

In a 2010 interview with Yahoo, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett said the best advice he ever received was from Berkshire Hathaway board-of-directors member Thomas Murphy. He told Buffett:

Maya Angelou: Make your own path.

In her book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got," Katie Couric quotes author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer Maya Angelou:

My paternal grandmother, Mrs. Annie Henderson, gave me advice that I have used for 65 years. She said, 'If the world puts you on a road you do not like, if you look ahead and do not want that destination which is being offered and you look behind and you do not want to return to you place of departure, step off the road. Build yourself a new path.'

Richard Branson: Never look back in regret — move on to the next thing.

Richard Branson's mother taught him that.

"The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures, rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me,"The Virgin Group founder and chairman told The Good Entrepreneur. "I have fun running ALL the Virgin businesses — so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve."

You no longer have to spend a fortune to get a great smartphone.

Many major Android phone manufacturers now make phones that are almost as good as high-end devices like the Galaxy S6 or the iPhone 6, but cost significantly less.

Below are some of the best phones that are good enough to get you by without breaking the bank.

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Motorola Moto G LTE (Unlocked) and Moto E (Unlocked)

The latest Moto G with LTE comes with a good 720p 4.5-inch screen and a microSD port so you can store more music or photos. It also runs an unmodified version of Android for snappy performance. 

Price: $199.99

The Moto E is the low-end model, as it has a 540p 4.5-inch screen, but it's still perfectly capable as a smartphone, and it has a microSD port for more storage, as well as LTE.

Price: $149.99

Both phones work on most networks if you put in a SIM card.

Huawei P8 Lite (Unlocked)

Huawei's P8 Lite is a good-looking phone with a metal border that gives it a premium look and feel compared with most mid-range devices, which tend to be plastic only. It can either have two SIM cards, or one SIM card and a microSD card for expandable storage.

Price: $250

Samsung Galaxy Alpha (AT&T)

The Alpha looks positively premium with its metal border. It also has a sharp, bright, and colorful 720p 4.7-inch display, as well as LTE and a snappy processor inside.

Price: $199.99 without a contract

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When it comes to the most expensive homes in the US, there are only a handful of cities in the game. And behind each lavish listing is a rich and famous homeowner like Demi Moore, Tommy Hilfiger, or Steve Cohen. 

Using data from Zillow and StreetEasy, part of Zillow Group, the largest real estate network on the web, we've narrowed in on America's 15 most expensive listings. As expected, the third most expensive real estate market in the world, New York City, makes a strong showing, but not strong enough to scoop the top spot — which is reserved for an idyllic, 1930s estate in the Hamptons. 

Keep scrolling to see the gorgeous homes and find out who's selling them. 

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15. 145-146 Central Park West #PH26C, New York, New York

Price: $75 million

The penthouse of the San Remo, one of Manhattan's most celebrity-filled buildings, sits atop one of the building's distinctive twin towers. The listing notes that Penthouse 26c is a triplex, rising high over Central Park's green expanses. Owner Demi Moore listed the property earlier this year.

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14. 10 West Street PH, New York, New York

Price: $75 million

At the height of The Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, this duplex penthouse at 10 West Street looks down on the neighboring Financial District. The listing is actually for two penthouses (one at 7,500 square feet and one at 3,600 square feet) being sold as one. According to the listing they can be "seamlessly" combined.

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13. 1 Central Park South #1809, New York, New York

Price: $75 million

The Dome Penthouse at The Plaza Hotel is rarely offered for sale. The duplex has fantastic views of Central Park and 24-hour "luxury white glove" service (read: valet, maid, and food service) courtesy of the hotel. Recently featured in the book "Living in Style New York," fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger re-listed the property in May after it failed to sell a year ago.

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The physical and psychological rigors of combat are intense, and militaries have the challenge preparing their soldiers for the worst of what they may face on the battlefield.

The world's militaries require their personnel to go through grueling training to equip them for life in the field, and to make sure that soldiers who might not have prior combat experience are still in a state of readiness.

Here are photos from around the world of some of the toughest training imaginable.

In mainland China, paramilitary policeman face an intense regimen. Here, the policemen take part in a training session in muddy water.

Later in the training, the paramilitary police also have to crawl under fire obstacles ...

... and hone their hand-to-hand combat skills.

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Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff knows a thing or two about selling a home. 

In "Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate," Rascoff and Zillow's Chief Economist Stan Humphries share tips they've acquired after a decade of marketing and selling homes on their site. 

You should never use the word "unique" in a listing, for example, but you should always try to end your price with "900." 

According to Curbed, Rascoff is now selling his own home in Seattle, a 3,470-square-foot home in the Madison Park neighborhood. It's on the market for $1.295 million. 

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Rascoff's home was built in 1994, and he's rented it out for the last five years.

In his book, Rascoff says the spring is the best time to put your home on the market.

He's listing his now, however, because of renovation work that needed to be done before the house could be sold.

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The Chinese city of Guiyu, in Guangdong province, is famous for one reason: It is the world's largest dumping ground for electronic waste.

The city, with a population of 150,000, receives some 15,000 metric tons of waste every day.

In addition to devastating effects on the environment, the massive quantities of electronic waste are harmful to the residents of Guiyu, most of whom work in the recycling industry.

Many of the workers toil away in poorly ventilated workshops with little or no protective gear, according to Reuters. And children who live there have "abnormally high levels of lead in their blood," a research from Southern China's Shantou University found, Reuters reported.

Reuters photographer Tyrone Siu recently visited the city to document how its residents lived. Keep scrolling to see what life is like in the world's largest e-waste dump.

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Guiyu employs thousands of people to recycle the truckloads of electronic waste that arrive daily, including hard drives, mobile phones, and computers from around the world, according to Reuters. Here, a recycling factory is seen in the distance.

The electronic waste is sent to Guiyu from countries all over the world, including the US. In many cases, it's less expensive to send the defunct products to China than to recycle them in an environmentally safe way.

In the past, most of the e-waste was imported into Guiyu from other countries. But as China's population has grown wealthier and electronics have become widespread, more of the waste now comes from within the country.

Weight Watchers is one of the most popular diet programs on the planet.

You input your weight, height, and age information along with your goals and a few other things. When you're done, you get a plan to help you reach your desired weight safely. The idea is that you get an allotment of daily "points" to consume along with flexible weekly points. If you stay inside the guidelines, you are supposed to lose weight.

It's very popular, and it's also $19.95 per month. That can be pretty steep for some folks looking to lose weight. And it costs more if you want to go to their meetings as well.

This is why an app in the iOS App Store called "iTrackBites" is gaining so much popularity (also available for Android but the app is much worse).

I've been using this app for a few months after years using Weight Watchers, and I can say quite plainly that it does nearly everything the official app does. And it's just a one-time cost rather than monthly. It's even built on what seems to be the Weight Watchers plan, complete with "Daily Points,""Weekly Points,""Activity Points," and many other features. 

Weight Watchers assigns point values to different foods based on their nutritional information. These same values are used in iTrackBites.

We reached out to Weight Watchers to ask them if they had any comment on the app. They told us that they had no comment at this time.

It's $3.99 in the App Store with additional features inside you can pay for that are not necessary. You may end up shelling out around $10, but when you consider that a Weight Watchers base membership is $19.95 per month, it's a bargain.

Here's how it works.

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First, a look at the official Weight Watchers app on iOS, as a point of reference.

And here's how the main screen of iTrackBites looks.

Here's a breakdown of the main screen. As you can probably tell, it's very similar to the official Weight Watchers app.

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Although flying today is cheaper, safer, and faster than it's ever been, it's becoming an increasingly unpleasant experience as airlines cram more passengers into planes, causing overcrowding and delays.

It's enough to make travelers wish for the golden age of aviation. 

We found vintage photos from 1946 to 1970, sourced from Iberia, KLM, Delta, British Airways and Air France, that show just how glamorous flying used to be.

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We're grateful that smoking is no longer permitted on planes, but we can't deny this guy's got style.

With today's lie-flat beds in first and business class, not all that much has changed since 1949 on a KLM flight.

Seats on Delta have definitely shrunk since 1959.

From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that's an automated trolley taking luggage up to the room, this hotel in southwestern Japan, aptly called Weird Hotel, is "manned" almost totally by robots to save labor costs.

Hideo Sawada, who runs the hotel as part of an amusement park, insists using robots is not a gimmick, but a serious effort to utilize technology and achieve efficiency.

Henn-na Hotel, as it is called in Japanese, was shown to reporters Wednesday, complete with robot demonstrations, ahead of its opening to the public Friday.

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A receptionist robot, top center, accompanied by two other robots, greets a hotel employee.

 Japan is a world leader in robotics technology, and the government is trumpeting robotics as a pillar of its growth strategy. Robots have long been used here in manufacturing. But interest is also high in exploring the potential of robots in human interaction, including helping care for the elderly.

Robotics is also key in the decommissioning of the three reactors in Fukushima, northern Japan, which went into meltdowns in 2011, in the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl.

The receptionist dinosaur robot greets a hotel employee.

There are two receptionists -- this one speaks English.

"If you want to check in, push one," the dinosaur tells the customer.

A receptionist robot, left, greets a hotel employee, right.

This is the receptionist that speaks Japanese -- a female humanoid with blinking lashes. 

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