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By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 6, 2011 10:00PM

  • Attendance for Taste of Chicago was 2.35 million people, the lowest number since 1986. [Tribune]
  • Metra said they'll rectify double charges that happened to some customers last week. [CBS Chicago]
  • A civil rights lawsuit has been filed by a West Pullman man who alleges police failed to intervene when one of their own punched him. [NBC Chicago]
  • City Council approved a relaxation of rules limiting nighttime events at Wrigley Field so that Paul McCartney can play his sold-out shows. [NBC Chicago]
  • Phil Vettel reports that Trader Vic's closes its Chicago location. That story sounds familiar. [Tribune]
  • A 17-year-old from Beverly died from injuries suffered during an Independence Day brawl on an Indiana beach. [Sun-Times]
  • The Adler Planetarium's proposed admission rate hikes has the blessing of 14th Ward Ald. Ed Burke, now that it excludes children 11 and younger. [Tribune]