Twitter has acquired TweetDeck for $40 million to $50 million – TechCrunch tcrn.ch/mfQD0r

Man dies after human cannonball stunt goes awry bit.ly/hnqeOT

Google says it will make Kansas City, Kan., first site of its ultra-fast broadband network bit.ly/hfsojE

WordPress.com, which hosts TechCrunch network, other prominent blogs, says it’s under a massive DDoS attack tcrn.ch/fyNQPC

‘App’ is named 2010 ‘Word of the Year’ by American Dialect Society bit.ly/eZeWD8

US News & World Reports tells staff it will end monthly print magazine in Dec., focus on digital – Poynter Online bit.ly/db9BWc

Health officials apologize to Oregon girl, 7, after shutting down lemonade stand she was running without a permit bit.ly/boLhmm