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- Chicago-based diamond company LifeGen plans to turn locks of Michael Jackson's hair into diamonds. Company founder Dean VandenBiesen says LifeGen will "extract carbon from the King of Pop's hair and turn it into crystals, which can be refined into diamonds."
- Chicagoan Jerry Lowery has been charged with three counts of armed robbery and one count of fleeing an officer after allegedly stealing $45,000 worth of eye wear from suburban Milwaukee stores. The motivation? Prosecutors say he "really likes to be around glasses."
- Family members are checking grave sites and county sheriffs are investigating after a human bone was found in a Mount Glenwood cemetery. "I don't know whether this is a sign of a greater problem or if there is a valid reason why this bone was found where it was," said Cook County sheriff's police spokesman Steve Patterson.
- Amazon is offering an $8.48 discount on pre-orders of Rod Blagojevich's new book. The disgraced ex-governor (man, it still feels nice to say that) will release his tell-all book on September 8th. [Via Sun-Times]
- The Tribune has a nice photo spread of the welcome-home celebration of Elgin-based Company B, 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry. The Illinois Army National Guard soldiers returned home from Afghanistan today.
