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Friday, July 26, 2013

Apple Shares Surge After Earnings; Is There More Upside for Apple Ahead?

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July 26, 2013 --

PRINCETON, N.J., July 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on technology stocks, has issued an updated outlook for Apple (AAPL).

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Nearly a decade ago, McWilliams advised readers that Apple was positioned to win big when it was trading for less than $10 per share (split adjusted). While many analysts turned negative on Apple when Steve Jobs died, McWilliams maintained his strongly bullish opinion. However, as Apple was hitting record highs in 2012, he advised Next Inning readers to sell.

Apple fell to close Q2 below $400 before recovering ahead of this week's earnings report. In a new, detailed report covering Apple's latest quarterly results, McWilliams outlines why Apple reported an upside to analysts' expectations, and what really drove the stronger-than-expected iPhone sales.

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-- Are there reasons to believe Apple's CEO, Tim Cook will in fact pull a rabbit from his hat this fall when Apple begins announcing new products, or as McWilliams cautioned, "there is no evidence yet that Cook even owns a hat"?

-- Should investors view Apple's latest run higher as a return to its glory days as a mega-growth stock or merely as a "relief rally?" What data did McWilliams uncover in the details that leads him to believe it is the latter?

-- Not widely known are the sweetheart deals Apple has struck with both domestic and international wireless carriers and how these deals drive iPhone sales. Could Apple's strong iPhone sales be attributable to these deals more than it is to the cache of its brand? Does McWilliams think Apple will be able to negotiate deals like these that will guarantee it preferential treatment from carriers going forward or will Apple soon be forced to compete on a more level playing field?

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

FDA accepts review of long-delayed Merck blood clot drug

July 24 - Merck & Co on Wednesday said U.S. regulators had accepted its marketing application for the blood clot drug vorapaxar, aimed at preventing heart attacks and strokes in patients who have already had a heart attack but who have no history of stroke.

The experimental drug, acquired by Merck through its 2009 acquisition of rival U.S. drugmaker Schering-Plough Corp, was once considered a potential blockbuster product.

But its prospects wilted in 2011 when a safety committee overseeing a 26,000-patient study, called TRA-2P, said the new type of anti-platelet drug was not appropriate for patients who had already suffered a stroke because the drug raised bleeding risk.

Merck was allowed to press ahead with the trial, one of the largest heart-drug studies ever conducted, among patients who were in stable condition after having heart attacks or being diagnosed with clogged leg arteries. Patients who had suffered strokes were excluded from the trial.

The study's aim was to see if vorapaxar could prevent heart attacks and stroke in that more-limited patient population, and whether it could do so safely, given the drug's established bleeding risk.

Merck in March 2012 declined to comment on whether it would seek approval of vorapaxar, given the mixed results of the trial and the drug's failure in a separate earlier study called TRACER.

Although Merck has continued to express confidence in vorapaxar, some analysts have cautioned that even if approved, it would likely be used by a limited number of patients because of the bleeding risk.

(Reporting by Ransdell Pierson; Editing by John Wallace)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/fda-accepts-review-long-delayed-merck-blood-clot-134259441.html

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Monday, July 22, 2013

Summer Baseball: Ashline, Hudson rally to victory

Jake Ashline?s bases-loaded walk with two outs in the sixth capped a 5-4 comeback win for Hudson Post 100 (13-5) at Zone 5B leader Medford on Saturday.

"This was a big win for us. We?ve struggled lately, to beat Medford definitely helps," said manager Blair Brisette, whose team controls its own playoff destiny with two games remaining.

Hudson trailed 4-3 after three innings, but Kevin Connelly hit an RBI double to score Jake Wardwell with no outs in the top of the fifth to tie the game before Ashline?s walk forced in Steve Rivela.

Post 100 got quality relief from Nick Borsari, who entered the game with two on and no out in the fifth inning and Post 100 already trailing 4-3. Borsari allowed just one hit and struck out four in thee innings for the win.

Wardwell finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored, while Ashline went 3-for-3 with a double and a run scored. Keith Diedrich went 3-for-4 with a double.

CHELMSFORD 7, NATICK 6 (12 INN.): Mike Abbruzzese?s two-RBI triple with two outs in the sixth forced extra innings, but Natick Post 107 (4-13) was outlasted by host Chelmsford.

Post 107 trailed 6-4 with two outs in the seventh before the triple by Abbruzzese, who finished 3-for-5 with three RBI. Jared Abbruzzese went 2-for-5 with a triple, and also pitched the last two innings. Adam Mooney went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI.

Natick led 4-3 entering the sixth inning before Chelmsford rallied for three runs in the bottom of the frame, two of them unearned. Tosh Campbell started the game, with Brady Furdon coming in relief for the sixth through 10th innings.

SUDBURY 7, MALDEN 1: Marcus Otis threw five shutout innings and Andrew DellaVolpe had two RBIs as Sudbury rolled over Malden.

Sam Miller had two hits including a double for Sudbury (16-1), which has three games left including Sunday?s game against Reading.

Source: http://www.wickedlocal.com/framingham/sports/x853692289/Summer-Baseball-Ashline-Hudson-rally-to-victory?rssfeed=true

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Top travel award for SriLankan Airlines | MaritimeSecurity.Asia

SriLankan Airlines received a special award of appreciation at the World Travel Awards 2013 Indian Ocean ceremony held recently at the Paradise Island Resort & Spa in the Maldives.

The award is in recognition of its services to South Asia?s tourism and hospitality industry.

Dubbed as the Oscars of the travel industry, the World Travel Awards celebrated its 20th anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, celebrating those brands that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence in product and service.

SriLankan Airlines flies to Maldives 36 times a week, facilitating both business and leisure travel sectors.

Saminda Perera, SriLankan Airlines? regional manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives, said: ?We consider it a great privilege to be recognized as a pioneer in South Asia?s travel and hospitality industry.?

Perera said: ?As an airline it is our duty to provide our passengers with convenient connections across the globe and an award of this nature is evidence that we have surpassed expectations and made a significant contribution to tourism in the Maldives. This will certainly serve as an inspiration to expand our connectivity and role in time to come.?

Graham E Cooke, president and founder, World Travel Awards, said: ?The Indian Ocean continues to serve as an example of a responsible eco-tourism region while offering the most unique hospitality products and services. It strives to set the highest possible bar to raise the standards of excellence in travel and tourism and it has been an honor to hold the first ever Indian Ocean World Travel Awards here.?

Currently, SriLankan Airlines flies to seven Indian destinations, operating 28 flights a week to Chennai, double daily flights to Thiruchi and Kochi, and daily flights to Thiruvanathapuram, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi.

It also operates seven flights a week to Karachi and codeshares with its sister airline Mihin Lanka to facilitate the passengers bound to Bodh Gaya, Varanasi and Dhaka.

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Source: http://maritimesecurity.asia/free-2/defense-2/top-travel-award-for-srilankan-airlines/

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Louisville NCAA champion basketball team to visit White House July 23

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (News Release) -- The University of Louisville?s 2013 NCAA national championship men?s basketball team will visit the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 23, White House officials announced on Tuesday.
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UofL Coach Rick Pitino and the Cardinals will be honored by President Barack Obama at 2:05 p.m. ET at the Rose Garden of the White House.
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?It is truly one of the unique experiences in a young man?s life to go to the White House and meet the President of the United States,? said Pitino.? ?It?s not only a great honor, but our team will always remember that they got a chance to visit the White House, understand the logistics of how everything works and then meeting the President.? It?s something they will always cherish and someday tell their children.?
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Following the White House visit, the team will also tour the Capitol and visit with U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and others before returning to Louisville.
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The Cardinals (35-5) won the 2013 NCAA Championship as well as the BIG EAST tournament title and regular season co-championship. It was Louisville?s third NCAA title (also 1980, 1986), its first in 27 years, and was the Cardinals? 10th Final Four appearance and second straight. Louisville closed the season with 16 straight victories as the Cardinals won a school-record 35 games.
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Previous UofL men?s basketball teams have visited the White House following national championships in 1980, when Jimmy Carter served as President, and in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan held the nation?s top position in the White House.
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Live Music Can Take Many Forms and Have Many Fans - Artipot

A live music performance is presented to an audience and can be known by many names. A single musician or a small number of independent musicians performing in a small venue is occasionally called recital. This is typical of music schools, where students will, one at a time, perform their best pieces for friends and family. Small ensembles, like quartets, quintets, and octets will frequently perform in recital halls, as well. Larger musical ensembles, such as choirs, orchestras, and community bands may perform in venues such as municipal auditoriums or churches with facilities large enough to accommodate the group. Other venues include nightclubs, concert halls, amphitheatres, entertainment centers, parks, and sports stadiums, depending on the size of the group presenting the live music. Concert is an all-inclusive name for music presentations in front of an audience.

The musical genre may dictate the 'look' of the live concert. The venue and the individual performers also have an impact on the presentation. For instance, an opera or symphonic concert may be attended by an audience dressed in formal wear, such as tuxedos and evening gowns. At a symphonic concert, the orchestra is frequently dressed in formal wear, as well. A rock concert, conversely, may have performers or band and the audience dressed casually in denim wear, shirts, and casual shoes. Live music performed in a nightclub atmosphere may have an audience dressed in fancy clothing.

Many live music presentations in large venues are theatrical in nature, with elaborate stage lighting and special effects such as laser light shows, pyrotechnics, and theatrical smoke or fog. Stage sets that include prerecorded video or image magnification systems are common at these concerts. Other special effects at popular music concerts may include prerecorded accompaniment, special musical instrumentation, or audio enhancement of the singer's voice. Backup dancers and singers often wear impressive costumes that compliment the main performer's apparel. The headline performer may be costumed in a flamboyant style that makes them immediately recognizable.

Live music is commonly the main theme of a festival. Many musical genres have festivals celebrating a particular genre, for instance, a jazz festival. These festivals generally take place over many days and include many live music performers and groups. Most of these festivals are held in outdoor venues, such as large parks or fairgrounds.

It is becoming more common for live music to be presented in a venue one might not traditionally expect. Symphonies and orchestras present outdoor concerts in parks and amphitheaters during the summer. Genre-specific festivals may be found a cruise ship. A marching band might perform in tandem with a rock band in an arena. Well-known classical music artists have been found giving impromptu concerts in train and airline terminals, or on busy street corners.

Buskers or street musicians present a different form of live music. While busking is not confined to music, many musicians perform in public places for gratuities. These street musicians are common throughout the world. Dating back to antiquity, street musicians have performed in every major culture. Gratuities received for presenting live music on the street may have been the artist's only income. Before recorded music, a busker's only road to fame and fortune was performance and discovery on the street.

Today, concerts and other live music presentations charge money in the form of admission tickets. Depending on the artist or group, tickets can be very expensive, but still sell out quickly. It is not uncommon for a wildly popular band to sell all the tickets in a matter of hours. The revenue from these ticket sales is divided between the artist or band, the show's producers, the venue, and the organizers. Historically, the ticket sale was a musician's primary revenue source. Recorded music and videos contribute to an artist's income in modern times.

Attending a live music event is a popular choice for an evening of entertainment. Such an evening may start with dinner and drinks then proceed to the concert venue. Some of the larger venues offer refreshments, alcoholic and other beverages, and snacks. After the concert, attendees may go on to enjoy more live music at a nightclub or dance club.

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Pactiv to add manufacturing jobs in Mooresville

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Source: www.bizjournals.com --- Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Food-packaging manufacturer Pactiv plans to invest more than $9 million to expand its facilities in Mooresville and Kinston, adding about 77 Jobs. Illinois-based Pactiv already employs about 850 workers in North Carolina, according to a news release from N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory's office. The company's products include custom and stock foam, plastic, aluminum, pressed-paperboard and molded-fiber packaging used by grocers, restaurants and other food-service businesses. "North Carolina has a proud manufacturing? ...

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Sean Penn Embraces Action with The Gunman

Sean Penn stars as a former Special Forces soldier in 'The Gunman,' the actor's first action role.(Photo: StudioCanal)

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Sean Penn takes on his first action role in his 30-year career
He plays a former Special Forces soldier who is dragged back into the business
The film, directed by Pierre Morel, also stars Javier Bardem, Idris Elba and Ray Winstone

Sean Penn is ready to rumble. The two-time Oscar winner has emerged in fighting form to star in The Gunman, the first action film in his 30-year career.

"I've been telling Sean to make a movie like this for years,'' says Joel Silver, who is producing the film (no release date yet) with Penn and Andrew Rona. "Sean just thought it was time."

Penn, 52, has a slightly different view of his co-producer's terminology when he talks about The Gunman, now shooting in Europe with a cast that includes Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone and British stage actor Mark Rylance.

"Here's the funny thing," Penn says. "Calling it an 'action film' is kind of like calling Meryl Streep a sexy blonde chick. She is. But that really doesn't tell the story of what she is at all.

"I don't separate this in my mind from anything else I have done. It's a very human story that deals with the same things exploited in action films, like warfare."

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Penn stars as Jim Terrier,a former Special Forces soldier and later military contractor who works peacefully for a non-government organization in the Congo. But Terrier gets drawn back into his violent past. Penn, who has devoted himself to humanitarian causes, including Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, says he frequently comes across the type of conflicted character he plays in The Gunman.

"I have seen people in this line of work at work," he says. "That does inform what we're doing here."

He won't say how he prepared for the part, beyond "diet and exercise."

"I find anatomical discussions much more interesting when centered on the female form," Penn says. "So I'll leave it at that."

But he attended a special military training camp in Arizona, mastered close-range fighting and handles many of the stunts.

"Sean's been fervent in having the physique and the mental focus to be able to be this guy," Silver says. "When he commits to something, he really commits."

For Penn it's about getting into the mind-set. "If a character makes leather wallets, it's great to spend some time actually making leather wallets," he says. "It gives actors a confidence of their character's history."

Penn also helped his own cause by encouraging respected actors such as Bardem, Winstone and Elba to come on board.

"Sean can call most anyone in the world and they say 'Ya, I'd like to do that with you,' " Silver says.

Directing is Pierre Morel, who turned Liam Neeson, then 56, into an action star with 2008's Taken. Neeson followed that breakout with action films such as Taken 2 and the upcoming Non-Stop.

So it's little surprise that Silver looks ahead to the potential of what Penn could bring to a thoughtful action vehicle. After seeing him and Bardem shoot scenes in Barcelona, the Lethal Weapon producer was effusive.

"It wouldn't be lying if I said 'Wouldn't it be nice for this to become a franchise?' " Silver says. "But we have to make the first one first, and we have to make it great."

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1927870/news/1927870/

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Monday, July 1, 2013

World markets digest China manufacturing weakness

BEIJING (AP) ? Global stocks swung between gains and losses Monday after China's manufacturing weakened in June amid a credit crunch.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 1.3 percent to 13,852.50 while China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.8 percent to 1,998.24 after spending much of the day in negative territory. Taipei, Seoul and Sydney declined, while Hong Kong was closed for a holiday.

In Europe, Germany's DAX was 0.2 percent higher at 7,975.12 and Paris's CAC-40 rose 0.2 percent to 3,746.27. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.4 percent at 6,266.70.

Wall Street was set to gain with Dow futures up 0.6 percent at 14,914. S&P 500 futures added 0.6 percent to 1,608.70.

Separate reports Monday by HSBC Corp. and a Chinese industry group showed China's manufacturing decelerated in June for a second month.

U.S. and European orders for Chinese goods weakened and Beijing tried to slow rapid credit growth. That effort led to a cash shortage in Chinese credit markets and caused interest rates on loans by banks to other banks to spike.

"The risk is now predominantly on the downside, especially after the recent liquidity squeeze in the interbank market," said IHS economist Xianfang Ren in a report. "The Chinese economy is far from out of the woods yet."

Adding to signs that China's Communist leaders are prepared to accept lower growth, President Xi Jinping was quoted Saturday by state media as saying officials shouldn't be judged solely on increasing economic output.

In Australia, where a boom fueled by Chinese demand for iron ore, copper and coal is cooling, Sydney's ASX/S&P 200 lost 1.9 percent to 4,710.30.

"Wage growth and job security in the mining industry is going to be under pressure, and the current status quo is going to change as mining companies adjust to a slower China," Evan Lucas of IG Markets said in a report.

Taiwan's Taiex shed 0.3 percent to 8,036 while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4 percent to 1,855.73. Singapore, Bangkok and Manila gained while Jakarta and New Zealand declined.

In the United States, the Federal Reserve is trying to calm jittery investors' concerns about the central bank's planned reduction in monthly purchases of financial assets. Those purchases, dubbed quantitative easing, are aimed at stimulating the economy by pushing down market interest rates, and investors worry any pullback could depress growth.

Investors in Japan have been cheered by figures showing industrial production rose 2 percent in May while the consumer price index stopped falling for the first time in seven months. The Bank of Japan is engaged in a massive monetary stimulus to reverse a two-decade-old bout of deflation. On Monday, a survey showed business confidence of major manufacturers turned positive for the first time in nearly two years.

HSBC's monthly purchasing managers' index for China declined to 48.2 points from May's 49.2 on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show a contraction. A separate measure by the state-sanctioned China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing declined to 50.1 from May's 50.8.

Benchmark oil for August delivery was up 2 cents at $96.58 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In currency markets, the dollar gained to 99.54 yen from 99.11 yen late Friday. The euro rose to $1.3040 from $1.3013.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/world-markets-digest-china-manufacturing-weakness-081401263.html

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Ariz. wildfire kills 19 firefighters

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) ? An elite crew of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires was overtaken by an out-of-control blaze in Arizona, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

It was the most firefighters killed battling a wildfire in the U.S. in decades.

The lightning-sparked fire, which spread to at least 2,000 acres amid triple-digit temperatures, also destroyed 200 homes and sent hundreds fleeing from Yarnell, a town of about 700 residents about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix. Residents huddled in shelters and bars, watching their homes burn on TV as flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town.

The disaster Sunday afternoon all but wiped out the 20-member Hotshot fire crew based in nearby Prescott, leaving the city's fire department reeling.

"We grieve for the family. We grieve for the department. We grieve for the city," Prescott Fire Chief Dan Fraijo said at a news conference Sunday evening. "We're devastated. We just lost 19 of the finest people you'll ever meet."

The National Fire Protection Association website lists the last wildland fire to kill more firefighters as the 1933 Griffith Park fire of Los Angeles, which killed 29. The most firefighters ? 340 ? were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, according to the website.

Most people had evacuated from the town, and no injuries or other deaths were reported.

Hotshot crews go through specialized training and are often deployed soon after a fire breaks out. Sometimes they hike for miles into the wilderness with chain saws and backpacks filled with heavy gear to build lines of protection between people and fires. They remove brush, trees and anything that might burn in the direction of homes and cities. This crew had worked other wildfires in recent weeks in New Mexico and Arizona.

As a last-ditch effort at survival, Hotshot crew members are trained to dig into the ground and cover themselves with the tent-like shelter made of fire-resistant material, Fraijo said. The hope in that desperate situation is that the fire will burn over them and they will survive.

"It's an extreme measure that's taken under the absolute worst conditions," Fraijo said.

Nineteen fire shelters were deployed, and some of the firefighters were found inside them, while others were outside the shelters, Mike Reichling, Arizona State Forestry Division spokesman, told the Arizona Republic.

Prescott, which is more than 30 miles northeast of Yarnell, is home to one of 110 Hotshot crews in the United States, according to the U.S. Forest Service website. The unit was established in 2002, and the city also has 75 suppression team members.

In 1994, the Storm King Fire near Glenwood Springs, Colo., killed 14 firefighters who were overtaken by a sudden explosion of flames.

President Barack Obama called the 19 firefighters heroes and said in a statement that the federal government was assisting state and local officials.

"This is as dark a day as I can remember," Gov. Jan Brewer said in a statement. "It may be days or longer before an investigation reveals how this tragedy occurred, but the essence we already know in our hearts: fighting fires is dangerous work."

Brewer said she would travel to the area on Monday.

As the blaze spread, people started fleeing, including Chuck Overmyer and his wife, Ninabill. They were helping friends leave when the blaze switched directions and moved toward his property. They loaded up what belongings they could, including three dogs and a 1930 model hot rod on a trailer.

As he looked out his rear view mirror he could see embers on the roof of his garage.

"We knew it was gone," he said.

He later gathered at the Arrowhead Bar and Grill in nearby Congress along with locals and watched on TV as he saw the fire destroy his house.

Two hundred firefighters were working on the fire Sunday, and several hundred more were expected to arrive Monday.

The fire has forced the closure of parts of state Route 89. Fire crews had no containment late Sunday.

The Red Cross has opened two shelters in the area ? at Yavapai College in Prescott and at the Wickenburg High School gym.

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Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writer Brian Skoloff in Yarnell, Ariz., and Associated Press reporter Martin Di Caro in Washington, D.C., also contributed to this story.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-wildfire-kills-19-members-elite-crew-085846959.html

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Phoenix, Las Vegas bake in scorching heat

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) ? Scorching heat blistered the Southwest on Saturday, where highs between 115 and 120 degrees were expected for parts of Arizona, Nevada and California through the weekend.

Forecasters said temperatures in sunbaked Las Vegas could match the record of 117 degrees Saturday. Phoenix hit 119 degrees by mid-afternoon, breaking the record for June 29 that was set in 1994. And large swaths of California sweltered under extreme heat warnings, which are expected to last into Tuesday night ? and maybe even longer.

Dan Kail was vacationing in Las Vegas when he heard that the temperature at California's Death Valley could approach 130 degrees this weekend. He didn't hesitate to make a trip to the desert location that is typically the hottest place on the planet.

"Coming to Death Valley in the summertime has always been on the top of my bucket list," the 67-year-old Pittsburgh man said. "When I found out it might set a record I rented a car and drove straight over. If it goes above 130 I will have something to brag about."

The forecast called for Death Valley to reach 128 degrees Saturday as part of a heat wave that has caused large parts of the western U.S. to suffer. Death Valley's record high of 134 degrees, set a century ago, stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

A couple hours south in Baker, the temperature was expected to peak at 120 degrees in the road tripper's oasis in the Mojave Desert on Interstate 15. The strip of gas stations and restaurants between Los Angeles and Las Vegas is known by travelers for the giant thermometer that often notes temperatures in the triple digits.

At the Mad Greek restaurant there, a waitress called out orders for "Chocolate shake! Strawberry shake!" while the temperature hovered at 112 degrees during the lunch rush.

Downtown Los Angeles was expected to hit 91 degrees, 7 degrees shy of its record.

To make matters worse in California, National Weather Service meteorologists John Dumas said cooling ocean breezes haven't been traveling far enough inland overnight to fan Southern California's overheated valleys and deserts.

Burbank set a record overnight low with temperatures dipping to 74 degrees overnight, much warmer than the previous record of 68 degrees for Saturday's early hours.

In Northern California, temperatures Saturday were expected to reach the 80s in San Francisco, upper 90s in San Jose and into the triple digits inland, about 20 degrees above typical highs in the Bay area.

Farther north, triple-digit temps were expected in Sacramento on Saturday and Sunday.

Health officials warned people to be extremely careful when venturing outdoors. The risks include not only dehydration and heat stroke but burns from the concrete and asphalt. Dogs can suffer burns and blisters on their paws by walking on hot pavement.

Cooling stations were set up to shelter the homeless and elderly people who can't afford to run their air conditioners. In Phoenix, Joe Arpaio, the famously hard-nosed sheriff who runs a tent jail, planned to distribute ice cream and cold towels to inmates this weekend.

Officials said personnel were added to the Border Patrol's search-and-rescue unit because of the danger to people trying to slip across the Mexican border. At least seven people have been found dead in the last week in Arizona after falling victim to the brutal desert heat.

Temperatures are also expected to soar across Utah and into Wyoming and Idaho, with triple-digit heat forecast for the Boise area. Cities in Washington state that are better known for cool, rainy weather should break the 90s next week.

The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks. Dogs were at risk of burning their paws on scorched pavement, and airlines kept close watch on the heat for fear that it could cause flights to be delayed.

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Skoloff reported from Phoenix. Also contributing were Robert Jablon and Shaya Tayefe Mohajer in Los Angeles, Julie Jacobson and Michelle Rindels in Las Vegas, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, Cristina Silva and Bob Christie in Phoenix, and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, N.M.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/phoenix-las-vegas-bake-scorching-heat-202602575.html

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