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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,176.76 +322.11 | NQ 2,446.06 +100.68 | S&P 1,162.34 +35.53
Unshaken by quake, stocks surged with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq up more than 2 percent, as buyers emerged before an anticipated address by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke this week: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Chicago and the RTA filed lawsuits against Kankakee and Channahon for millions in lost tax money: MORE>>
Standard & Poor's president steps down after U.S. downgrade: MORE>>
Blue Island's Modern Drop Forge takes incentive to move to Northwest Indiana: MORE>>
• Lime Energy moving headquarters to North Carolina: MORE>>
• EMC Corp. to bring 200 jobs to Chicago in next two years: MORE>>
Kraft Foods cuts Maxwell House coffee price by 6 percent: MORE>>
Microsoft claims Motorola violated seven of its patents: MORE>>
Illinois third from the bottom in new building permits: MORE>>
• U.S. n ew-home sales dip in July: MORE>>
'Dead' Highland Park commodities broker found in Las Vegas after disappearing 32 years ago pleads guilty to identity theft: MORE>>
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason said he plans to marry "dream-pop" musician Jenny Gillespie after Groupon's IPO: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"It is much like an emergency room in our offices during these periods of high volatility," said Casey Mervine, a financial planner in with Charles Schwab in California: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Chicago area, warning about isolated tornadoes: MORE>>
Arlington Heights woman charged after allegedly breaking 2-month-old son's legs: MORE>>
The state revoked the licenses of 11 health care workers who previously were convicted of sex offenses: MORE>>
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled the East Coast from Virginia to Boston: MORE>>
• Hurricane Irene churning toward the Southeast: MORE>>
Sexual assault case against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn dropped: MORE>>
Rebels seized Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli: MORE>>
Most heart attack patients who need angioplasty are getting it within 90 minutes of being admitted to a hospital: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
The new red colored sweet corn developed from a variety of heirloom seeds, is not the genetically modified corn you may have been hearing about. See in The Stew: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Brad Biggs on the 10 things we learned from the Bears' 41-13 loss to the Giants: MORE>>
• Pages from Packers' special team playbook get loose: MORE>>
Notre Dame's new starting quarterback has the name for it: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith separating after 13 years, according to unconfirmed reports: MORE>>
Second City plans upscale theater in Piper's Alley, in former "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" space: MORE>>
Amy Winehouse's toxicology report shows no illegal drugs: MORE>>
Rock 'n' roll godfather Jerry Leiber, the lyricist in the Leiber-Stoller partnership, dies at 78: MORE>>
• Nickolas Ashford, of Ashford & Simpson, dies at 70: MORE>>
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