“It’s a historic day for Sydney,” Weather Channel meteorologist Dick Whitaker said. More than 70 percent of the country is baking under a “dome of heat” and firefighters have been battling wildfires that have swept across dry fields and forests. Australia’s all-time record temperature was 123 degrees F (50.7 degrees C), set in January 1960 at Oodnadatta in South Australia state. via AFP
-- Million: The value of jewels stolen from the hotel room of a Swiss luxury watchmaker and jeweller at the Cannes film festival
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"I don't ever want to lose my kids."
-- Melissa Torrez who hopped in her car and gave chase after a man who had grabbed her 4-year-old daughter from her family's yard. The suspect was caught and charged with attempted kidnapping
