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Suspicion fell quickly on a possible culprit in the Philippines, in part because the virus' eight pages of computer code contained a tantalizing word: Barok. A search of virus registries quickly revealed that it was the name of a so-called Trojan horse, a stealthy software program that filches passwords, written by a Filipino hacker last year. Still, the transparency of this clue suggested that the word might have been inserted as a deliberate smoke screen to fool the computer sleuths. By week's end, the work of investigators was further complicated by the appearance of a number of copycat...
...YOUR LIFE We've all heard the bizarre reports of super-fit athletes suddenly dying during a competition. The culprit may not be a sudden heart attack after all. Doctors report at least six cases of marathon runners collapsing--and one dying--because of fluid accumulated in the lungs and brain, a syndrome known as hyponatremic encephalopathy. The problem, which may be linked to drinking too much water, is easily treatable as long as it is quickly diagnosed...
...measures at best. Long-term, there's not a whole lot Duisenberg can do except wait for Greenspan's rate-hike medicine to take effect in the U.S., because it's the U.S.' supercharged economy - 4.5 percent annual growth to Europe's 3.4 percent - that's the most visible culprit, attracting dollar investment and leaving the euro stranded...
...most important and immediate things we can do is drive fuel-efficient, high-gas-mileage cars--cars that have fewer toxic emissions and produce less carbon dioxide, the main culprit behind global warming. Hybrid cars, which have both electric motors and gasoline engines, are coming to the market. Using public transportation and carpooling are ways that people can reduce fuel consumption as well...
Current offerings include shows like "A Bunch of Villagers Getting Eaten," a serial where animated characters do the moonwalk as they wander around a tropical land searching for the culprit who is systematically eliminating their people...