41.   The Los Angeles Times plans to mix fact and fiction at its bash for journalists hitting town to cover the convention.

42.   The Minnesota Twins hit town Friday wielding surprising pop.

43.   The Olympics were still a rumor until the runners bearing the fiery boomerang torch hit town Monday.

44.   The new Albert Belle has hit town, and if all goes well, he will be the toast of Chicago by mid-June.

45.   The new guy has hit town at last.

46.   The Rockies were the worst home team in the majors, having won just six games at Coors Field before the Astros hit town.

47.   The software police hit town Monday -- and your town might be next.

48.   Then old Jim Lane hit town.

49.   There has been an ominous increase in deliveries to the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah of missiles and rockets capable of hitting Israeli towns and shooting down aircraft.

50.   They had become the road warriors of these playoffs, the worst thing to hit towns this side of funnel clouds.