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We know it's the job of the 11 o'clock news to scare us, but this one, which Chuck and Sue told us about last night, seems worse than usual:

Plague-Infected Lab Mice Missing In New Jersey

Of course, it's unclear whether bubonic plague is really any worse than the already existing plague of tracksuits.

Plague-Infected Lab Mice Missing in New Jersey [WNBC]