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NPR's Emily Harris visited a boot camp for business people interested in new high-tech ventures. With the economy cooling and the bloom off the high-tech rose, these entrepreneurs are proving more cautious than a few years ago. They say this crash course teaches them the business know-how needed to make their dot-com a success.

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is "Fito," escaped from a prison in Ecuador last year and was recaptured late June. In April, a U.S. Attorney indicted him in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States.

The nation's largest insurer by revenue is buying the operations of a big doctor group practice in Calif. The deal is the latest in a string of similar purchases for UnitedHealth and is part of growing trend among insurers seeking to control medical costs.

More than 17,000 sound recordings made by the famed folklorist are now available, for free.

The Atlantic's Eleanor Smith delves into the science behind many purchases, including the tricks retailers use to persuade you.

As the midterms draw near, candidates are sparring with one another on social media. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with professor Jenny Stromer-Galley.

The company disclosed Tuesday that it lost about $304 million in the third quarter after purchasing homes at higher prices than it now expects to sell them at.

Lisa speaks with John Chowning, Vice President of Church and External relations at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville Kentucky about some of the things a town goes through when a factory shuts down. Two years ago the small town lost its largest employer, Fruit of the Loom, but some of the jobs were replaced by Amazon.com. In the last few weeks, residents there have been facing the fear once again of potential job loss, but so far the town has escaped job cuts, at least for now. (5:30).

By almost any metric, the scope of disinformation in America has gotten steadily worse in recent years. But the deplatforming of Trump, and a subsequent dip in lies online, gives room for optimism.

New Hampshire's education commissioner says a new online system for processing teaching credentials will allow educators to focus more on children instead…