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...reached the top, Sprague said she recognized the “enormity of the task.” It was a turning point, she said...
...only one. Last month five top officials at the federal organized-crime task force were collared for the same crime after being fingered by an informant who, astonishingly, worked for both the U.S. embassy in Mexico City and the Sinaloa narcos. Days later federal police chief Gerardo Garay - whose predecessor, Edgar Millan, was murdered by narco hit men last May, allegedly with the aid of a federal cop - resigned after being linked to a Sinaloa capo. Mario Velarde, a top boss of the federal police force's antidrug unit and a former private secretary to Garcia Luna, was also detained...
...witty and rhythmic voice of journalist Sebastian Zollner, the novel tells of how Zollner, who is just one bestseller away from fame, travels to the countryside to interview the reclusive Manuel Kaminski and write the artist’s definitive biography. But he soon gets sidetracked from this task, finding himself on a road trip with the painter to the city. While this rare chance to spend some intimate time with Kaminski may have seemed like the perfect opportunity to enliven his book with personal anecdotes, Zollner realizes through this experience that to try to contain the artist?...
...Koch earned Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year honors, while sophomore midfielder Ben Arikian was named the league’s best midfielder.However, if the Crimson is to go through to the second round, getting the ball past senior goalkeeper Zack Simmons may prove to be the most difficult task. Simmons, an All-American, was named the Atlantic-10 Goalkeeper of the Year.But the Minutemen were not the only ones picking up accolades this past week. Harvard had four players named to the all-Ivy first-team. The striking combo of Fucito and junior Andre Akpan, each with three...
...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Waxman's fellow Californian, has tangled with Dingell many times in the past and even donated money to his Democratic-primary opponent in 2002. Last year she created a special task force on global warming - headed by her close ally Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey - a move that was seen as an end run around Dingell. However, she had stayed publicly neutral in the battle over the chairmanship...