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Matthew Mager, a 29 year old who lived on the 1400 block of West Lill Ave., was riding along with a group of cyclists this morning when he was struck by an SUV at the intersection of Lincoln, Damen and Irving Park. Mager was rushed to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, but he could not be saved.

As we briefly noted in the Extra, Extra last night, two homeless men were shot in Uptown over the span of 24 hours last week. Sadly, early on Monday morning, yet another person was added to the list of those who have been murdered in recent days in the neighborhood. To give a recap of the tragic violence that has occurred: Phillipi Larrnarri, 32, was sleeping on a park bench when he was shot in...

#1 Cubs fan Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers was hit by a car yesterday near the intersection of Clark and Addison. While the Cubs are currently on the road, when not Wooing, Ronnie makes money washing windows in the Wrigleyville neighborhood.

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a meeting tonight about the upcoming Brown Line closures. The meeting starts at 7 PM in the Olson Auditorium at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Wellington (just off the Belmont stop at Sheffield). Go in the main entrance and the people at the front desk will tell you how to get there.

Michael L. Jackson, director of communication and policy for the STD/HIV/AIDS division of the Health Department, has been charged with murder for repeatedly driving a cab over Haroon Paryani, the cab's 61-year-old driver, last Thursday night in 500 block of West Briar Place in the Lakeview neighborhood. Jackson turned himself into police on Friday.

At least one Chicago reveler managed to escape just this side of a Darwin award. On the Northwest Side, a 19-year-old Chicago man suffered serious head injuries after he put a powerful firecracker under a fire hydrant cap, "curious" as to how high it would go, police said. The hydrant cap shot up, came back down and slammed on his head. Somebody at AP or the Sun-Times deserves an award for that paragraph—the subtle artistry,...