1.   Lower demand may help inventories of heating oil and other distillate fuels close a gap behind last year, when they plunged amid a long, cold winter.

2.   Rapoport added that householders should eliminate gaps behind shutters, unused chimneys and other dark, confined places in the home where bats might roost.

3.   The degree of protection depends on the gap behind the stucco.

4.   Third-place Deportivo is looking to narrow the six-point gap behind Barca.

5.   Valencia had a chance to likewise reduce its gap behind Athletico to five points on Sunday, when it travelled to Tenerife.

6.   With a string of recent successes, Kjus has been methodically closing the gap behind current leader Maier in the overall World Cup standings.

7.   With a string of recent successes, Kjus has been closing the gap behind Maier in the overall standings.