What if we told you there was a hamster who has been trading cryptocurrencies since June - and recently was doing better than Warren Buffett and the S&P 500? Meet Mr. Goxx, a hamster who works out of what is possibly the most high-tech hamster cage in existence.

A stunned silence met Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway officials when they told the Regional Transportation District how much it would cost to allow commuter-rail service on its lines from Westminster to Longmont. $535 million. Upfront. The price - delivered during an October meeting in Chicago - was close to RTD's own calculations for the last and longest segment of the FasTracks commuter system.