Was the Swine Flu Ever That Bad or Was It Just the Media?

As you may have already heard, the swine flu is now on the decline in Mexico. Seems odd right? Especially considering the fact that that's where it originated. Well, hopefully the rest of the world will follow suit. And soon. But until then, we just need to stay clean and pray.

Will The Somalians Ever Quit?

How many of you ever remember wanting to be a pirate? Well, now that the Somalis have struck more than once, do you still want to? We all know that the stories of Blackbeard were cool, but this isn't the version the real world struts. Earlier today, the Somali pirates hijacked a Greek ship.

That's right. They're at it again. The ship they targeted this time was filled with 35,000 tons of soya. 14 crew members were on board. For those of you who don't know, soya, or soybean, is the most proteinaceous vegetable known to man.

Now imagine 35 thousand tons being stolen from you. Not to mention the fear the 14 members of the crew must've been in. The attack, staged at down, simply hijacked the ship. No crew members were harmed in the strike.

The World's Oldest Pair of Conjoined Twins

As shown here, Ronnie and Donnie Galyon are conjoined at the lower torso. But they're not just any pair of conjoined twins. They're the world's oldest.

When they were born, the doctor didn't even think they'd survive there first night of new life. But here they are, retired at the age of 57. They made their living by working in circus sideshows for most of their lives. How much more touching can you get?

Tomorrow, TLC will be showing a documentary on these legendary twins. How much more touching can you get?

What Would Motivate A Father To Do This?

In January 2008, Lam Luong, a refugee that arrived from Vietnam in 1984, decided to push his 4 young children off a bridge in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. They all fell to their watery deaths. What would motivate a father to do that?

Well, apparently, Luong, who is now 39, was on drugs at the time. 3 of the children involved were his own, while the other was his wife's from an earlier relationship.

His 3 kids were the younger 3. They were Hannah, at the age of 2, Lindsey, age 1, and Danny, who was only 4 months old at the time.

The eldest, Ryan, was his wife's from an earlier relationship. He was 3 years old on that fateful January day when he fell 80 feet to his death with his 3 half-siblings.

Earlier today, the court ruled that Luong would face the death penalty. Not only that, but everyday while he was on death row, he would be shown the pictures of each child he murdered that day.

Here's some more from Channel 2: Action News

So I ask you: Why do you think Lam Luong would do such a thing to his precious children?

Is She The Zodiac Killer's Daughter?

Today Deborah Perez made a claim that she was the daughter of California's Zodiac killer. 40 years ago, there was a killer who was suspected to be responsible for the deaths of at least 5 people in Cali. Perez claims that for one or two of the murders, her father would take her with for thrills.

Many other people have tried to claim the same thing over the years, but Deborah puts a new spin on this story.

She is apparently trying "to right his wrongs." She didn't know better at the time. "I was a child and just thought I was helping my father," said Perez. "He told me he killed many people."

But perhaps even more interesting is her declaration that she has a pair of horn-rimmed glasses that the killer took from his last victim, a cab driver.

At the age of 7, she also supposedly wrote a letter to the famed lawyer, Melvin Belli, to get help for her father, Guy Ward Hendrickson. The letter, with many misspellings and improper punctuation states "Dear Melvin This is the Zodiac speaking I wish you a happy Christmass. ... please help me."

Here's what CBS has to say on this topic:

Swine Flu Just a Publicity Stunt?

I've heard dozens of people in Mexico have died from this newly developed disease, but I was curious so I did a little research online. According to what I read, the swine flu has the same symptoms as the regular influenza, but is obviously much more deadly. Some sources even argued it was treated the same way. With a vaccine.

I also just read here, Swine Influenza, the swine flu is actually a strain of the human virus, the common cold. But if this is true, then how come many people are dying because of it? Like the human flu, it changes to avoid the beat down our antibodies deliver to most viruses. However, this disease is supposedly still just either Influenza A or C. As previously mentioned, this disease has very similar if not the same symptoms as the flu. If this is true, why is this disease so deadly? Not to mention how fast it seems to spread. There are already several hundred New York students who are suspected to have it. On average, 36 thousand people die every year from the seasonal flu.

So... How many do you think the swine flu will hit? Hopefully not many. Obama asked Congress earlier today for $1.5 billion to spend on fighting this illness. He plans to spend that money on stocking up the nation's medical treatment stock and also for developing a vaccine.