okay, wait wait wait. you guys are getting all hyped up by the news approval. but those guys were like the first, they didn't have to wait. infact uscis had to wait for their application!! if your app didn't get there before aug. 17 then you have to wait for the guys that send their before the 17th. while the guys that send their before 17th didn't have to wait. so just keep tracking and waiting guys. your time will come.
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Application filled out by - Myself (feeling like a bad ass lawyer, haha)

App Sent: 8/15/2012 USCIS Dallas Lockbox USPS overnighted that baby fast! Received: 8/16
I-797c received on 8/27 Biometric appointment on 9/17 (done on 9/13)
APPROVED OCT 14