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Hurricane Irene sent East Coast shoppers into stores to stock up on essentials this week, instead of the clothes, notebooks and other supplies that retailers were counting on selling as children get ready to go back to school.

Ruling the list of popular internet trends like planking, owling and leisure diving is a most awkward theme: Horsemaning.

Facebook is getting out of the daily deals business after four months of testing, a move that may ease some competitive pressure on industry leaders Groupon and LivingSocial.

As Hurricane Irene continues to roar up the East Coast headed in the direction for New York City; New Yorker's embrace the calm before the storm and have taken to Twitter to share tips and express mixed feelings towards the severity of the looming threat.

In mid-August, political operative Karl Rove stoked the flames of hope when he told Fox News' Sean Hannity that he sensed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was faltering in his determination to not make a presidential run.

It has been quite a year for New York, as the city has been hit with tornadoes, a blizzard, a heat wave, an earthquake and now a hurricane.

Groupon Inc. CEO Andrew Mason, lashing out at what he called insane and hilarious criticism in the media, defended the daily-deals Web site's record and growth strategy in a lengthy memo to employees Thursday.

Groupon Inc CEO Andrew Mason, lashing out at what he called insane and hilarious criticism in the media, defended the daily-deals website's record and growth strategy in a lengthy memo to employees on Thursday.

It's official: Facebook owns the Internet. Well sort of. The largest social network served up one trillion page view in June, according to figures released for Web traffic that month.

Facebook topped one trillion page hits in the month of June, Time Magazine's Techland blog reports.

Protest took place outside of Edward R. Roybal federal building.

For today only, Aug. 25, Redbook is offering a free one-night DVD movie rental in honor of America's Movie Night.

Popular travel site CouchSurfing has picked up a $7.6 million investment to become a for-profit company.

Would teens not smoke and drug, had Facebook not been there?

The Forbes list of Most Powerful Women in the world for 2011 was released on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

Kabam announced on Thursday that it will come out with a title based on The Godfather movie trilogy for Facebook.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment.

Shares of the parent of online job board Monster.com are down nearly 70 percent this year, with most of that loss coming since early July. A company that once boasted a multi-billion dollar market valuation is now worth less than $1 billion.

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Female politicians took three out of the top five spots in Forbes' 2011 list of the most powerful women in the world.

Facebook has made wholesale changes to privacy, making it easier for you to hide the information you don't want others to see.