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Here’s what we know about summer jobs: The pay is low, the work can be unrewarding and, all too often, there's an unflattering uniform involved. Oh, and they're really hard to find.

Residents displaced by a giant wildfire near Boulder, Colorado, began returning home Sunday while, 40 miles to the north, another fire forced evacuations west of Loveland.

The intense heat this summer wasn't a mirage for the tens of millions of people in the eastern and southern USA.

Merriam-Webster's "Word of the Summer" is not even a word. That's something no one can "refudiate."

Only 47.6% of people ages 16 to 24 had jobs in August, the lowest level since the government began keeping track in 1948, the Labor Department said Friday

The world is hotter than ever. March, April, May and June set records, making 2010 the warmest year worldwide since record-keeping began in 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.

Emergency rooms see an increase in cases of heat stroke and dehydration this time of year. Extra precautions must be taken to keep children safe, as well.

The East Coast broiled under an unforgiving sun Tuesday as record-toppling temperatures soared to 100 or higher in several cities, utility companies ...

Metropolitan areas along eastern seaboard states are bracing for scorching, triple digit temperatures as a hot air mass that settled into the region Sunday promises hotter and more humid weather Tuesday.

Temperatures are rising and so are reports of infants and toddlers dying from being trapped inside sizzling automobiles.