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Extra Extra: Illinois Flooding Victims Eligible For Federal Funding

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on May 11, 2013 10:00PM

• A man trying to kayak from Chicago to New York capsized his boat and police came to his rescue. [Sun-Times]

• Apparently things are looking good at the linebacker slot for the Bears. [Tribune]

• Illinois flooding victims can get federal funding for losses incurred during April's flooding. [NBC Chicago]

• The suspect in an Orland Park home invasion was found dead. [ABC 7]

• WBEZ looks at the work by Chicago-born poet Edward Hirsch. [WBEZ]