The Week That Was: Swine Flu Spreads; NYC Gets Buzzed

The World Health Organization raised the pandemic alert for swine flu to level 5 on Wednesday -- one notch short of declaring the rapidly spreading virus a full pandemic, while it advised all nations to "immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans."

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The Week That Was: Swine Flu Spreads; NYC Gets Buzzed

Cases of swine flu erupted worldwide, a federal photo-op scared the daylights out of New Yorkers and "The Hills" central couple tied the knot.

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