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Weak trading. Stocks fell slightly as European leaders met to finalize accords on fiscal discipline and budget measures for Greece: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 The Occupy movement in Oakland, Calif., rages on as arrests reach 400 and City Hall gets vandalized: MORE>>
• Oakland officials are blaming Occupy Oakland for diverting police resources from calls elsewhere in city: MORE>>
Exelon's Byron nuclear plant loses power and goes to backup generators: MORE>>
Most Metra riders will pay 30 percent more starting Wednesday: MORE>>
Walgreen Co. buying prescription files from 33 Kmart stores in 16 states: MORE>>
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to make it the first state in a decade to enact a right-to-work law: MORE>>
Gasoline prices jump, and it's going to get worse: MORE>>
Citigroup Chairman Richard Parson, who steered the bank through its taxpayer-financed bailout in 2008, may step down: MORE>>
Amazon.com unit may be getting into sporting goods: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"Had ComEd maintained a sufficient tree-trimming program in these areas, many of the outages would have been avoided or shortened," said the Illinois attorney general's office, which found that prolonged outages in northern Illinois last summer were caused by years of equipment neglect and lack of tree trimming by ComEd: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Mitt Romney widens his lead a day before Florida's GOP primary: MORE>>
• Republicans unsure why Jeb Bush is staying silent instead of giving his support to Romney (NYTimes): MORE>>
• Newt Gingrich swamps airwaves with attack ads: MORE>>
Surgeon says Sen. Mark Kirk's condition has been upgraded to fair: MORE>>
Jury-skipping man forced to wear sign at courthouse in Lake County, Ind., reading "I failed to appear for jury duty": MORE>>
FAA delays proposed rules on drones in U.S. airspace: MORE>>
Syrian regime to participate in talks on solving the country's crisis as long as they're mediated by pro-regime Russia: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
MarketWatch's "The Tell" blog has a cute item on the possible ticker symbol that Facebook might choose as it moves closer to its widely anticipated IPO. Unfortunately, "FACE," "GEEK," and "MARK" are taken, but "FRND" and "ZUCK" are free: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Meet the Bears' new general manager, Phil Emery: MORE>>
Bulls lose to Miami by four points, with LeBron James now guarding Derrick Rose: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 Matthew Broderick channels Ferris Bueller in a preview of a Honda Super Bowl ad: MORE>>
• Elton John slams Super Bowl halftime shows and offers lip-syncing advice to Madonna: MORE>>
Mary Tyler Moore gets lifetime achievement honor at the Screen Actors Guild awards: MORE>>
Ian Abercrombie, the actor who played Elaine's boss on "Seinfeld," dies at 77: MORE>>
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