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Where Poor Kids Grow Up Makes A Huge Difference

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You have to pay to play as Scarlett Fox, a character in the mobile game Temple Run. Imangi Studios hide caption

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A 12-Year-Old Girl Takes On The Video Game Industry

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Captive Market: A Consultant, His Girlfriend And The Kidnapping Business

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Why We Sign Up For Gym Memberships But Never Go To The Gym

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Hello, I'm Calling From 'La Mafia'

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Chief Agent Jerry Flowers' says good guys "wear white hats." Nick Oxford for NPR hide caption

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How To Catch A Cattle Thief

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Ricky's employee, George Lanes, shows off one of this year's hottest costumes, Anna, from the movie Frozen. Quoctrung Bui/NPR hide caption

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Pirates, Princesses, Witches And Vampires: Stocking Costumes Is Serious Business

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"They'd get the debt. They'd get people on the phone. They'd start dialing, and start collecting." iStockphoto hide caption

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Spreadsheets, Ex-Cons And A Karate Studio: Life At The Bottom Of The Debt Business

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How College Students Battled Textbook Publishers To A Draw, In 3 Graphs

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You Can Create A Hit Video Game About Anything. Even Making Toast

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The details in a homeowners insurance policy are amazing Jacob Goldstein/NPR hide caption

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Bedbugs, Lava And Bowling Balls: Inside My Homeowners Insurance Policy

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Union soldiers found that gunpowder was sometimes mixed with sawdust. Mathew B. Brady/AP hide caption

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How A Law From The Civil War Fights Modern-Day Fraud

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Medical workers in Monrovia, Liberia, put on their protective suits before treating Ebola patients Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Why Raising Money To Fight Ebola Is Hard

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How much for the blue one? Stacey Vanek Smith/NPR hide caption

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Why Jewelry Stores Hide The Price Tags

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A Tiny, $25 Million Mistake

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Minecraft's Business Model: A Video Game That Leaves You Alone

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The New England Aquarium traded 800 mackerel for 12 puffins. OnceAndFutureLaura/Flickr hide caption

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A Dozen Puffins Will Get You 800 Mackerel: Inside The Weird Economy Of Zoos

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Why Do We Sign For Things? A Rabbi, A Lawyer And A MasterCard Exec Explain

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Shawn Hector and Steve Deutsch hope to invent a chicken coop that can protect chicks like this one. Ana Rodríguez Carrington/Flickr hide caption

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Dead Chickens, A Tiny Motor And The Story Of Alibaba

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