Washington wilts in the sweltering summer

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Thursday was a hazy, dizzy stunner of a hot day in the Washington area, where the high temperature flirted with 100 degrees and felt like 112. And Friday is expected to be much worse, tying a 103-degree record for July 22 set in 1926. Blanket on the humidity, and it will feel like 115 degrees. Saturday doesn’t look much better.

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