After my double mastectomy, I turned my side hustle into a full-time business. We did $60,000 in one month.

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Bette Bentley holding a box of Skimpies against a pink background.
Bette Bentley went all-in on Skimpies from her hospital bed after her double mastectomy.

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  • Bette Bentley invented Skimpies, an underwear alternative.
  • She was hand-delivering the product to acquaintances and barely breaking even.
  • After undergoing a double mastectomy, she fully committed to the business, and sales soon followed.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bette Bentley

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Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Teslas robot army

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Tesla's earnings calls are always a fun listen, mostly because company CEO Elon Musk never runs out of weird things to say.

This time, during the company's Q3 2025 report on Wednesday, the comment that took the cake was Musk's insistence that he needs the proposed $1 trillion compensation package to control Tesla's "robot army."

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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to break into the cockpit

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An American Eagle American Airlines Embraer E175LR takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A problem with the plane's intercom and knocking on the cockpit door made the pilots think someone was trying to break in.

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  • An American Airlines flight returned to Omaha 20 minutes after taking off.
  • The pilots declared an emergency after mistaking an intercom issue for a security threat.
  • Passengers ultimately reached Los Angeles more than four hours later than expected.

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Snapchat is making its AI lens free. Heres how to get it.

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Three phone images show Snapchat's AI lens in action.

The AI-generated video competition has heated up with the recent launches of OpenAI's Sora 2 and Google's Veo 3, and it looks like Snapchat is doing everything it can to stay in the race.

The company announced on Wednesday that its Imagine AI, a lens it previously launched in September for paid subscribers, will now be free for all U.S. users. Imagine AI allows users to create AI-generated content

I'm a millionaire and had a rift with a family member over a $1,000 loan. It wasn't about the money.

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Joy Slabaugh
Joy Slabaugh works as a financial therapist. Even with her expertise, lending money to family members can be difficult, she says.

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When one of my relatives asked for a $1,000 loan, I felt two emotions immediately: guilt and dread.

Guilt because I had more financial resources than they did — I'm a millionaire who has worked in finance for decades. Dread because I've seen, both

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