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A breakfast, comprised of (L-R) soft-boiled eggs, coffee, and toast. (credit: Getty Images/Tengku Bahar/AFP)

Cooking Breakfast In A Hot Car

With summer temperatures across North Texas often climbing into the triple digits, meteorologist Jeff Jamison decided to try cooking breakfast in a very hot vehicle.

CBS 11–2012/06/27

Family Files Suit Over Texas Inmates & Air Conditioning

A North Texas family has filed a federal lawsuit against the state, after a man died in a prison that didn’t have air conditioning. Larry Gene McCollum suffered heat stroke last summer, while serving time at the Hutchins State Jail in Dallas.

2012/06/27

Children take a swimming class at a pool. (credit: AFP/GettyImages)

North Texans Find Creative Ways To Reduce Energy Consumption

On Monday, CBS 11 News found a number of parents who found creative ways to reduce their electricity consumption. Most simply took advantage of someone else’s electricity .

2012/06/25

In-window air conditioners for sale. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Cooling Stations Open Across North Texas

To help those who need relief during the extreme heat the Salvation Army has set up more than a dozen cooling stations across North Texas.

2012/06/25

Power line towers. (credit: Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)

ERCOT Announces Record Use For June Day

As it stands, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is performing under normal conditions and no emergency electricity alerts have been issued, but persistent hot weather could change that.

2012/06/25

A Look At The Difference Of 1 Degree

The difference between a 99° or 100° day can be measured in records, tolerance or sweat. But the question has come up: How do meteorologists decide when it’s this close to go with 99° or 100°? Jeff Jamison explains.

2012/06/11

People walk as the early morning sun rises in the east. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Texas Loses Hottest Summer Title

After recalculating data from last year, the nation’s climatologists are declaring that Oklahoma suffered through the hottest summer ever recorded in the U.S. last year — not Texas as initially announced last fall.

2012/06/02

The Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire sits on the bench after getting into foul trouble during the first half of Game 5 in Miami on May 9, 2012. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

Knicks Wilt Down Stretch Of Game 5, Season Comes To An End

LeBron James had 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Miami Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-94 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference first-round series in five games.

2012/05/10

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Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony: ‘Next Year, We’ll Be Better’

Anthony vowed after the team’s latest first-round ouster that things will change. And soon.

2012/05/10

Baron Davis of the New York Knicks is taken off the court on a stretcher after he injured his knee in the third quarter against the Miami Heat in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 6, 2012 at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Davis Leaves Game 4 With Severe Knee Injury

Baron Davis left Game 4 of the Knicks’ opening round match-up with the Heat with an apparently serious knee injury.

2012/05/06

Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks reacts in the second half against the Miami Heat in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden. (Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images)

Knicks Avoid Sweep, Force Game 5

The Knicks defeat the Heat 89-87 to force Game 5 and snapped their 13-game playoff losing streak.

2012/05/06

Knicks Fall Apart In Second Half, Now 1 Loss From Going Home

LeBron James scored 32 points, including eight straight to start the fourth quarter and break open the game, and the Miami Heat took a 3-0 lead, sending the New York Knicks to an NBA postseason-record 13th straight loss, 87-70 on Thursday night.

2012/05/04