 An off-duty police officer was shot and killed Thursday night during a robbery at a convenience store in the Austin neighborhood where he worked as a security guard, officials said.  | Mobile payments spotlight phone security Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments. |  | On The Town: 10 things to do this weekend Chicago events for this weekend and beyond, including New Year's Eve concerts, Buddy Guy, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the O'Jays, an Elvis tribute and Paul Rodriguez. |  | Mitt Romney's dog days Surely you've heard the story about Mitt Romney's dog. If you haven't, just wait. The more desperate the GOP primary campaign gets, the more likely you are to hear it again. |  | New year, new laws State lawmakers captured plenty of attention this year for high-profile new laws reshaping Illinois' landscape: a major income-tax increase, civil unions for same-sex couples, and a death penalty ban. |  | Illinois may alter child support formula State officials for the first time in decades are pushing a major overhaul of a system that touches one of the most volatile of all family issues: how child support is calculated. | |  | |
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