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Roughly 130 million people in 22 states are under various heat warnings, watches and advisories as a dangerous heat dome settles over a huge section of the county. The searing August heat wave is forecast to continue through at least the end of this week. The National Weather Service says a potent upper-level ridge is anchored over the Mid-Mississippi Valley, trapping the hot air. It is bringing oppressive heat from the central U.S. to the Gulf Coast. High temperatures throughout these areas are forecast to reach into the upper 90s and low 100s through Thursday.

Can America keep it up? Dec 14th 2005 From The Economist Global Agenda As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again and the trade deficit breaks another record, the American economy continues to confound the sceptics. Thanks for that go largely to resilient consumers and booming productivity FOR several years now, economists have been watching American consumers with the same mixture of astonishment and anticipation that wide-eyed fans bring to endurance sports: amazing that they’ve made it so far, but how much longer can they go on like this? Strong consumer spending has underpinned America’s robust economic expansion, even as...