21.   Russell wrote a column that appeared in the Miami Herald and was then sent around the country on the Knight-Ridder news service wire.

22.   Stories of teen-age gang murders are now too commonplace to make the national news wires.

23.   The Associated Press sent reports on his victory over national news wires on Thursday.

24.   The Business Travel Center has a news wire that carries a constant stream of information on travel specials.

25.   The AP has also decided not to release the full text over normal news wires.

26.   The electronic products include the Dow Jones news wires.

27.   The new change means less than it would have a few years ago, since the news wires themselves are now increasingly widely distributed across the Internet.

28.   The news wires have been fairly humming with strange animal stories lately, and the one about fire ants was close to the top of my list of favorites.

29.   The Nikkei Japanese news wire reported that the plant will be in Valenciennes, northern France.

30.   The promotion, which is to begin Thursday, was supposed to be announced Wednesday but was disclosed prematurely on a public-relations news wire Tuesday evening.