Near record heat once again today, feeling like it's more than 100 degrees.  The heat sits over us through the weekend.

Our Top Local Story:  Making preparations just in case Tropical Storm Emily turns toward us.  The storm is about to reach Haiti this morning, dumping a ton of rain on the area that's still recovering from last year's earthquake.  Accuweather's Heather Zehr says we're still on the edge of the long-range forecast later this weekend.  Listen to Heather explain why there is a lot of uncertainty over the storm's strength.

Duval County's emergency preparedness team is preparing just in case.  Chief Marty Senterfitt is urging you to be prepared, get your family plan in place.

For the second time in as many years, Jacksonville-based Web.com is snapping up one of its competitors. This time, it's Network Solutions.  The deal is worth 560-million dollars.  It will create the world's largest online marketing company. A year ago, Web.com purchased Register.com.

A man is recovering in a hospital after being shot overnight.  First Coast News reports the man was inside his truck at the intersection of West Bay and Pearl streets outside the Greyhound Bus station when someone tried to rob him and opened fire. The man was shot in the leg.  The robber is still on the loose.

A man leads police on a chase on the Westside.  Police say the chase started on LaMoya Avenue and ended when the driver crashed his SUV into a tree in an apartment complex off Confederate Point Road. The driver allegedly tried ramming a cruiser during the pursuit.

Our Top National Story: As they express outrage at the GOP, Democratic Senators lectured reporters, saying the news media is not being even-handed in coverage of the FAA impasse.  Hear Jamie Dupree explain why the attacks are an obvious sign of frustration.

President Obama celebrates a milestone today, his 50th birthday.  He headlined a fundraiser last night in Chicago. 

A new poll indicates trouble ahead for President Obama.  The Quinnipiac poll of over 1,400 Florida voters shows half say Obama does not deserve a second term.  The same poll, however, shows that Mitt Romney is the only Republican Presidential candidate with enough support to challenge Obama in Florida.  Hear pollster Peter Brown explain what makes Obama vulnerable in the months leading up to the election.

Guess who's back from vacation?  Neal Boortz!  And before he hit the air at 9am I called him to talk about the winners and losers in the debt debate.  Listen to our conversation here.

Sounding confident...the White House is shrugging off talk that the economy may be headed back into recession.  Wall Street yesterday saw its first positive day in more than a week.  The President says our economy is in a weakened state, and is pushing his Cabinet to focus on what matter most to the American people, including how to put people back to work and improve wages and job security.

Oregon Congressman David Wu is officially gone from Congress.  Wu is the third House member to resign under pressure in the past few months.  Wu is connected to an unwanted sexual encounter with a young woman, he denies any wrongdoing.

A big meat recall...the Cargill company is pulling back 36 million pounds of ground turkey that may be linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak.  One person has died and more than 70 people have gotten sick since March--so far none of the cases are in Florida.

It appears more likely former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld may face trial for damages because of an
Army veteran who says he was unjustly imprisoned and tortured in Iraq by U.S. forces. A judge is allowing the case to go forward. The veteran worked for an American contracting firm as a translator.

Millions of dollars in public money is going to pay for programs to help minorities in New York City.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg is kicking in 30 million dollars from his foundation, and George Soros will match that amount.  The programs are designed to help young black and  Latino men.