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A pair of Great White sharks feed on a a dead whale in Cape Cod Bay. The larger shark was said to be 18 foot long.

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Graphic photos show a pair of great white sharks devouring a dead whale in Cape Cod Bay.

The gruesome scene unfolded during a recent whale watching trip and was captured by Joanne Jarzobski, marine biologist on the Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises boat,
GRAPHIC IMAGES: SHARK ATTACKS SEAL, TURNS WATER RED
"Nature doesn't disappoint!" she posted on Facebook last week. "It was truly an incredible experience to witness these apex predators recycling the dead finback whale," she added, in a subsequent post.

The Boston Globe reports that the larger of the sharks feasting in Cape Cod Bay was 18 feet long.

Jarzobski was so close to the sharks' meal that she even captured the moment when one of the predator's eyes started to "roll back" in their sockets. Sharks roll their eyes back for protection when they are feeding, according to scientists.
SCIENCE OF THE MEG: HOW SCIENTISTS KNOW THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHARK IS GONE FOREVER
"I'm still in awe!" Jarzobski posted on Facebook.

Earlier this year, rare video footage captured the moment when a shark attacked a seal off Cape Cod, turning the water red.

In a separate incident, terrifying images showed a great white shark swimming just feet away from a paddle boarder off a Cape Cod beach.

In August, a Massachusetts man recorded stunning video of a shark leaping out of the water with its jaws wide open.
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In San Francisco, a man allegedly decapitated his own grandmother at her retirement home.

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A San Francisco man allegedly decapitated his grandmother inside her residence at a senior living facility, officials said.

Authorities found Chii-Chyu Horng, 82, dead around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday during a welfare check, SFGate reported.

Horng's grandson, Andrew Luke, 30, was arrested at the scene and taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation. He is charged with murder and elder abuse, the paper said.

A police spokesman did not confirm details of the killing and would not reveal a suspect, only saying he "is a family member of the victim."

Luke's ex-stepmother, Eva Fok, told the paper on Thursday that Horng raised him after his mother died of lupus when he was a child.

She said he had been living with Horng when he allegedly killed her.

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A San Francisco man allegedly decapitated his grandmother inside her residence at a senior living facility, officials said. Authorities found Chii-Chyu Horng, 82, dead around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday during a welfare check, SFGate reported. Horng's grandson, Andrew Luke, 30, was arrested at the scene and taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation.

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All passengers and crew survive Air Niugini Boeing 737 crash in sea off Micronesian island

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Dozens of airline passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday after their plane missed a runway and landed in a sea lagoon on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 47 people - 35 passengers and 12 crew members - plunged into the water after it "landed short of the runway," at the international airport on Weno, the main island of Chuuk state in Micronesia on Friday, according to a statement from Air Niugini, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea.

The airplane proceeded normally until final approach when the weather conditions suddenly deteriorated and it began raining hard, according to the independent website JACDEC, which monitors airline safety and crash data.

Within minutes, local fishermen were on the scene in small motor boats to rescue people. Everyone on board survived, Air Niugini said.

"At this point, it is still unclear whether the aircraft overshot the end of the runway or ditched in the lagoon before reaching the runway," JACDEC said.

"Despite water ingress, the aircraft managed to stay afloat for some time allowing passenger evacuation via the over wing exits and the forward passenger door. The Boeing later submerged below the window line."

Bill Jaynes, managing editor of a Micronesia-based newspaper, was on the plane when it hit the water.

"It's just surreal. I thought we landed hard until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in, and I thought, well, this is not, like, the way it's supposed to happen," he said in a video posted to Facebook.

Jaynes said people on the plane were in water up to their waists and used the emergency exit to escape.

Reports of an Air Niugini 737 overrunning the runway in Chuuk, Micronesia (TKK). That's a 6,013-foot runway, which is on the shorter side for an airport with airline service. https://t.co/DKY11XENhV I flew into this airport in July, you can see how hard the braking is on landing. pic.twitter.com/1odaL4z8gy
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Photographs and video footage posted online showed small fishing boats surrounding the stricken, semi-submerged plane, ferrying passengers to safety.

James Yaingeluo, one of the first to arrive at the scene, said the plane landed more than 500 meters short of the runway.

"Luckily, it happened during the daytime," he said. "When the plane came to a stop all the civilian boats came to help transport passengers to dry land."

"Once the doors opened everybody fought to get out," he added. "All the passengers were scared and in shock."

"The airline is making all efforts to ensure the safety and immediate needs of our passengers and crew," Air Niugini said.

The airline said it had received reports that "the weather was very poor with heavy rain and reduced visibility at the time of incident."

Passengers and crew were taken to the hospital for checks and no serious injuries were reported.

The runway, like others in the north Pacific, is relatively short at 1,831 meters, surrounded on three sides by water, AFP reported

Air Niugini lists only one 737-800 among its fleet of 21 aircraft on its official website.

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Sexual assault experts analyze Dr. Ford's story and determine whether or not they believe it. They do.

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What Christine Blasey Ford remembers best about that night 30-plus years ago is the laughter.

It came, she said, from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge - two high school boys who drunkenly locked her into the bedroom of a friend's house where she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh.

In testimony Thursday to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ford described it as "uproarious laughter" shared by friends who were "having fun at my expense." The memory of it is "indelible in the hippocampus," she said, channeling her training as a research psychologist.

Other aspects of that night are seared in her memory as well: the bed on the right side of the room where the alleged attack occurred; the sound of the boys "pinballing" their way down the stairway after Ford had locked herself in the bathroom; the sparsely furnished living room she passed as she exited the house.

Yet there are also significant gaps in her memory, including how she made her way home in her traumatized state.

To some members of the committee, those missing memories cast doubt on all of Ford's allegations. But should they?

In an effort to assess her credibility - and by implication, that of Kavanaugh - The Times asked experts in sexual trauma whether Ford's testimony was consistent with the research findings and clinical observations they have made or encountered in their own work.

Here's what they told us.

Patricia Resick, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Duke University

Who she is: Resick is a leader in the field of sexual trauma. Her research focuses on the lasting effects of traumatic events, particularly on women. She has worked with rape victims for more than 40 years, and since the 1980s, she has been developing and testing cognitive process therapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

I am not her therapist and have not met with Ford personally. I am reacting based on my experience with sexual assault survivors.

She said she doesn't remember where it took place. That rings true because until you know you are in danger, there is no reason to remember everyday details.

Another thing that rings true is that Ford was clearly emotional when talking about the details of the assault. She says it drastically changed her life, and that she was too embarrassed to tell her parents that she was at a house drinking with boys.

She says that she tried to ignore the assault because it made her anxious. Avoidance is a typical response and part of PTSD. She tried to push the event away and not think about it.

The discussion about Ford and her husband going to therapy because she wanted two front doors was a unique moment. It actually is corroborating evidence about the impact of the assault on her life. I mean, who else needs two front doors?

When Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) congratulated her on her bravery, she looked like she was going to cry. The same thing happened when Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) praised her. When Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called her testimony "powerful," again, she looked teary. After lunch Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) talked about her sacrifice and bravery. She cried again.

Scenes from Christine Blasey Ford's testimony about her allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party 36 years ago. (Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images and Melina Mara/AFP/Getty Images)

In all of these cases, she was overwhelmed by the praise she was receiving. Given how hard this has been for her to do, I think she was surprised by the praise. I expect her self-esteem has been so damaged that she has trouble taking in all the positive statements praising her.

Her strongest memory of the event was the boys' laughter. She remembers "two friends having a really good time with each other."

This speaks to the humiliation and shame that sexual assault victims feel. The shame and humiliation are often more important than the fear and speak more to why she stayed silent for so long.

Tracey J. Shors, distinguished professor of behavioral & systems neuroscience at Rutgers University

Who she is: Shors is a neuroscientist who studies memory and its role in overcoming trauma, including sexual violence. She has devised neuroscience-based treatments for PTSD. Her work also examines how stressful events in the past affect behavior and mental health in the future, especially in women.

In our studies, we show that women with sexual violence experience often have many symptoms of anxiety and depression and trauma. Clearly, Ford is a poised and intelligent person with sophisticated knowledge and insight into her own mind. But you can also tell that this is not easy for her.

It is interesting to me that Ford says she remembers the context and the layout of the bedroom, the bathroom where she hid and the stairwell to the room. We just published a study showing that women with sexual violence history experience vivid memories of the spatial and temporal context of their most stressful life event.

The brain is always encoding memories, most of which we could not necessarily be able to recall years or decades later. Otherwise, we would remember every time and every place we ever parked our car.

But we do tend to remember stressful events. We do this because we need to use those memories to help us survive now and in the future. Memories are not there just for reminiscing - they are vital for our survival.

It is also important to realize that the people at the party who were not assaulted or stressed by the event are not as likely to remember it. For her, it was a memorable event; for them, it may have just been another time hanging out with few friends hanging at a house. This applies to the people downstairs but perhaps even for the two boys, especially if they were intoxicated.

Sherry Hamby director of the Life Paths Appalachian Research Center

Who she is: Hamby is a licensed clinical psychologist who has studied violence for more than 20 years. She helps conduct the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence for the U.S. Justice Department. She is also a research professor of psychology at the University of the South.

There were many powerful moments in her testimony, but one that will stay with me is the way, with quavering voice, she described them laughing at her while they were violating her consent. It fits a textbook definition of callousness and objectification.

Humans don't record events the way that cameras do. Most days we might commit few events to long-term memory.

Traumatic memories are different. Our brains are being flooded with chemicals such as cortisol and norepinephrine that can "sear" events in the way that Ford described.

We remember dangerous and traumatic events better than other events because it has survival value to remember them. However, she didn't know beforehand that an assault was going to happen, and so there's no reason to think that the earlier events of the day - or even what happened once she had gotten away - would be seared in her memory the way the assault itself was.

I have seen a few commentators express surprise that she could remember details such as having his hand held over her mouth but not remember the date or the time. That is truly ridiculous. Victims are in survival mode during these events. Dates and times are irrelevant constructs when you are fighting for your life.

These factors are also the reason why no one else at the party would remember it in any detail. It was just "normal time" to them - no norepinephrine, no cortisol, no danger. This whole event may have been pretty routine for Kavanaugh in a lot of ways, and it may not have been seared in his memory in the way it was in hers.

The way she said that the laughter stuck in her mind makes sense. Shaming and humiliation can be just as damaging as physical assault, and linger long past when bruises and broken bones are healed.

She gave one of the most credible accounts I have ever heard from a victim.

The "victim" label is very stigmatizing and associated with stereotypes of passivity and weakness. Ford departed from those stereotypes in important ways. She is an accomplished psychologist, professor and researcher, and I was glad to see those accomplishments presented at the beginning of the hearing. Not only that, but you could also see her expertise throughout her comments. She was very brave and a role model for all survivors.

Despite her strength, you can see the lingering effects of her victimization - how it has affected her for years, and how, even more than 30 years later, it is difficult to talk about.

I would also say one more thing regarding this memory issue. If the reports about Kavanaugh's extensive binge-drinking are true, then that would raise questions about his ability to assert what he did and did not do while he was drinking. That could also explain why he might not have specific memories of these events.

Kevin Swartout, associate professor of psychology at Georgia State University

Who he is: Swartout is an expert on the social attitudes and behaviors that contribute to sexual violence, especially against women. Among other things, he studies how alcohol, drugs, peers and social attitudes can fuel aggressive behavior. One of his specialties is understanding how young men - those a year or two older than Kavanaugh was at the time of the alleged assault - negotiate the transition to college.

First of all, let me caution that it is impossible for me to determine how credible the accusations are against Kavanaugh. All I can do is speak to the match between the details that were presented during the hearing and what we know about sexual violence perpetrators from the research literature.

Having stated that, there were several moments from Kavanaugh's testimony that especially caught my attention.

He demonstrated a great deal of hostility during the hearing, especially toward some of the female senators on the committee. He had a contentious exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) at the outset, where he cut her off mid-sentence numerous times. There was also the exchange with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn), which he later apologized for, where he seemingly tried to flip the power differential by turning the question back on her.

The results of hundreds of studies to this point suggest that levels of hostility toward women, which includes a drive to exert power over women, are positively related with levels of sexual violence.

Across several studies, I have found consistent evidence for a group of young men who perpetrate the type of sexual violence described in these allegations, but only at a relatively young age - about 14 to 20 years old. These men then stop perpetrating altogether either before or shortly after they begin college.

This is part of a more general trend researchers have identified regarding adolescent antisocial behavior that disappears once an individual reaches adulthood.

Based on my research, 70% to 75% of young men who perpetrated sexual violence only do so during a relatively limited time frame. Very few of the men who commit sexual violence are serial offenders, so I was not surprised by the idea that these behaviors were limited to adolescence.

These interviews have been edited for length and clarity.

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Elon Musk is being sued. He will face either stepping down to a lower position or being banned from the company. He is being sued for misleading and being dishonest about stocks. More than likely they will settle for Elon to continue to work at Tesla but as a lower position.

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Elon Musk is the heart and soul of Tesla. If the SEC gets its way, he could have to step down.

The SEC filed a lawsuit on Thursday that accused Musk of making "false and misleading" statements about a plan to take Tesla private.

The real shocker is the SEC wants a judge to bar Musk, the company's chairman and CEO, from serving as an officer or director of a public company.

"This is a nuclear threat to force him to settle," said John Coffee, a professor at Columbia Law School.

The news rocked Wall Street. Tesla shares plummeted 12% in after-hours trading.

"Tesla without Elon Musk is worth some substantial fraction less," Coffee said. "The penalty really falls on Tesla shareholders. Who is going to run that company?"

Musk defended himself, calling the SEC lawsuit an "unjustified action" that leaves him "deeply saddened and disappointed." The CEO said he has always taken action "in the best interests of truth, transparency and investors."

How serious are the SEC's accusations?

Very.

The agency chose to charge Musk under Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. That's what the SEC uses to go after insider traders and market manipulators.

"It's a very serious accusation," said Thomas Gorman, partner at Dorsey & Whitney and a former SEC staffer.

Coffee said in theory a judge could issue Musk a "lifetime" ban, permanently preventing him from serving as a corporate officer or director. Although the SEC did not request a specific time frame, it typically settles for less than a lifetime ban.

Martha Stewart's 2006 settlement with the SEC over insider trading barred her from serving as CEO or chief financial officer of any public company for five years.

The SEC clearly wanted to use this extremely high-profile case to make a point: Corporate executives can't make statements with little regard to their accuracy.

"The SEC has already accomplished their objective: To get the headlines. And boy, did they get it," said Randall LaSalle, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

What happens next?

Typically, these matters are resolved in a settlement. It's unusual that the dispute wasn't resolved prior to the SEC's lawsuit.

"Most defendants try to settle as quickly as possible. But Mr. Musk has never been the perfectly rational actor," Coffee said.

Even though Musk may now want to settle, the litigation may linger for weeks or even months.

That could pose problems for debt-riddled Tesla. The company says it has no need to raise money, but Tesla analysts believe the company will need to raise cash soon to pay down debt and invest in its business. Investors may balk at the idea of lending Tesla more money when its CEO is in limbo and top executives are hitting the exits.

Charles Whitehead, a professor at Cornell Law School, said it's possible that Musk reaches a settlement that allows him to take a lesser role -- but remain at the company.

"Why would the SEC want to harm the company more than the tweet itself?" Whitehead said. "That would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

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A tourist in Zimbabwe was trampled by an Elephant when she left her car to go take a picture.

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A German tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe as she tried to take photos of it.

The 49-year-old was at the Mana Pools game reserve north of the country, where she reportedly left the vehicle she was travelling in, putting herself in great danger.

The woman was with a group of tourists who encountered a herd of elephants upon entering the park.
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Tinashe Farawo, spokesman of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said: "The information we have is that the tourists encountered a herd of elephants when they were entering the park and they started taking pictures.

"We do not know what irritated the animals which resulted in the woman being attacked. She passed on last night (Wednesday) from injuries."
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Officials have not yet released the woman's name.
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Sarah Sanders claims the hearing Ford and Kavanaugh went through yesterday was horrible and the court could've spared their families from the hearing. Sanders also claims the hearing was a "search-and destroy" mission by Democrats. Sanders claims that an investigation for Kavanaugh is unecessary.

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Democrats owe an apology to both Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the "awful" Senate hearing they endured Thursday.

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When asked on "Good Morning America" Friday whether she believed Ford's testimony, in which the Californa professor alleged Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school, Sanders was empathetic.

"Look, I think Dr. Ford's testimony, like most Americans, was very compelling but it also lacked any evidence," Sanders said, adding that Ford's claims "didn't have any corroboration."

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"I believe something bad happened to this woman and I think it is absolutely horrific," she said.

Sanders, like many Republicans, then cast blame on the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying they "used and exploited this process."

"The way that they exploited Dr. Ford for their own political purposes yesterday is absolutely disgraceful," she said.

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"I think the Democrats are part of a search-and-destroy mission," Sanders said.

"They could have spared both of the individuals' families."

"I think it was awful what Dr. Ford had to go through yesterday and equally awful what Judge Kavanaugh" had to go through, she said.

The hearings spanned nine hours Thursday, and the committee is slated to hold a vote on Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation Friday morning.

Many Democrats on the committee called for the FBI to launch an investigation into the allegations, which Ford says involves an incident when Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted her in the summer of 1982 but, like many of the Republicans on the committee, Sanders said such an investigation is unnecessary because "he's been through six separate background investigations."

"These allegations took place long before any of those background checks would have taken place," Sanders said.

When asked by ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos whether she thinks Republicans have enough votes to confirm Kavanaugh, Sanders seemed optimistic.

"I certainly hope so and I certainly think so," she said.

"We have to move forward in this process ... the Senate needs to come together."

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The divisions exposed by the day featuring Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh won’t be healed if or when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes Friday morning, or when the Senate votes early next week.

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If it's all over but the voting now, the damage is already severe.

This week displayed a broken process and a deeply flawed Senate, where partisan anger couldn't even stay on the sidelines for a few hours.

The divisions exposed by the full day featuring Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh won't be healed if or when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes Friday morning, or if and when the full Senate votes early next week.

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Kavanaugh has President Donald Trump 's confidence again, and the partisan turn at Thursday's hearing seemed to put the GOP back in a comfort zone.

Republicans hold the majority, and would seem to be able to secure the votes to make Kavanaugh a Supreme Court justice. But confirmation may be just one consequence of the day the Senate ripped itself apart.

The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks

At every turn this week, Republicans seemed uninterested in simply finding the facts.

First, they wrote off re-opening Judge Brett Kavanaugh's FBI background check investigation and having neutral professionals work the case. Then, there was their refusal to subpoena other witnesses. And then, halfway through the hearing, they dismissed the prosecutor they had hired to drill down on the testimony.

Basically, as soon as Kavanaugh took the witness table, any Republican pretense of asking probing questions, as the prosecutor had done with professor Christine Blasey Ford, went away.

Democrats didn't seem all that focused on grilling anyone either, but their calls for an FBI investigation were, in a way, a move to make the whole process less of a he-said-she-said mess, not more.

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The question now: While Republicans in the room and on the Hill might be sticking together, will they do so across the country, too?

Washington State's senior Democratic senator, Patty Murray, wrote this week: "I decided to run for the U.S. Senate after I saw senators get those questions wrong in the Anita Hill hearings in 1991. I ran for right here, in this moment, in the United States Senate, to make sure we'd never allow that to happen again."

It's hard to imagine that some others on the sidelines weren't also inspired to get involved in politics after what they saw Thursday.

The TIP with Ali Rogin

Leaving the Capitol Thursday night, after the historic Ford-Kavanaugh hearing, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said confidently that the Judiciary Committee was going to vote Friday and that Brett Kavanaugh's nomination was "going to move forward."

Reporters on the Hill asked: Did he have the votes?

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He took a long pause before deciding not to answer.

Instead, he said, "You guys don't need to follow me. That's all I'm going to say."

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY

The Senate Judiciary Committee meets to consider the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh at 9:30 a.m.

The president welcomes President Sebastián Piñera of Chile at 1:45 p.m. and then holds a bilateral meeting.

House Speaker Paul Ryan delivers a speech about how Americans are "Better Off Now" at the National Press Club in Washington at 9:30 a.m.

Michelle Obama visits the University of Miami for an event as part of her voter registration initiative "When We All Vote."

Virginia 5th Congressional District candidates Leslie Cockburn and Denver Riggleman debate in Charlottesville at 6:00 p.m.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott debates Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez in Austin at 8:00 p.m. ET.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter - the uproarious laughter between the two. And their having fun at my expense ... I was, you know, underneath one of them while the two laughed. Two friends having a really good time with one another." - Christine Blasey Ford, after Sen. Patrick Leahy's asked her to describe her strongest memory from the night of the alleged assault.

THE PLAYLIST

ABC News' "Start Here" Podcast. Friday morning's episode features a full slate of ABC News reporters and analysts to walk you through the unprecedented hearing Thursday as Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh delivered dramatic and emotional testimonies on Capitol Hill. https://bit.ly/2Ohkpz8

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Christine Blasey Ford sparks Democratic fire, but who carries the torch?: ANALYSIS. Her humility, clarity, understandable nervousness, but remarkable steadfastness as she testified was inspiring to many. She looked courageous and cemented her place in a long line of brave women who have come forward this year during the #MeToo movement. Still, if Ford is a fire for Democrats in 2018, who will catch that spark going into 2020? (MaryAlice Parks) https://abcn.ws/2xJbTCd

Raw divisions exposed, as emotional hearing devolves into partisan anger: ANALYSIS. Their words spoke alternative truths - utterly incompatible versions of events from 36 years ago. It is now left to a damaged political system to make sense of it all, with a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court among the stakes that have only grown as days have passed. (Rick Klein) https://abcn.ws/2OhpQko

5 key takeaways from the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing. "My name is Christine Blasey Ford," she began, putting an uncertain face and quavering voice to go with the name Americans knew only from explosive news stories. But her credibility seemed to grow as she told her story with confidence and little hesitation. (Cheyenne Haslett) https://abcn.ws/2xK0DFF

Brett Kavanaugh emphatically and repeatedly defends drinking in pushing back against sex assault allegations. Brett Kavanaugh emphatically and at times angrily defended his high school drinking before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday afternoon - referring to beer or his enjoyment of beer more than two dozen times in the first hours of his testimony. (Chris Francescani) https://abcn.ws/2NIwdO9

Kavanaugh hearing: 'This has destroyed my family.' ABC News' live blog followed the hearing Thursday as Judge Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, with high stakes: a lifetime appointment to the swing seat on the Supreme Court. And with just 40 days until the midterm elections, Americans were watching closely. (Cheyenne Haslett and Kendall Karson) https://abcn.ws/2xI8W4W

Mixed reactions to Kavanaugh and Ford's differing testimony. Emotions are high both in and out of the Senate hearing room where first Christine Blasey Ford and later Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about an allegation of sexual assault involving the Supreme Court nominee. (Meghan Keneally) https://abcn.ws/2OVGQK7

Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh: Most memorable moments from their testimonies. Ford broke her silence after 36 years, telling senators she originally wished to remain anonymous but once her story became public, she believed it was her "civic duty" to come forward. Here are some of the moments that mattered from the hearings. (Adam Kelsey) https://abcn.ws/2N6B0ns

Why more women don't report sexual assaults: A survivor speaks out. Alison Turkos was 16 when she said she was raped at a friend's graduation party. A 19-year-old man entered the room where she was sleeping, got on top of her and put his hand over her mouth. When she came downstairs the next morning, "everyone in the kitchen clapped." When her dad came to pick her up from the party, she said nothing. (Kaelyn Forde) https://abcn.ws/2QdS4d3

Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is 'really turned on' by #MeToo movement. The #MeToo movement has a supporter in the nation's highest ranking court. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she is "really turned on by the #MeToo" movement. The comments came Wednesday when Ginsburg spoke at an event hosted by Georgetown Law school on the eve of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony. (Meghan Keneally) https://abcn.ws/2xU0n6o

Mueller witness who testified against Russians fears for his life: Court filing. A cooperating witness working with special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election says he "lives in a constant state of fear" after providing testimony that led to the indictment of Russian nationals, court records filed late Wednesday night show. (Lucien Bruggeman) https://abcn.ws/2Oj7lvU

Senior enlisted adviser to Joint Chiefs chairman suspended pending investigation. The senior enlisted adviser to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford has been temporarily suspended from his current duties pending the outcome of an Army inspector general investigation into a complaint of alleged misconduct, according to the Joint Staff. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell has served in his position since December 2015. (Elizabeth McLaughlin and Luis Martinez) https://abcn.ws/2R3Xk4f

A group of financial tech companies want to lobby lawmakers on cryptocurrency regulations -- and they plan to pay the lobbyists they hire with digital coins, reports Bloomberg. https://bloom.bg/2R3Aslj

The Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate an office that supports its administrator by promoting the latest scientific research as the body considers new rules, the New York Times reports. https://nyti.ms/2OkTpRZ

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A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia. It was reported to have a depth of 6 miles.

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A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia on Friday, hours after several tremblors struck the country, officials said.

The most intense quake struck the central Sulawesi region at around 6 p.m. and was centered at a depth of 6 miles about 35 miles northeast of Donggala, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake briefly triggered a tsunami warning that was later lifted.

It wasn't immediately clear if there were any deaths as a result of the quake, but an official with Akris - the local disaster agency - told the Associated Press, "many houses have collapsed."

"It happened while we still have difficulties in collecting data from nine villages affected by the first quake," the official said. "People ran out in panic."

Sutopo Purow Nugroho, a National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman, said communications with the earthquake-stricken region were disrupted.

"Our early estimation, based on experience, is that it caused widespread damage, beginning from Palu northward to Donggala," he told MetroTV.

Earlier Friday, Indonesia was struck by multiple earthquakes. At least one person was killed and dozens of homes were damaged.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes because of the country's location in the "Ring of Fire," the arc of volcanoes and active fault lines in the Pacific Basin.

A massive magnitude-9.1 earthquake struck off Sumatra in western Indonesia in December 2004. The quake triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ryan Gaydos is an editor for Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @RyanGaydos.

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A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia on Friday, hours after several tremblors struck the country, officials said. The most intense quake struck the central Sulawesi region at around 6 p.m. and was centered at a depth of 6 miles about 35 miles northeast of Donggala, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

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Tennesse has filled homicide charges against a Nashville Police officer who killed a 25-year-old man.

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Prosecutors in Tennessee have filed homicide charges against a Nashville Police officer who shot and killed a 25-year-old man as he ran away.

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk charged Metro Nashville Police officer Andrew Delke with criminal homicide in the July 26 shooting of Daniel Hambrick, court documents show.

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Surveillance video released by the district attorney's office showed Hambrick sprinting away from Delke, who at first chased after him but then stopped and started shooting.

After Hambrick was shot, he was handcuffed "and left there like a dog," said Joy Kimbrough, an attorney representing the Hambrick family, in August.

The police department accused Hambrick of being armed, tweeting a photo of the gun he was allegedly carrying on the day he was killed.

Fatal police-involved shooting under investigation at 17th Ave N & Jo Johnston Ave. 25-year-old man who carried this gun was shot by MNPD officer. pic.twitter.com/yZrNEUQMQr
- Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) July 27, 2018

Nashville officers were searching the area that day for stolen vehicles when they attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was driving erratically, according to a July 27 press release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The driver of the vehicle fled, and when officers re-encountered the occupants of the vehicle, Hambrick turned and ran away.

Delke, who was assigned to the department's Juvenile Crime Task Force, was placed on administrative leave after the shooting.

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He turned himself in Thursday and was released on $25,000 bond, his attorney, David Raybin, confirmed to ABC News. Raybin did not immediately provide a statement to ABC News, pending a press conference set for Thursday afternoon.

A magistrate judge had initially ruled Thursday that there wasn't enough evidence to charge Delke, but a General Sessions judge found probable cause and signed an arrest warrant for Delke, The Tennessean reported.

Nashville Chief of Police Steve Anderson described the surveillance video as "disturbing," but said he is confident that the members of the Nashville Police Department do not discriminate based on skin color.

The Nashville Fraternal Order of Police did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment. A spokeswoman for the police department declined to provide a comment to ABC News.

ABC News' Louise Simpson contributed to this report.

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Officer who shot, killed 25-year-old as he ran away charged with homicide

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Prosecutors in Tennessee have filed homicide charges against a Nashville Police officer who shot and killed a 25-year-old man as he ran away. Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk charged Metro Nashville Police officer Andrew Delke with criminal homicide in the July 26 shooting of Daniel Hambrick, court documents show.

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The plane was going in to land and ended up being to low and hit the water about 150 yards short of the runway in Micronesia, which is a small island. There were 35 passengers and 12 crew but no one was injured

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No serious injuries were reported among those traveling on a Boeing 737 that landed about 150 yards short of a runway off the coast of Micronesia, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Air Niugini, the official state airline of Papua New Guinea, confirmed in a statement that the aircraft "landed short of the runway whilst landing at Chuuk Island of the Federated States of Micronesia this morning."

"Air Niugini can confirm that all on board were able to safely evacuate the aircraft," the statement continued. "The airline is making all efforts to ensure the safety and immediate needs of our passengers and crew. Further information will be provided as it becomes available."

The jet contained 35 passengers and 12 crew members, according to Jimmy Emilio, the airport manager of Weno International Airport in Chuuk. An earlier FAA report said 46 people were aboard.

The flight from Pohnpei, Micronesia, to Chuuk usually takes about one hour.

Authorities are investigating the incident.

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A tourist in Zimbabwe was trampled to death after leaving the car to take a picture of an elephant.

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A German tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe as she tried to take photos of it.

The 49-year-old was at the Mana Pools game reserve north of the country, where she reportedly left the vehicle she was travelling in, putting herself in great danger.

The woman was with a group of tourists who encountered a herd of elephants upon entering the park.
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Tinashe Farawo, spokesman of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said: "The information we have is that the tourists encountered a herd of elephants when they were entering the park and they started taking pictures.

"We do not know what irritated the animals which resulted in the woman being attacked. She passed on last night (Wednesday) from injuries."
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Tourist, 49, trampled to death by elephant in Zimbabwe after leaving car to take picture of it

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A German tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant in Zimbabwe as she tried to take photos of it. The 49-year-old was at the Mana Pools game reserve north of the country, where she reportedly left the vehicle she was travelling in, putting herself in great danger.

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The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has filled suit against Elon Musk for possibly lying to investors about Tesla`s stock. They are seeking for his removal as CEO of any public company.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla chief Elon Musk on Thursday, saying he lied to investors when he claimed he had secured the funding to take the automaker private.

In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, federal regulators said "Musk's false and misleading public statements and omissions caused significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors."

The charges are a dramatic setback for one of the tech industry's most prominent and polarizing executives. The stock plunged more than 10 percent in after-hours trading. The company did not immediately respond.

The SEC said it is seeking to ban Musk from acting as an "officer or director" of any public company, a devastating punishment that would radically change Tesla, Musk's rocket company SpaceX and his other business interests in solar energy and underground supertrains.

Musk tweeted on Aug. 7 that he had the "funding secured" to complete a massive deal that would take the Silicon Valley automaker private, sending its stock soaring that day by nearly 11 percent.

After 17 days, however, Musk announced that he would not pursue the deal, leading the stock to plunge amid growing skepticism over the company's long-term prospects. Neither Musk nor the company ever specified what funding Musk was referring to.

The SEC's legal complaint depicts a time of chaos following Musk's surprise tweets. Roughly 35 minutes after Musk's initial tweet, Tesla's chief financial officer Deepak Ahuja sent a text message to Musk asking whether he wanted executives to "draft a blog post of employee email" to announce the market-moving news. "Yeah, that would be great," Musk responded.

The Justice Department is separately investigating Musk's statements to determine whether they were meant to mislead investors, according to a person familiar with the probe. A Tesla spokesman said DOJ investigators had requested documents last month and that the company had complied.

The company is also facing several shareholder lawsuits over Musk's statements alleging fraud or market manipulation, as well as whistleblower complaints that Musk had lied to investors about the company's production.

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September 27 at 4:23 PM The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla chief Elon Musk on Thursday, saying he lied to investors when he claimed he had secured the funding to take the automaker private.

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The Niugini 737 plane landed short of the runway and landed in a sea lagoon. Everybody who was aboard the plane were able to be rescued.

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Dozens of airline passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday after their plane missed a runway and landed in a sea lagoon on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 47 people - 35 passengers and 12 crew members - plunged into the water after it "landed short of the runway," at the international airport on Weno, the main island of Chuuk state in Micronesia on Friday, according to a statement from Air Niugini, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea.

The airplane proceeded normally until final approach when the weather conditions suddenly deteriorated and it began raining hard, according to the independent website JACDEC, which monitors airline safety and crash data.

Within minutes, local fishermen were on the scene in small motor boats to rescue people. Everyone on board survived, Air Niugini said.

"At this point, it is still unclear whether the aircraft overshot the end of the runway or ditched in the lagoon before reaching the runway," JACDEC said.

"Despite water ingress, the aircraft managed to stay afloat for some time allowing passenger evacuation via the over wing exits and the forward passenger door. The Boeing later submerged below the window line."

Bill Jaynes, managing editor of a Micronesia-based newspaper, was on the plane when it hit the water.

"It's just surreal. I thought we landed hard until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in, and I thought, well, this is not, like, the way it's supposed to happen," he said in a video posted to Facebook.

Jaynes said people on the plane were in water up to their waists and used the emergency exit to escape.

Reports of an Air Niugini 737 overrunning the runway in Chuuk, Micronesia (TKK). That's a 6,013-foot runway, which is on the shorter side for an airport with airline service. https://t.co/DKY11XENhV I flew into this airport in July, you can see how hard the braking is on landing. pic.twitter.com/1odaL4z8gy
- Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 28, 2018

Photographs and video footage posted online showed small fishing boats surrounding the stricken, semi-submerged plane, ferrying passengers to safety.

James Yaingeluo, one of the first to arrive at the scene, said the plane landed more than 500 meters short of the runway.

"Luckily, it happened during the daytime," he said. "When the plane came to a stop all the civilian boats came to help transport passengers to dry land."

"Once the doors opened everybody fought to get out," he added. "All the passengers were scared and in shock."

"The airline is making all efforts to ensure the safety and immediate needs of our passengers and crew," Air Niugini said.

The airline said it had received reports that "the weather was very poor with heavy rain and reduced visibility at the time of incident."

Passengers and crew were taken to the hospital for checks and no serious injuries were reported.

The runway, like others in the north Pacific, is relatively short at 1,831 meters, surrounded on three sides by water, AFP reported

Air Niugini lists only one 737-800 among its fleet of 21 aircraft on its official website.

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All passengers and crew survive Air Niugini Boeing 737 crash in sea off Micronesian island | CNN

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Dozens of airline passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday after their plane missed a runway and landed in a sea lagoon on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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Dozens of airline passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday after their plane missed a runway and landed in a sea lagoon on a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 47 people - 35 passengers and 12 crew members - plunged into the water after it "landed short of the runway," at the international airport on Weno, the main island of Chuuk state in Micronesia on Friday, according to a statement from Air Niugini, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea.

The airplane proceeded normally until final approach when the weather conditions suddenly deteriorated and it began raining hard, according to the independent website JACDEC, which monitors airline safety and crash data.

Within minutes, local fishermen were on the scene in small motor boats to rescue people. Everyone on board survived, Air Niugini said.

"At this point, it is still unclear whether the aircraft overshot the end of the runway or ditched in the lagoon before reaching the runway," JACDEC said.

"Despite water ingress, the aircraft managed to stay afloat for some time allowing passenger evacuation via the over wing exits and the forward passenger door. The Boeing later submerged below the window line."

Bill Jaynes, managing editor of a Micronesia-based newspaper, was on the plane when it hit the water.

"It's just surreal. I thought we landed hard until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in, and I thought, well, this is not, like, the way it's supposed to happen," he said in a video posted to Facebook.

Jaynes said people on the plane were in water up to their waists and used the emergency exit to escape.

Reports of an Air Niugini 737 overrunning the runway in Chuuk, Micronesia (TKK). That's a 6,013-foot runway, which is on the shorter side for an airport with airline service. https://t.co/DKY11XENhV I flew into this airport in July, you can see how hard the braking is on landing. pic.twitter.com/1odaL4z8gy
- Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 28, 2018

Photographs and video footage posted online showed small fishing boats surrounding the stricken, semi-submerged plane, ferrying passengers to safety.

James Yaingeluo, one of the first to arrive at the scene, said the plane landed more than 500 meters short of the runway.

"Luckily, it happened during the daytime," he said. "When the plane came to a stop all the civilian boats came to help transport passengers to dry land."

"Once the doors opened everybody fought to get out," he added. "All the passengers were scared and in shock."

"The airline is making all efforts to ensure the safety and immediate needs of our passengers and crew," Air Niugini said.

The airline said it had received reports that "the weather was very poor with heavy rain and reduced visibility at the time of incident."

Passengers and crew were taken to the hospital for checks and no serious injuries were reported.

The runway, like others in the north Pacific, is relatively short at 1,831 meters, surrounded on three sides by water, AFP reported

Air Niugini lists only one 737-800 among its fleet of 21 aircraft on its official website.

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The flu killed 80,000 people this past season and put 900,000 into the hospital, making it the worst influenza season in years. Usually, the flu only kills between 12,000 and 56,000 people a year. Among the 80,000 who died were 180 children - most of whom were unvaccinated.

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Flu killed 80,000 people this past season and put 900,000 into the hospital, making it the worst influenza season in decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

The numbers were shocking. Until now, CDC has said flu kills anywhere between 12,000 and 56,000 people a year, depending on how bad the flu season is, and that it puts between 250,000 and 700,000 into the hospital with serious illness. The numbers for the 2017-2018 flu season go far beyond that.

"It's high, but it's consistent with what we had last season," the CDC's flu division director, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, told NBC News.

Other doctors spoke bluntly in saying how so many people got infected and died.

"Those 80,000 people who died from flu last year? Guess what? They got it from someone. Someone gave them the flu," Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said at a news conference.

Those numbers included 180 children. "The majority of them were unvaccinated," Adams said. "It's healthy kids out there that are dying from the flu."

Influenza activity hit a high mark early this year, and the virus was infecting many people across the country all at the same time. Usually, flu hits first in one region and then another, but this past season saw widespread flu activity all at once, for weeks on end.

"That first week in January, I said it was peaking. Then the next week I said it was peaking," Jernigan recalled. Finally, the CDC stopped predicting a peak as the flu season continued worsening.

The CDC had already feared a severe flu season because it was the H3N2 strain that was circulating. H3N2 usually hits people over 65 the hardest. "This virus hit the population in a vulnerable spot," Jernigan said.

The CDC does not count adult flu deaths directly, but estimates them based on the number of excess deaths during the flu season.

Adams and other leading doctors urged Americans to start getting the annual flu shots now and, as happens every September, rolled up their sleeves to get immunized for the cameras.

"I'm getting vaccinated, so hang with me because I might cry," Adams joked. But he alternated the jokes with a serious message: people who don't get vaccinated against flu can spread it to others.

"If you're sick, stay home," Adams said. "Employers, tell your employees if they're sick, stay home."

Although the flu shot is not as effective as other vaccines, it still greatly lowers the risk of death, said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director for the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

"Even if you get flu after having received the vaccine ... you are likely to benefit by having a less severe illness," Schaffner told the news conference. "As a doctor, I love it when my patients don't get pneumonia or have to get admitted to the hospital. No one wants to be what I call the dreaded spreader."

Many people who don't get vaccinated say a big reason is their doubt about its effectiveness. Adams said that's not a good reason to skip the shot. "That old thing, 'I got the flu shot and I still got the flu'? Well you know what? You didn't die," he said.

The CDC recommends that just about everyone over the age of six months get a flu vaccine every year. Just 46.8 percent of the public got one last year, the CDC said in numbers released Thursday. Vaccination rates ranged from 36 percent in Nevada to 55 percent in Rhode Island.

About 58 percent of kids 17 and under were vaccinated. The number of children 4 and under who got a flu shot fell by 2 percent compared to the year before, the CDC said.

These kids are vulnerable and can infect others, too, said Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, a pediatrician at Seattle Children's Hospital.

"Kids have a lot of snot. They have a lot of drool and they go to school. And when they go to school, they share all those secretions," Swanson said.

But she got serious, too. "One hundred and eighty families put a child in a grave last year because of a vaccine-preventable infection," she said.

The CDC said 80 percent of the children who died of flu last season were not vaccinated.

"Imagine how the parents of those children must feel," Schaffner said.

Influenza can kill the elderly quickly, but it kills more slowly, too. "The damage that flu causes continues long after the acute influenza illness," he said.

"It's why people feel wiped out for two weeks or more after they've stopped coughing."

The virus causes inflammation that affects blood vessels to the heart and brain. "Flu can predispose individuals to heart attack and stroke and can also initiate a progressive slide into disability," Schaffner said.

"When people who are already frail or on the edge get flu, they may never return to their pre-flu functional level."

As many as 168 million flu vaccine doses will be available this year, the CDC said. There are special vaccines for the elderly and for kids; there are formulations that were not made using eggs; and the needle-free FluMist vaccine is back in the mix this year.

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Flu killed 80,000 people this past season and put 900,000 into the hospital, making it the worst influenza season in decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. The numbers were shocking.