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degrees short of a record, while Phoenix baked in 119 degrees. Large swaths of California sweltered under extreme heat warnings, which are expected to last into Tuesday night -- and maybe even longer.
• In Death Valley -- known as the hottest place on Earth -- temps reached 125, according to the National Weather Service. Death Valley's record high of 134 degrees, set nearly a century ago on July 10, 1913, stands as the planet's highest recorded temperature.
• Las Vegas fire and rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said paramedics responded to a home without air conditioning and found an elderly man dead. He said while the man had medical issues, paramedics thought the heat worsened his condition.
• Paramedics said another elderly man suffered a heat stroke when the air conditioner in his car went out for several hours while he was on a long road trip. He stopped in Las Vegas, called 911 and was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
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• EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) -- With the score tied 1-1, it's gone to a penalty shootout in a tense soccer match between teams from Israel and Australia.
• As the Australian goalkeeper in his red jersey braces for the shot, the Israeli striker pauses. Then he breaks into a dance instead of kicking the ball.
• Perhaps he can be forgiven: He's a robot, after all.
• Welcome to the RoboCup, where more than a thousand soccer-playing robots from forty countries have descended on the Dutch technology Mecca of Eindhoven this week with one goal in mind: beat the humans.
• Eventually.
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• NEW YORK (AP) -- What's new this Fourth of July?
• A happy face with a wink exploding over New York City as part of Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks 2013 -- the nation's biggest display.
• That's one of the spectacles being prepared to light up the sky on Thursday.

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