11.   Privatization minister offers to quit as government shakeup speculation intensifies.

12.   Speculation is intensifying that the Grammy Awards might leave the West Coast after a four-year run in Los Angeles.

13.   That speculation intensified last week, when the NBA players and owners reached a settlement to end the six-month lockout.

14.   The speculation intensified last month after the Liberals lost two by-elections to the Tories, including one Acadian seat that had been held by Grits for years.