Associated Press: For the third time in a decade, the globe sizzled to the hottest year on record, federal scientists announced Friday. Both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA calculated that in 2014 the world had its hottest year in 135 years of record keeping.
NOAA said 2014 averaged 58.24 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 1.24 degrees above the 20th-century average.
NASA, which calculates temperatures slightly differently, put 2014's average temperature at 58.42 degrees Fahrenheit, which...