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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,020.03 -25.65 | NSDQ 2,626.20 +5.86 | S&P 1,244.58 -2.38
Easing up. Stocks pulled back as investors took a breather a day after the world's major central banks moved to stave off a credit crunch: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Northwestern Memorial Hospital to add more than 650 permanent jobs and 700 construction jobs as part of its proposed 2014 opening of an outpatient care pavilion: MORE>>
Labor Department files sexual discrimination complaint again Lake Forest-based boat-maker Brunswick: MORE>>
AT&T throws hissy fit after seeing an FCC report on its thwarted T-Mobile deal: MORE>>
General Motors may redesign the battery for its Chevy Volt: MORE>>
Google's talking to major retailers and shippers to create online shopping service that delivers goods in just one day: MORE>>
• Google Chrome overtakes Firefox in popularity: MORE>>
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to halt foreclosure-related evictions over the holidays: MORE>>
Facebook now allowing 63,206-character status updates for anyone insane enough to write one that long: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"What I'm pleased about is, we're pitching. We're in the ball game," said Ohio Gov. John Kasich, commenting on the news that Ohio has offered $400 million in incentives to lure Sears' corporate headquarters away from Illinois: MORE>>
• Caterpillar excoriates Illinois for its "rudderless, dysfunctional business climate": MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Islamists in Egypt say they have won a dominant majority in the country's first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak: MORE>>
• United Nations says Syria now in a state of civil war as death toll surpasses 4,000: MORE>>
First lady Michelle Obama is in Chicago today for a memorial service for Valerie Jarrett's father: MORE>>
As the Supreme Court prepares to consider health care reform, Justices Kagan and Thomas are being asked to sit it out: MORE>>
U.S. to relax some curbs on aid to Myanmar: MORE>>
More military dogs showing signs of combat stress (NYTimes): MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Penn State University, still coping with the fallout from a sex-abuse scandal involving its former football coach, will divert $1.5 million from its athletics programs and donate it to groups that help victims of sexual violence. More from the LATimes blog Nation Now: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
In interview, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau addresses Carlos Boozer's critics and says the Bulls must beat the Heat this year: MORE>>
Vikings to release struggling quarterback Donovan McNabb: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 It's official: Roger Ebert says "At the Movies" is going on hiatus: MORE>>
• Former Chicago radio personality Kevin Matthews is joining Steve Dahl in cyberspace: MORE>>
Fox Searchlight is being super-careful about how it's marketing the NC-17-rated film "Shame": MORE>>
Adele may sit out the Grammys despite receiving six nominations: MORE>>
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 Weather | Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of light snow, and lows in the upper 20s. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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