1.   As the contract was being finalized Friday night, people close to Clinton said that the auction for the book was conducted like any other.

2.   A contract is being finalized for the club, which will remain open year-round for faculty, staff and alumni to dine in and entertain guests.

3.   Even after that contract is finalized, the prison system must formulate a process for carrying out the castration law, prison system spokesman Glen Castlebury said.

4.   He said the contract had not been signed, but that officials on both sides of the table were close to finalizing a contract.

5.   He has yet to finalize his contract with the school board and maintains he will walk away when the board hires a superintendent next year.

6.   However, it may be several weeks before the contract is finalized.

7.   In addition, officials are still finalizing contracts with municipalities around the country that have promised to lend the organizers the buses for the proposed transit plan.

8.   Kings general manager Dave Taylor said a contract could be finalized by today.

9.   John Noonan, director of health services for the DOC, said CMS is forming a partnership with UMass to provide psychiatric services once the new contract is finalized.

10.   Lawyers finalized a contract with the other states.