11.   Russell scored eight points in the fourth quarter as the Jazz broke open a close game and cruised to their eighth win in nine games.

12.   Seattle broke open the game with a six-run eighth, getting seven hits.

13.   U.S.-French relations were shaken last year after Paris broke open a U.S. economic intelligence operation and accused five Americans of spying.

14.   Cleveland broke open the game with three runs in the eighth inning, which began when Tony Pena doubled.

15.   Two residents of the coastal town of Giarre were caught in a tidal wave Monday afternoon and another was asphyxiated after a gas pipeline broke open in a landslip.

16.   The letter, sealed with a one-cent stamp, broke open in the post office in nearby Cheyenne, Wyoming, forcing its closure for two days.