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On Tuesday, a federal bankruptcy judge gave the nod to a Chinese firm to buy a Massachusetts technology company. The company, A123 Systems, makes batteries for electric cars, but some in Congress are fighting to block the deal.

Announced by a simple sign -- "Village for Sale" -- the offer is an admitted attempt to bring attention to the town's plight. But the residents of Dodli say their problems are serious: rising costs, falling prices, bad harvests, inadequate water and high-interest debt from loan sharks.

With the supply of used vehicles failing to keep up with robust demand, prices are creeping up again, with signs pointing to further increases ahead.

The number of Arabs using the Web is still small, but it's growing all the time. More and more Web surfers are using the Internet to connect and share information, even as governments try to crack down on sites they see as "inappropriate."

Have you used Klarna, Affirm or any other option to pay for something in installments? Are you facing unexpected fees or loving the convenience, perhaps for the holidays? We want to hear from you.

Studying Charles Darwin's documents has evolved from visiting the library at Cambridge University to visiting a Web site. The British university has just made a trove of about 20,000 papers from Darwin's life and studies accessible online.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on plans by Intuit, maker of the personal finance management software Quicken, to introduce a new form of computer software that will make it easier to do banking from home. Intuit already has nine million customers who've embraced the Quicken software, and they're hoping to attract customers who may have never used the technology that's now becoming available for banking by computer or who are too afraid to even try.

Many independent health insurance brokers were supposed to be able to sell subsidized health care plans starting Oct. 1. But complications with the rollout of the Affordable Care Act have derailed the plan, and the federal government hasn't said when the problems will be fixed.

More than two years have passed since the Department of Justice seized and shut down three major American online-gambling websites, charged site…