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An upcoming heat wave could lead topower outages in the central and east-ern USA, including the major metropol-itan areas of New York City, Washingtonand Chicago, experts said.

As temperatures rise and more peo-ple turn to their air conditioners for re-lief, the demand for power can becomeoverwhelming. Power companies pre-pared for the worst and asked custom-ers to be mindful of their electricity use.

“The demand for power can increaseas the heat wave goes on because peoplebecome less resistant – more willing toturn their air conditioning on and up,”said Allan Drury, a spokesman for ConEdison in New York.

Temperatures are forecast to reach100 degrees in New York City by Satur-

Heat may grow so hostile that it pulls plug on power

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You know the photo: Buzz Aldrin,standing on the moon and saluting theAmerican fl�ag.

Zoom in. What’s really in the im-age? Why is the fl�ag waving? Whereare the stars? And how did those shad-ows get there?

To commemorate the 50th anniver-sary of the Apollo 11 mission, USA TO-DAY spoke with experts at NASA and

reviewed its archives to explain themost notable details in the famed pho-to. Spoiler alert: Not everything wentas the space agency planned it.

On July 20, 1969, around 11:40 p.m.EDT, the scene depicted in one of the most iconic photos ever takenunfolded.

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Al-drin were more than 110 hours into thehistoric moon landing mission when

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Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrongand Buzz Aldrin walked on themoon and planted an Americanflag. Aldrin stepped aside for asalute, and Armstrong capturedthe image for posterity. NASA/TNS

And the rest is history NASA’s enduring photo says it all – almost

The flagIt’s not drooping because a crossbar supports it.It appears to be rippling because the crossbarwouldn’t extend a full 90 degrees.

The starsYou can’t see the stars in the skybecause sunlight reflecting off themoon’s surface washes out starlight.

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The flagpoleA base allowed the pole to gointo the moon’s surface moreeasily. A red circle was painted18 inches from the bottom tohelp judge how deep it neededto go, but astronauts couldn’tget past 6 to 9 inches in.

The shadowsNo external lightwas used tobrighten up thephoto. The light wasfrom sunlight andreflections off themoon’s surface.

The rockThe crew collected up to50 of various sizes.

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WASHINGTON – A clear majority ofAmericans say President DonaldTrump’s tweets targeting four minor-ity congresswomen were “un-Ameri-can,” according to a USA TODAY/IpsosPoll. But most Republicans say theyagreed with his comments, an illustra-tion of the nation’s sharp partisan di-vide on issues of patriotism and race.

More than two-thirds of thoseaware of the controversy, 68%, callTrump’s tweets off�ensive. Among Re-publicans alone, 57% say they agreewith tweets that told the congress-women to go back to the countries“from which they came,” and a third“strongly” agree with them. All four

Americansoffendedby Trump’s‘go back’tweets Poll fi�nds divisions onwhat is racist, patriotic

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Overall, 59% call thepresident’s tweets“un-American.”