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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,808.71 +153.41 | NSDQ 2,404.82 +68.99 |S&P 1,123.95 +24.72
Energy boost. Bernanke's reassurances lift stocks in a choppy session that saw the S&P dance with the bears: MORE>>
• "Night of the Living Dead" meets Wall Street: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Expected iPhone 5 intro turns in iPhone 4S debut: MORE>>
• It's all about the features and software -- and iPods: MORE>>
With a freshly minted UAW contract, Ford to add 1,100 jobs in Chicago: MORE>>
• Just as companies announce plans to cut 650 in Illinois: MORE>>
Fed head tells Congress to watch the deep budget cuts: MORE>>
• Time running out for Greece (yahoo.com): MORE>>
Peoples Gas program to help Chicagoans keep warm: MORE>>
Things still iffy at Bank of America website, ATMs: MORE>>
Diaper sales down, rashes up: MORE>>
• In a potentially unhealthy trend, 1 in 10 parents are skipping kids' vaccines: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"If capital markets don't enable the firm to roll over its debt, I don't think AMR can generate free cash flow without further cost cuts. At the end of the day, it's bad to be the high-cost producer in any industry, but it's immensely worse when you operate in such a marginal sector as the airline industry," Morningstar analyst Basili Alukos on the bankruptcy prospects of the parent of American Airlines: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 CTA on the way to being $277 million in red: MORE>>
• Sharing to help city-county shave $11 million from budgets: MORE>>
• Mayor Rahm knows where to find $3 million more: MORE>>
Inspector general's office in a TIF with Maggie Daley's charity: MORE>>
Amanda Knox is on her way home: MORE>>
Doth New Jersey's Chris Christie protest too much?: MORE>>
Notes from Larry Summers MORE>> and the Justice Department MORE>> show why it's probably not a good idea to put things in writing.
When Afghanistan and India meet, Pakistan is never far away: MORE>>
• 13 dead in execution-style attack in Pakistan: MORE>>
• Somalia bomb blast kills at least 70: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Chicago Teachers Union officials, seeking to head off longer hours, detail their "better school day" proposal for aldermen, in Chicago School Notebook: MORE>>
• See how that plays with Yo-Yo Ma: MORE>>
• Charter school finances get a closer look: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
At least the NBA and players union are talking: MORE>>
Blackhawks give GM Bowman three more years: MORE>>
Was that Jay Cutler in the audience at "DWTS"? MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Madonna in Super Bowl lineup: MORE>>
• Hank Williams Jr. out of Monday Night Football's: MORE>>
Michael Jackson's doctor apparently was just a little distracted when the singer was dying: MORE>>
• Accused "underwear bomber" makes explosive opening argument: MORE>>
Playboy Clubs lasted a whole lot longer than their namesake TV series: MORE>>
HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Good day, sunshine. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
• And the news gets more heartening (USA Today): MORE>>
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