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This idea of vampirism as a virus is similar to the latest version of I Am Legend, which you were supposed to direct at one point. Yep. Some of the notes about their biology actually came from me going to Warner Bros. to show them my ideas. I found it quite nice that visually the vampires in that movie had some passing similarity to those from my movie Blade II. The way they move, the fact that they all lose their hair and become these pale creatures. (See pictures of vampires in movies...
...York Swine Flu Shutters Schools As the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus surpassed 10,000 worldwide, schools in the U.S., Mexico and other countries continued to close--despite a CDC statement calling the move ineffective in containing the illness. Japan has shut more than 4,000 schools; in states like Texas and New York--which reported its first flu death May 17--some students have been home for two weeks...
...breaking into academic and corporate computer systems and causing millions of dollars in damage; after years eluding capture, he spent half a decade behind bars in the 1990s and was ordered to stay away from computers for three additional years. The "Melissa" and "I Love You" viruses of the late 1990s and early 2000s drew widespread attention to expanding cyberthreats and jump-started the sale of virus- and worm-protection software, now a multibillion-dollar industry...
...skittish tourists. Twenty Mexican hotel chains - including Zoëtry Wellness and Spa Resorts, Secrets and Dreams Resorts and Spas, Azul Hotels, El Dorado Spa Resorts and Hotels and Real Resorts - have instituted a "flu-free guarantee" that promises guests an H1N1-free vacation. If you do contract the virus, you'll get your next three yearly vacations free. (Almost makes catching swine flu seem worth it.) The guarantee is valid for trips booked before June 30, for stays until Dec. 20. Rates start at $171 per person per night at El Dorado, all meals included, and range...
Assistant public school principal Mitchell Wiener (WEE'-ner) became the city's first death from the virus a week...