AOL’s Patch.com has reportedly purchased “hyper-local” news aggregator Outside.In for less than $10 million, reports TechCrunch. The news first surfaced early this morning as a rumor on Business Insider. But TechCrunch has received confirmation of the sale from none other than Patch president Warrent Webster.<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a class="rssreadon" rel="external" title="AOL buys 'hyper-local' news site Outside.In for less than $10M" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110304/tc_digitaltrends/aolbuyshyperlocalnewssiteoutsideinforlessthan10m_1" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110304/tc_digitaltrends/aolbuyshyperlocalnewssiteoutsideinforlessthan10m_1</a></p>