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- Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide.
- It was a clout-y first day of the Fall 2009 term at the University of Illinois today.
- Bensenville's village president has conceded the fight against O'Hare expansion but is still expressing concern for effects on the city's maintenance.
- Workers in Springfield have to undergo sensitivity training after a pair of noose incidents this summer.
- Speaking of Springfield, it looks like a new scholarship controversy involving members of the General Assembly is afoot.
- Rod Blagojevich, the governor who allowed political feuds to affect investigations of environmental violations.
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