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Hot, possibly record-breaking Memorial Day weekend heat across Mississippi
UPDATE: Near 100 degree heat set records over Memorial Day weekend in Mississippi Note: National Heat Awareness DayThe Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer season and it will definitely feel like it across the region with...
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Report: 150,000 U.S. heat deaths possible by 2099 as climate change continues
Ahead of National Heat Awareness Day, a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on Wednesday says tens of thousands could die from increasing heat as a result of climate change by 2099 in the United States...
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Coping with Virginia's heat this summer
After going through one of the warmest winters on record here in Richmond, we are now being warned of another summer of sweltering heat, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).With climatic changes taking affect, hot...
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A kid coping with a heat wave
by Harold Mandel
Hanna Hammond plays at the public sprayground in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma during a heat wave.
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National Heat Awareness Day on Friday; 200+ deaths in 2011
by Johnny Kelly
The United States will observe National Heat Awareness Day as summer nears. More than 200 died from the heat in 2011 across several states.
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Heat wave to blame for deaths of 2,300 birds in Chile
by Dorsi Diaz
Images of dead birds on the coast of Chile and Peru in 2012
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2011 Temperature Graphs
by Stephen Mullens
Graphs showing temperatures compared to normal for this summer and for 2011.
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Remembering the TV legend
See who else walked away with a golden popcorn this year.

MTV Movie Awards highlights
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Slideshow: A plane crash in Nigeria has killed 153 passengers.

Photos from the wreckage
Slideshow: Angelina Jolie is blowing out 37 candles today.

See the star through the years