• As the nation prepares for Sen. John McCain's final send-off, President Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a campaign rally, according to The New York Times.
• McCain, who died on Saturday, is expected to taken by military transport to an air base outside Washington — just as Trump is holding a rally in Indiana on Thursday.
• White House aides reportedly considered the optics of holding a Trump rally while the nation mourns the longtime senator and Vietnam War veteran, but ultimately decided that it was not possible to make changes to Trump's schedule.

As the nation prepares for Sen. John McCain's final send-off, President Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a campaign rally, according to a New York Times report published Wednesday.

White House aides reportedly considered the optics of holding a Trump rally while the nation mourns the longtime senator and Vietnam War veteran, but ultimately decided that it was not possible to make changes to Trump's schedule.

These aides reportedly concluded, according to The Times' sources, that Trump could weather any negative fallout from such a move.

On Friday, McCain will be taken to the Capitol Rotunda for a televised memorial service where Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan are expected to attend.

Another memorial service will be held at Washington National Cathedral on Saturday, where former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will deliver eulogies, a personal request McCain asked of Obama and Bush months ago.

McCain's final destination will be his alma mater, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he will be buried alongside Chuck Larson, a former Naval Academy classmate and lifelong friend.

But as McCain meticulously planned his funeral processions in detail and invited many notable politicians prior to his death, he intentionally boxed Trump out, an unprecedented move against a sitting president. During the weekend, Trump will instead be at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.

The two political giants feuded for years over public policy and other matters. In 1999, Trump downplayed McCain's military service and suggested he was only considered an American hero because he was captured and held prisoner in Hanoi for five years during the Vietnam War. Trump echoed the same remarks during his 2016 presidential campaign.

McCain in turn criticized Trump's policies, including matters of national security, healthcare, and immigration. He also rebuked what he called the "half-baked nationalism" that Trump popularized during his run for the White House.

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• Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte returned on Tuesday.
• The PSL has become a symbol of what it means to be "basic," or mainstream and unimaginative, over the last 15 years. 
• Starbucks got its start as an aspirational and upscale coffee chain — meaning that the "basic" reputation can cause major problems. 
• In Business Insider's new podcast "Household Name," we talk to experts on Starbucks and what it means to be basic to figure out how the PSL became a basic icon.  To hear the full story, subscribe to the podcast for free here.

The Pumpkin Spice Latte — the most "basic" beverage in the world — is back. 

On Tuesday, Starbucks debuted the Pumpkin Spice Latte, a seasonal drink that has taken on a larger-than-life reputation. One major part of that reputation is the PSL's identity as a sort of mascot of cultural "basicness," as in "basic b----."

To be basic in the era of Pumpkin Spice Latte means to be lacking in creativity or aggressively mainstream and feminine. Noreen Malone, a features editor at New York Magazine who wrote an analysis of the term basic in 2014, defined the word to Business Insider's podcast "Household Name" as a term "some women were using it to describe other women who they didn't think had interesting taste." 

"A lot of what people are criticizing is that these women, mostly women, have the 'wrong' taste and ... they like these mass market things," Malone said in an episode of Household Name all about the Pumpkin Spice Latte. 

For Starbucks, to be mass market and mainstream goes against the chain's roots. Starbucks made its name as the chain that convinced people that coffee was something they should spend more than $1 to purchase. According to Bryant Simon, a professor at Temple University and the author of "Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks," these aspirational roots were once crucial to Starbucks' success. 

"One of the people I talked to for my book said, 'people can't see me everyday in my BMW but they can see me carrying a cup of Starbucks,'" Simon said. "The very overspending of coffee, one said ... that you had money.

All that changed as Starbucks went more mainstream and became more basic. Starbucks broaden its menu and expanded aggressively, growing from 1,886 stores to 16,680 between 1998 and 2008. The chain finally reached a breaking point in 2008, with all stores closing for an afternoon so employees could relearn how to make the perfect espresso. 

While the company's stock and sales recovered after 2008, it couldn't completely shake its basic reputation, especially as the popularity of the Pumpkin Spice Latte (which first launched in 2003) exploded.

Over the last decade, Starbucks has been grappling with how to balance between sweet drinks like the PSL and Frappuccinos and coffee snob-approved beverages like cold brew and espresso-based drinks.

Starbucks has opened more Reserve Bar locations, serving more premium offerings, as well as super-sized Roasteries that show how the coffee is actually made. This year, Starbucks is following up the return of the PSL with the upscale espresso-mocha Cordusio, named after the new Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Milan.

Plus, there are other factors that are impacting Starbucks' reputation. In April, CEO Kevin Johnson was forced to apologize after a video of two black men being arrested at a Philadelphia location of the coffee chain went viral. All Starbucks locations closed for employee anti-bias training, but the company's reputation took a major hit. In May, the company's workplace reputation hit a 10-year low, according to YouGov BrandIndex data.

Starbucks is trying to balance a number of identities in 2018. Is the chain aspirational? Upscale? Progressive? Or, simply basic?

With a growing number of store types, from drive-thrus to Roasteries, and a wide range of beverages, Starbucks seems to be attempting to please everyone and fill every possible role. The Pumpkin Spice Latte may be a major sales drive for Starbucks, but it also represents an identity crisis that the company needs to resolve. 

For more on the PSL, the history of basic-ness, and when the two collided, download the latest episode of Business Insider's new podcast "Household Name."

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• President Donald Trump raged against specific figures in the US media landscape on Thursday with tweets that attacked the press as the "Enemy of the People" after a CNN story came under fire.
• Trump called for the heads of both CNN and NBC to be fired over what he sees as poor performance and bias.
• Trump has been especially critical of CNN, which ran a story citing anonymous sources as saying Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime lawyer, had incriminating information on the president.
• Lanny Davis, Cohen's lawyer, later said he was the anonymous source, despite CNN saying in the story that Davis did not comment.
• CNN stands by the story.

President Donald Trump raged against specific figures in the US media landscape on Thursday with tweets that attacked the press as the "Enemy of the People" after a CNN storycame under fire.

Trump called for the heads of both CNN and NBC to be fired over poor performance and bias.

"The hatred and extreme bias of me by @CNN has clouded their thinking and made them unable to function," Trump tweeted.

"What's going on at @CNN is happening, to different degrees, at other networks - with @NBCNews being the worst. The good news is that Andy Lack(y) is about to be fired(?) for incompetence, and much worse." Trump continued.

Trump's anti-media tirade comes after a pronounced scrape with CNN over a story in which it cited anonymous sources as saying the longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen had incriminating evidence against Trump.

Lanny Davis, Cohen's lawyer, publicly contradicted the story by saying he was CNN's source when CNN's story said specifically that Davis had not commented.

But CNN stands behind the story, and two of its employees told Business Insider senior politics reporter Allan Smith the network's level of commitment to its story is "100%."

On Wednesday, Trump called Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, who co-wrote the piece, "sloppy" and a "degenerate fool" in response. Bernstein fired back on Twitter that he had spent his "life as a journalist bringing the truth to light, through administrations of both parties."

Trump ended his Twitter attacks Thursday morning with a broadside against the media in general.

"I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People!" Trump tweeted.

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• Studies of more than 660,000 people suggest that not all dairy is created equal when it comes to effects on our health.
• People who eat cheese tend to live longer, but drinking a lot of milk can lead to slightly higher rates of coronary heart disease and death.
• Other new studies suggest there might be something about the way fat and protein is arranged in products like cheese and yogurt that makes them better for our hearts than milk or butter. 

Eating cheese and yogurt may be linked to a longer life, researchers at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2018 reported on Tuesday.

The team, led by cholesterol expert Maciej Banach of the Medical University of Lodz in Poland, compiled data from studies of 636,726 people on a long-term scale of 15 years. Their results suggested that not all dairy is created equal when it comes to your heart. 

Drinking milk appears to up risk of coronary heart disease by 4%, according to the study, but consuming yogurt and cheese does not seem linked with negative health outcomes.

The finding aligns with what other researchers around the world are discovering about dairy: Some types may not be bad for us after all. In fact, we've known for a while that people who eat more fermented dairy products like cheese and yogurt are at a lower risk for developing heart disease and Type-2 diabetes. 

"Public health officials should revise the guidelines on dairy consumption," Banach said in a release.

Changing the rules about dairy

Many heart and health experts are increasingly suggesting that overall, the fat in dairy may not be as bad for us as once thought, even though much of it is saturated fat, which is considered one of the heart-clogging kinds.

A roundup of 29 different studies published last year showed no connection between dairy intake and heart disease or death of any kind. Another study published in July followed more than 2,900 American adults for more than two decades and found that people who consumed full-fat dairy had no greater risk of dying from any cause than anyone else. 

Banach and his colleagues have now gone even further, and found that dairy isn't just harmless, it might even be helpful. When the researchers dove into six years of data on 24,474 middle-aged Americans, they determined that eating dairy was associated with a 2% reduced risk of death overall. Consumption of cheese was associated with the best outcome: an 8% lower total mortality risk.

Why milk may be dangerous

But a big implication of the new finding is that it may not be ideal to lump all types of dairy into one dietary category, since milk seems to have a different impact on our hearts than yogurt or cheese.

Milk "appears to increase the risk of coronary heart disease," the researchers said in their release, while cheese (and yogurt, to a lesser extent) does the opposite. 

The difference between dairy products that are more and less healthy may have to do with the way protein and fat molecules are arranged in cheeses and unprocessed cream. The protective shield for fat molecules — the milk-fat globule membrane — is better preserved in foods like cheese and buttermilk. The same can't be said of butter, which drains off that membrane. And in the homogenized milk we buy in the grocery store, the globules have been shrunk. 

Still, a word of caution is in order: Banach said it's hard to tease out exactly which kind of dairy is the best for our bodies based on the observational studies he looked at.

"It is indeed very difficult to confirm the causality, because it is almost impossible that some participants might intake only the given dairy product without the other ones," he told Business Insider in an email. He added that a "well-designed, randomized, controlled study" is needed.

Other researchers are already taking up that charge. One such study conducted recently in Ireland found that overweight adults who ate full-fat cheddar cheese reduced their cholesterol more than peers eating reduced-fat cheese or butter. 

So while cheese and yogurt can be a beneficial part of your diet, it may be best to keep milk and butter intake in check, at least until we know more. 

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• President Donald Trump and his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen devised a plan to purchase decades of dirt The National Enquirer built up, The New York Times reported Thursday.
• The plan was never finalized, the publication reported.
• Last week, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of federal felonies, including two campaign-finance violations stemming from hush payments to two women who alleged affairs with Trump.

President Donald Trump and his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen devised a plan to purchase more than 30 years of dirt The National Enquirer built up on the future president prior to the 2016 presidential election, The New York Times reported Thursday.

That plan was never finalized, The Times reported, adding that it was hinted to during a secret recording Cohen made of Trump in September 2016 that was seized by the FBI. It was then released publicly by Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, last month.

The September 2016 conversation featured the two men discussing a plan to buy the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal's story. McDougal says she has an affair with Trump years ago.

American Media Inc., which owns The Enquirer and whose CEO, David Pecker, is close with Trump, purchased McDougal's story for $$150,000 in August 2016 but never ended up publishing the account. That practice is known as "catch and kill," and it effectively silenced McDougal's allegations.

"It’s all the stuff — all the stuff, because you never know," Cohen said on the recording of a plan to purchase information from The Enquirer. Cohen also said he needed to "open up a company for the transfer of all of that info, regarding our friend David."

Several Trump associates told The Times about both the plan to buy the trove of information and of its existence. Pecker cooperated with federal investigators and was given immunity as part of the Cohen probe that took place in the Southern District of New York.

Last week, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of federal felonies, including two campaign-finance violations stemming from hush payments to McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels, who also alleged an affair with Trump.

The Times reported it was unclear whether federal prosecutors scrutinized the proposed plan to buy all of the dirt. Lawyers for Trump and Cohen declined to comment to The Times, as did American Media Inc.

Last week, The Associated Press reported that Pecker kept some sensitive information on Trump in a physical safe.

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• Warren Buffett married Susan Thompson in 1952.
• She ultimately left Warren to pursue a singing career, but they remained amicably married until her death in 2004.
• Susan also introduced her husband to Astrid Menks, who became his companion. Buffett and Menks married in 2006.

Warren Buffett has had a less-than-conventional marriage for much of his life.

While the investment guru remained married to his first wife, Susan, from 1952 till her death in 2004, he lived with Astrid Menks. Menks and Buffett didn't tie the knot until 2006, two years after Susan died.

But family members said the unusual arrangement worked for all those involved. According to the Daily Mail, the trio would even send out Christmas cards together — signed Warren, Susan, and Astrid.

"Unconventional is not a bad thing," Buffett's daughter, Susie Buffett, told The New York Times. "More people should have unconventional marriages."

Here's a look inside Warren Buffett's married life.

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Buffett's connection to his first wife, Susan, goes back to long before they were even born.

Source: Business Insider

Susan's grandfather once ran a campaign for Republican United States Representative Howard Buffett, Warren's grandfather. It apparently didn't go well.

Source: Business Insider

Their daughter, Susie Buffett, told Business Insider that it was "the only time my grandpa Buffett lost."

Source: Business Insider

• In honor of Labor Day, some people in the US are enjoying a long weekend.
• Business Insider reached out to some experts on how to set yourself up for success when you have an extra day off.
• Their suggestions focused on prioritizing tasks, setting technology guidelines, and spending time with loved ones.

Labor Day is here, and that could mean you have an extra day off to add to your normal weekend.

But how should you spend your long weekend?

If you're not sure how to make the most of the next few days, we've got some ideas.

Here are 16 things successful people do before and over long weekends:

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They plan ahead

Many successful people plan out their activities for the holiday weekend well in advance so that they are not drawn into the temptation of working, said Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of "The Humor Advantage." They make reservations, book tee times, or schedule activities with their kids.

"They're strategic enough to have an action plan for the three-day weekend, but flexible enough to tackle any urgent work issues that may arise," said Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

They prepare at work

"Most of what they do happens before they leave for a long weekend so that they are psychologically free to relax and enjoy it," Kerr said.

This includes saying proper goodbyes to colleagues, cleaning up their office, finishing any pressing tasks, and creating a clear plan of action for when they return to the office so they can hit the ground running.

They set technology guidelines

Successful people set email and phone rules for themselves and the people they work with, so that people understand when, if at all, they will be available to respond or pick up.

"This can communicate to employees how critical it is for everyone to take a complete break, and that any and all work can wait," Kerr said. "Although employees may assume this, they often need to hear it from their leader to be able to completely relax over a long weekend."

• Chick-fil-A is giving away free chicken nuggets. 
• To get a free eight-piece set of nuggets, customers simply need to place an order using the chain's mobile app. 
• The deal kicks off on Thursday and will continue until September 29. 
• Chick-fil-A is using the free nuggets to highlight its revamped mobile app and new loyalty program, both of which launched earlier in August. 

Chick-fil-A is giving away free chicken nuggets. 

On Thursday, the chicken chain announced that it is giving away free eight-piece chicken nuggets to all customers who order via their mobile apps over the next month.

The giveaway starts on Thursday and will continue until September 29. Customers have the option to choose between the traditional pressure-cooked nuggets and grilled nuggets. 

The deal is a new way to promote Chick-fil-A's recently revamped app. 

Earlier in August, Chick-fil-A announced it had launched an updated mobile app and a new membership program called Chick-fil-A One.

"We want to thank the millions of customers who have joined Chick-fil-A One on our mobile app, and this is just a small way to show our appreciation for dining with us," Kaitlyn White, the senior lead of the Chick-fil-A One Membership program, said in a statement. 

Chick-fil-A one allows customers to cash in points, gathered by spending money at Chick-fil-A, for rewards that will be revealed on the chain's app. Customers will become eligible to start cashing in points for rewards after spending as little as $15 at the chain. The free nuggets are now one of the rewards that customers will automatically receive. 

Customers earn points, recorded on the chain's app, for every dollar they spend at Chick-fil-A. As customers reach higher levels in the rewards program, each dollar they spend at Chick-fil-A earns more points. At the base level, customers earn 10 points per dollar. Silver members earn 11 points per dollar, and Red members earn 12 points per dollar.

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• Family Dollar was acquired by Dollar Tree in 2015.
• Analysts say Family Dollar has proven to be a drag on Dollar Tree's earnings. In its most recent quarterly results, reported on Thursday, same-store sales at Dollar Tree stores alone were up 3.7%, while Family Dollar was flat, sending the company's share price down by 5%.
• "Family Dollar remains the weaker part of the business," Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail, said in May. "A far higher proportion of its shopper base goes there out of necessity rather than because they particularly want to."
• We visited one of its stores to find out what it is like to shop there.

It has been three years since Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar, and so far, it's been a disappointing run. 

The discount chain, which has more than 8,000 stores in the United States, has pulled down its parent company's earnings. In its most recent quarterly results, same-store sales at Dollar Tree were up by a modest 1.8%, but breaking this number down, it becomes clear that there is a weak link in the mix. While Dollar Tree same-store sales were up by 3.7% in the quarter, Family Dollar sales were flat at 0%.

"Family Dollar remains the weaker part of the business," Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail, said in a note to investors in May.

"It is more of a needs-based experience which caters for customers' basic, everyday requirements. A far higher proportion of its shopper base goes there out of necessity rather than because they particularly want to."

Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar in 2015, after undergoing a bidding war with Dollar General, its main US rival. Dollar Tree and Dollar General are almost neck-and-neck in terms of store count and annual sales. Both dollar chains have about 14,000 to 15,000 locations. Dollar Tree generated $22 billion in sales in 2017 compared with $23.5 billion at Dollar General.

The bidding war may have distracted Dollar Tree and led them to "gloss over some of the glaring problems at [Family Dollar]," Credit Suisse analysts wrote in June. 

"Family Dollar clearly preferred Dollar Tree as the acquirer (since the Family Dollar name was more likely to survive), and Dollar Tree likely wanted to prevent Dollar General from nearly doubling its size overnight," the analysts wrote.

We decided to check out what it was like to shop at Family Dollar:

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The Family Dollar store we visited was located in Brooklyn, New York. On average, its stores are around 7,000 square feet in size.

At the entrance of the store was a selection of seasonal products. This tactic is also used by its sister store, Dollar Tree, to grab the attention of the shopper and make sure items with a shorter shelf life don't go unnoticed.

The layout of the store and assortment felt a lot more similar to a Dollar General store than a Dollar Tree.

In fact, Credit Suisse analysts say it would likely have made more sense for Dollar General to acquire Family Dollar. The offering is more in line, and there is a limited overlap in terms of where stores are located.

Family Dollar stores are generally found in urban areas while Dollar General stores are typically located in rural places.

• Dollar Tree and Dollar General are the largest dollar stores in the United States and are neck-and-neck in terms of store count and annual sales. Based on numbers alone, the two chains are almost identical. However, there are some big differences in the shopping experiences you'll have at these stores.
• On Thursday, the two companies reported second-quarter results. Same-store sales at Dollar General were up 3.7%, while Dollar Tree reported a more modest 1.8% growth because of weaker sales at its Family Dollar stores. 
• We put the two stores to the test. 

Bargain-hunting has been the flavor of the past decade.

Since the recession, cost-conscious consumers have flocked to off-price, thrift, and dollar stores in search of good deals. As a result, these stores have seen a surge in sales.

From 2010 to 2015, US dollar-store sales grew to $45.3 billion from $30.4 billion, and hundreds of stores have opened. The credit-rating agency Moody'ssaid it expects this market to grow 8% in 2018. That's about double the growth of 3.5% to 4.5% it expects for US retail in general during the same time.

Dollar General and Dollar Tree are the two largest dollar stores in the United States and based on numbers alone, the two chains are almost identical.

Dollar Tree – and its newly acquired Family Dollar chain – have slightly more locations than Dollar General, but both have about 14,000 to 15,000. In terms of sales, Dollar Tree is a close second, generating $22 billion in sales in 2017 compared with $23.5 billion at Dollar General.

But there is a massive difference in the shopping experience at these no-frills stores. First and foremost, Dollar Tree sells only products that are $1 or under, whereas Dollar General, which once did the same, is now more like a discount retailer.

In recent quarters, Dollar General has outpaced its main rival in terms of sales growth. In the most recent quarterly results, reported on Thursday, same-store sales were up 3.7% at Dollar General and 1.8% at Dollar Tree, because of weaker sales at its Family Dollar stores.  

We visited both Dollar General and Dollar Tree in March to see how they compared:

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We visited Dollar General and Dollar Tree stores that were a 15-minute walk from each other in Brooklyn, New York.

Our first stop was at Dollar General. The chain has 14,761 stores in the US, most of which are located in rural areas.

Dollar General was initially rolled out to areas that were not already served by a Walmart. As these stores are generally in rural markets, they cost less to operate.

Walmart launched a series of mini express stores in 2014 with the aim of winning back the midweek shopper from Dollar General. The strategy was not successful, and Walmart ended up closing these stores and selling 41 of the locations to Dollar General.

Source: Dollar General and Business Insider

On first impression, the store looked great. It was modern and bright.

• Reality Winner thanked President Donald Trump for calling her leak "small potatoes" after she was sentenced to 63 months in prison for exposing a secret US report on Russian hacking.
• Winner was arrested last year on suspicion of leaking an intelligence report the same day The Intercept reported on a secret NSA document.
• Winner, 26, said she "deeply" regrets her actions and said watching the Russia investigation from behind bars is "vindicating but also frustrating."

The former National Security Agency contractor who was sentenced to more than five years in prison for exposing a secret US report on Russian hacking thanked President Donald Trump for calling her leak "small potatoes."

Reality Winner, 26, said she "deeply" regrets her actions, speaking to CBS News by phone from Lincoln County Jail in Georgia on Thursday.

Winner was arrested last year on suspicion of leaking an intelligence report the same day The Intercept reported on a secret NSA document.

The classified document published by The Intercept detailed Russian government efforts to hack a Florida-based US voting software supplier, according to The Associated Press. It also detailed accounts of election officials ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

Authorities have not described the document leaked by Winner or what news organization received it.

Winner is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since Trump took office in January 2016.

On Friday, Trump called Winner's leak "'small potatoes' compared to what Hillary Clinton did."

"I don't like to assume anything as to what's going on in his head, but the 'small potatoes' was a breath of fresh air," Winner told CBS News. "It really made me laugh. It reminded me of me and my own family.

She continued: "We try to make a joke out of everything. We laugh every single day no matter how bad things get, and he really gave a whole sense of humor to the thing 'cause it is quite bizarre."

Winner pleaded guilty in June to transmitting national security information by copying the classified report and mailing it to an unidentified news organization.

Her sentence is the longest ever given for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media.

Speaking to CBS News about her sentencing, she said it has been "vindicating but also frustrating" to watch the investigation into the Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election from behind bars.

"I know that had I been out and allowed some kind of opinion about it I would be doing my due diligence as a citizen, contacting my senators, but as it is I've just been behind bars kind of a spectator, kind of a sounding box," Winner said.

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• Sears kicked off liquidation sales at 46 Sears and Kmart stores on Thursday.
• The locations will permanently close in November, bringing Sears' total number of closures this year to nearly 300 stores.
• The full list of closings includes 13 Kmart stores and 33 Sears stores across 28 states.
• The company disclosed in May that it would close dozens of stores after it announced that quarterly revenue dropped by more than 30%, to $2.9 billion.

Sears kicked off liquidation sales at 46 closing stores on Thursday.

The closing locations include 13 Kmarts and 33 Sears stores across 28 states, including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, and Texas. The stores will permanently close by November.

The closings will bring Sears' total store closures this year to nearly 300.

"We continue to evaluate our network of stores, which is a critical component to our integrated retail transformation, and will make further adjustments as needed," the company said in a statement.

Sears is closing more stores as the company's sales slide, with revenue falling in the most recent quarter by more than 30%, to $2.9 billion, from $4.2 billion in the year-ago period.

Same-store sales during the period dropped by 13.4% at Sears stores and by 9.5% at Kmart.

Sears has cut its store count in half in the past five years. The company had 894 stores as of May 5, down from 1,980 stores in 2013.

Here's the full list of closing stores where sales begin Thursday:

Kmart

• 935 Sweetwater Road Spring Valley CA
• 1075 Shaw Avenue Clovis CA
• 3625 East 18th Street Antioch CA
• 6310 W 3rd Street Los Angeles CA
• 589 Bridgeport Avenue Milford CT
• 301 College Square Newark DE
• 3231 Chicago Road Steger IL
• 11 South Kings HWY 61 Cape Girardeau MO
• 2308 Highway 45 N Columbus MS
• 605 Old Country Road Riverhead NY
• 440 NW Burnside Road Gresham OR
• 101 Great Teays Blvd Scott Depot WV
• 2150 South Douglas HWY Gillette WY

Sears

• Flagstaff Mall, 4800 N US HWY 89 Flagstaff AZ
• Capitola Mall, 4015 Capitola Road Santa Cruz CA
• 2424 Highway 6 And 50 Grand Junction CO
• 2266 University Square Mall Tampa - University FL
• 1625 NW 107th Avenue Doral / Miami FL
• Coastland Ctr, 2000 9th Street N Naples FL
• Oglethorpe Mall, 7810 Abercorn St Savannah GA
• 2860 Cumberland Mall Atlanta GA
• 100 Mall Blvd Ste 300 Brunswick GA
• 1631 E Empire Street Bloomington IL
• 4201 Coldwater Road Fort Wayne IN
• 3000 Mall Road Florence KY
• 1914 Hammond Square Drive Hammond LA
• 50 Holyoke Street Holyoke MA
• Silver City Galleria Taunton MA
• 1250 Jackson Xing I-94 Jackson MI
• 4601 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh - Crabtree NC
• 77 Rockingham Park Boulevard Salem NH
• 1500 South Willow Street Manchester NH
• 4409 Black Horse Pike Mays Landing NJ
• 200 Eastview Mall Victor NY
• 578 Aviation Road Queensbury / Glen Falls NY
• 1400 Union Turnpike New Hyde Park NY
• 2700 Miamisburg Centerville Road Dayton OH
• 9505 Colerain Avenue Cincinnati - Northgate OH
• 11800 SE 82nd Avenue Happy Valley / Portland OR
• 400 Memorial City Way Houston - Memorial TX
• Post Oak Mall College Station - Bryan TX
• 7453 S Plaza Center Drive West Jordan UT
• 12000 Fair Oaks Mall Fairfax VA
• 8800 NE Vancouver Mall Drive Vancouver WA
• 4720 Golf Road Eau Claire WI
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• Crunch Fitness Franchise CEO Ben Midgley gave Business Insider an inside look at his daily routine.
• He wakes up early to exercise in his home gym— and never skips stretching or cardio.
• At night, Midgley turns his phone off and spends quality time with his family.
• He often drinks a glass of milk with honey to wind down.

Crunch Fitness Franchise CEO Ben Midgley doesn't just work in the fitness world.

He lives there too — kicking off every day with an intense gym session and fueling up on a nutritional lunch during the workday.

Midgley — who has been CEO of Crunch Franchise since 2010 and previously worked at 24 Hour Fitness and Planet Fitness — broke down his daily routine for Business Insider.

Here's a look inside the CEO's daily schedule:

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Midgley wakes up between 4:30 and 5 a.m. every day.

Midgley wakes up bright and early, usually between 4:30 and 5 a.m. And naturally, the fitness franchise CEO starts off his day with a workout.

He heads to his basement to exercise for about an hour.

Stretching is a key part of his workout.

The home gym features six cardio machines, stretching mats, and "all your traditional weightlifting equipment," the Crunch Fitness Franchise CEO told Business Insider.

"I'm pretty much a standard weight-lifting-and-cardio guy," he said.

To start, Midgley uses foam rollers as part of a comprehensive stretching exercise.

"I never used to stretch when I was younger," he said. "But I've got to do a full stretching routine every day."

Along with cardio, he said that stretching is something he never skips during a workout.

When it comes to exercise, Midgley considers himself a 'balanced guy.'

Midgley said he typically focuses on working out a different body part each day of the week — although sometimes he'll squeeze in two leg days.

As for his favorite workout routines, he said he likes to mix things up.

"I'm a balanced guy," Midgley said. "I don't favor anything. You've got to work everything."

• Dunkin' Donuts is slowly rolling out its "store of the future" experience. 
• The first part of the rebrand to be rolled out was a name change. The name change is being tested at 30 locations in Boston and 20 nationwide.
• The Dunkin' concept is part of a major rebrand that includes a new store design, drinks like nitro infused cold brew, and digital kiosks to order at, and is currently being rolled out as a test. 
• We visited a newly remodeled Dunkin' store and tried some drinks from the new tap system — here's what it was like.

Dunkin' Donuts is slowly rolling out its "store of the future" experience. 

The first part of the rebrand to be rolled out was a name change. The Massachusetts-based coffee empire began testing the name Dunkin' — without the Donuts — at a handful of Massachusetts locations late last year, according to Eater. Now, the name change is being tested at 30 locations in Boston and 20 nationwide.

The Dunkin' concept is part of a major rebrand that includes a new store design, drinks like nitro infused cold brew, and digital kiosks to order at. The first Dunkin' concept was opened at a Quincy, Massachusetts, location in late 2017, and is bring rolled out nationwide.

The Dunkin' concept isn't necessarily a permanent change — while it will be rolling out to about 50 stores, Dunkin' Donuts said in a statement that it doesn't plan to make any decisions regarding the branding until later this year.

We visited one of the new Dunkin' stores in NYC. Here's what it was like: 

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The remodeled Dunkin' store we went to was in Times Square.

Like the other remodeled stores, the sign only said Dunkin', not Dunkin' Donuts.

The Dunkin' was small, and the only hint of pink or orange was on the logo. The design was much more minimalistic than Dunkin's current stores. At some of the remodeled locations, there will be digital ordering kiosks in addition to cashiers.

• Career mistakes happen, probably more often than not in the early years of your working life.
• Making mistakes can be constructive, adding to your skill set and experience.
• Author Chelsea Greenwood made mistakes during the first five years of her career that taught her valuable lessons about being a professional.

By the time my last semester of college rolled around, I was eager to get out of dodge. Four years of classes and wild parties left me more than ready for a full-time job that would start my career in journalism.

Luckily, it was just before the recession hit, and I had some solid work experience under my belt from interning throughout college. As a result, I landed my first job right after graduation in 2005 as an assistant editor at a city magazine in my home state.  

When you're fresh out of college, it takes some time to transition into a professional, and I definitely made my fair share of mistakes during my first five years of my working life.

Here are 10 biggest mistakes I made in the first five years of my career that I'll never repeat.

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1. I wore my emotions on my sleeve

Less than a year into this job, I suddenly lost a close family member. I was sad and angry, and I didn't try to hide it — I often had a scowl on my face. One day, my bosses sat me down and told me that I was giving off negative vibes and that people were afraid to approach me.

I learned that, even if you're going through tough times, it's best to slap a smile on your face and soldier on.

You can also take a mental health day every once in a while, or, if you feel comfortable with it, it's OK to be honest with your supervisor about what you're going through.

2. I held grudges

If I ever got into a disagreement with a coworker or felt slighted or wronged, I held onto those negative feelings for way too long. I would wind up needlessly stewing and acting passive aggressively, causing further tension. I've learned now to let things go, and I have more peace of mind today.

3. I left early because everyone else had

I was hired in the summer, and a lot of my coworkers were enjoying vacation time. I hadn't accrued any vacation days yet, and I bridled at being stuck at my desk.

So, one day, when everyone else had left early for one reason or another, I decided to dip out a couple hours early. I figured: What harm could it do? When my boss caught wind of it, she was not pleased, and she was right.

I learned that you need to follow the rules of your workplace, even if you don't agree with them in the moment.

Setting off the fall TV season, a few fan-favorite shows shows are returning with new seasons next month.

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5. "The Good Place" (Season 3) — Premieres September 27 on NBC

Summary: "The show follows Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, 'House of Lies,' 'Veronica Mars'), an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife and, thanks to some kind of error, is sent to the Good Place instead of the Bad Place, which is definitely where she belongs."

4. "BoJack Horseman" (Season 5) — Premieres September 14 on Netflix

Summary: "Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s, 20 years later. He’s a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?"

3. "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" (Season 8) — Premieres September 12 on FX

Summary: "A groundbreaking anthology horror drama series created and produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk."

• "La La Land" director Damien Chazelle's new Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" earned rave reviews after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.
• Ryan Gosling stars as Armstrong in the film alongside Claire Foy.
• Through an adaptation of James R. Hansen's biography of Armstrong, "First Man" depicts the challenges that led up to NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

"La La Land" and "Whiplash" director Damien Chazelle's latest film, "First Man," a biopic of astronaut Neil Armstrong starring Ryan Gosling, has earned rave reviews from critics following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday. 

Gosling stars as Armstrong in "First Man," alongside Claire Foy as Armstrong's wife, Jan. The film depicts the turbulent build-up to NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969, through an adaptation of James R. Hansen's biography of Armstrong.

Critics who saw the movie at Venice have praised it as a gripping and hyper-realistic representation of the challenges that came with being the first man to step foot on the moon.

With 12 reviews out of the Venice premiere, "First Man" stands at a 92% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 

Owen Gleiberman from Variety called the film a "turbulently spectacular and enthralling drama" that is "so revelatory in its realism, so gritty in its physicality, that it becomes a drama of thrillingly hellbent danger and obsession."

Gleiberman also wrote in his review that the authenticity of "First Man" made the Oscar-winning 1995 space drama "Apollo 13" "look like a puppet show." 

In a review for The Playlist, Jessica Klang labeled the film "an immersive, immaculately crafted, often spectacular and satisfyingly old-fashioned epic that may well become the definitive moon-landing movie."

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "sober, contemplative picture" with "emotional involvement, visceral tension, and yes, even suspense, in addition to stunning technical craft."

"First Man" opens nationwide on October 12. 

Watch the trailer for the film below:

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• John McCain's 106-year-old mother, Roberta McCain, was once told she was too old to rent a car while traveling in France — so she went and bought a Peugeot instead.
• She was 93 at the time.
• She later had the vehicle shipped back to the East Coast and drove it across the country to San Francisco, according to The New York Times.
• Roberta McCain, who has outlived her son, husband, and twin sister, is expected to attend her son's memorial services this week.

John McCain's mother, now 106, was told at age 93 that she was too old to rent a car while traveling in France— so she went out and bought a Peugeot instead, according to The Associated Press.

Roberta McCain later had the car shipped back to the US and, upon her return, she drove it across the country to San Francisco to gift it to her great-nephew, The New York Times reported.

Such a move was very much in character for the senator's mother, according to The Times. She has always loved to travel, and many of her adventures were in the company of her late twin sister. 

Senator McCain, who died last week at age 81, once got a call from his mother telling him she was on a cross-country driving trip — alone, while in her 90s, according to the AP.

Roberta McCain will attend the memorial and burial services of her son, who she still calls "Johnny," in Washington and Maryland later this week. She has outlived her son, her twin sister, and her Navy admiral husband of nearly 50 years. 

John McCain wrote in his final book that although a stroke had slowed his mother's pace, her "vivaciousness is a force of nature" and she still has "a spark in her, a brightness in her eyes that would light up the world if she could resume her peripatetic life."

Former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama will be among those eulogizing John McCain. Current President Donald Trump was not invited.

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• After more than 60 years apart, hundreds of South and North Korean families separated at the end of the Korean War in 1950 were reunited in August.
• During the reunions, relatives embraced, cried, laughed, and discussed the lives they had missed out on together.
• Here's an inside look at the heartwarming reunions.
  

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Almost 180 families from North and South Korea hugged, laughed, and cried as they came together for the first time in 65 years.

After the separation of the two Koreas, thousands of parents, children, siblings, and other relatives became almost completely isolated from each other.

Through a series of family reunions organized by the Red Cross, select family members sat down together with their long-lost relatives for 11 hours over the course of three days in August.

Take a look at the photos of their reunions:

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After Korea was divided into two countries, families that lived in opposite regions from each other were separated — mothers from their children, brothers from sisters.

Source: History Channel

To this day, many families do not know what happened to their relatives on the other side of the border.

Source: History Channel

But in 1985, the first Korean family reunion was held, and almost 150 Koreans got to see their separated family members for the first time in over 30 years.

Source: History Channel

• Starting a business can feel like a daunting task, especially the first time around.
• There are a multitude of challenges to starting a business, and slip-ups like overworking and not tracking your financials can cost you greatly.
• Author Laura McCamy is a two-time entrepreneur who made costly mistakes with her first company that she made sure to avoid with her second company.

I've run my own small businesses for most of my adult life. First, I was an artist and craftsperson (making jewelry, clocks, and, ultimately, my own line of printed clothing) for more than 20 years.

After I closed that business, I started a second enterprise as a freelance writer in 2013. The start of my two businesses couldn't have been more different.

Though I am grateful for everything I learned from my first business, I definitely didn't want to do things the same way the second time around.

Here are the mistakes I made when I started my first company:

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1. I chose to do something because I thought I could make a lot of money, not because it was my passion

What I did the first time: When I moved to San Francisco, I met people who made their livings selling jewelry and pottery to tourists at Fisherman's Wharf. They had fantastic days where they made hundreds of dollars selling their art on folding tables.

I thought this would be a great way for me to make money, although crafts was not an intuitive choice for me. I liked art, but I was terrible at drawing. Soon I found myself making jewelry inspired by my paintings of San Francisco's landmarks and fantastical cats.

I never hit the jackpot that I'd imagined was waiting for me as a craftsperson, but I stuck with the business for the long term because making art fed my soul. Over time, I became much better at drawing, though it still doesn't come easy to me.

My learning curve was incredibly steep, though, and that cost me when I initially started my business. It took me years to go from clumsy amateur to skilled artist. As a writer, I was able to move very quickly out of the novice phase, because writing comes naturally to me.

What I did the second time: I have wanted to be a writer ever since I learned to read. In 2013, I quit the job I had taken after closing my crafts company and went to work full time as a freelance writer. Within a few years, my writing business became more financially successful than my crafts business ever was. I went from a green newcomer to a skilled writer very quickly, because I am doing the work that I was meant to do (and spent many years training for, from starting a neighborhood newspaper at age 10 to my college major in English and creative writing).

Find the thing you were meant to do, and you'll find the best starting point for your business.

2. I didn't have a clear understanding of my business financials

What I did first: As my crafts business, grew, I pulled money from my retirement savings to pay for equipment and raw materials. I had a gambler's confidence that, any day now, my art would start selling like hotcakes.

It wasn't until I had been in business several years that I took business classes at an incubator called Women's Initiative and learned to track my income and expenses. Within a few years, I was able to predict my business income and plan big purchases at the right time in my cash flow. I saved money from my high-earning months to pay myself in my off-season.

What I did the second time: I didn't make much money in my first year as a freelance writer. That year was my apprenticeship: I freelanced for a local online newspaper that couldn't pay much but gave me a chance to build my portfolio and learn the business. But I had saved up enough from several years of working an office job to get me through my startup phase without dipping into my retirement account.

Most importantly, I started this business with a spreadsheet to track and predict my cash flow. I took charge of my business financials from Day One. When you start a business, understanding the numbers is every bit as important as following your passion.

3. I worked dangerously long hours

What I did the first time: When I started the business, I believed that being an entrepreneur meant working until I was worn down. During the holiday season, when I made a large chunk of my money in my craft business, I rarely got more than five hours of sleep at night.

It's a miracle that I didn't get into a car accident due to drowsy driving. This overwork was terrible for sales, too — I showed up to craft fairs so exhausted that I could barely talk to customers.

What I did the second time: The belief that you have to work long hours in a startup seems even more prevalent now than it was when I started my first business.

But I know that down time is fertile for creativity, and I get more accomplished by working shorter hours and recharging my batteries.

Most weeks, I work 36 hours or less. I have to prioritize fiercely and do only the most important tasks on my list. And I get to have two things I want very much: a successful business and a balanced life. You can start a successful business without running yourself into the ground.