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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,019.42 -0.61 | NSDQ 2,626.93 +0.73 | S&P 1,244.28 -0.30
Mixed reaction. Stocks ended flat, but capped the best week for Wall Street bulls in almost three years on news that the U.S. unemployment rate fell to a 2½ year low: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Just months after its acquisition of longtime Chicago-area manufacturing stalwart Alberto-Culver, consumer products giant Unilever plans to shut down the Melrose Park facility and lay off 600 workers: MORE>>
Greg Jarrett is out and Jonathon Brandmeier is in as morning man at WGN-AM 720: MORE>>
Zynga, the online gaming company founded by Chicago native Mark Pincus, tests IPO waters with $7 billion target: MORE>>
Suffering BlackBerry-maker RIM to take $485 million loss on unsold PlayBook inventory: MORE>>
Honda announces worldwide recall for air bag problems: MORE>>
MF Global customer says its entire account is missing: MORE>>
• House panel subpoenas former MF Global chief Jon Corzine: MORE>>
Apple's Siri is irking abortion rights advocates: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"(Wall Street's) lost its purpose and its vision," said billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Marc Cuban, who opined that Wall Street has become a "platform for hackers" that use high-frequency trading and complex algorithms to make money, rendering it useless: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Donald Trump tapped to moderate what will likely be the strangest GOP debate ever: MORE>>
• Newt Gingrich tries to explain why he supports child labor: MORE>>
• Herman Cain to meet with wife to determine whether his candidacy has a future: MORE>>
Ex-Chicago cop admits robbing on behalf of a street gang: MORE>>
Judge says he'll hand down Blagojevich sentence Wednesday: MORE>>
Protesters and police tussle over barricades at Occupy San Francisco site: MORE>>
• Occupy Boston allowed to stay in city's Dewey Square: MORE>>
• In New York City, arrested protesters say NYPD officers cravenly ate their pizzas (NYMag): MORE>>
Vice President Joe Biden confers with Turkish leaders about Syria and Iran: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Microsoft researcher David Heckerman, the inventor of Microsoft's spam filter that protects Hotmail, Outlook and Exchange clients, has turned his attention to designing a vaccine for HIV, saying that fighting spam and fighting HIV are not as different as some might think. More from the LATimes' Technology blog: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Bulls to open postponed season in LA versus the Lakers: MORE>>
• Magic Johnson to bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers: MORE>>
The Bears (and 30 other clubs) decide to take a pass on Donovan McNabb: MORE>>
Penn State officials say student applications remain strong: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Novelist Salman Rushdie accused of "unchivalrous behaviour" by a New York socialite he is said to have wooed, and then abruptly dumped, over Facebook: MORE>>
Brad Pitt helps console suicidal man at "Moneyball" screening: MORE>>
Scarlett Johansson allegedly hates Blake Lively for dating Johansson's former husband Ryan Reynolds: MORE>>
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Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Mostly clear in the early evening, then becoming mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 30s. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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