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...particularly good week for DaimlerChrysler to introduce a new fuel-efficient minivan called the Natrium. It runs on a common compound called sodium borohydride. A chemical reaction inside the engine produces hydrogen to power the car's fuel cell, leaving behind not carbon dioxide (the primary culprit in global warming) but borax, a standard ingredient in many household soaps...
Warm weather is the culprit behind the birds’ unusually large and noisy presence on campus, according to Douglas Causey, senior vertebrate biologist and ornithologist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology...
Meanwhile, FBI investigators are exploring new theories of who might be behind the anthrax terror. One idea: the culprit had collected the spores a while ago but did not send them until pushed over the edge, perhaps by the events of Sept. 11. "Did somebody close to him get killed in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon or on one of the planes?" asks an investigator. Still, that does not explain Ottilie Lundgren...
...entire Senate, Leahy is a less obvious choice, most likely targeted for a specific reason. He is head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is involved in issues ranging from antitrust action to antiterror legislation. Targeting Leahy seems to give more credence to the theory that the anthrax culprit is a domestic terrorist with personal grudges. And given that the FBI believes the killer in all likelihood spoke about his grudges to others, the hope is that someone who recognizes the culprit may soon come forward and crack the case...
...Hours before the dance, however, packets of this money reading, “It Ain’t No Fun...If My Homies Can’t Have None,” mysteriously appeared under the doors of residents who payed their House dues. HoCo has identified the culprit, but his or her identity remains a secret...