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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,196.37 +46.24 | NSDQ 2,649.21 -0.35 | S&P 1,261.01 +2.54
Little action. Stocks were mixed in choppy trading as differences emerged between European officials struggling to craft a debt-crisis deal ahead of this week's summit: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion just cannot catch a break: MORE>>
• A closer look at RIM's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad month (and year): MORE>>
WMAQ-Ch. 5 is teaming with the Chicago Reporter newspaper to boost local coverage: MORE>>
CME Group forms panel to head off future MF Globals: MORE>>
Go Roma, a fast-casual Italian restaurant chain based in Northbrook, plans to expand outside the Chicago area: MORE>>
• MetraMarket development at Ogilvie will soon include a nearly 13,000-square-foot restaurant: MORE>>
Naperville-based natural gas utility Nicor gets final OK to merge with Atlanta's AGL -- with some conditions: MORE>>
McDonald's slapped with fine in Brazil over Happy Meal toys: MORE>>
Drugmaker AstraZeneca slashes 1,150 U.S. sales jobs: MORE>>
Swedish carmaker Saab moves a step closer to liquidation: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"(The laboratories are) just swamped right now with testing for charging stations," said Daniel Gabel, electric vehicle manager for ComEd. Chicago's first charging station capable of powering up an electric vehicle within half an hour has been installed at Midway International Airport: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined $20,000: MORE>>
• Chronology of the Blagojevich investigation: MORE>>
• Developer "Tony" Rezko to appeal his own conviction and sentence: MORE>>
Winnetka officials shut down discussions on whether the town should offer affordable housing: MORE>>
• We are kind of stunned that there is a Winnetka resident with a real name as amazing as "King Poor": MORE>>
Two bodies found in a Sauk Village home for sale: MORE>>
As Syria's death toll tops 4,500, the country's president tells Barbara Walters that "only crazy people" kill their own people: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Over at The New York Times blog DealBook, reporter Kevin Roose takes note of two horror stories that surfaced in media reports this week, both of which involve young financiers who took "intense, possibly overzealous approaches to dating": MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky arrested on new sex abuse charges: MORE>>
White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, now a free agent, narrows list to three teams: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 "MASH" star Harry Morgan dies at age 96: MORE>>
• "Drift Away" singer Dobie Gray dead at age 71: MORE>>
Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys among Rock Hall inductees: MORE>>
Alec Baldwin kicked off flight for playing video game: MORE>>
Two years after their divorce, Jesse James is still insulting actress Sandra Bullock: MORE>>
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Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Mostly clear and cold, with lows in the lower 20s. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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