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By Samantha Abernethy in News on Sep 3, 2011 9:30PM

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Photo of Alabama A&M University marching band by Flickr user misterbuckwheattree.
  • Gov. Pat Quinn granted 74 clemencies and denied 99 while trying to catch up with the backlog of requests that built up during Blagojevich's term. [Tribune]
  • Lady Gaga wrote that she adores Chicago's Tavi Gevinson and said the 15-year-old's fashion blog, The Style Rookie, is "the future of journalism." [V Magazine]
  • As of Tuesday, if you want to file a property tax appeal, you'll have to do it online [Chicago News Cooperative]
  • An Aurora man accidentally shot himself when he tried to throw away his gun. [Sun-Times]
  • JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound will do a show at a park in the Uptown neighborhood. [Uptown Update]