11.   Prices for baseball teams have soared in recent years due to the increasing value placed on sports programming by operators of TV networks.

12.   Rothenberg also said he was making progress with more prospective sponsors for the league, which delayed its start for a year due to a lack of sponsors.

13.   Stocks of cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder have been declining in New England for years mostly due to overfishing, according to scientists and government experts.

14.   That contrasts with the decisions made by many states around the country that have had similar-sized surpluses in recent years due to the rebounding economy.

15.   The company did not pay taxes in either year due to tax credits.

16.   The campus has closed twice before this year due to violence, losing about two months of class time.

17.   The Chancellor is also likely to increase his estimate for tax receipts for the next financial year due to higher growth.

18.   The company is posting its first sales gains in years due in part to an effort to remodel a third of its stores each year.

19.   The film has been sitting on a shelf for more than a year due to the financial problems of its original distributor, Savoy Pictures.

20.   The ministry has been a virtual revolving door over the last year due to a string of allegations of cronyism and inefficiency.