11.   The signing comes two weeks after Thomas pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated battery against his girlfriend.

12.   The signing comes after years of lobbying by the film community.

13.   The signing comes hours before the deadline for trading players without having them clear waivers.

14.   The signing would come about two weeks after the Red Wings and head coach Scotty Bowman agreed to a new two-year contract.

15.   Its first signing came last week when Luis Garcia, a former reserve striker with the Catalan club, returned from Valladolid.

16.   Ivy said minor details still need to be worked out before the contract is signed, but that he expects the signing to come within the next few days.

17.   Lilly said the signing came as no surprise to the Seminoles.

18.   The signing came after an arbitrator ruled that Tsakalidis is not contractually bound to a Greek pro basketball team.

19.   The signing of White came on the first day teams were allowed to speak with free agents from other teams.

20.   The protocol signing came during a visit by an Iranian delegation led by parliament chairman Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, the Interfax news agency reported.