Summer Solstice: Summer Solstice: Heat Wave Marks First Day of Summer

For viewers who like to look for strange events that occur in conjunction with astronomical events, nothing could be an odder event on the 2012 Summer SolsticeThe Chinese summer solstice, known as Dragon Boat Festival in the West, falls on June 23 this year. It's a holiday that has transformed tragedies into festivities.There's been an awful lot of talk the past few days about the summer solstice. Summer arrived at 7:09 p.m. Wednesday and from your loyal scribe's view fromHere

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