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Stocks edged up as another round of soft economic data supported a growing belief the Federal Reserve would take new steps to stimulate growth, but tech stocks struggled: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
U.S. files antitrust suit to block AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile: MORE>>
• Despite promise to bring 5,000 jobs back to U.S.: MORE>>
 Sears to sell Craftsman tools at Costco: MORE>>
Kankakee mayor wants Chicago, RTA to drop sales tax suits, fearing companies will leave: MORE>>
Chicago Tribune to drop tabloid edition, return broadsheet to newsstands: MORE>>
President Barack Obama plans to unveil his new job-creation plan to a joint session of Congress Sept. 7: MORE>>
• Obama says jobs at stake in transportation bills: MORE>>
• Jobs recovery continues to sputter: MORE>>
Top 25 CEOs make more money than their companies paid in taxes last year, according to the Institute for Policy Studies: MORE>>
HP decides to do "one last run" of TouchPads after last week's decision to drop its iPad rival: MORE>>
There may be no free lunch, but there's a free breakfast at Chick-fil-A
next week: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"It's not a true coffee market anymore, where the laws of supply and demand hold forth," said Danell Seda, a trader for Walker Coffee Trading in Houston. Speculators have been bidding up coffee prices in recent months: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
An unemployed carpenter from McHenry County finds $150,000 cash in his garden, but doesn't feel lucky: MORE>>
 Illinois public high school students struggle to get a B average as freshmen at the state's universities and colleges: MORE>>
• Search the data by state university and college: MORE>>
Cops say Riverside burglar left his photo on stolen laptop: MORE>>
Three people, including a baby, were seriously injured this morning in a rollover crash on Lake Shore Drive: MORE>>
Three were hospitalized and 13 were decontaminated after a suspicious package arrived at at Scott Air Force Base: MORE>>
BP's offices in Moscow were raided the day after it lost a key deal to ExxonMobil: MORE>>
Syrian troops raid homes in the city of Hama to find those leading 5-month protest against the president: MORE>>
Eating too fast can make you fatter, study finds: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Eric Zorn wishes The Daily Herald luck with its plan to charge for access to its digital editions, in Change of Subject: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Rogers: Ozzie Guillen's constant harping about his contract is getting old: MORE>>
• Rosenbloom: Guillen wants cash; Sox GM wants silence: MORE>>
• Poll: Should Guillen get a new deal?: MORE>>
Olympic skater Apolo Ohno plans to run the Sept. 11 Chicago Half Marathon: MORE>>
Oscar De La Hoya talks about cocaine addiction, cheating, rehab and suicidal thoughts in interview: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Summer's winding down, but there are still a lot of festivals ahead. See what's coming in our festival guide: MORE>>
• For families and kids: MORE>>
• Free events: MORE>>
Michael Jordan becoming a regular at his new restaurant: MORE>>
Mel Gibson reaches $750,000 settlement with ex-girlfriend: MORE>>
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 Weather | Lots of sunshine and some developing puffy cumulus clouds. High of 84. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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