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A group calling itself Krause House DAO, named after the late Chicago Bulls general manager, Jerry Krause, has raised $4 million with the long-shot goal of trying to buy an NBA sports franchise.

PepsiCo will buy Quaker Oats for $13.4 billion in stock, giving PepsiCo a new array of food and beverage products, including Quaker's big seller -- Gatorade. The deal gives PepsiCo a boost in its battle with arch rival Coca-Cola over customers who drink non-carbonated beverages. Coke withdrew a pricier bid for Quaker Oats last month. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

It's Black Friday — one of the biggest days for retail spending, when companies slash prices to get us to buy more stuff. If you're tired of this annual exercise in consumption, meet Buy Nothin Day.

What was once a niche sector in Las Vegas has grown into a national mega-business that people can enjoy from their living rooms — and the advertising dollars have followed.

The Federal Trade Commission is making JDI Dating pay more than $600,000 to users who were scammed into paying for upgraded accounts after receiving messages from fake profiles.

One company closely watching the GOP presidential debate believes there's money to be made in the political horserace. PredictIt allows investors to buy and sell shares based on how candidates are doing.

Mitch Teich of member station KNAU reports on the efforts to get the Havasupai tribe hooked up to the Internet. The Havasupai make up the only town inside the Grand Canyon. But steep canyon walls and extreme weather have made Internet access difficult until now.

The concept of "home economics" covers a lot of territory: It encompasses how we cook, eat, clean, make clothing and furniture, raise children -- pretty much everything involved with maintaining a home. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with the co-creator of a huge online archive of more than 1,500 books on the subject.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy says Halloween has taken on the commercial importance of Christmas, much to her chagrin. It used to be a relatively unadorned festival. Now it's full of lawn ornaments, lights and plastic tchotchke.

Author Nicholas Carr is says the Internet is changing the way we think — and not for the better. In his new book, The Shallows, he laments that the Web has returned humans to the "natural state of distractedness" that served us well back when we were cavemen.