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...drug groups. Adds José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico's deputy attorney general for organized crime: "You had soldiers from an élite force transferring all the heavy military mystique--the honor, valor, loyalty--to a drug trafficker." After the government captured Cárdenas in 2003, the Zetas had to strike out more on their own. They launched a lethal campaign against Mexican authorities and rival traffickers gunning for control over Cárdenas' former trafficking routes. Mexican officials insist that half the original Zetas have been arrested or killed, but because of intense recruitment and training of hundreds of Zetitas (Little...
...wanted to change the perception that this was just a book of statistics," says Engel. "Cricket must change and does change, and Wisden is part of that process." This year's edition includes stories on the crisis in Zimbabwean cricket after most of the national team went on strike over differences with the selectors; controversial changes to the rule governing "chucking" (illegally throwing the ball as opposed to bowling it); and a look at the way the Asian diaspora is spreading the game to noncricketing countries. Cricket in Iraq, North Korea or Rwanda? You'll find it in Wisden Cricketers...
This summer, those phantoms from Florida were his teammates. They were the guys hitting him grounders in the hole, and the guys trying to strike him out. Too often, they were the guys striking...
More recently, the cause for a living wage was taken up at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where a nine-day long hunger strike succeeded last month in convincing the University to implement a living wage program for its workers...
Harvard sophomore Jake Bruton—the hard-luck recipient of a no decision despite five dazzling innings of three-hit, seven-strike-out ball—set the tone early, settling down after a walk to lead off the first and puzzling Holy Cross’ lineup well into his final stanza...