11.   Bernard Sanders, an independent, won his bid for a fifth term in the House.

12.   Biogen Inc. said it won a bid to have the European Patent Office revoke a patent licensed to Schering AG.

13.   Boston officials hope that some of those great days will come if the city wins its bid to host the Democratic National Convention in two years.

14.   Both failed to win automatic bids.

15.   A spokesman for TI declined to discuss projections of how many jobs his company would maintain in the U.K. if it won the bid.

16.   A Southborough, Mass. company, Corporate Communications Inc., won a bid in May to stage the event.

17.   After Salt Lake won the bid, Beardall was appointed to oversee internal auditing for the Olympic organizing committee.

18.   Akron won a bid for the hall of fame, which had outgrown its space at the U.S. Patent Office.

19.   Brown said he hoped the appointment of Bush shows that Houston is prepared to do what it takes to win the bid.

20.   But he said whoever wins the bid likely will recruit state employees because they are experts in federal and state rules governing the programs.