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Sam Hudzik, Michael Puente and Cate Cahan

August 2009 gave us huge drug busts, troublemakers that included everyone from athletes to university trustees, more horserace positioning, and much, much more violence. August is supposed to be the quiet month, but not in 2009. To reflect on the headlines, we’ve brought in group of journalists from WBEZ: News editor Cate Cahan, political reporter Sam Hudzik, and Northwest Indiana bureau reporter Mike Puente.

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