I didn’t watch GMA - but they had a panel on. Chris Cuomo Twitters. [reason for abbreviations is you can only use 140 characters per tweet.
swineflu may be because this flu resembles older forms genetically, so older folks have immunity. also say this not spread’g like pandemic.
just because panel didnt seem “freaked” doesnt mean they know this is going to go away, or dismiss it. quite opposite. be on guard.
they say duration unknow, could mutate and get wors, or could subside. tough to guage because this flu coming later than usual
Burglars targeted a Tuscumbia business early Thursday morning. What's most alarming is what the thieves took from business. The stolen property is potential dangerous material.
Approximately 1,000 pounds of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken from Greens Keepers on Gann Boulevard in Tuscumbia. The company handles fertilization and weed control for residential and commercial lawns. The owner, John Wagner, says he's been in business for twelve years and nothing like this has ever happened. "It's very unusual," says Wagner. "It was a very big shock to walk in at 7:00 a.m. and see all this gone." Sometime early Thursday morning, burglars broke in the business. First, they tried to bust through this glass window in the front of the building. When that didn't work, police say the crooks pried open the side door.
"It appears that 25 to 30 bags of high-grade nitrate fertilizer was taken off the premises," explains Wagner. The thieves stacked the bags of fertilizer onto one of the company trucks, attached a trailer to the back, and loaded a lawn mower on it. The crooks also rummaged through the office - grabbing two computers, an iPod, and a cordless phone. The stolen property is valued at several thousand dollars. For Wagner, that's not the most unsettling part.
"The cost of the fertilizer is not the issue, it's the quantity and the potential for bad guys," explains Wagner. " Wagner worries that having the large amount of fertilizer in the wrong hands could lead to something very dangerous. "It could potentially be made into a bomb," says Wagner.
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http://www.whnt.com/news/shoals/whnt-fertilizer-stolen-from-greens-keepers,0,2442663.story
Petraeus: Next Two Weeks Critical to Pakistan's Survival
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, has told U.S. officials the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the Pakistani government will survive, FOX News has learned. "The Pakistanis have run out of excuses" and are "finally getting serious" about combating the threat from Taliban and Al Qaeda extremists operating out of Northwest Pakistan, the general added.
But Petraeus also said wearily that "we've heard it all before" from the Pakistanis and he is looking to see concrete action by the government to destroy the Taliban in the next two weeks before determining the United States' next course of action, which is presently set on propping up the Pakistani government and military with counterinsurgency training and foreign aid.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/30/petraeus-weeks-critical-pakistans-survival/