Three deaths in St. Louis blamed on sweltering heat

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 12:19 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis officials on Monday blamed the deaths of three elderly residents on the heat wave that has settled over the region for two weeks, and Midwesterners braced for even hotter weather over the next few days.

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