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Someone turned the heat up! It is officially summertime in Billings, and we looked around to find the best places to cool off, here are our top five, and as usual, if you have a good idea please share it with us by commenting on this post.

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Expect shoulder and median work to continue at various locations on I-90 from the Laurel interchange to Pinehills interchange…Expect single lane traffic with reduced speeds throughout the area.

Refurbishing operations continue on the skybridge that goes over North 29th St Street

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With summer just around the corner, we decided to take a look around Billings and find the best places to go swimming. I first noticed the Yellowstone River where a lot of locals have their favorite swimming holes from down in Wyoming all the way up to Sidney. Here in Billings, Riverfront Park has a nice place to swim but as you know, the flooding has caused us to look elsewhere to swim. See our top five after the jump and feel free to let us know your favorite place to swim!

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Pippa Middleton's derriere may have taken the world by storm during the Royal Wedding in April, but the future King's sister-in-law wasn't able to snag the title of England's best rear-end.

Instead, the annual award went to game-show host Carol Vorderman, with Middleton coming in second place.

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Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Jeanne Tripplehorn
Age: 48
Occupation: Actress
Known For: Films such as 'Basic Instinct' and television shows such as 'Big Love'

Bobby Jindal
Age: 40
Occupation: Governor of Louisiana
Known For: Doing a spot-on impression of Mr. Rogers when delivering the GOP's official response to President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress in January of 2009

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1692 – At the Salem Witch Trials, Bridget Bishop is hanged for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries" (More info)

1793 - Washington replaces Philadelphia as US capital (More info)

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With nearly 7,000 piercings, you'd think the only thing Elaine Davidson could attract is a refrigerator magnet.

But you'd be wrong.

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Today, Google is paying tribute to the late guitar pioneer Les Paul with a guitar-themed doodle that allows users to play it and record songs of their own.

The doodle, which was designed by engineers Kristopher Hom and Joey Hurst and doodle team lead Ryan Germick, will be up for 24 hours, and was released to celebrate what would have been Paul's 96th birthday. (Paul, a leader in the development of the solid-body electric guitar, died of complications from pneumonia in 2009.)

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Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Joan Rivers
Age: 78
Occupation: Comedienne
Known For: Scathing celebrity critiques and being a plastic surgeon's best friend

Kanye West
Age: 34
Occupation: Rapper
Known For: Smash albums like '808s and Heartbreak' and never letting anyone finish a sentence

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Here's a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Tennessee became the 11th (and last) state to secede from the Union (More info)

1949 – George Orwell's '1984' is published (More in

At WWDC, Apple's annual developers conference, head honcho Steve Jobs came and went in only two hours, but left the rapt audience of gadget geeks with the next full year of the company's plans, including the launches of iCloud, iOS5, and the new Mac OSX Lion.

In the spotlight, and held for Jobs' trade

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Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

• Tom Jones
• Age: 71
• Occupation: Singer
• Known For: Performing songs such as 'What's New Pussycat' while being pelted with panties

• Ken Osmond
• Age: 68
• Occupation: Actor
• Known For: Playing Eddie Haskell on the television show 'Leave It to Beaver'

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