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for a special emergency response team for the Pennsylvania State Police. "He can try to draw them into an ambush area where he backtracks."
• As authorities weathered heavy snow and freezing temperatures in the mountains, thousands of heavily armed police remained on the lookout throughout California, Nevada, Arizona and northern Mexico for a suspect bent on revenge and willing to die.
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Hacker gains access to private Bush family emails and photos; criminal investigation launched
• HOUSTON (AP) -- Turns out even former presidents can fall prey to hackers.
• A mysterious email hacker apparently accessed private photos and messages sent between members of the Bush family, including both retired commanders in chief.
• The Secret Service is investigating the breach, which appeared to yield little more than a few snapshots and some family discussions. But the incident illustrated how easily hackers can pry into private lives, even those of one of the nation's most prominent and closely guarded political clans.
• The Smoking Gun website displayed photos it said came from the hacker, including one that purported to show the elder Bush during his recent stay in a Houston hospital, where the 88-year-old spent almost two months undergoing treatment for complications from a bronchial infection.
• The website said the hacker, who went by the online moniker "Guccifer," gained access to the material through Bush family members and friends.
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The worst of the flu season could be over, after earlier-than-usual start
• NEW YORK (AP) -- The worst of the flu season appears to be over.
• The number of states reporting intense or widespread illnesses dropped again last week, and in a few states there was very little flu going around, U.S. health officials said Friday.
• The season started earlier than normal, first in the Southeast and then spreading. But now, by some measures, flu activity has been ebbing for at least four weeks in much of the country. Flu and pneumonia deaths also dropped the last two weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
• "It's likely that the worst of the current flu season is over," CDC spokesman Tom (Continued on page 32)
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