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CLOSING BELL
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Deal time. Stocks rose as European Union leaders agreed on measures to tackle the region's sovereign debt crisis and data showed U.S. consumer confidence rose to a six-month high: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 The former IBM Building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is getting a new tenant -- and name: MORE>>
Maryland's governor won't support Exelon's proposed $7.9 billion takeover of Baltimore's Constellation Energy: MORE>>
Amazon to give customers discounts tomorrow if they use its price-comparing smartphone app in a retail store: MORE>>
• Some brick-and-mortar retailers aren't happy about it: MORE>>
Google-funded study happily concludes that Chrome is a much more secure browser than Firefox: MORE>>
Apple iPad 3, with retina display, slated for February: MORE>>
• Motorola Mobility wins injunction against Apple in Germany: MORE>>
• Apple's lawyers design "acceptable" tablet for Samsung that we're pretty sure no one would ever buy (Gizmodo): MORE>>
Judge OKs release of $2 billion to MF Global customers: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"These performance metrics hold ComEd financially accountable," said ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore. Starting in 2013, if ComEd doesn't reduce the length of outages each year for the next 10 years, regulators can cut into its bottom line: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Illinois Tollway wants I-PASS customers to check their accounts today after discovering a software problem that has caused erroneous charges: MORE>>
• Light snow causes at least two deaths on roadways: MORE>>
Man found guilty in 1993 Cicero slayings of girl and grandmother: MORE>>
Hospital fire kills 89 people in India: MORE>>
Syrian forces kill at least 24 as protests spread: MORE>>
• Arab League says it won't allow a "massacre" in Syria, though they still have no apparent plans to prevent one: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
A Friday event that was supposed to promote efforts to clean up land in the Lake Calumet region turned into an impromptu lobbying session for a Chicago casino, thanks to Illinois Senate President John Cullerton deciding to go completely off-topic during a discussion. More from Clout Street: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Bulls are quiet as free agent dominoes start to fall: MORE>>
• NBA refuses to approve three-team trade that would have sent Hornets All-Star guard Chris Paul to the Lakers: MORE>>
Former San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds should get 15 months in prison, prosecutors tell judge: MORE>>
It's official: University of Illinois hires Toledo's Tim Beckman as new football coach: MORE>> LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>
OFF THE CLOCK
 Jonathon Brandmeier's first show on WGN-AM 720 begins with the host spilling water on his control board, though things seemed to get better from there. The Tribune's Steve Johnson has a full review: MORE>>
Christopher Nolan debuts the first few minutes of "The Dark Knight Rises" to a slavering fanboy crowd: MORE>>
Hulk Hogan sues ex-wife after she claims that he abused her: MORE>>
Eddie Murphy could play former D.C. mayor Marion Barry in an HBO film directed by Spike Lee: MORE>>
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Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Clear and painfully cold, with lows between 11 and 15 degrees. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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