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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,291.35 -2.65 | NSDQ 2,625.20 +6.56 | S&P 1,265.43 +0.10
Mixed messages. And mixed results on Wall Street, as consumers are more confident than housing prices would have you believe: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 No Santa Rally for Sears, Kmart; 100-120 stores to close: MORE>>
• Elsewhere, post-holiday bargain-hunters are out in force: MORE>>
• Except maybe at the Mall of America: MORE>>
Investors buying Mead Johson's claims Enfamil is safe: MORE>>
• As baby formula probe widens: MORE>>
October was not a good month for home prices: MORE>>
Even Mark Zuckerberg, it seems, has to get away from Facebook sometimes: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"While consumers are ending the year in a somewhat more upbeat mood, it is too soon to tell if this is a rebound from earlier declines or a sustainable shift in attitudes," a Consumer Board statement on the December jump in consumer confidence to 64.5, an eight-month high: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Babysitter tells police he killed, dismembered Indiana girl: MORE>>
Motorist dies when Metra train hits car: MORE>>
• Two killed in head-on crash in Southeast Side: MORE>>
• Man shot on Loop "L" platform: MORE>>
Seven days and counting to the Iowa caucuses: MORE>>
• Another Democratic senator to skip 2012 election: MORE>>
Magnitude 6.9 quake rattles southeastern Russia: MORE>>
South Koreans pay visit to Kim Jong Un: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
No. 1 on your list of New Year's changes? Resolve not to fail. Jen Weigel explains how it works -- and it does -- in Lessons for Life: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Passing Marino a breeze for Saints' QB: MORE>>
Sophomore guard leaving the Illini: MORE>>
• Rick Pitino to step down in 2017: MORE>>
Could this be why the Bears aren't in the running? MORE>>
• This sure didn't help: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 "SNL" writer who worked on "Wayne's World" found dead at 63: MORE>>
• Autopsy shows rapper Heavy D died of blood clot in lung: MORE>>
Van Halen hitting road again -- with David Lee Roth in tow: MORE>>
When it comes to marriage, Kim Kardashian is no Sinead O'Connor: MORE>>
See how your picks match up to Michael Phillips' 10 worst films of 2011: MORE>>
HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Forecasters toy with us again about snow. High 39, low 24. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
• It's sure been wet this year: MORE>>
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