The stock market rose in a big way today, and given recent conditions, that could be a decent story in and of itself.  But there's a sort of added dimension this time around, since third quarter earnings reports should start trickling in and the increase appears to represent optimism on that front. Let's cover the numbers first.  The Dow rose 112.08 points (or 1.18 percent) to wind up at 9,599.75.  The Nasdaq rose 20.04 points (or 0.98 percent), and ended the ...