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• Today is the last day to file for the city's business tax amnesty program. Info
• Sarah Palin won't be speaking in Simi Valley after all. CNN
• The Times finally jumps on the economic and budget damage being inflicted on California's universities and colleges. LAT
  Also: UCLA cancels Undie Run LAT, UCLA Newsroom
• AEG promised to donate proceeds from suite rentals at the Michael Jackson memorial to a police foundation, but hasn't done so fast enough for some people. LAT, TMZ
• Release of the Michael Jackson autopsy results was delayed "indefinitely" as the investigation into his death continues. LAT
• The city of Los Angeles bounced $6 million in checks to 924 vendors. DN
• Controller Wendy Greuel and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich have apparently patched up their differences over her audit powers. DN
• Caltrans is installing a dynamic "smart studs" system to create, at certain times, a second lane for the 110 north to 5 north connector. LAT
• About a quarter of the Times' op-ed page today is taken up by an ad for Exxon Mobil. Yesterday the space was filled by a house ad.
• New Sacramento blogger Torey Van Oot created a little 'kerfuffel" with an item on polling. CalBuzz
• Details of journalist Chauncey Bailey's murder in Oakland are contained in a newly released grand jury report. SF Chronicle
• It's easy to forget that most people don't Twitter, use RSS feeds or read 20 blogs a day. CJR via Romenesko
• Isabel Kaplan, the young best-selling author of "Hancock Park" with the family connections, gets written up. LAT