Drowning deaths were reported in the region over the hot weekend.

Private crop analysts are formulating yield ideas, and plugging them in a little above the trend line.

Yesterday was national burger day. USA Today reported food chains are jazzing up burgers. The world's biggest cheeseburger weighed more than a ton, and was cooked at the Black Bear Casino south of Duluth, Minn. The largest commercially available is available in Detroit, Mich.