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July 18th, 2013
11:30 AM ET

Dangerous heat scorches the Northeast

Like many things in life, it's going to get worse before it gets better.

That lardy layer of humid, sticky heat oozing over the Northeast and Midwest is getting hotter and spreading out Thursday. But cooling rain will wash it away in some places in the evening.

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Filed under: Emily Schmidt • Heat
July 5th, 2013
11:51 AM ET

Inside look at TSA bomb training

CNN's Emily Schmidt was given rare access to explosives classes offered by the TSA to train security officers.


Filed under: Emily Schmidt • TSA