21.   Manager Claudia Velez Botero said about a dozen earthquake-related claims had come in, mainly for destroyed houses and cars.

22.   Miller said those claims came in the Medicare, Medicaid and federal military health care programs.

23.   Nearly half the claims came in North Carolina, the only state that made the ban retroactive so those already condemned to death could seek a reprieve.

24.   Other claims came on behalf of the lesser-known Armed Communist Cells and the right-wing Armed Phalanx.

25.   She said the claims sometimes came up in conversations at meetings unrelated to tire performance.

26.   That claim came five months after Irvin pleaded no contest to felony drug charges.

27.   That claim came from the Australia West Papua Association, a Sydney-based group of supporters of independence for the province.

28.   The claim came a day after Iran itself accused U.S. naval forces of spying on its war games in the strategic waterway.

29.   The claim came a day after the official reported similar bombings killed scores of civilians nearby.

30.   The claim came despite reports that some in the local equities department would be sacked.