As crime rates continue to fall, countries around the world are realizing their abandoned jails and prisons could be better served to house a different kind of resident: tourists.

Some facilities have been so transformed as to be unrecognizable, while others preserve some of the original aesthetic.

From Boston's chic Liberty Hotel to the spooky iron-clad corridors of the Jail Hotel in Switzerland, here are some of the most drastic transformations from prison to hotel.

Talia Avakian contributed to an earlier version of this article.

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Alcatraz Hotel: Kaiserslautern, Germany

The Alcatraz hotel in Germany was a prison from 1867 to 2002, when it was refurbished to include 56 rooms for guests.

You have the option of sleeping in the newly-renovated rooms or in one of their "cell rooms," where you'll find three levels of original cells from the prison including barred windows, shared toilets, and even what they consider to be a traditional prison breakfast of pumpernickel bread and jam. 

Best Western Premier Hotel Katajanokka: Helsinki, Finland

Hotel Katajanokka was a former county prison where prisoners would await trial. It is said to have hosted Risto Ryti, Finland's fifth president.

Today, the Best Western hotel still houses its original brick walls and includes the Restaurant Jailbird, where you can see original inscriptions from inmates along the walls. The rooms, designed with a minimalistic style, were made by combining two to three of the former cells and offer luxurious amenities like saunas in the larger suites. 

Four Seasons Sultanahmet: Istanbul, Turkey

You'll barely be able to tell that the Four Seasons in Sultanahmet used to be a jail in 1918, until you take a closer look at its details.

The old wooden doors that lead to the lobby are from the original jail and engravings from an inmate in 1938 detailing the names of former inmates can be found on a marble pillar inside.

The hotel offers a luxurious stay, converting the former exercise courtyard into a beautiful outdoor dining area and the watchtowers into elevator shafts. Plus, it's close to some of the area's best sightseeing stops like the Hagia Sophia Museum and the Topkapi Palace. 

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Chipotle has reopened a restaurant in Sterling, Virginia, which was the source of a suspected norovirus outbreak that sickened multiple customers.

The company says the Sterling restaurant was sanitized during the two days that it was closed.

"While the restaurant was closed, multiple teams performed complete sanitizations of all surfaces," Chipotle CEO Steve Ells said in a statement Wednesday. "We also provided support to any customers or employees who had reported illness to ensure their well-being."

Customers reported symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, dehydration, and nausea after eating at the Sterling restaurant on Friday and Saturday. One person reported two hospitalizations as a result of the illnesses.

Chipotle's stock dropped more than 4% Tuesday after Business Insider reported on the restaurant's closure. 

Chipotle said the customers' symptoms are consistent with norovirus.

"It is unfortunate that anyone became ill after visiting our restaurant, and when we learned of this issue, we took aggressive action to correct the problem and protect our customers," Ells said. "We quickly and proactively notified local health officials, deployed our safety support teams, and voluntarily closed the restaurant."

Customers who fell sick after eating at the Sterling restaurant reported "vomiting violently," fevers, "violent stomach cramps," and dizziness for several days.

"Friday 7/14 Daughter and friends went to Chipotle," one customer wrote on iwaspoisoned.com. By the next morning, the person said, the daughter was "violently sick, puking, diarrhea, severe pain, overnight into Sunday." The customer added: "Friends ill as well with one friend also in ER."

The daughter was hospitalized Sunday for dehydration, nausea, and pain and on Monday was still in "severe pain," according to the customer.

"This is the worst that I have ever seen," the customer wrote.

Norovirus is different from E. coli, the bacteria that led to a widespread outbreak at Chipotle restaurants in 14 states two years ago.

The virus is highly contagious and causes symptoms like stomachaches, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. It's the most common cause of foodborne illnesses in the US, with more than 21 million cases annually.

Cases of norovirus stemming from restaurants can often involve a worker who failed to wash his or her hands after going to the bathroom.

Chipotle has dealt with norovirus cases in the past. In December 2015, nearly 120 Boston College students fell sick after a norovirus outbreak at a restaurant close to campus.

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Marc Bell, a financier, producer, and former CEO of adult networking site FriendFinder Networks (best-known as the corporate parent of Penthouse), is once again selling his massive South Florida home. Even at a discounted $29.95 million, it's still the most expensive home listed in the city of Boca Raton, an affluent enclave north of Miami. 

The mansion was previously listed for $35 million in May 2014. According to Bell, the family had found a buyer for the house but decided at the last minute not to move.

"We had a rebellion [from our kids] who wanted to live out their high school days there," Bell told Business Insider. "We decided not to sell and take it off the market."

 Nestler Poletto Sotheby's International Realty has the new listing.

The eight-bedroom Mediterranean-style house is obviously beautiful from the outside, but don't let its stylish facade deceive you; inside, there's an extensive re-creation of the starship Enterprise, along with plenty of other "Star Trek" memorabilia. There's also a "Call of Duty" room, basketball court, and 2,000-square-foot ballroom turned arcade.

But if "Star Trek" isn't your thing, you might also enjoy the home's extensive entertaining areas and gated-community perks. It has a little something for everyone. 

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Bell's home is a jaw-dropping 27,000 square feet on 1.6 acres.

The house is situated inside a Boca Raton country club and has some impressive amenities to go along with that, like tennis courts, a golf course, and a shopping center. "Imagine living in a resort," Bell said. "Everything is there."

The front door has beautiful Mediterranean details, and palm trees shade the entryway. But don't let the classic exterior fool you.

According to both a retail CEO and analysts, Hispanic shoppers are spending less in 2017 than in previous years — and the industry is sounding the alarm.

"The Hispanic consumer in the US is shopping much less," Target CEO Brian Cornell said during the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference Tuesday.  "Particularly among border towns in the US, you're seeing a change in behavior."

This tracks with what others in the retail community are saying. NPD Group's analysts told Bloomberg that they're seeing an 8% decrease in Hispanic customers' overall spending.

NPD sports industry analyst Matt Powell says that the slowdown is disproportionately impacting the sportswear market.

"Sales of sneakers to Hispanics in the U.S. have slowed dramatically from the previous trend," Powell wrote in June, noting that there there was a dramatic drop in the high-teens when compared to last year.

Why is this happening? According to analysts, it's the Trump effect, which has sprung out of the president's strong rhetoric on immigration. 

"There's concern about going out in an environment where you could be deported," NPD analyst Marshal Cohen told Bloomberg.

Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, echoed those sentiments at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington in June.

Immigrants are "not going out and shopping, they are staying home, they are afraid if they go out they may not come home," he said.

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Compared to the early 1990s, Americans in 2014 had sex nine fewer times per year, on average, new survey data show.

A surplus of time-strapped, over-anxious parents could be a major reason why.

In a report published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, data from more than 26,000 people showed longer work hours and the use of pornography didn't correlate with the decline in sexual activity. Nor did factors like gender, race, income, or level of education. Instead, trends toward helicopter parenting and a growing body of unmarried people seem to be the deciding factors.

"We're seeing more helicopter parenting, which is zapping energy that could go toward sex and other sensual activities," sexuality counselor Eric Marlowe Garrison, who was not involved with the survey, told CNN.

The term "helicopter parent" was coined in 1990, by child development researchers Foster Cline and Jim Fay. It refers to a parent who prefers to monitor their child's behavior in nearly all aspects of their life, from chores to playtime to schoolwork — typically, to allay the parent's fears of harm or failure.

Burdened by these concerns, parents seem to have replaced personal time with parenting time, the new survey data suggests. Kids that were once free to roam their neighborhoods unsupervised now go on sanitized, structured playdates. 

Data also seemed to support falling rates of sexual activity among younger, unmarried people. Millennials are the largest generation in the US, and research has found many people are delaying marriage. Unmarried people naturally tend to have less sex, report investigators from the latest study, so it would make sense for sexual activity to fall in parallel.

Some research indicates the growing prevalence of smartphones has made sex less appealing for younger generations  accustomed to scrolling by their lonesome.

As part of a larger trend, the US is currently forming into what economists have called a "demographic time bomb." It's the vicious cycle of low fertility rates combined with decreasing spending. As families feel presure to save money, they avoid having kids, which produces smaller future generations.

In the most extreme cases, such as Japan's, the population can actually start declining.

US families haven't created quite that scenario in their own country, but the new survey data don't offer much optimism to suggest families will reverse trends anytime soon. At least, not until parents decide to give kids a longer leash.

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My experience with online dating was not great.

I met guys who never texted back after one seemingly awesome meet-up, guys who ghosted after seven seemingly awesome meet-ups, and guys who looked … different from their profile pictures.

I remember being incredibly frustrated — wasn't the algorithm supposed to match me with guys who were more interested in a relationship and more similar to me than all the lame-os I'd met IRL?

Five years after joining OKCupid (I stopped using it after about a year), I got an answer: Not really. I was on the phone with Mandy Ginsberg, who is the CEO of Match Group North America, meaning she oversees Match, Plenty of Fish, and OKCupid.

Ginsberg told me a personal story, the moral of which is this: No matter what medium you use to meet people, you're going to face the same challenges in finding a relationship.

In between her stint as CEO of Match.com and her current role as CEO of Match Group North America, Ginsberg spent almost three years running The Princeton Review, which was at the time owned by Match Group.

When she returned, she remembers thinking:

"Because of the sheer numbers and the volume and number of people, I was like, 'Oh, everyone's going to find people. All the problems have been solved.'

"And what I found is that it's not like you're this holy grail that came into the dating category. You still heard the same things you heard, which is ability to have chemistry, or someone not being sure about their intent, or going out on endless first dates and nothing ever clicking."

To be sure, some would say that online dating has created new challenges — like making users think there's always someone better out there than the person they're currently seeing.

But if you think joining a dating service will revolutionize your romantic life, you're likely in for a rude awakening. People are still people — now you're just being introduced to a bigger pool of them.

That doesn't mean you won't meet the love of your life online — you might — but it may take some rejection and disappointment before you get there.

Ginsberg said: "It didn't matter if dating happened 20 years ago or 10 years in the future; it's still going to have the same challenges."

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Whataburger is to Texas what In-N-Out is to California. Both companies are still family-owned, regional chains — an anomaly in a market that's dominated by national multimillion-dollar fast-food companies.

In-N-Outs are scattered throughout the Southwest, and the brand is expanding its Texas presence with plans to open another location in Houston. Whataburger, on the other hand, has locations throughout the South, from New Mexico to Florida. They meet in the middle, in Dallas, Texas, where I ate both side by side in a taste test last fall.

While Texans swear by Whataburger's more traditionally Southern menu items — Texas toast, patty melts, biscuits — Californians rave about In-N-Out's fresh ingredients and "animal-style" burgers. I ordered a burger, large fries, and a chocolate milkshake.

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My first stop was Whataburger. The building is outlined in a classic orange trimming, making it hard to miss when you're cruising down a Texas highway at 80 mph.

Part of Whataburger's Southern charm is displayed right on their windows. There's an American flag and posters repping the neighborhood sports teams.

They take pride in their history — found in most Whataburger restaurants is a framed portrait of the chain's founder, Harmon Dobson, and the original location, which opened in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1950 (right).

In four years, Blaze Pizza has rocketed from two to 200 locations across North America — making it the fastest-growing US food chain ever, according to research firmTechnomic.

Blaze Pizza CEO Jim Mizes credits the fast casual chain's explosion to a commitment to "franchising done right."

"We believe we're on our way to [becoming] a billion-dollar brand. I'm excited by that. I'm more excited by the fact that I believe — five years out — we will be able to say that we re-wrote the book on franchisee relationships," Mizes told Business Insider.

Of the 201 Blaze Pizza restaurants spread across the US and Canada, 196 stores are owned and operated by franchisees, leaving only 2% for the company to run.

This isn't unusual, but some brands tout the fact that they have a majority of company-owned locations as evidence of superior quality. MOD Pizza is another fast-growing, fast-casual pizza chain with over 200 locations worldwide. Roughly three-quarters of its restaurants are company-owned, which CEO Scott Svenson told Business Insider allows the company to control quality and standards with relative ease.

Mizes rejects the argument that company-owned operations are superior to franchisee-owned.

Blaze Pizza partners only with operators who have experience running restaurants. They come from the communities where Blaze is expanding, which Mizes said gives those owners an added incentive to create jobs in their neighborhoods. "They know their people," Mizes said.

"I believe that's a much better structure than of competitors of ours like Mod, who is based in Seattle and who wants to go open up a restaurant in Florida. It has to train somebody for three to six months, call them a district manager, and send them out to whatever part of the country they want to send them to, where the know nothing about that community," Mizes said.

In early July, Blaze Pizza added private equity firm Brentwood Associates to its Rolodex of investors, which includes LeBron James and Panda Express founder Andrew Cherng. It sold a "significant" stake at a valuation of more than $100 millon, Bloomberg reported.

The company plans to open more than 100 restaurants a year beginning in 2018.

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In a changing world, few things have remained as constant as the British royal family.

People all over the world follow Queen Elizabeth II and her large family of kids and grandkids for their dose of inspiration, fashion, and even scandals throughout the years. Acting as a bellwether, the royal family is also a way of tracking the changing times.

Here is what everybody's favorite royals were doing on the year you were born:

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1950: Queen Elizabeth II was a young princess in line to take over the throne after her father, King George VI.

Source: Britroyals.com

1951: Queen Elizabeth II had married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and given birth to two children, Charles and Anne.

Source: Britroyals.com

1952: After several years of ill health, King George VI died in February 1952. Princess Elizabeth was on a royal tour of Kenya when she found out.

Source: Britroyals.com

Dick's Sporting Goods is continuing its private push. 

The sporting goods retailer is releasing a new line of private-label training apparel called Second Skin. The gear is aimed at the elite athlete, with technical specifications that those customers demand.

Dick's VP Ryan Eckel called this an "underserved customer segment" in an interview with Business Insider.

"We really focused, in a very hard way, on this athlete and what their needs are, and built the product around that," he said.

Second Skin is designed specially for high-intensity activities like CrossFit. For example, the Second Skin shirt has grips that keep it from riding up the back, as well as compression that grips important muscles to aid in recovery. It's mean to exist in a niche in the market that demands high-performing gear, and not the mainstream gym goer.

Dick's has already released a line of Second Skin compression undergarments, but this release is the first line of apparel. Prices range from $35 to $150 for compression and training apparel for both men and women.

While that is more expensive than typical sportswear, Dick's says the unique properties make the line a value, and it likely compares favorably to a garment from a name brand like Nike or Under Armour. The line line is available online at SecondSkin.com and in 350 Dick's stores nationwide.

Second Skin is not to be confused with athleisure, however. 

"These athletes don't necessarily want big logos and flashy colors. They want understated, they want minimalist design," Eckel said. "Everything you need and nothing you don't need."

Dick's CEO Edward Stack has previously said in earnings calls it was consolidating its vendor partnerships and focusing on core brands that its customers are clamoring for. That leaves space for the private label brands it's developing in-house, each targeted at a different fitness consumer, like the Calia brand developed with Carrie Underwood. 

"The launch of Second Skin will help fill a void in our store," Eckel said.

Should Dick's keep finding niches in the sportswear market to fill with specialized new private labels like Second Skin, that could present an issue for brands like Nike and Under Armour who currently occupy those spaces with their more general offerings and are still looking for room to grow.

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Add this to the list of potential health reasons to avoid fast food: fecal bacteria.

A recent BBC investigation reportedly found traces of the bacteria in samples of iced drinks from Burger King, KFC, and McDonald’s.

British investigators tested 10 samples at each of the chains for traces of the microbes. KFC fared the worst, with seven of its samples coming up positive for the bacteria. Burger King tested positive in six samples, and McDonald's tested positive in three.

A spokesperson for McDonald's told Business Insider that there are currently no specific health standards in place when it comes to ice production — the only regulations that exist are for unfrozen drinking water. "We would therefore welcome the introduction of an agreed standard and would be happy to work with relevant industry bodies," they said.

The findings come just a month after the same investigation team found traces of fecal bacteria in samples of iced drinks from Starbucks and two other popular UK coffee chains.

The presence of fecal bacteria — which can cause diarrhea if ingested — could be a sign that there are nastier germs also present, said Philip Tierno, a microbiologist at New York University.

"Where there are fecal bacteria present it is an indicator that there could be other germs that are pathogenic [or illness-causing] like Norovirus or hepatitis A or Salmonella that can make you sick," Tierno told Business Insider.

It also suggests that workers at the chains are not keeping themselves clean and that they "have dirty bare hands," he said.

In response to the reports, KFC has shut down its ice machines at the chains that tested positive and has inspected and cleaned ice machines in all of its other locations across the UK, a spokesperson for the company told Business Insider.

"This report is an opportunity for us to emphasize our training procedures and ensure all operations and safety standards are upheld in all Burger King restaurants," a Burger King representative told Business Insider.

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In the market for a helium tank from an Apollo-era spacecraft? How about a bag to collect lunar soil samples? Or an authentic training checklist for launching to the moon?

Welcome to the spectacle that is Sotheby's first "Space Exploration" live auction, which is being hosted on eBay.

The event kicks off at 11 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 20— the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It features 173 lots of space artifacts and memorabilia, which are collectively worth between an estimated $2.9 million and $5.3 million.

Some sellers hope to fetch a premium on rare toys and signed photographs from the Space Race, while others are hawking near-priceless artifacts that could fetch millions of dollars.

One lot that may garner $4 million alone: a dusty bag that Apollo 11 astronauts dumped the first samples of lunar soil, grit, and rocks into in 1969. (The bag was "lost" for decades until the US Marshals Service confiscated it during a raid and later auctioned off — for $995.)

NASA and other groups (including "For All Moon Kind") admonish the sale of such one-of-a-kind spaceflight objects. "This artifact, we believe, belongs to the American people and should be on display for the public," NASA said in a statement shortly after a court granted the buyer ownership of the bag.

That said, here are some of the more notable items in Sotheby's and eBay's live auction and how much they might sell for.

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Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag

Used by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11 to bring back the very first pieces of the moon ever collected — traces of which remain in the bag. The only such relic available for private ownership.

Estimate: $2 million - $4 million

Gemini G1c spacesuit thermal coverlayer

Thermal coverlayer for the Gemini G1C spacesuit, made for Gus Grissom by the David Clark Company, circa 1962.

Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000

Apollo 13 flown flight plan, with drawings by astronauts (1 of 4)

A book that contains the entire Apollo 13 flight plan, including sketches and notations by astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise.

Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000

More than 130 people fell ill after eating at the Sterling, Virginia Chipotle that's at the center of a suspected norovirus outbreak, according to a website that tracks foodborne illnesses. 

Eighty-nine reports were made to the website iwaspoisoned.com indicating that 133 customers fell sick after eating at the Sterling Chipotle last week, according to Patrick Quade, the website's founder. 

Chipotle said Tuesday that it had received a "small number" of reports of illnesses from customers who ate at the restaurant, and closed the location for two days as a result. 

Quade said dozens of customers came forward and reported illnesses after eating at the Sterling location following Business Insider's report on the suspected norovirus outbreak. 

Customers reported symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, dehydration, and nausea after eating at the restaurant.

Quade said the surge in reports is normal in cases like this.

"This is normal [and has] happened with all the other public health confirmed outbreaks that we caught," he said. 

Anyone can anonymously report illnesses to the website, but many people posted pictures of their receipts to prove that they ate there. The website has a successful track record of identifying foodborne illness outbreaks before public health officials are made aware of them. 

Chipotle has since reopened the Sterling restaurant after sanitizing it during the two days that it was closed.

"While the restaurant was closed, multiple teams performed complete sanitizations of all surfaces," Chipotle CEO Steve Ells said in a statement Wednesday. "We also provided support to any customers or employees who had reported illness to ensure their well-being."

Chipotle said the customers' symptoms are consistent with norovirus.

Norovirus is different from E. coli, the bacteria that led to a widespread outbreak at Chipotle restaurants in 14 states two years ago.

The virus is highly contagious and causes symptoms like stomachaches, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. It's the most common cause of foodborne illnesses in the US, with more than 21 million cases annually.

Cases of norovirus stemming from restaurants can often involve a worker who failed to wash his or her hands after going to the bathroom.

Chipotle has dealt with norovirus cases in the past. In December 2015, nearly 120 Boston College students fell sick after a norovirus outbreak at a restaurant close to campus.

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Tech CEOs used to be infamous for their lack of style.

But a photo revealing how much Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has changed over the years shows that the stereotype is changing. 

Here are 12 photos that prove how time and success changed some of tech's most famous CEOs. 

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Back in 2005 when Amazon was just selling books, Jeff Bezos would frequently wear sweaters over collared shirts.

Today, Bezos' appearance has noticeably changed — his shaved head and toned arms recently sparked a meme on Twitter.

Source: Business Insider

Two of PayPal's founding members, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, dressed much more casual back in 2000.

As the second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has described what it was like to take his historic first steps.

But what was he thinking when he left?

When Business Insider asked this question, he started singing a song:

"'Oh man, I wanna go home,'" he sang. "Now that’s not the right tune. 'I wanna go home.'"

It sounded a bit like "Sloop John B," which the Beach Boys released in 1966. This would make sense, since they touched down on the moon July 20, 1969 — 48 years ago this week.

"We were successful doing what we were sent there to do," Aldrin said. "And so when we were cleared for liftoff, I said, 'Roger, Houston, we're No. 1 on the runway.' Now that's a humorous absurdity, but that was the state of mind I was in because we had fixed the circuit breaker problem."

The circuit breaker on the lunar module turned the ascent engine on, so Aldrin and Neil Armstrong would need it to get back to Apollo 11 orbiting around the Moon so they could return to Earth.

At some point, the circuit breaker broke, but Aldrin was able to activate it (and the engine) with a felt-tip pen.

And then they were ready for liftoff. "I wanna go home," Aldrin said.

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Health officials have confirmed that norovirus is what sickened customers who ate at a Chipotle restaurant in Sterling, Virginia, last week, Chipotle told Business Insider Thursday.

At least 133 people fell ill after eating at the Sterling, Virginia Chipotle that's at the center of the latest outbreak, according to the website iwaspoisoned.com, which allows customers to self-report suspected foodborne illnesses.

Customers reported symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, severe stomach pain, dehydration, and nausea after eating at the restaurant.

Norovirus is different from E. coli, the bacteria that led to a widespread illness outbreak stemming from Chipotle restaurants in 14 states two years ago.

The virus is highly contagious and causes symptoms like stomachaches, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. It's the most common cause of foodborne illnesses in the US, with about 21 million cases annually.

Cases of norovirus stemming from restaurants can often involve a worker who failed to wash his or her hands after going to the bathroom.

Chipotle has since reopened the Sterling restaurant after a two-day closure.

"While the restaurant was closed, multiple teams performed complete sanitizations of all surfaces," Chipotle CEO Steve Ells said in a statement Wednesday. "We also provided support to any customers or employees who had reported illness to ensure their well-being."

Chipotle has dealt with norovirus cases in the past. In December 2015, nearly 120 Boston College students fell sick after a norovirus outbreak at a restaurant close to campus.

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Mosquitoes choose their prey — you, perhaps — based on a combination of factors.

But there's good news: Some things that might make you attractive to mosquitoes you can actually change. Scientific research has found evidence supporting several factors that encourage the insects to seek you out.

These studies often involve different kinds of mosquitoes, however, so the things that attract them to you may vary depending on which species live nearby. And many of these studies are small, so keep in mind that these are preliminary hypotheses, not ironclad conclusions.

Mosquitoes are known to transmit deadly diseases like Zika, malaria, yellow fever, dengue, Chikungunya, and West Nile virus. So even though the traits that attract the bugs aren't fully understood, it's wise to try to reduce your allure as much as you can. Here are some factors that scientists have found might make you irresistible to the pests:

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Nike is heading in the right direction, according to Morgan Stanley Research analysts.

The bank predicts Nike's performance will improve based on new products like the Air VaporMax, favorable fashion trends, and the brand's shortening of its supply chain to bring products to market faster. These factors will lead to 5% growth in the 2018 fiscal year, according to the bank.

The VaporMax is a large part of this according to the analysts, and Morgan Stanley considers it emblematic of the brand's continued strength and ability to create innovations that customers want to buy.

"Our checks suggest Air VaporMax can become Nike's next $1 billion shoe," the note reads.

The VaporMax is Nike's latest Air-based innovation. It strips all the foam and rubber from the sole of the shoe, leaving the plastic airbags that all Nike Air shoes have completely exposed. That skeleton-like sole is then attached to Nike's Flyknit woven upper.

Nike has constrained its supply of the shoe since its launch earlier this year, dribbling out new colors periodically since then. Reviews of the shoe seemed polarized in the sneaker community, which some clamoring for the unique design and others thinking they were too far out there. The sneakers retail for $190.

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Millennials, the largest generation in US history, are rushing into cities in search of good jobs and opportunities. But many are finding upon their arrival a shortage of affordable housing options.

One solution: Shack up with local older folks.

As people 20 to 36 years old struggle to pay their rent and still come up with disposable income, real-estate company Trulia has found in a recent analysis a surplus of empty rooms in the homes of baby boomers — some 3.6 million rooms, according to Trulia's analysis.

If they decide to live together, this could present lucrative opportunities for both age groups.

"For retired or soon-to-retire boomers, extra rooms are an opportunity to supplement income and offset cost-of-living increases" by an average of $14,000 a year, wrote Trulia data analyst Cameron Simons. "For young adults, renting a room as opposed to a one-bedroom apartment could save them up to $24,000 annually."

Trulia's analysis included data on the top 25 rental markets in the US. The top five markets for would-be landlords included Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts; Oakland and San Francisco, California; and New York City.

Renting out a room in San Francisco could net boomers an additional $1,800 a month, or $22,000 a year, the analysis found.

Housing experts have been observing the trend of boomer parents becoming empty-nesters for the past several years. Many have predicted there will soon come a "great senior sell-off," in which boomers who feel they have too much space will offload their real estate to millennials.

But the latest research shows millennials just aren't buying. According to Trulia's analysis, boomer homes in the top 25 markets have an average of 4.2 bedrooms but only 2.6 household members.

Not every market carried the potential for so-called "boommates," as Simons called them. In a sample of the 100-largest markets, those in Florida repeatedly fell toward the bottom in the availability of spare rooms. Simons explained the absence of rooms as a product of boomers choosing to downsize after their kids move out.

If younger and older people don't have any qualms with cohabitation, the solution could fill a genuine need for millennials in search of cheaper housing and boomers nearing retirement and facing risks brought on by loneliness and isolation, which happens to be just as deadly as smoking and twice as deadly as obesity.

"Older generations provide a source of wisdom and experience to younger generations," Simons wrote, "and in exchange the older generations are exposed to and taught about new technologies, ideas, and perspectives."

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