Never mind. I just found the answer in http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=91957.
Assignments with "exempt" as the feedback will be exempted from grading.
Also, in the full grade report, one can click the edit icon in grade cell and then click exclude.
David
Gradebook
Have Grade Exceptions been lost in 1.9?
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