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Extra Extra: Illinois Unemployment Rate Falls

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on Jan 22, 2012 10:00PM

• Gov. Quinn is planning a trade mission to Brazil. [ABC 7]

• The Illinois unemployment rate dropped to 9.8 percent in December. [WBEZ]

• Smoke on the Blue Line led to CTA delays today. [CBS Chicago]

• A man is being questioned about the stabbing death of a graffiti tagger in Logan Square this weekend. [Tribune]

• DePaul fell to South Florida this afternoon in basketball, 75-59. [Tribune]