41.   The Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees also showed interest in signing Baines, said his agent, Jack Sands.

42.   The officials said these agents believed they had little time left to investigate what was regarded at the time as a speculative memorandum from Phoenix.

43.   They appeared to be motivated more by the thrill of piracy than by the opportunity for profit, the agents said, adding that the activity crossed international borders.

44.   Thomas was awake and alert Monday morning, in fairly good spirits and joking with nurses, said his agent, Leigh Steinberg.

45.   To make the tape look like a real interview, said the agents, they wanted to read him Miranda rights.

46.   Two weeks ago, it signed Robyn and Rand Miller, creators of Myst, the hot-selling CD-ROM game, said agent Dan Adler.

47.   Water and debris caused extensive damage to fifth floor offices, a Secret Service agent said today.

48.   Ward said agent Jim Pegram told him that Valenzuela was on his way back from New York on Monday.

49.   Zapata arrived at the U.S. border in a taxi cab and tried to enter the country with a fake Guatemalan passport, agents said.

50.   Owen died Tuesday, said his agent, Felix De Wolfe.