1.   An airline ticket makes a welcome gift and a cost-free one at that if financed by frequent flier miles.

2.   Dole said New York state will be one of the first stops that the newly-nominated Republican ticket will make after the San Diego convention.

3.   It is all financed by the Georgia Lottery, paid for by people who hope their lottery ticket will make them millionaires.

4.   Miller was in Washington last week, taking care of his Senate transition, when the Democratic ticket made a highly-publicized stop in Atlanta.

5.   Police and Staples Center officials decided selling tickets could make the unruly crowd dangerous, and sales were suspended throughout the Los Angeles area.

6.   While one winning ticket did make a few people rich last week, the rest of the country was made poorer.