Word: sundays
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...predawn hours of Sunday morning, a ringing phone in the Red Cross base in this violence-torn Mexican city is a warning of impending tragedy. The first responders on call on this particular night had already seen plenty of action: a man with a bullet embedded in his skull; a beaten corpse dumped on a street corner; a blood-soaked drunk who tried to pull a policeman's gun from his holster. But the worst had been waiting until last. Someone was calling in from the middle of a firefight raging in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of town...
...here's a challenge. Start a new tradition in the New Year: a regular Sunday-night Scrabble smackdown; a spring clothing drive; a rule that every time Mom or Dad swears, they put a dollar in the charity box that gets distributed on New Year's Eve. At their best, traditions make us better; at the very least, they remind us how far we've come and how lucky...
...mate Kia J. McLeod ’10 and flanked by friends and campaign staffers—looked on in a state of shocked surprise. Flores stood quietly amidst a crowd of her supporters, absorbing a moment made all the more unlikely by the suspension of her campaign late Sunday night, while all around her chants of “yes we did” erupted. Jolted out of her reverie by McLeod’s pumping fist, a smile crept across Flores’ face. “I feel incredible,” said the newly-minted president...
...steps to start impeachment proceedings, and state attorney general Lisa Madigan has appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court to invoke an obscure law to declare Blagojevich unfit (at least temporarily) for office. Over the weekend, there were media reports that Blagojevich could resign as early as Monday. But late Sunday, his spokesperson denied any such thing, and others insisted that the governor, who claims he has done nothing wrong, will fight the charges with a new lawyer who doesn't shy away from taking the toughest cases to trial (and who happened to represent a co-defendant of Blagojevich...
...Sunday, Quinn and Madigan made the rounds of national talk shows, saying the evidence and allegations against Blagojevich - that he engaged in pay-to-play politics for years, tried to purge the Chicago Tribune editorial board and, perhaps worst of all, tried to auction off a Senate seat - made it all but impossible for him to govern. "I hope the governor does resign," Quinn said on NBC's Meet the Press. "I think that's best for the people of Illinois, as well as for himself and his family...