Video: What the drug wars cost

Drug abuse is a bad thing.

But giving a big slice of the world economy to criminals is utterly insane.

Scientists say pandemic is certain

Many scientists are now sure that a version of H5N1, or the avian flu, will cause a pandemic in the future. While speaking to health officials at the National Emergency Management Summit Thursday, several experts said the issue was no longer an “if” issue, it was now “when.”