1.   By early June, though, wildfires had begun popping up across the state as an unprecedented drought and searing heat baked Florida.

2.   Elsewhere, triple-digit heat will bake parts of the High Plains while spotty showers accompany the arrival of cool air along the Northwest coast.

3.   Meanwhile, searing heat will bake the rest of the Plains, with record highs most likely in western parts of the central and southern Plains.

4.   Summerlike heat baked the eastern third of the country this week, toppling records and sending people outside in search of sun -- and relief.

5.   The intense heat baked the glue in the furniture and it literally fell apart.

6.   Even as the scorching heat of summer bakes the desert around it - devotees continue to pour in to the temple to pay their respects.

7.   Fierce heat baked the Australian Open for the first time this week Thursday, and for a few moments it seemed defending champion Martina Hingis might wilt away.

8.   The sun shone brightly Thursday, but the heat baked the mud like bricks.

9.   While record heat baked parts of the world Tuesday, smiling Santa Clauses descended on Copenhagen for an annual convention stirring some heat of its own.