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Stocks fell as warnings about the impact of Europe's debt crisis on the global economy kept investors cautious, but optimism about the U.S. economy limited losses: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Giordano's pizza chain auctioned off to venture capital group for $61.6 million: MORE>>
Lawson Products moving its headquarters and 400 workers from suburbs to Chicago: MORE>>
Struggling OfficeMax will close more stores, shrink existing ones, curb expansion and look for more ways to cut costs: MORE>>
Midwest farmland prices hit the highest level in 30 years: MORE>>
Chicago-based BrightTag launches tool to let Web users opt out of online advertising data collections: MORE>>
Volkswagen Passat named Motor Trend Car of the Year: MORE>>
• Can cars really get 54.5 mpg by 2025?: MORE>>
Oil hits $100 a barrel for first time since July: MORE>>
Don't have any change on you? Salvation Army bell ringers will happily accept credit cards this year: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"These are challenging jobs under challenging circumstances and we need to pay and reward the people who are doing the jobs," said Michael J. Williams, chief executive of Fannie Mae, defending $13 million in incentive pay for Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's top executives: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's first budget passes unanimously: MORE>>
• Cook County overtime crackdown targets lunches, vacation: MORE>>
 Funeral being held today for a 10-year-old Downstate Illinois girl who killed herself amid teasing by her classmates: MORE>>
Daughter of former mayor Richard Daley moves up wedding for ailing mother: MORE>>
Police arrested a 21-year old man suspected of shooting a bullet at the White House last weekend: MORE>>
Poll shows more Americans want health care law repealed than those who want to keep it: MORE>>
President Barack Obama tries to reassure China after announcing plans to boost U.S. military presence in Australia: MORE>>
Outcry over deadly roads in China after 18 nursery school children died when a truck slammed into their overcrowded school van: MORE>>
The source of low levels of radioactive iodine-131 detected in several European countries during the past few weeks still a mystery: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Tribune photographer Alex Garcia shares his favorite iPad apps for photographers, in Assignment Chicago: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Phil Rogers: For many White Sox fans, the idea of Mark Buehrle pitching for the Cubs is a nightmare scenario. But it's not outside the realm of possibility: MORE>>
Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona will not be the next manager of the Cubs, he says: MORE>>
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife for $1 four months ago: MORE>>
• Costas: Sandusky interview came as a surprise: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Alinea received the only three-star rating in the 2012 Michelin Guide Chicago. Other rankings were similar to last year: MORE>>
Gout no laughing matter for Jim Belushi: MORE>> George Clooney's "Descendants" is lovely, funny and sad, says Michael Phillips, who gives it four stars: MORE>>
• Clooney's old "Sexiest Man Alive" title for 2011 goes to ... : MORE>>
Woman drops paternity suit against Justin Bieber: MORE>>
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