Mike Cox, of Sherman, Ill., positions a large fan and specially designed water hoses to cool his Standardbred trotting filly named Master Charge It, Monday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill. The National Weather Service reported Monday that heat advisories are in place from Georgia to Illinois and back down to Oklahoma. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Top cutlines:

• 1. Whoa there, Willll-burrr! You promised you’d never post these pictures on the web! That they were just for us -- Kevin Taylor.
• 2. After cooling the philly, Mike questions her demeanor: “I go to all this trouble and look at you. I mean, why the long face, girl?” -- JohnA.
• 3. Master Charge It is beginning to think that charging all that hay is getting her into deep water, with waves! -- JeanieS.
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