11.  Ari Network Services Inc., Milwaukee, named Brian Dearing to the vacant positions of president and chief executive.

12.  Barnhart said he has not been contacted by Arizona State for permission to speak to Erickson about its vacant coaching position.

13.  Baylor, Cubs meet The Cubs interviewed Baylor for their vacant managerial position Monday.

14.  A couple of vacant positions have not been filled at the facility, which serves battered women and children primarily from Arlington and Northeast Tarrant County.

15.  Burns said there were three vacant offensive positions, but he thought one of those was filled.

16.  Council officials say the staff will be reduced through elimination of vacant positions, attrition through retirements and layoffs.

17.  For six months all vacant positions will be reviewed by the department of budget and management and filled only if they are essential to running state government.

18.  He has done it several ways, including eliminating vacant coaching positions, cutting the business staff and bringing the football radio broadcasting contracts in-house.

19.  Ken Kaess, one of three executive vice presidents and managing partners at DDB Needham New York, was promoted on Friday to the vacant position of president.

20.  Lorenzo Romar, who just finished his third season as head coach at Pepperdine, reportedly interviewed for the vacant position at Saint Louis University on Wednesday.