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the air conditioning," he said. "So I wanted to get them out, get some sunshine, get tired."
• In South Bend, Ind., serious kayakers took to the East Race Waterway, a 1,900-foot long manmade whitewater course near downtown.
• "A lot of times I'll roll over just to cool off," said Robert Henry of Carmel, just north of Indianapolis. "The biggest challenge is walking coming back up carrying a kayak three-eighths of a mile in this heat."
• In Manhattan, customers who stepped in to see "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" at an IFC movie theater were there for more than entertainment.
• "Of course we came to cool off!" said John Villanova, a writer who was on his second sweaty T-shirt of the day -- expecting to change again by evening.
• He said that earlier, he rode a Manhattan subway back and forth for a half an

hour, with no destination in mind, "because it really keeps you cool."
• One man figured out a way to beat the heat: stay in the car. Roger Sinclair of Batavia, Ill., was headed home Saturday from Detroit, where he'd spent a few days visiting an old friend and catching Friday night's Tigers game. The Tigers won 4-2, but the conditions were less than ideal.
• "It was 97 at the first pitch and still in the 80s at the time of the last out," he said. "It was tough. There was no breeze."
• Sinclair said he had been spending hours in his air-conditioned car to stay out the worst of the heat.
• In Chicago, street magician Jeremy Pitt-Payne said he has been working throughout the three-day stretch of triple-digit temperatures, but acknowledged that he might doff the Union Jack leather vest by the end of the day, even though it's part of his British magician character along with the black top hat.
• But he had a secret for beating the heat -- he starts his shows at 2 p.m. "when the Trump Tower is gracious enough to block out the sun" along his stretch of sidewalk.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls will host its first ever Navy Week later this month.
• The week is designed to give residents a better understanding of the Navy's mission and how it works.
• Navy Week is scheduled for July 19-28. Activities include a Navy Day at the zoo

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