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Groupon's shooting star is crashing to earth, it seems, at least as far as Wall Street is concerned. Investors have filed a lawsuit, claiming the company made misleading statements in its IPO, and the SEC is investigating its accounting practices. Meanwhile, Chicago magazine offers up some Groupons we'll never see.