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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,862.23 +156.82 | NSDQ 2,905.66 +45.98 |S&P 1,344.90 +19.36
Jobs well done. Unemployment numbers launch the markets, propelling the Nasdaq to an 11-year high: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 U.S. unemployment rate dips to 8.3 percent -- a three-year low -- in January: MORE>>
• Obama pushes jobs program for vets: MORE>>
• State Farm is hiring: MORE>>
• Illinois wants to keep employers from asking job applicants for social media passwords: MORE>>
• Easier said than done with some Motorola Xoom tablets: MORE>>
Caterpillar ends lockout by closing Ontario plant: MORE>>
Would you like a little listeria with those eggs? MORE>>
One Motorola wins a patent ruling: MORE>>
• The other settles a securities fraud suit: MORE>>
Aon puts out the "not welcome" mat: MORE>>
Car prices heading in the same direction as sales: MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"We need to reassure a skeptical public that we understand elective office is a place for public service, not for private gain," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Senate passage of a bill to stop insider trading by members of Congress: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Stevenson Expressway's own "Wrong-Way Corrigan" is charged with DUI: MORE>>
• So was one of the participants in a West Side bar melee: MORE>>
City database will let you know how safe your high-rise is: MORE>>
New Monday hours set for Chicago Public Libraries: MORE>>
Komen backs down on Planned Parenthood funding cuts: MORE>>
Some NATO allies aren't wild about Panetta's plan for Afghanistan: MORE>>
Iran stonewalls U.N. nuclear watchdog: MORE>>
• Further stoking fears that Israel's ready to act: MORE>>
From "greats balls of fire" in Texas and Oklahoma: MORE>>
• To Toto for state dog in Kansas: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
Greg Kot discusses who will win and who should win Grammys in Turn It Up: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Legends, Leaders divisions stick in Big Ten: MORE>>
Cubs pony up $9.5 million for Matt Garza: MORE>>
• Maybe Josh Hamilton was just having a Coke: MORE>>
Get ready for more Thursday night football: MORE>>
LATEST SPORTS NEWS >>
OFF THE CLOCK
 Dear God: Please let Tom do well in the Super Bowl. Thanks, Gisele: MORE>>
• Speaking of religion and the Super Bowl: MORE>>
• It's never too early to get a look at the ads: MORE>>
Don Cornelius made one last call -- to his son: MORE>>
Roseanne Barr running as Green Party candidate for president: MORE>>
• Maybe Colbert is right: MORE>>
HEADED OUT?
Traffic | See current information on area highways, buses, trains and planes on our commuting page: MORE>>
 Weather | Cloudy with highs and lows around 40. See our weather page with radar and Tom Skilling's seven-day forecast: MORE>>
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