21.   Several teams barely alive in the playoff races could see their flickering hopes dim even more if they lose Sunday.

22.   Two bodies were pulled from the rubble Saturday, though hopes dimmed that others would be found alive beneath the mud and rock that cascaded onto white seafront houses.

23.   With hopes dimming, rescuers armed with tiny cameras and listening devices searched for survivors Thursday in the bloody rubble of a bombed federal building.

24.   With temperatures near freezing and more snow forecast, hopes dimmed for any survivors.