11.   Barring a last-minute development, the owners are prepared to approve the sale of the Red Sox today to a group loaded with baseball-friendly investors.

12.   Baseball let in a live wire when it approved the sale of the Florida Marlins to John W. Henry.

13.   Bermingham, a Campsie board member, voted to approve the sale.

14.   Both chambers of Congress approved the sale of food and medicine to Cuba.

15.   A federal bankruptcy judge this week approved the sale, but it will probably be appealed to district court and also must get Justice Department approval.

16.   A hearing to approve the sale to the highest bidder is scheduled for Friday.

17.   A full congress must approve the sale, which at the earliest would take place at the end of September, he said.

18.   A New York bankruptcy court would have to approve any sale.

19.   All winter, the Dodgers said they would not begin negotiations until after the sale was approved.

20.   Bush approved the sale of the diesel submarines, which past presidents have declined to sell Taiwan, after extensive discussion with his aides.