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Authorities have recovered the body
of a missing kayaker from a lake near Grand Rapids.


      The Itasca County Sheriff's Office identifies him as Benjamin
Francis Fouquette, 22, of Buffalo. He went missing Friday afternoon on
Deer Lake north of Grand Rapids after his kayak overturned and he
fell out.


      Rescuers used sonar to find the body Saturday night in about 60
feet of water 1,500 feet from shore.


      (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)
      
AP-NY-08-08-10 1327EDT

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Authorities have recovered the body
of a missing kayaker from a lake near Grand Rapids.


Itasca sheriff finds body of missing kayaker

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