11.   When he got downstairs he found an envelope from his dad, so he opened the envelope and took out the note.

12.   And I had yet to open the envelope.

13.   And granted, no one will know for certain who wins until the envelopes are opened onstage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

14.   Armstrong retold part of this story at a news conference after the stage, explaining that the envelope would be opened Wednesday night.

15.   As he opened one envelope from a Fort Worth woman, who wished to remain anonymous, his eyes filled with tears.

16.   As that case was unfolding, a reporter at The New York Times, Judith Miller, opened an envelope and a talc-like powder was released.

17.   At first she said she would open the envelope in the courtroom.

18.   At the end of the day, Ito told attorneys that a special hearing will be held before the envelope may be opened in court.

19.   At the Times, Miller spilled much of the powder on herself when she opened the envelope.

20.   At the headquarters of USA Today, in Arlington, Va., a reporter partly opened an envelope before she realized it had no return address.