Peyton Manning is one of the most likable athletes in professional sports so it is easy to overlook how insanely competitive he is both on and off the field.

It's that competitiveness that has helped Manning remain one of the best players in the NFL despite being 39 years old and having been through multiple neck surgeries that have left him with a sub-par arm.

The intense anecdotes include what he went through to keep playing after neck surgery, his sneaky first quarterbacks meeting in college, and his crazy work-ethic in high school.

His body is so beat up he has an assistant remove his cleats because "it is a relief to not have to bend over that far," according to Kevin Van Valkenburg. And yet, Manning is still competing at the highest level at age 39 and making another run for his elusive second Super Bowl ring.

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Even when he gets a day off from practice to rest an injury, he still wears a helmet to listen to play calls and watches game film in the ice tub.

via DenverBroncos.com

In high school, Peyton would practice at 4:30 or 5:00 every morning with his father, Archie Manning, and his brothers, Eli and Cooper.

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Pioneering American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie once set the standard for giving back: "No man can become rich without himself enriching others," he said. "The man who dies rich dies disgraced."

Scores of the world's wealthiest people have taken to his philosophy, donating their riches to hundreds of causes.

We worked with our friends at Wealth-X, a firm that does research and valuations on ultra-high net worth individuals, to compile a list of the 20 most generous people in the world, ranked by total charitable giving to date.

Since you need to have a lot to give a lot, Wealth-X also determined each person's Generosity Index, which is the ratio of theirlifetime donations to their current net worth. Some people, like retail magnate Chuck Feeney, known as the"James Bond of philanthropy,"have indices over 100% because they have given away more money than they currently have.

With a total combined donation amount of $106.8 billion, these 20 individuals are the top philanthropists in the world.

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20. Dietmar Hopp

Lifetime donations: $1 billion

Net worth: $6.3 billion

Generosity Index: 16%

German IT entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp is the cofounder and former chairman and CEO of SAP, a multinational company that provides application and analytics software and software-related services for enterprises worldwide.

Twenty years ago, Hopp established Dietmar Hopp Stiftung, a foundation that supports local education, sports, and health causes in his hometown in Germany, including the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM), University Hospital Heidelberg, and the Nathalie Todenhofer Foundation.

Source:Wealth-X

19. Pierre Omidyar

Lifetime donations: $1 billion

Net worth: $6.2 billion

Generosity Index: 16%

Paris-born, Iranian-American Pierre Omidyar is cofounder and current chairman of eBay.

In 1998, he and his wife, Pamela, established the Omidyar Foundation, an organization that now includes Omidyar Network, HopeLab, Humanity United, and Ulupono Initiative. The organization donates to a diverse range of causes, including entrepreneurship, human rights, food and energy, and games and technology. In 2012, Omidyar and his wife joined the Giving Pledge initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, promising to donate most of their wealth to charities. 

In August 2015, Omidyar reportedly sold 10% of his shares in eBay to undisclosed charities — a stock gift valued at nearly $270 million.

Source: Wealth-X

18. Michael Dell

Lifetime donations: $1.1 billion

Net worth: $18.9 billion

Generosity Index: 6%

Michael Dell is the chairman and CEO of Dell computer company. Since 1999, he's been the director of the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, which gives primarily to education, social and human services, arts and culture, and community-development causes.

Earlier this year, the foundation pledged to donate $25 million to fund the construction of a new teaching hospital in Austin, Texas.

Source: Wealth-X

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Model, actor, and singer Staz Nair has joined the sixth season of HBO's "Game of Thrones," an HBO representative confirmed to Business Insider.

The pay cable network wouldn't reveal any information on Nair's character, though.

So what's the deal with Nair?

He will be part of the scenes shot in Spain for Season 6, which returns in Spring 2015.

In the mean time, here's more about him. He's a Gemini, singer, model and self-proclaimed nice person.

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Meet Staz Nair. He plays the piano, writes and sings and is a self-proclaimed "nice guy!" Below, he is posing with a fan on Instagram.

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Apparently, the news of his casting was broken in September in a press release for a film Nair stars in titled "Bazodee." It's directed by Todd Kessler, the co-creator of Nickelodeon's "Blue's Clues." Nair plays a man whose fiancee is falling in love with another man. Watch the trailer below.

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Clearly a man of many talents, Nair competed as part of a boy band called Times Red on UK's "X Factor" in 2012. During that time he was very fond of showing off his abs. Who can blame him?

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Larry David's daughter might not be following in her dad's footsteps when it comes to show biz (at least not yet) — but she's definitely gathering a following on Instagram.

Cazzie David, who is in her early 20s, has a public Instagram account that looks like it could belong to one of the "Rich Kids of Instagram," with the occasional snap of her dad added in.

As you'll see from her posts, she's friends with the Kennedys, loves to lay out on the beach, and also has been known to tour Civil War attractions with her dad.

She has 13,800 followers, and thanks to some media coverage of her account from sites like Post Grad Life, Uproxx, and Racked, that number will only continue to grow. In fact, in the time since Racked wrote about Cazzie's account, her follower count has doubled.

If you are already a fan, you aren't alone, according to these tweets:

Keep scrolling to see some of Cazzie David's Instagrams.

Cazzie's life is pretty enviable.

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She hit the genetic jackpot — her dad created "Seinfeld" and stars in "Curb Your Enthusiasm," while her mom produced the Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."

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Her posts about her dad are major crowd-pleasers.

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Exo is a Brooklyn-based startup that is trying to change the way we think about eating bugs. And the company is starting with cricket protein bars.

Cofounders Greg Sewitz and Gabi Lewis started experimenting with cricket-based food when they were seniors at Brown University, after reading a United Nations report that said eating insects could help combat world hunger.

That might seem like a tough sell to an American audience, but the pair raised a $1.2 million seed round in late 2014 from Collaborative Funds, Tim Ferriss (also an investor in Twitter and Uber), and others. And they are currently have the highest sales in the insect snack space — admittedly it's not that crowded. 

The pitch is that with 65% protein content, "cricket flour"— basically ground-up crickets — is much better for the environment that other animal sources. Cows, for example, produce about 100 times the amount of greenhouse gas for the same amount of protein, according to Exo.

But what do the bars taste like?

That’s what we really wanted to know, so we decided to try them out ourselves. The bars are made from certified organic crickets, bred for human consumption, and there are approximately 40 crickets in each bar.

Here’s what they were like.

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We got an Exo sampler pack, which costs $13.

It has 4 flavors of bars...

...Peanut Butter and Jelly, Blueberry Vanilla, Cocoa Nut, and Apple Cinnamon.

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Because of how they appear from afar, we call Mars the Red Planet and Earth the Blue Planet.

But these two worlds don't look so different when you zoom in, which is exactly what scientific satellites do to give researchers information on how different regions of each planet change over time.

We've collected some of these satellites' spectacular images of Mars and Earth and juxtaposed them to test your skills.

Can you tell which is the planet you call home and which is the desolate, lifeless wasteland more than 141 million miles away?

LEARN MORE: Epically awesome photos of Mars

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Which photo is of Earth and which of Mars?

Earth is on the right.

During a recent pass over the Australian continent, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly snapped 17 photos from the International Space Station, and they all look insanely alien — almost like certain features on Mars.

Mars is on the left.

When temperatures heat up in the Martian spring, the carbon-dioxide ice in the polar caps sublimates, meaning it changes from its solid form directly to a gas, into the atmosphere, leaving behind these distinct starburst patterns. Why the melting process makes these characteristic patterns is a subject of ongoing research.

(All of the photos of Mars shown here were taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Each Mars photo has false coloring that highlights distinct Martian features, like sand dunes.)

Which photo is of Earth and which of Mars?

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Walmart gave investors some bad news on Wednesday.

At its annual investor day, the company cut its outlook for profits over the next two years. It said it expects a drop of 6% to 12% in 2017. 

Shares got wrecked, and fell about 10% to log the stock's worst intra-day drop in at least 15 years.  

By Thursday, several Wall Street analysts had cut their price targets on the stock, which was down less than 1% in premarket trading near $59.69 per share.

For the most part, Wall Street is recommending investors to hold steady. One is saying to sell. Three say buy.

Here's a roundup of what 13 analysts are saying:

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Goldman Sachs: NEUTRAL

Rating: Neutral

Price Target: $58 (cut from $67)

Comment: "New guidance reflects three underlying factors, in our view: (1) WMT’s competitive edge, historically largely assortment and price, has faded relative to purveyors of extreme value (clubs, hard discounters) or extreme convenience (dollar stores, hard discounters), as ecommerce has neutralized the impact of selection. (2) Until recently, the firm has been earning respectable returns well in excess of its cost of capital, as other retailers facing competition (BBY/SPLS from AMZN, UK food retail from hard discount) have absorbed sharp declines in ROC. (3) WMT contends it has seen enough return on its investments in labor to justify investing more money into the US business."

Jefferies: NEUTRAL

Rating: Hold

Price Target: $58 (cut from $71)

Comment: "We weren’t expecting a great EPS outlook for FY17 due to higher expenses, but the expected EBIT margin contraction is greater than anticipated. It’s hard to disagree with the actions management is taking and investors could ultimately be rewarded for the tough decisions being made today, but, in the short-term, higher expenses and lower earnings, FCF and ROI are going to keep shares range-bound at new lower levels."

Morgan Stanley: NEUTRAL

Rating: Equal-weight

Price Target: $60 (cut from $68)

Comment: "WMT's transition from a mature retailer to an omni-channel operator is costing more and lasting longer than expected. Not sure it's the last time we'll be saying this."

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Every year the Society for Science and the Public hosts a national science competition for students in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade.

The competition, called the Broadcom Math, Applied Science, Technology, and Engineering Rising Stars (MASTERS), selects two outstanding projects for a grand prize of $25,000 and $10,000 and recognizes an additional 28 exceptional students for their work.

These 30 students compete against thousands of other students across the country to earn the prestigious title of Broadcom MASTERS finalist. This year's finalists were announced on October 6.

Check out how these pre- and early teens wowed the judges with their creativity, intellect, and astute knowledge of the scientific method. Be warned — these kids might make you feel a little inadequate!

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Audrey Glende (12) wants to save the fish — in your aquarium.

At age 12, Audrey Glende has found a way to help save lives — fish lives. Glende realized that fish waste produces the toxic chemical ammonia that can accumulate to dangerous amounts in new aquariums.

But by introducing mulm — the unattractive dark brown layer at the bottom of fish tanks — Glende discovered that ammonia-fighting bacteria, which build up over time and are prevalent in older aquariums, could reduce the risk of fish deaths in new aquariums.

Andrew Eggebraaten (14) designed a sophisticated robotic hand.

There are a lot of prosthetics on the market, but there's nothing quite like Andrew Eggebraaten's robotic hand, which can perform 58 different tasks. Even more impressive, the hand responds to voice commands and can change how hard it squeezes an object.

At just 14, Eggebraaten is already an expert in electronics — he even taught LEGO Robotics to younger students this summer.

Anish Singhani (13) developed technology for people with paralysis.

Anish Singhani has his own YouTube channel "iShareTech" and says that engineering and technology are his "relaxation tool." For his project, Singhani designed both hardware and software to enable a commercial brain-wave sensor device to communicate with a wheelchair and virtual keyboard.

Singhani hopes that his technology will improve the quality of life for those who are paralyzed. He has also designed a number of apps, which you can download on Google Play.

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The first few minutes of your morning are the most important of your day and can set the tone for positivity and productivity.

Ideally, you have an app or clock that taps into your natural circadian rhythm and wakes you during your "best time" within a certain window.

Getting jarred out of a deep REM slumber to the sound of a blaring alarm clock sets you up for a negative day brimming with fatigue and crankiness.

But getting the right alarm clock is only part of the battle.

Here are six ways to start your morning better while kicking bad habits that destroy good sleep hygiene.

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Give yourself at least a 15-minute window of no screen time.

Besides turning off an alarm that might be on your phone, resist the urge to check your email or social media.

It sets you up for a day of being enslaved to technology, and your morning time should be reserved just for you.

This might mean disabling notifications on your home screen so you're not tempted by that Facebook notification or mounting emails.

Swap out the coffee for lemon water.

Lukewarm water with a fresh lemon squeezed into it has numerous benefits — but you need to drink it first thing in the morning.

It starts your metabolism to burn the most fat while sustaining muscle, cleanses your mouth and throat, and gives you a boost of energy.

Wait at least 30 minutes before brushing your teeth, drinking or eating afterward. This might be a toughie for caffeine addicts, but you can manage 30 minutes and it's a great way to ease off the coffee fix.

Sit up correctly

There are endless "bad ways" to get out of bed, but only one best way if your body allows for it: Roll over onto your right side, then push yourself up into a sitting position before standing with a straight back (no hunching).

It's the gentlest way to get up, takes the pressure off your heart and back, and is a great, easy ritual to start your morning right.

The housing market may not be the bright spot of the recovery, especially as more people are starting to lose their homes.

According to the real-estate information company RealtyTrac, foreclosures rose in the third quarter from this time last year, and many states are seeing significant increases.

"The widespread rise in foreclosure activity in the third quarter compared to a year ago is the result of two starkly different trends taking place," Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac, said in the report. "In states such as New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York, a flood of deferred distress from the last housing crisis is finally spilling over the legislative and legal dams that have held back some foreclosure activity for years."

Thirty-three states had year-over-year increases in foreclosure activity, and the country registered a 3% increase as a whole.

Bank repossessions, one of the better-known types of foreclosure activity, increased 66% in the third quarter from the same time period in 2014, with a total of 123,040 properties seized.

RealtyTrac also included a breakdown of each state's foreclosure information. We've compiled the 12 states with higher foreclosure rates than the national average, which was one house out of every 407. Each state also includes the change in foreclosure activity from the third quarter last year and the total number of properties involved in foreclosure.

Check it out below from lowest foreclosure rate to highest.

12. Delaware

Foreclosure rate: 1 in 385

Total Properties with Foreclosure Filings: 1,059

Year-over-year Foreclosure Change: -20.50%

Source:RealtyTrac

11. North Carolina

Foreclosure rate: 1 in 378

Total Properties with Foreclosure Filings: 11,496

Year-over-year Foreclosure Change: 7.00%

Source:RealtyTrac

10. Indiana

Foreclosure rate: 1 in 353

Total Properties with Foreclosure Filings: 7,940

Year-over-year Foreclosure Change: -6.88%

Source:RealtyTrac

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One of the best ways to learn about a new culture is to try their favorite sweets.

Whether you’re sampling fragrant musk sticks in Australia, salted licorice hard candies in Finland, or chili powder-coated gummy spaghetti in Mexico, your dessert has never been so interesting.

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Salmiakki

Just because it’s candy doesn’t mean it needs to be sweet. Scandinavians love their salmiakki, a salted black licorice. It’s sold in hard and soft candy form but also used as a flavoring for liquor, ice cream, and soda.

Musk sticks

These pink sugary confections, popular in Australia and New Zealand, taste like musk—a flavor that most people associate with strong cologne.

Bamba

Bamba may look like cheese doodles, but don’t expect them to be savory—these Israeli treats taste more like peanut butter.

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From fabulous forts to charming castles, these customizable mini-homes are every kid’s dream.

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Victorian castle

This grand Victorian playhouse gives children a charming place to play pretend.

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Fort house

For the thrill-seekers, this fort comes equipped with a net ladder and a lookout tower.

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Rustic cottage

Decorate this rustic cottage with beautiful flowers for fall.

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Sometimes — most times — our predictions of the future are hilariously wrong. (Looking at you, whale bus.)

But sometimes people get it frighteningly right, like J. Elfreth Watkins, a civil engineer from the 19th century.

Watkins made over a dozen lofty predictions about the future and was off-base on only a small number of them.

Here are Watkins' predictions, published in a 1900 issue of "Ladies' Home Journal" under the title "What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years." 

Americans will be taller by one to two inches.

On average, 21-year-old males are an inch and a half taller today than they were in 1912. Females are approximately half an inch taller.

The steady increase in height is due largely to an improved diet. We are consuming more protein, vitamins, and minerals than we were in centuries past.

We're also much more medically advanced, so we can stop diseases from taking over our bodies and preventing those important nutrients from getting absorbed. 

Express trains [will travel at] one hundred and fifty miles per hour.

Even though Watkins' prediction that typical rail services will travel 120 miles per hour was twice the actual speed, his prediction for express trains was dead-on, if conservative.

The Acela express train hits top speeds of 150 miles per hour.

The Shinkansen in Japan, known more commonly as "bullet trains," glide along at 198 mph.

And if Elon Musk's Hyperloop comes to life, we could see trains approaching the speed of sound, or 760 mph.

Ready-cooked meals will be bought from establishments similar to our bakeries of today.

The frozen-food industry is worth $33 billion.

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With a multitude of potential threats radiating over the border from North Korea, South Korea can not be lax when it comes to security. 

As such, Seoul places a premium value on the training and capabilities of its military and police forces. This is clearly illustrated through the para-military capabilities of the South Korean National Police (KNP) SWAT teams.

A 2014 video from LiveLeak shows the incredible training in small arms maneuvers that these SWAT members go through.

The KNP is responsible for most security operations within the country, including counter-terrorism measures, riot control, and hostage negotiations. The KNP also, on occasion, carries out join exercises with the Korean Coast Guard and Army.

The highlights of the KNP training video are in the following GIFs:

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A trainee practices strafing while alternating fire between a pistol and a submachine gun.

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Trainees practice disarming, and counter disarming, techniques.

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A prospective SWAT team works in a pair, coordinating movement and cover fire.

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As airlines and airplanes have evolved, so have their "liveries"— the exterior designs, including paint colors and logos, on the aircraft.

As planes crisscross the globe, their exterior graphics not only represent the companies that operate them, but in many instances also serve as visual ambassadors for their respective homelands.

A great airline livery gives onlookers a taste of a carrier's values or its culture's ethos in an attractive and effective color scheme.

You mess with this at your own peril. Airlines like Southwest, Spirit, and American have recently updated their liveries, with mixed results.

Others have hit home runs. Here's a selection of 15 airline exterior designs that look simply amazing.

15. Air Malta: The national airline of the small Mediterranean island nation recently revamped its livery to feature the Maltese Cross prominently on the tail and wingtips.

14. China Southern Airlines: Based out its hub in the city of Guangzhou, China Southern is the country's largest airline. Its elegant exterior design features a combination of multiple hues of blue with its tail dominated by a brilliant red kapok flower.

13. Asiana: The Seoul, Korea-based airline may not have the eye-catching turquoise paint scheme of its rival — Korean Air — but its simple yet elegant design depicting a blossoming flower is still one of the best around.

For more than three decades, BMW's Motorsports division has been turning the company's passenger cars into road-going speed machines. This week, BMW unleashed its latest M car, the M2, upon the world. 

The introduction of the M2 finally gives BMW's 2-Series its own representative in the company's M lineup. Since it landed on US shores a couple of years ago, the 2-Series has been one BMW's most highly praised models. Consumer Reports gave the M235i a score of 98 out of 100 on its road test. That makes it the third-highest-rated car in the world and the highest-rated car not made by Tesla, according to Consumer Reports.

We also liked the 2-Series quite a lot.

Have a closer look at the new BMW M2.

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In 1985, BMW's Motorsports engineers worked their magic on the company's compact 3-Series coupe. The resulting first-generation M3 (known as the E30) was a revelation for buyers of sports cars.

The M division followed a simple but highly effective formula. The M3 paired a powerful inline-four-cylinder engine with ...

... a world-class driving experience and ...

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An Arkansas mom recently made her daughter's dreams come true by throwing her a CVS-themed birthday party.

Sarah Fortune's daughter Iris has been obsessed with CVS since construction on the pharmacy started in their town a few years ago. Sarah and Irish would drive past the construction site twice a day, on the way to school and back.

"Being that she was only three when it opened, she watched the progress of the structure being built for nearly half of her life, so naturally it was a big deal when the store finally opened," Sarah writes on her blog.

Now that the store's been open for a while, Iris's love of CVS is unwavering. Sarah writes that when she asked Iris if she'd rather go to CVS or Disney World, Iris couldn't choose.

"So when your kid puts CVS on the same level as Disney World, you embrace it," Sarah writes. "When they ask for a CVS birthday party, you throw it. One day it won’t be so simple to make her happy, so for now I take her to CVS when we have a few extra minutes to spare and try my best to make her birthday party special, as tricky as it may be (after all, there are no Pinterest boards for this, folks)."

Keep reading to see photos from Iris's CVS-themed fourth birthday party.

First, in case you doubted her devotion, here's a video from about a year ago of Iris wailing about her love for CVS.

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Here she is three weeks ago, dancing down the aisle and confidently proclaiming, "C! V! S!"

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The birthday party was held in a park near Sarah and Iris's home.

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We've pointed out some of the best personal finance books to read and podcasts to listen to.

If those didn't strike a chord or fit into your busy schedule, we have a third option for you.

To get smarter about investing and psyched about managing money, start by bookmarking these 11 sites:

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1. The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool aims to build a strong investment community, which it does by providing a variety of resources: the website, books, a newspaper column, a radio station, and a newsletter. 

This site has something for every type of investor from basic lessons for beginners to investing commentary on mutual funds, stock sectors, and value for the more advanced. It offers free features such as a stock-rating service, and fee-based services such as a newsletter, so you can choose exactly how you want to learn. 

2. Finance at Khan Academy

This interactive website provides clear and concise videos on every financial topic you could imagine, including 401(k)s, Roth IRAs, traditional IRAs, compound interest, stocks and bonds, and discussion of current economic topics.

This site is ideal for the visual learners. The videos are generally under ten minutes each, so this is also an option for those who don't have the time or patience to read an entire book about how to deal with their money.

3. Morningstar

Morningstar is where it all started in terms of ranking mutual funds, and it does a great job of it. In addition to being able to review your portfolio and find top funds quickly, it provides solid descriptions and in-depth analysis of the funds.

You'll also have access to news, tutorials, and forums.

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Salary potential shouldn't be the sole thing that attracts you to a major in college — things like passion, interest, and aptitude should also be considered. But it's still nice to know which degrees pay off the fastest. (And we can't blame you for being drawn to those.)

PayScale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database, recently looked at the starting pay for millions of professionals and sorted the results by college major.

Here are the 25 majors with the highest starting salaries:

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25. Management Information Systems (MIS)

Median starting pay: $56,300

Median mid-career pay: $95,500

% change from starting to mid-career: +52%

24. Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET)

Median starting pay: $56,600

Median mid-career pay: $85,400

% change from starting to mid-career: +41%

23. Nursing

Median starting pay: $56,900

Median mid-career pay: $73,600

% change from starting to mid-career: +26%

Over the weekend, US Airways ceased independent operations after more than 75 years in business.  Flight 1939 — the final flight operated using the US Airways name — started at the airline's Philadelphia hub before flying to Charlotte, Phoenix, San Francisco and Philadelphia.

After its final flight, the Tempe, Arizona-based airline combined its flight and ticketing operations with its merger partner, American Airlines. 

This is the culmination of an $11 billion merger that was first announced in 2013. Prior to the merger, US Airways boasted a fleet of more than 300 jets. The post-merger American Airlines now has the largest fleet in the world, with more than 900 mainline aircraft.

"US Airways Flight 1939 was the final US Airways flight to take off – ever," An American Airlines spokesperson told Business Insider in an emailed statement. "It was named in honor of the year that US Airways started flying 76 years ago as a mail carrier."

Chris Sloan and Ben Wang of Airways News criss crossed the country on board US Airways' final flight. Here's what it was like on board the historic flight. 

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In 1997, US Air rebranded to become ...

... US Airways.

In 2005, US Airways merged with American West Airlines. The new airline operated under the US Airways name, but with America West CEO Doug Parker at the helm.

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