1.   Dianne Aguilar, the club vice president of ticket operations, said a surge in season ticket inquiries began when the news about Johnson surfaced.

2.   Even so, Jones said he was incensed when news of the arrest surfaced.

3.   Last week, news surfaced that Stronach is considering buying Bay Meadows racetrack near San Francisco.

4.   Little fresh bullish news has surfaced to support the market, so prices are drifting lower, grain sources said.

5.   Oddly enough, that news never surfaced here as Osborne said nice things about Phillips Wednesday.

6.   Shares of both banks soared when news of the merger surfaced Tuesday.

7.   The news surfaced at a team meeting.

8.   The news first surfaced over the last few days in London in two Saudi-owned Arabic dailies, Al Sharq Al Awsat and Al Hayat.

9.   When news of the incident surfaced, the team captains were stripped of their titles and the coach banned the Tar Heels from attending a tournament in Las Vegas.

10.   Also this week, news surfaced that junior forward Attila Cosby is facing nine new misdemeanor charges in connection with a felony rape charge that had been dismissed.