1.   But the Cardinals, projected to win the NL Central, never got close.

2.   Though projected to win four medals in these Games, Maier says his countrymen will have to content themselves with the double gold.

3.   A beneficiary of voter discontent was the Communist Party, which was projected to win as many as eight seats, its best showing in recent years.

4.   Another beneficiary of voter discontent was the Communist Party, which was projected to win as many as eight seats, its best showing in recent years.

5.   Media magnate Silvio Berlusconi is projected to win Italian senate, state TV reports.

6.   The former Communists and their centrist allies were projected to win national elections Sunday, putting them in line to govern for the first time if the trend holds.

7.   The conservative candidate was projected to win in Viterbo, near Rome, and Foggia in the south.

8.   The main opposition New Frontier Party was doing well, and the Communist Party was projected to win eight seats, their best showing in recent years.

9.   The other beneficiary of voter discontent was the Communist Party, which was projected to win as many as eight seats, its best showing in recent years.

10.   The Congress has already conceded defeat in the elections, in which Hindu nationalists are projected to win the most seats in a hung parliament.