Heading into the open, the stock is off more than 13%, placing RIMM on course for a severe gap lower this morning.

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Usually the virus runs its course in a year or so without severe symptoms--men, in particular, rarely realize they've got it, blithely passing it on to their partners.

FORBES: Cornering A Killer

Usually the virus runs its course in a year or so without severe symptoms--men, in particular, rarely realizing that they've got it, blithely pass it on to their partners.

FORBES: Cornering A Killer