It was really hot this week. As if you didn’t know that when you stepped outside, and then realized it was far too freakin’ hot and went back indoors to the AC. If it makes you feel any better, it really was really hot- one of the largest heat waves of the decade, according to some meteorologists. At least 22 people died from the heat, and about 1,000 record highs were set across the country. In Minnesota, for instance, the heat index reached 134, surpassing the previous 1966 record by ten whole degrees. Weather doesn’t make for the most exciting news, but it does give journalism freedom to come up with some unique headlines. Here are some of the gems the over-heated reporters came up with: “Feelin’ hot, hot, hot” from The Suffolk News Herald, “When Mr. Heat Comes to Washington,” from Forbes, and “The Agony of the Heat,” from NPR. Thankfully, temps should be cooling down, so our makeup won’t be dripping down our face and journalists won’t have to come up with anymore, ahem, ”clever” headlines.

Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead on Saturday in her London apartment. It was well-known that Winehouse struggled with alcohol and drug abuse, but as of yet, the death is considered “unexplained.” Winehouse was super-talented; she wrote and sang her uniquely soulful hits including “Rehab,” which hit the top ten back in 2007. The album that song came from, “Back to Black,” won her five Grammys. She’s been relatively out of the spotlight for the past few years, attempting to recover from her addictions. Her death came less than two months after the end of her latest stint in rehab.

 On Monday, 40-year-old mega-bookstore chain Borders announced that its remaining 300 stores will close. “The truth is that Borders has been facing headwinds for quite some time, including a rapidly changing book industry, eReader revolution, and turbulent economy,” president Mike Edwards wrote to his employees. “We put in a valiant fight, but regrettably, in the end we weren’t able to overcome these external forces.” 10,700 employees will reportedly lose their jobs, during a time when job-hunting is already notoriously challenging. What will be Barnes & Noble’s fate? No one is sure yet, but lets hope at least some bookstores stick around. Where else will I read my free magazines?

Pic o’ the week:

Joel Saget / AFP / Getty Images.                      

Bicylclists competing in the 2011 Tour de France rode towards the Arc de Triomphe on Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris yesterday in the last stretch of the race. Cadell Evans of Australia won the tour, which ended Sunday, and he was the first Aussie to do so. Congrats Cadell!

While we usually run posts like this to decide which male celebrity is hotter, we thought it was time to take things to a new level. No, today’s “It’s On” is not about who is a hotter mess, or who needs more of an intervention (because Spears already had hers…and it seems to be working!).

What we want to know is: who would you rather work for?

On the one hand, you have Ms. Spears: you would have to care for her children, interact with K-Fed, make numerous Starbucks runs, tell her those boots look good with that dress, and, most likely, crush up drugs and stick em in her Frap.

On the other hand, you have Amy Winehouse: you would have to travel to the seediest parts of London to get her drugs (in return for sexual favors in an alley), pick bugs/small animals out of her hair, assist her in making packages (of drugs) to send to her husband in jail, and try to get the vomit out of her couture dresses.

So, which trashy diva would you wanna work for?