I can't but help contrast this bit of news...

Britney Spears was taken from her home by ambulance early Thursday and escorted to a hospital by more than a dozen police officers. ... TMZ has learned the plan to get Britney into UCLA Medical Center had been hatched for days -- it was aborted last night, but executed just minutes ago. And we're told the plan was so intricate the FAA had cleared airspace in route to the hospital.

I tend not to be a member of the sky-is-falling crowd when it comes to fun stuff being mixed in with the news -- but this seems misguided:

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Memo from Associated Press' Los Angeles assistant bureau chief

From: Baker, Frank S.
Sent: Tue 1/8/2008 11:58 AM
To: News - Southern California Editorial Staff
Subject: Britney

All: