WORLD'S WARMEST JUNE-AUGUST EVER: NOAA. August hottest ever month on record. Mostly from warmer ocean surface temps ... Trees growing at accelerated rate worldwide from global warming climate change: study ... Over 11.4K plug-in EVs sold in July, up 54% over '13. Over 66K sold in 1H14, up 37% over '13 ... 49 Turk hostages freed by ISIS. (Had to be deal made with Turkey. Otherwise, why would they do that? Probably money for hostages. Anyway, that frees up Turkey to help anti-ISIS coalition.) ... Some 45K Kurds fled to Turkey in recent ISIS surge ... Blackwater founder: we could stop ISIS ... ISIS demolishing ancient artifacts in Iraq, Syria. Also selling them on black market ... US air strike targeted ISIS training camp in Iraq. French air strike targeted ISIS ammo dump ... Russian fighters, bombers intercepted by US, Canada fighters offshore Canada, US. Russia fighter jets running amok over W. Europe ... Donetsk munitions factory hit by explosions. Buffer zone getting set up to separate Ukraine, Russian separatist forces. Looks like Russia border moving west.) ... Sierra Leone country-wide lockdown over Ebola ... Cryogenic fracking to be tested soon in Colorado.