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Inmate firefighters return to their truck after battling the King Fire near Fresh Pond, California September 17, 2014.

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• Alibaba IPO prices at top of range, raising $21.8 billion

• U.S. Steel sought wide ranging relief from Ontario government: source

• Former top U.S. tax prosecutor joins DLA Piper

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• FSA News Bulletin 
  USDA Disaster Assistance for 2012 Frost or Freeze Fruit Crop Losses Announced

• FSA  News Bulletin 
  USDA Reminds Farmers of 2014 Farm Bill Conservation Compliance Changes

• FSA September Newsletter 
  Logan County Illinois USDA program updates

• Agricultural Producers in Illinois Still Have Time to Apply for Direct Farm Ownership Loan Program 

• FSA BULLETIN   
  RMA closing date for fall crops in Illinois September 30

• Livestock Producers Urged to Enroll in Disaster Assistance Program by Oct. 1 

• FSA News Bulletin 
  USDA Farm Service Agency Reminds Producers: Farm Bill Allows Early Termination for Certain CRP Contracts

• FSA News Bulletin 
  Enrollment for New Dairy Farm Risk Management Program to Begin Sept. 2

• FSA offers farm bill website

• U of I Policy Matters Website

Local

• Health Department announces Influenza (Flu) vaccine available 

• First West Nile Virus related deaths reported in Illinois
  Cooler temperatures do not mean we’re out of the woods yet

• CAPCIL Head Start to offer free child safety seat inspections 

• Logan County Department of Public Health food inspection scores

• Births at ALMH

National, International

• Angelina Jolie surgery sparks surge in female cancer tests: study

U.N. to deploy Ebola mission as death toll reaches 2,630

Health workers remove the body of Prince Nyentee, a 29-year-old man whom local residents said died of Ebola virus in Monrovia September 11, 2014. REUTERS/James Giahyue

• Scientists see risk of mutant airborne Ebola as remote

• India caps prices of 36 more drugs: government source

• Eight bodies found after attack on Guinea Ebola education team

U.S. says 7.3 million with Obamacare health plans have paid premiums

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah gestures during the announcement of the U.S. Global Development Lab to help end extreme poverty by 2030, in New York April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

• Sedentary lifestyle linked to depression

• Cerner and Athenahealth say integrating with Apple's mobile health service

• Falls indoors may signal frailty, linked to shorter survival