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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 11,657.96 -297.05 | NSDQ 2,606.96 -77.45 | S&P 1,218.28 -35.02
Stocks cut steep losses amid growing opposition from Greek lawmakers to Prime Minister George Papandreou's bid for a referendum on the EU bailout plan for Greece: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
CME Group first to notice MF Global used clients' money as its financial woes mounted: MORE>>
• CME profit beats expectations in surge on trading: MORE>>
 Bank of America retreats on plan to charge $5 monthly fee for debit card usage: MORE>>
Peanut butter prices soar after worst peanut harvest in decades: MORE>>
• Rising food prices may hurt holiday spending: MORE>>
Mobile carriers selling information about your favorite apps, video, websites and locations to highest bidder: MORE>>
Groupon sticking with $16- to $18-per-share range for IPO that could be priced by Thursday: MORE>>
The Carson Pirie Scott Gateway store on Chicago's Riverside Plaza will close for renovations for four months in January: MORE>>
Boeing Chief Financial Officer James Bell plans to retire in April next year: MORE>>
Allstate CEO Tom Wilson appears to have gotten the message from unhappy shareholders: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"These aren't as relevant as they once were ... it just doesn't make sense to build huge hotels anymore," hospitality consultant Ric Mandigo said about Chicago's biggest hotels: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
A federal jury in Chicago has handed down a split verdict in the extortion trial of Springfield power broker William Cellini: MORE>>
 Chicago native Dorothy Howell Rodham, the mother of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, has died at the age of 92: MORE>>
Uptown man dies after trying to remove his own pacemaker: MORE>>
Only a third of Illinois grade school students have the reading skills they need, with scores showing no gains from a decade ago: MORE>>
Dr. Conrad Murray will not testify in his own defense: MORE>>
Plane carrying 230 passengers from New York to Poland arrives safely with no landing gear: MORE>>
Abdurrahim El-Keib, pitched from academic obscurity to head Libya's new government, sets about selecting his Cabinet: MORE>>
"Freshman 15" a myth, study finds: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Jen Weigel explores the question of whether anything can be done about the office mate who refuses to take direction, in Lessons for Life: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Theo Epstein's compensation still unresolved at deadline: MORE>>
• Rosenbloom: Free agent Prince Fielder a fit for Cubs: MORE>>
Illinois congressman Bobby Rush compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 It certainly wasn't about the clothes for supermodel Heidi Klum this Halloween: MORE>>
Kim Kardashian's 72-day betrothal just one of many short celebrity marriages. The shortest is actually 55 hours: MORE>>
Queen Latifah to host daytime talk show: MORE>>
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Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Afternoon temperatures 12-degrees milder than Monday and 9 degrees above normal. High of 65. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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