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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,493.57 -119.96 | NSDQ 2,546.04 -33.42 | S&P 1,204.42 -14.47
Stocks were lower in see-saw trading on light volume as investors paused after a four-day rally and awaited Friday's payrolls report: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
Major automakers posted double-digit U.S. sales gains for August from year-earlier levels: MORE>>
 Someone lost an iPhone 5 prototype in a bar. Must be close to launching: MORE>>
Google offers its first Groupon-like deal: MORE>>
A former Chicago developer who converted hotels in Chicago and other cities was arrested on federal tax evasion charges: MORE>>
Discover buys $2.5 billion in student loans from Citi: MORE>>
Only 8 percent of business leaders believe the economy will improve in the next six months: MORE>>
U.S. mortgage rates hover at record lows: MORE>>
Twelve items that didn't last long at McDonald's (Yahoo): MORE>>
• McDonald's food you can't get in the United States: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"I'm not going to hire anyone, white or black, with saggy pants," said Florida state Sen. Gary Siplin of Orlando who pushed a severe anti-saggy pants law through Florida's legislature: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Free bus, train rides end for most older transit customers: MORE>>
Federal prosecutors say they have discussed a possible plea deal for Wrigley bomb suspect: MORE>>
Mail-delivered source of illness on Illinois Air Force base may remain a mystery: MORE>>
After spat with Speaker John Boehner, President Barack Obama agreed to move his jobs speech to Congress to Sept. 8: MORE>>
Memorial inscription makes Martin Luther King look like an "arrogant twit," says Maya Angelou: MORE>>
Leaders of the Libyan uprising meet with world leaders in Paris to map out rebuilding of Libya: MORE>>
• Moammar Gadhafi vows to keep fighting: MORE>>
Australian authorities have identified the remains of infamous bushranger Ned Kelly, 131 years after he was hanged: MORE>>
People with extra copies of certain genes are much more likely to be very skinny, researchers say: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Hoping to lure top talent to remake Navy Pier, pier officials began an international search for a team of architects and other designers, reports Cityscapes: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Red Sox GM Theo Epstein didn't say no to the idea of joining the Cubs, but Tom Ricketts will have to be prepared to overpay: MORE>>
Bears have put running back Harvey Unga on the reserve/left squad list: MORE>> LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>
OFF THE CLOCK
 Six Flags Great America will open its 2012 season with a new wing-style roller coaster, X-Flight: MORE>>
Superman loses the red trunks in DC Comics' makeover of its superheroes (Wired): MORE>>
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 Weather | Unusually strong late-season hot spell could set Chicago area up for its warmest September open in 58 years. High of 94. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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