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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,153.98 +143.08 | NSDQ 2,480.76 -10.82 | S&P 1,160.40 +9.34
Mixed bag. Economic news and a bailout vote in Germany gave stocks some momentum in choppy trading, though the technology-heavy Nasdaq ended lower: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Boeing 737 nearly flips over after an All Nippon Airways pilot hits the wrong button trying to open the cockpit door: MORE>>
• Boeing asks for Middle East help in plugging financing shortfall: MORE>>
Sears to sell DieHard batteries at Meijer stores: MORE>>
• The move comes two weeks after Sears says it is considering selling its Kenmore brand in other stores: MORE>>
Kraft's Irene Rosenfeld is the most powerful woman in U.S. business, Fortune magazine says: MORE>>
Armour Estate in Lake Forest sold for nearly $7.2 million, the highest price paid for a single-family property in the area this year: MORE>>
Michigan natives mourn the closing of Leo's Coney Island in Wrigleyville: MORE>>
• The Problem Solver helps out a woman who was confused for a sub sandwich: MORE>>
Fee-loving Bank of America to charge $5 a month for debit-card usage: MORE>>
GM claims it will sell 10,000 Chevy Volts in the U.S. by year's end, but as of now, the numbers don't look good: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
 "The results reflect increased uncertainty among CEOs concerning the economic climate and business environment," said Boeing CEO James McNerney. A new survey found that 24 percent of CEOs expected to cut jobs in the U.S. over the next six months, more than double the 11 percent who forecast job cuts in the second quarter: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Occupy Chicago, the little-noticed counterpart to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City, has been going on for seven days: MORE>>
• New York City police criticized for using pepper spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters: MORE>>
Babysitters in Indiana accused of using 2-year-old to steal liquor from store in South Bend: MORE>>
Death toll could rise from listeria outbreak in cantaloupes: MORE>>
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces French writer who accuses him of trying to rape her eight years ago: MORE>>
Afghanistan to suspend effort to work with Pakistan and the U.S. to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table: MORE>>
• Even Al-Qaeda thinks Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 9/11 conspiracy theories are "ridiculous": MORE>>
• Pro-Assad protest in Syria temporarily traps U.S. diplomat: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
The Cook County health system plans to slash hiring, eliminate redundant contracts and reduce maintenance costs next year, but it’s still about $35 million short in its budget. More from Clout Street: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Author of controversial Walter Payton book says his goal wasn't to demonize Payton, but to understand him: MORE>>>
Bears confident they can get run game going against Panthers: MORE>>
Bulls' Derrick Rose faces Spanish matadors in new Adidas commercial: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 We refuse to believe "What's Your Number" isn't a good film: MORE>>
• Anna Faris forced to answer predictable question about the number of men she's been with: MORE>>
• Other movies opening this weekend: MORE>>
Tina Fey, Eva Longoria top list of highest-paid TV actresses: MORE>>
Massachusetts woman's two-faced cat makes the record books: MORE>>
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore reportedly headed for divorce as rumors fly about Kutcher's "serial cheating": MORE>>
• Moore posts photo of herself with caption "I see through you": MORE>>
Gwyneth Paltrow spent yesterday "nursing a horrific hangover" at JFK airport: MORE>>
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 Weather | Very windy and mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of showers and lows in the upper 40s. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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