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CLOSING BELL
DJIA 12,907.94 +70.61 | NSDQ 2,970.42 +34.73 | S&P 1,365.91 +13.28
S&P busts a move as Wall Street continues to draw strength from the pending deal on Greek debt: MORE>>
TOP BUSINESS NEWS
 Chicago leads nation in great copper caper: MORE>>
• May 7 last day to bid on London Metal Exchange: MORE>>
"Home Alone" house sells for $1.5 million and change: MORE>>
Justice Department draws bead on Apple in e-book price fixing: MORE>>
Here come the checking fees from Wells Fargo: MORE>>
Rise in jobless claims nothing to worry about: MORE>>
Global sales take a bite out of McDonald's: MORE>>
• Which is beefing up its value menu: MORE>>
NYSE, Nasdaq duke it out for Facebook: MORE>>
• But who will make a play for Fender? MORE>>
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TALKING BUSINESS
"I can't go more than three days at a time before I have a major New York bank or investment bank coming to us to say, 'Boy, we would love to represent you in a Sara Lee acquisition.' I don't think necessarily we'll have to go to the table. I think the table will come to us," said Smithfield Foods Chief Financial Officer Bo Manly in a conference call with analysts: MORE>>
IN OTHER NEWS
 Here's why those natty new CTA cars have been delayed: MORE>>
Person of interest surrenders in Indiana hit-and-run: MORE>>
Looks like our votes are going to matter in the GOP primary: MORE>>
• Vice President Biden makes a pragmatic case for re-election: MORE>>
• While Newt Gingrich puts the accent elsewhere: MORE>>
Solar storm a bit of a dud -- so far: MORE>>
About all the U.S. gets out of International Women's Day is a Google Doodle: MORE>>
Envoy Kofi Annan tells Syria to cool it: MORE>>
Imagine that. Britain has a press watchdog: MORE>>
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IN THE BLOGOSPHERE
At last, Twitter overcomes the last roadblocks to Tweeting right to left. Technology has the details, right down to the hashtags: MORE>>
SPORTS FIX
Iowa knocks Illinois out of Big Ten tourney: MORE>>
Dave Duerson's family settles bankruptcy: MORE>>
Better news for Hawks: Jonathan Toews takes to ice: MORE>>
The chase is on for Peyton Manning: MORE>>
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OFF THE CLOCK
 One hundred years in the making, and "John Carter" musters only 2 underwhelmed stars: MORE>>
• And any picture's worth more than "A Thousand Words": MORE>>
Johnny Depp as Tonto. Enough said: MORE>>
Kelly Clarkson tuning up the vocal cords again: MORE>>
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