Some doctors paint a scary worst-case scenario: A flu pandemic breaks out and beats down the immune systems of millions of people, and then staphylococci--the hospital strain and the nastier variant in the community--run wild on a killing spree.

FORBES: Germ Warfare

Davis would have been only the second Manson-related murder defendant to be granted parole since the killing spree began in 1969.

NPR: Governor Denies Parole To Ex-Manson Follower

Dorner, a 33-year-old former Navy reservist, is suspected of killing three people in a spree across southern California last week, including a policeman.

BBC: Christopher Dorner: LA police end hunt after body found