The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index lost 15.30 points, its fourth straight decline, to close at 1,441.59.
The Dow Jones industrial average erased an early decline to close up 49.96 points, or 0.48percentt, at 10,455.63.
"Public smoking is down another two points today, doggie raincoats are up an eighth and mindless pursuit of wealth continues its decline to close at $1.24.
It was only thanks to the good sense of the army, which declined to close down parliament as he had directed, and of the new leaders of the religious movement he used to lead, that chaos and bloodshed were averted.
They stopped in front of stores that had declined to close for what would have been Malcolm X's 75th birthday, shouting, "Disrespect!" and "Shut them down!" In a few cases, marchers entered shops to speak with store managers.
ICE lawyers are also declining to close cases against longtime, non-criminal immigrants that they would have in the past, and actively trying to deport immigrants who have U.S. citizen children and spouses.
Following Scalia's death, Kirk implicitly took a shot at McConnell when he declined to close ranks with him, saying in a statement: "The political debate erupting about prospective nominees to fill the vacancy is unseemly.
The Court declined to close the school, but it did request a follow-up from Israeli authorities about its demolition plans.
Shares of A.M.D. declined as much as 5percentt in after-hours trading after release of its earnings report; they declined 2 cents, to close at $17.51, in regular trading.
JPMorgan Chase declined 0.7percenttoto close at $45.67.
