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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 22, 2011 5:40PM

  • Earth, Wind and Fire's concert at Northerly Island was canceled because of Rain and Wind last night. [ABC 7]
  • Mobbed-up thief Joseph Scalise once targeted "Mayor of Taylor Street" and Daley pal Oscar D'Angelo for a robbery. [Sun-Times]
  • A suspicious box on Michigan Avenue that prompted a bomb scare merely contained the clothes of a homeless man. [Chicago Breaking News]
  • The Civic Federation says some changes should be made to vacation payouts in the wake of Jody Weis's unused vacay windfall. [Sun-Times]
  • Waukegan is the latest vity to cut Independence Day fireworks. [CBS Chicago]
  • Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's office is opening an inquiry into the Illinois Student Assistance Commission's handling of the College Illinois prepaid tuition program. [Crain's]
  • Fighting for city fishermen. [Chicago News Cooperative]