11.  Denver has been a curious team this year, staying below .500 with what many people feel is a pretty good roster.

12.  Defiant young people are not the only ones who find ways around the social code.

13.  Deforestation has exacerbated the problem, and the expanding population has forced people to live in flood-prone areas.

14.  Cuba has about 3,000 people who are HIV positive, which is a low percentage for a country of 12 million.

15.  Cuban Americans make up more than 700,000 of Miami-Dade County's 2.1 million people.

16.  Cuban Americans make up some 800,000 of the county's 2 million people.

17.  Cuban music with its complicated beat and technique and the pride and courage of the people struck the right chord.

18.  Cuban's response: "I'll tell you why people are suprised.

19.  Cubs pitcher Jason Bere said: "What makes him such a good pitching coach is maybe what some people don't like.

20.  Cui thinks young people in China today are like caged birds: when they try to fly, they don't go very far.