Midwest can't get any relief from oppressive heat

Comcast maintenance technicians Dan Farquhar, left, 62, of Kimball Twp., and Dave Heyer, 57, of Clyde, Mich. fill up the gas tank on this portable generator in Chesterfield Twp., Mich. on July 5, 2012. The National Weather Service reported late Thursday that the record-breaking heat that has baked the nation's midsection for several days was slowly moving into the mid-Atlantic states and Northeast. That forecast followed excessive-heat warnings Thursday for all of Illinois and Indiana, as well as parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.(AP Photo/The Detroit News, Todd McInturf)