11.   Two local newspapers, The York Dispatch and The Daily Record, sued to have asylum hearings open to the public.

12.   As the hearing opened Monday, two witnesses refuted a notion that an explosion might have caused the crash.

13.   Before the hearing opened, judges and attorneys scrambled for seats.

14.   But as the hearing opened, Democrats questioned why the incoming Bush administration dismissed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Jane Henney Thursday evening.

15.   Demonstrators on both sides vied for attention Tuesday outside an airport hotel where hearings opened on the proposed fifth terminal complex.

16.   Kanar said as soon as the hearing opens, the defense will push for the proceedings to be deferred.

17.   Senate hearings open into campaign financing.

18.   The admissibility hearing opened with a tussle over whether relatives of victim Nicole Brown Simpson may sit in the courtroom.

19.   The committee hearings will open with briefings from government agencies during the first week and then proceed to hear testimony from witnesses during the remaining three weeks.

20.   The hearing opened in Adelaide on Tuesday but was adjourned after two hours.