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(AP) — Groupon’s board has authorized the local-coupon site to raise up to $950 million in funding, a recent Delaware regulatory filing says. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — It’s the tweet smell of success for courtroom microbloggers in Britain. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — So many people love Justin Bieber. They love him so much, that this year Twitter changed the way it counts its most tweeted-about topics to effectively exclude him. More information: http://yearinreview.twitter.com/retweets/ ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — The popular blogging site Tumblr is working to recover from an outage that’s left it out of service for at least 15 hours. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — A Russian man accused of masterminding a vast worldwide spamming network has pleaded not guilty in a Wisconsin federal court. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a Texas teenager who got in trouble for downloading music without paying. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — U.S. allies around the world have been briefed by American diplomats about an expected release of classified U.S. files by the WikiLeaks website that is likely to cause international embarrassment and could damage some nations’ relations with the United States. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, [...]

(AP) — Three California men who made more than $25 million reselling illegally purchased tickets to concerts and sporting events have pleaded guilty in federal court in New Jersey. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

(AP) — Ask.com is laying off about 130 engineers as it abandons its own technology for indexing and recommending websites. ©2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.