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(CNN) -- Christina Cimino was logging onto Twitter on Thursday morning when something happened that she found deeply unsettling.

iReporter David Seaman says Twitter needs a competitor so users don't panic when it goes down.

"I got some weird error message, and I'm like, 'What's going on!?" the 24-year-old said.

That error message was the scourge of online social networkers worldwide on Thursday as cyber-attacks shut down Twitter and caused sustained glitches in other social-media sites like Facebook and the blogging site LiveJournal.

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote the sites were the victims of what "appears to be a single, massively coordinated attack." And a pro-Georgian blogger, whose accounts on Facebook and Twitter reportedly were the targets of the denial-of-service attack, told CNN the online strike was timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Georgia conflict.

What may prove more lasting about the day social networking suffered its first major blackout is the degree to which people cared. Near-panic erupted in some corners of the Internet as people lost cherished links to their online friends, family members and news feeds. Watch CNN iReporters talk about the attack

Part of the panic relates to the sheer popularity of the sites.

Twitter saw a more than 1,300 percent jump in unique visitors between February 2008 and February 2009, according to Nielsen NetView. The site, which lets users post messages of 140 characters or less, had more than 44 million worldwide users in June, according to comScore. More than 120 million users log onto Facebook at least one time each day, the site says.

To be sure, not all Facebook and Twitter users freaked out because of the attacks. Some people even reveled in the mayhem. Blog: Could the attacks be our fault?

But for people like Cimino, who said she "felt naked" without access to Twitter, the attacks were a serious reality check -- a chance to evaluate just how dependent they'd become.

"You know how you pat your pockets for your cell phone and your keys? Well it's that same kind of phantom [limb] with Twitter," she said. "It's like, 'I can't update! I can't update!' It's just one of those bugs that gets in you."

She added: "I was pretty upset, actually. It feels like a lifeline for me ... Pretty much everyone knows almost every detail of my life by what I'm doing on Twitter."

It's not worth analyzing whether these online connections are good or bad because the reality is that Twitter and Facebook are now an important part of our lives, said Marc Cooper, a journalism professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.

"For many people, and not just young people, the Web is not just media, it's actually a place where they conduct their lives or a portion of their lives," he said.

"So the panic [Thursday] morning is only reflective of that. This is not just a hobby or an amusement or another accoutrement, it's actually deeply woven into their lives and is integral to their social interaction. So when it's cut off, it's a problem."

Others saw Twitter's existence as the problem and relished the chance to make fun of a Web site that has become so omnipresent in news cycles.

"Horrors!!! People will have to communicate face to face!" one user commented on CNN's SciTech blog.

Another commenter said, "Turn off your computers and read a book or get outside and discover there is more to life than cyberspace. The Internet has become nothing more than the new cocaine."

Now that Twitter is back online, the No. 1 conversation thread on the site is called "whentwitterwasdown," where users discuss what they did without their real-time Twitter updates.

Some people are mocking the blackout. A user named PaulWilks, for instance, wrote, "I took up juggling."

Others seem concerned. "I did absolutely nothing. It's like my heart was gone," wrote a user named HarajukuxBarbie. "I felt so empty inside," wrote another Twitter user called freinhar.

Some business people on Thursday realized just how much they depend on Facebook and Twitter to do their work.

Adam Ostrow, editor-in-chief at Mashable, a blog that covers social media, said the outage made it difficult for his organization to cover the news and to promote its stories.

"For someone like myself who spends all day on Twitter, it's incredibly frustrating," he told CNN.com Live .

Justin Stauffer, a 31-year-old who works in Web strategy at a marketing company near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said Thursday's attack made him realize just how dependent on Twitter he had become.

"When something that's so central to how you do your business or how you gather information goes down, yeah, you get a little jittery -- like, when's it going to be back," he said.

"I didn't break out in hives or anything like that," he said, jokingly.

David Seaman, an iReporter in New York, said he thinks Twitter needs a competitor so users will have an alternative if the site is down. Watch Seaman's talk about the issue on CNN's iReport

And Amy Gahran, who writes about social media on a blog called Contentious, said all technologies can break down, so people need to make contingency plans.

"Hell, when you get down to it, you can lose your voice or break your writing hand or have a stroke and be unable to communicate. We are fundamentally social creatures, and when we lack our usual communication channels it's scary," she writes.

"Don't panic. Have a backup plan, and be prepared."

Cooper, the USC professor, said the fuss surrounding Thursday's attack is a sign that instant, online communication is here to stay.

Fighting the trend would be like trying to stop the ocean's tides, he said, but it's unclear where the technology will take our society.

"The bottom line is that we don't know. All of this is too new," he said. "It's like sitting around in the year 1500 and trying to figure out where the printing press was going to take us."

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LOGANVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- The crowd cheered as Morgan Lawless faced her first pitch of the fall baseball season.

Morgan Lawless, who has cerebral palsy, plays baseball at Bay Creek Park near Atlanta, Georgia.

The 14-year-old middle-school student clenched her teeth as she swung the bat into a single.

Instead of running to first base, Lawless zoomed over in her motorized wheelchair.

Lawless has cerebral palsy. She's among nearly 300 children who play in a special-needs baseball league at Bay Creek Park in the Atlanta, Georgia, suburb of Loganville.

"It's actually fun because we get to be kids and we can play like regular people," Lawless said.

What's different about this ballpark is that the field is made of a rubberized material that allows for easier movement in wheelchairs.

"We started out on a dirt field," said league founder Cathy Smith. "But power wheelchairs and dirt don't mix."

Smith helped raise some of the half-million dollars in private and county funding needed to build the field in 2004.

She said she gets goosebumps whenever she watches the young players come across home plate. "The grin and smile on their faces just says it all."

Coach Tom Estes joined the program eight years ago with his now-15-year-old son, Justin, who has cerebral palsy.

Estes noted that some of the players, like his son, use a wheelchair, but others with autism, Down syndrome and multiple sclerosis are ambulatory.  Health Minute: Watch more on special needs baseball Â»

During a game, the children are paired with young helpers from another local baseball league.

No special skills are required to participate, Estes said. "If we have to help them hit, help them run, help them catch, we are simply here to let them play baseball."

The coaches have taken extra precautions to make sure no one gets hurt.

The players wear batting helmets, and a coach feeds large, softball-sized rubber balls into a pitching machine to control the direction.

There are no umpires, and no one really keeps score. "We have a lot of tie ball games," Estes chuckled.

The games are short, just two innings, but everyone gets to play.

"It's not about competition as much as it is about the ability to just do what other kids do," said Mike Lawless, Morgan's father.

He said his daughter looks forward to the games all week.

So does Estes' son. "Until you get involved, you don't realize the closed life they live," Tom Estes said.

Being part of the team gives the players a sense of independence and self control and gets them outside in the fresh air, he said.

"They're out here doing the same thing as the other kids. They really don't do that on a normal basis."

The weekly games also give the kids something to brag about in school on Monday morning, Estes said. "They hear everyone else talking about it...and my son can say, 'Yeah, I hit a home run yesterday, too. It was great.' "

Justin Estes seemed to take all the attention in stride. And what does he think is the best part about playing baseball? Pointing past his wheelchair to the smooth surface of the field, he said simply, "No ruts."

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text: closed

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text: team

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text: gets

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text: air

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text: kids

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text: school

text: on

text: Monday

text: morning

text: Estes

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text: They

text: hear

text: everyone

text: else

text: talking

text: about

text: it

text: and

text: my

text: son

text: can

text: say

text: Yeah

text: I

text: hit

text: a

text: home

text: run

text: yesterday

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text: was

text: great

text: Justin

text: Estes

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text: take

text: all

text: the

text: attention

text: in

text: stride

text: And

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text: does

text: he

text: think

text: is

text: the

text: best

text: part

text: about

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text: baseball

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text: surface

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text: field

text: he

text: said

text: simply

text: No

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question: Does anyone keep score?

answer: no one really

text: no one really

question: Some players use a what, whilst  others are ambulatory?

answer: motorized wheelchair.

text: motorized wheelchair.

question: A special-needs baseball league near Atlanta has how many  children?

answer: 300


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(CNN) -- Sri Lankan officials rejected a proposed cease-fire from the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday, warning instead that government troops intended to continue a new offensive until the group surrenders, a senior government official said.

Tamil demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka during a rally Saturday in Paris, France.

"The government is firm that (the rebels) lay down their arms and surrender. We do not recognize this so-called offer," said Lakshman Hulugalle, director of Sri Lanka's Media Center for National Security.

The proposed cease-fire came six days after the Sri Lankan army launched a new offensive against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) in the country's northern area. Government troops made significant advances into rebel-held territory on Friday and Saturday, according to Sri Lankan Army sources.

A government-imposed deadline for the Tigers to surrender passed last Tuesday. Tens of thousands of displaced civilians currently remain wedged in a dwindling swath of territory controlled by the Tigers along the country's northeastern coast.

Government troops say they have rescued 39,000 civilians trapped in the area, but a U.N. refugee agency said Friday that a wave of "fresh displacement" has now exceeded 100,000 individuals.

"In the face of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and in response to the calls made by the U.N., EU, the governments of the USA, India and others, the (LTTE) has announced an unilateral cease-fire. All of LTTE's offensive military operations will cease with immediate effect," the rebel leaders said in a written statement issued earlier Sunday.

"We welcome the attempts by the U.N. and its agencies to assist the civilian population and are ready to engage and cooperate with them to address the humanitarian needs of the population. ... We are in full agreement that the humanitarian crisis can only be overcome by declaration of an immediate cease-fire."

The Tiger leadership asked the international community to "pressure the Sri Lankan government to reciprocate" on the cease-fire offer.

The Tigers have been fighting for an independent state in Sri Lanka's northeast since 1983. As many as 70,000 people have been killed since the civil war began, and the group has been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries, including the United States and the European Union.

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question: What did the government do?

answer: new offensive until the group surrenders,

text: new offensive until the group surrenders,

question: Where do the rebels control?

answer: country's northern area.

text: country's northern area.

question: what says agency U.N?

answer: said Friday that a wave of "fresh displacement" has now exceeded 100,000 individuals.

text: said Friday that a wave of "fresh displacement" has now exceeded 100,000 individuals.


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(CNN) -- Retired basketball icon Michael Jordan bought a majority share of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats, officials said Saturday.

Jordan, who was already a minority owner of the team, headed a group that bought a majority share of the team from businessman Robert Johnson, Johnson said in a statement.

Johnson said he has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell majority interest of Bobcats Sports and Entertainment to Michael Jordan and MJ Basketball Holdings, LLC. The deal is subject to NBA approval. Details on the purchase price were not available.

Jordan has overseen the team's basketball operations in recent years. He won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls.

Johnson, who founded BET and sold it to Viacom for $3 billion in 2001, announced that he had been looking for someone to buy earlier this year.

His fortune was depleted by an expensive divorce, but in a 2009 interview with CNN, Johnson estimated his net worth was still $1.1 billion.

Johnson's resume is full of firsts: BET was the first African-American owned company traded on the NYSE. He was the first African-American billionaire in the United States. And, in 2002, he became the first African-American majority owner of a professional sports franchise.

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question: Who bought a controlling stake

answer: Michael Jordan

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question: What is the name of the franchise?

answer: Charlotte Bobcats,

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question: Who wanted to sell

answer: Johnson

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question: Who sold the team to him?

answer: Robert Johnson,

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question: Who runs team operations

answer: Jordan

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question: What businessman was looking to sell?

answer: Robert Johnson,

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question: What was Jordan running?

answer: the team's basketball operations

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question: What did Michael Jordan buy?

answer: majority share of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats,

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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- A leading human rights activist was abducted and killed in Russia Wednesday, the organization she worked for told CNN.

Estemirova, pictured in 2007, had been openly critical of Chechnya's president, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Natalya Estemirova, of the Russian human rights group Memorial, was kidnapped outside her home in Grozny, Chechnya, Oleg Orlov said, citing eyewitness reports.

She was later found dead in the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia, said Orlov, the head of the organization's Moscow office.

Estemirova, 50, was a leading human rights activist in the North Caucasus area who had been openly criticizing Chechnya's authoritarian president, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his methods.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed indignation at the murder and said her killers should be punished to the full extent of the law, his office said.

He expressed his condolences to her family, press secretary Natalya Timakova said.

Estemirova shouted that she was being kidnapped as she was forced into a white Lada automobile that had stopped on the road in front of her house at 8:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. ET), Orlov said.

An unidentified man grabbed her and shoved her into the car, he told CNN. "This is a kidnapping," she yelled, he said.

Estemirova studied history at Grozny University, then taught history before turning to journalism and human rights in 1998, Memorial said.

She joined the organization in March 2000.

In a written statement, U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the United States is "deeply saddened" by the report of Estemirova's death.

"We call upon the Russian government to bring those responsible to justice," he said.

He described Estemirova as "uncompromising in her willingness to reveal the truth regardless of where that might lead. She was devoted to shining a light on human rights abuses, particularly in Chechnya."

The Committee to Protect Journalists, in a written statement, demanded that the killing be thoroughly investigated immediately.

"As she uncovered massive, ongoing human rights violations in Chechnya by the federal and regional authorities, Estemirova was often at odds with Chechen authorities, according to her colleagues," the advocacy group said.

She won three international awards for human rights activities -- including the inaugural Anna Politkovskaya Award, named for the Russian investigative journalist who was herself murdered almost three years ago.

Estemirova was Politkovskaya's "most frequent companion during travel and investigations in Chechnya," the organization Reach All Women in War said in announcing the prize for Estemirova.

"They investigated a number of cases together -- about which Anna wrote for (the newspaper) Novaya Gazeta and Natalya wrote for Memorial's Web site and for local newspapers."

"President Medvedev must make good on his promise to investigate this shocking killing by ensuring that the inquiry is thorough and transparent," said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. "The killers of this courageous reporter, one of the few left in Chechnya, must not be allowed to walk free like so many before them."

CNN's Maxim Tkachenko in Moscow, Russia, contributed to this report.

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question: Who had Estemirova been critical of?

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question: Where did they find Estemirova's body?

answer: Ingushetia,

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question: Where was she from?

answer: Grozny, Chechnya,

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question: Where was Estemirova living?

answer: Grozny, Chechnya,

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question: Where did the kidnapping take place?

answer: Grozny, Chechnya,

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question: Where was the woman found dead?

answer: in the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia,

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question: What person was she critical of?

answer: Ramzan Kadyrov.

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Ten people were killed Monday in a suicide bombing outside a U.N. compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan, officials said.

Three employees working for the U.N. Refugee Agency were killed in the attack, as well as two Afghan civilians and an Afghan National Police officer, according to officials. In addition, four assailants were killed, according to a press release from the local Kandahar government.

Five others were injured, Afghan officials said.

The attack began when a truck full of explosives blew up near the U.N. compound, according to the government release. The massive blast, which shattered the windows of buildings surrounding the compound, was followed by an hours-long gunbattle with police, who prevented the insurgents from breaching the compound.

The U.N. Refugee Agency is "seeking a fuller understanding of the circumstances of today's attack. Nevertheless the fact remains that people working for us have been wounded and killed and the functioning of our Kandahar office seriously disrupted," according to a statement from the group.

Gen. Hamid Wardag, a local commander of the Afghan National Army, attributed the attack to the Taliban.

"This is a tragedy for UNHCR and for the families of the dead and wounded," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement. "It also underscores the great risks for humanitarian workers in Afghanistan."

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul also expressed its condolences to the families of the victims.

Kandahar province has seen a rash of recent violence.

On Thursday, insurgents launched attacks on a Provincial Reconstruction Team base and a military outpost, Afghan and NATO officials said.

Insurgents fired small guns and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) toward the Provincial Reconstruction Team, said Agha Lali, a member of the Kandahar provincial council. Officials killed two of the attackers, according to a regional police chief.

And on October 22, three U.S. service members were killed when an improvised explosive device blew up near their assault force.

Journalist Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Health officials say the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, is likely to cause more illnesses and deaths in the United States, even though much of the initial anxiety has eased.

A researcher investigates swine flu at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported higher levels of flu activity than the average for mid-May and an unusual number of outbreaks in schools. Some clinics reported high numbers of respiratory diseases more commonly seen during the peak of flu season.

"We do think that the way the virus is spreading in the U.S., we are not out of the woods, and the disease is continuing," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, interim deputy director for science and public health program at the CDC in a news conference this week.

In the United States, six deaths have been linked to the swine flu, although it's unclear whether these were caused by the virus or pre-existing conditions. Nationwide, at least 5,123 cases of H1N1 flu have been reported, although the actual number of people affected may be higher.

New data released by the CDC Tuesday showed that the majority of the 30 patients who were hospitalized with H1N1 in California had other medical conditions, such as chronic heart and lung disease, suppressed immune system, diabetes, and obesity. None of the patients died.

They had fevers, coughs, vomiting and shortness of breath, according to the CDC report that examined the patients. Six of them were admitted to the intensive care unit and four required mechanical ventilation.  See an explanation of H1N1 flu Â»

Five of them were pregnant -- two of the fetuses did not survive.

Earlier this month, Judy Dominguez Trunnell became the first U.S. resident to die from complications of the H1N1 flu. Her daughter was delivered via emergency Caesarean section.

Dominguez Trunnell felt body aches and numbing in the left side of her face and went to the hospital, her husband, Steven Trunnell, told CNN's Larry King.  Watch the interview. Â»

Trunnell has filed a wrongful death claim against Smithfield Foods, a pork and meat producer, alleging that the company's actions may have contributed to the virus' creation.

"She was a healthy, pregnant woman who was eight months pregnant until she contracted the virus," he said. "She became acutely ill, but she was never diagnosed with any major medical complications of any kind."

Health officials have said repeatedly since the outbreak's beginning that the virus cannot be contracted from eating pork.

Pregnancy increases the risk of certain medical problems and creating complications from the flu, Schuchat said.

"There is some immunosuppression that occurs during pregnancy," she said. "There maybe also a role of the mechanical effect of pregnancy in decreasing the lung capacity that maybe you're not easily able to handle lung infection or respiratory problems."

Early steps toward an H1N1 vaccine are being taken.

The process could take between five and six months from the time the virus appeared to when the vaccine would be available to the public, officials have said.

Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman, said the agency has sent H1N1 strains to roughly seven labs around the world to use in the first steps of  vaccine development. The CDC expects to get the viruses back from the institutions by the end of the month and "if we do go in the direction of producing a vaccine, we could see the production of pilot lots, and clinical trials, beginning as soon as late June."

Though the initial surveillance of the California cases indicates that most healthy patients recovered and were discharged after short hospital stays,  those with other medical conditions had greater complications.

"Our best estimate right now is that the fatality [with the H1N1] is likely a little bit higher than seasonal influenza, but not necessarily substantially higher," Schuchat said. The seasonal flu kills 36,000 people every year.

While people of all ages get the seasonal flu, its complications more severely affect older people or those with weakened immune systems. About 95 percent of people who die from the seasonal flu are 65 years old and above, according to the World Health Organization.

Many of the confirmed and probable cases for the H1N1 virus have been younger people between the ages of 5 and 24.

"The hospitalizations that we're tracking have this disproportionate occurrence among younger persons," Schuchat said. "That's very unusual to have so many people under 20 requiring hospitalization and in some of those intensive care units."

While there have been no deaths in that age group in the United States, Schuchat said: "We would not be surprised to see serious hospitalizations and deaths occurring in people in this age group and I think we need to be prepared for that."

"It's important to dispel the idea that we're out of the woods, or that this was a problem that really didn't merit response," she said. "Influenza is unpredictable, and we really need to stay attuned to that, to be prepared for surprises in the days and weeks ahead."

And the flu viruses can mutate. Dr. Dan Jernigan, deputy director for the CDC's influenza division said last week, "We're not seeing significant evidence of any mutation towards more virulence in the U.S."

H1N1 flu activity has been confirmed in 22 states and appears to be most active in the Southwest.

In April, concerns about the H1N1 virus prompted travel warnings, airport checks and school closures. The outbreak has sickened 9,830 people worldwide and caused at least 79 deaths -- mostly in Mexico, according to the WHO.

Last month, U.S. officials discouraged all nonessential travel to Mexico after the flu strain killed dozens of people there. On Friday, the CDC downgraded its warning and advised people with medical complications, advanced age or pregnancy to check with a doctor before going on a trip to Mexico.

CNN medical senior producers Saundra Young and Shahreen Abedin contributed to this report.

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answer: higher levels of flu activity than the average for mid-May and an unusual number of outbreaks in schools.

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question: What conditions had patients?

answer: chronic heart and lung disease, suppressed immune system, diabetes, and obesity.

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question: what does data show

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question: What CDC reported?

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(CNN) -- The moment I saw that guinea pig's corpse, I made up my mind. I would not tell my son Checkers was dead ... at least not that night. Drew had five tests within the next two days. I wasn't going to let grief jeopardize his grades.

Checkers, on the left, enjoys a bit of kale with Andrea.

I realize instantly the challenges of my decision. How could I keep this secret in a 10-by-12 room in which the guinea pig chalet was almost as big as the twin bed?

I'd already goofed by yelping, "Oh, my!" when I saw the body. Drew heard me from his bathroom. "What's wrong, Mommy? Are you OK?"

"I'm fine," I reply. But he recognizes that I haven't answered both questions.

"But what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Well, why did you say that? Is it the guinea pigs?"

I feel panicked. No sloshing! He's drying off! Pajamas are next! I realize I'm holding my breath, and in my head, I'm yelling, "Move, Christy! Move!"

I exhale as I lie. "Everything's OK."

In what seemed like one move, I reach in the closet, dump shoes out of a box, grab Checkers, plunk the stiff in the box, run downstairs, stuff the cardboard casket into a plastic bag, dash to the garage trash can, finish rapid hand-washing and make it upstairs as my third-grader steps into the hall.

"We're having storytime in my bed tonight!" I say breathlessly. My bed is off-limits except for nightmares, illness or Saturday morning. Drew's so excited about the treat, he runs for the king-sized sanctum without asking questions.

We read and pray, and then I give him a piggyback ride into his dark bedroom. It's Wednesday, 7:45 p.m., and for now, I'm in the clear. By the time Drew wakes the next morning, I have a plan: darkness and distraction.

We're always 30 minutes into our commute before the sun rises. Between a disabled circuit breaker to prevent lights in his room from working, piggyback rides up and down the stairs, dressing in mom's room (where the lights work) while we review potential bonus words, multiplication drills, Scripture recitation for the Bible test, questions science and reading lessons, there are enough morning distractions to safeguard my secret.

Thursday evening is a challenge. In our house, TV is for weekends only. It's cold and drizzly outside; Andrew has beaten me in chess -- twice.

I pull out the biggest distraction of all. "I'm going to let you see a video tonight. You need to relax a bit from those tests today," I say.

His eyebrows make a big V on his forehead. "But it's a school night, Mommy." I assure him it's OK. He's suspicious, but TV is as awesome as getting in Mom's bed, so no more questions.

My co-workers split into camps. The Grief Gurus ream me for concealing the death. Andrew loves Checkers. He deserves timely notice of death. I care more about grades than his emotional health. Bad things will happen to Drew at inopportune times in his life, and he has to learn to juggle difficulties. I'm delaying his development.

Whatever.

The Practical Posse has opinions, too. That guinea pig still will be dead Friday. Andrew will be just as sad after his tests with fewer consequences than if he's sad before the tests. Make sure you're honest about why you delayed telling him.

After school Friday, I break the news. There's a shriek and then loads of tears. I'll never forget the long drawn-out wail, "I loved her like a daughter!"

I'm convinced that boy's been reading William Faulkner, because there is way too much drama that follows. We must wear black for three days. The only song we can listen to on the "High School Musical 2" CD is the duet after Gabriella and Troy break up. It's the saddest one. He cancels Happy Meal Friday, because there is nothing happy about this day.

I answer the questions. She was on her side at the end of the ramp. Her mouth was open with her two big teeth protruding. No, it didn't look like she suffered. Maybe a lung problem killed her. I think Andrea (the cage mate) will be fine. No, it wasn't your care that killed her. And then finally, "She died Wednesday."

Tears stop. Voice strengthens. "Wednesday?!"

"Honey, you had a science test. You needed to know your binominal nomenclature. You had a math unit test, a reading test. You had to do your scripture recitation and a Bible test. You see how upset you are now? I couldn't let you go to school and take tests feeling like this."

There's a long pause. And then he says the words that make giving piggyback rides on a spine with bad discs and disabling circuit breakers worth it.

He stares deeply and says, "Thank you, Mommy."

Maybe the Grief Gurus are right. Maybe Drew deserved to know sooner. But he seems fine. I'm certain he'll develop into a man who can handle more than one problem at a time.

And Checkers, rest in peace.

text: CNN

text: The

text: moment

text: I

text: saw

text: that

text: guinea

text: pig

text: 's

text: corpse

text: I

text: made

text: up

text: my

text: mind

text: I

text: would

text: not

text: tell

text: my

text: son

text: Checkers

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text: dead

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text: not

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text: night

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text: five

text: tests

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text: next

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text: days

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text: bit

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text: kale

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text: challenges

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text: guinea

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text: He

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text: drying

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text: Pajamas

text: are

text: next

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text: realize

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text: holding

text: my

text: breath

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text: in

text: my

text: head

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text: 'm

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text: Move

text: Christy

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text: exhale

text: as

text: I

text: lie

text: Everything

text: 's

text: OK

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text: hall

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text: My

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text: off

text: limits

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text: Saturday

text: morning

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text: king

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text: 's

text: Wednesday

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text: in

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text: clear

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text: time

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text: next

text: morning

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text: plan

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text: and

text: distraction

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text: sun

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text: breaker

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text: down

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text: stairs

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text: secret

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text: a

text: challenge

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text: see

text: a

text: video

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text: need

text: to

text: relax

text: a

text: bit

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text: tests

text: today

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text: His

text: eyebrows

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text: big

text: V

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text: forehead

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text: 's

text: a

text: school

text: night

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text: assure

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text: 's

text: OK

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text: suspicious

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text: as

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text: in

text: Mom

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text: questions

text: My

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text: death

text: Andrew

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text: his

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text: things

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text: to

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text: times

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text: his

text: life

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text: he

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text: juggle

text: difficulties

text: I

text: 'm

text: delaying

text: his

text: development

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text: The

text: Practical

text: Posse

text: has

text: opinions

text: too

text: That

text: guinea

text: pig

text: still

text: will

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text: dead

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text: Andrew

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text: just

text: as

text: sad

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text: fewer

text: consequences

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text: 's

text: sad

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text: tests

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text: 're

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text: him

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text: the

text: news

text: There

text: 's

text: a

text: shriek

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text: tears

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text: 'll

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text: long

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text: I

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text: a

text: daughter

text: I

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text: William

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text: way

text: too

text: much

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text: questions

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text: cage

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text: disabling

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text: says

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text: you

text: Mommy

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text: the

text: Grief

text: Gurus

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text: right

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text: Drew

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text: into

text: a

text: man

text: who

text: can

text: handle

text: more

text: than

text: one

text: problem

text: at

text: a

text: time

text: And

text: Checkers

text: rest

text: in

text: peace

question: Who was divided on whether or not she did the right thing?

answer: co-workers

text: co-workers

question: What died unexpectedly?

answer: guinea pig

text: guinea pig

question: Who is being keep unaware of the loss due to school tests?

answer: Drew

text: Drew

question: What animal did the mother find dead?

answer: guinea pig's

text: guinea pig's

question: What secret did a mom keep from her son?

answer: was dead

text: was dead

question: Who offers their opinions on the decision?

answer: The Practical Posse

text: The Practical Posse