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A Chicago man drowned in a Michigan lake Wednesday after falling out of a canoe, Allegan County authorities said.

Why is that guy yelling at his wife? That's what I wondered as I watched a couple struggle to keep their canoe running downstream.

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I took the canoe out on Miller Pond the other day. It was a nice kind of day, sunny and warm, no wind.

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Weather Forecast

Prospect Heights, IL

Current Conditions

55°F

UV index:	0 Low
Dew Point:	52°F
Humidity:	92%
Visibility:	6.0 mi
Pressure:	30.07 in (steady)
Wind:	From the CALM at calm mph

Clear

Feels like 55°F

Today
Jul 5

Day: 80° Sunny
Night: 62° Clear

10% chance of precipitation
50% humidity
Wind: 8 mph from the E
Sunrise: 5:22 AM - Sunset: 8:30 PM

Sunday
Jul 6

Day: 87° Sunny
Night: 68° T-Storms Late

10% chance of precipitation
50% humidity
Wind: 12 mph from the S
Sunrise: 5:23 AM - Sunset: 8:30 PM

Monday
Jul 7

Day: 86° Scattered T-Storms
Night: 73° Scattered T-Storms

50% chance of precipitation
64% humidity
Wind: 12 mph from the SSW
Sunrise: 5:24 AM - Sunset: 8:30 PM

Tuesday
Jul 8

Day: 87° Scattered T-Storms
Night: 67° Clouds Early / Clearing Late

40% chance of precipitation
64% humidity
Wind: 15 mph from the WSW
Sunrise: 5:24 AM - Sunset: 8:29 PM

Wednesday
Jul 9

Day: 87° Mostly Sunny
Night: 63° Partly Cloudy

20% chance of precipitation
49% humidity
Wind: 13 mph from the WNW
Sunrise: 5:25 AM - Sunset: 8:29 PM

As reported at Pal-Waukee Airport, IL, on Saturday, July 5, 2008, at 4:11 AM local time

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