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It wasn't quite as bad as some feared this morning, but the stock market still took another beating today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 312 points, or 3.6 percent, to close at 8,378, its lowest level in more than five years. If you've made a conscious effort to avoid looking at your 401K the past few weeks, now is probably not the time to start. The Dow has now tumbled 26.6 percent since Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in mid-September. [AP, Marketwatch]