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AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB 13 penalties! Shouldn't Lovie be held accountable? Mark Potash: Losing to Green Bay has been the fatal flaw of many a Bears coach, but it's not so much losing to the Packers on Sunday that has Lovie Smith on the hot seat. It's how he lost—with 13 penalties; using two time outs on one play; and, the miscommunications and missed assignments.

Entertainment

Yo-Yo Ma coming to CSO for five-year residency Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director designate Riccardo Muti took a giant step toward realizing his goals of connecting the CSO with wider audiences and young people of all backgrounds by tapping cellist Yo-Yo Ma, one of the world’s best known musicians and most tireless classical music advocates, for a new position in the orchestra’s artistic and educational leadership.

Business

Get ahead of the tax man Terry Savage: The last weeks in December provide an even better opportunity than early April to re-organize your financial life -- if you can -- to save money on your tax bill next spring. One thing is sure: Income taxes are going up in the future. Some changes may not hit until 2011, after the year-end expiration of the Bush tax cut plan. Others will take place during the year, as Congress trades favors to extend some of those previous cuts.
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