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The daily deal industry has jolted a formerly sleepy corner of the $30 billion online advertising market as Groupon battles with rivals to attract new customers.

Gold rose more than 2 percent on Monday, lifted by weakness in the dollar versus the euro after France and Germany pledged to come up with a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks, while traders remained cautious ahead of further details of the plan.

A video clip, which received nearly 160,000 views, of protesters discussing whether U.S. Rep. John Lewis should leave without speaking to a crowd of more than a hundred people on Saturday in Atlanta surfaced over the weekend and received just as much controversy as viewership.

Stocks rallied on Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed by a pledge by German and French leaders to tackle the euro zone debt crisis.

The power couple donated $340,000 to aid the drought and famine crisis.

Trial against former astronaut who kept camera will take place.

Shares of Apple rose 4 percent after the company announced receiving more than one million orders for the iPhone 4S in a day, nearly 70 percent more than an older version.

Apple Inc.'s next-generation iPhone 4S is fast becoming the people's favorite smartphone. Apple, AT&T and Verizon have exhausted their pre-order supplies of the iPhone 4S, which will begin delivery on Oct. 14, according to media reports.

Netflix Inc Chief Executive Reed Hastings reversed an unpopular decision to separate his company's DVD rental business and online video streaming service, sending the stock up 10 percent in premarket trading.

The U.S. government obtained secret court orders to force Google Inc and a small Internet provider to hand over information from email accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

Stocks rose sharply on Monday as investor sentiment was buoyed by a renewed pledge by France and Germany to come up with a plan to tackle the euro zone debt crisis by month's end.

Nexus Prime could feature next generation technology from Google and Samsung and iPhone 4S is the main target.

I am probably the world’s biggest Beatles fan. I have loved the group since I was a child and could probably recite the lyrics of every one of their 200-plus original songs. However, Paul is addicted to the limelight. He simply cannot get enough of it -- and I think millions of Beatles die-hards (including me) are sick and tired of it.

U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a Staten Island Republican, is the second ally of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to endorse Mitt Romney for president.

The chairman of the House oversight committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said Sunday that he could issue subpoenas to the Obama administration as soon as this week over the botched Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.

At the Let's talk iPhone event, Apple, instead of unveiling an iPhone 5, released an iPhone 4S that features the new iOS 5 and a revolutionary voice-recognition technology.

Pre-orders for the newly released iPhone 4S began on Friday. Have you placed your order yet?

One of the most deadly elements of the U.S. military, the Predator and Reaper drones, may have been targeted by a virus for more than two weeks, during which alleged al-Qaida terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen.

Chalk it up to science by press conference, but an international team announced Monday they are convinced of finding Bigfoot, the mythical creature that has eluded capture by adventurers for generations.

Apple's newly released iPhone 4S (the 16GB version) has reportedly been completely sold out on Apple's online store, at BestBuy and with service providers AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. What that means is that if you still want to boast of having the new iPhone on the actual day of the launch, you will either have to shell out more money and order the 32GB or the 64GB version or queue up in front of Apple stores across the country.

California bans tanning bed use for all minors.