1.   A record number of undocumented immigrants have opted to pay smugglers to get them into Texas in response to beefed-up patrols along the border, authorities say.

2.   Given the wide availability of police protection, Mexican traffickers have generally opted to pay.

3.   Managers may opt to pay more, but there is no requirement for them to do so.

4.   Other major outlets, including The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, have opted to pay the debts.

5.   Residential customers must be allowed up to six months to pay the bills but can opt to pay them sooner.

6.   So Smolan contacted a vanity press, took out a loan and opted to pay for it himself.

7.   Traders cited banks opting to pay fixed rates in three- to five-year maturities, given concern interest rates may be heading higher.

8.   Wiggs opted to pay for all that furniture himself.

9.   Ahern made things even more confusing for the cashiers inside, opting to pay for his goods with a mix of euros and a few Belgian coins.

10.   Earlier this month, the two companies opted to pay millions to a paralyzed Texas woman, just hours before her case was to go to trial.