21.  Despite a nearly 4-year investigation, no one has been charged in the murder of the Ramseys' 6-year-old daughter in Colorado.

22.  Despite a strong economy and nearly full employment, the inflationary pressures that usually foreshadow the end of an economic expansion have not yet emerged.

23.  Despite all the arguments, the Senate override tally was nearly identical to the 27-6 vote earlier this year.

24.  Despite all the hoopla about boomers trying to stay young, plastic surgeons were nearly as disappointed, with 9.9 percent failing to find full-time employment.

25.  Derek Farmer would spend nearly a decade longer behind bars than the triggerman.

26.  Derek Fisher converted a 3-point play against Steve Kerr and Bryant nearly broke Scottie Pippen.

27.  Derek Fisher has not been nearly as sharp or as deadly.

28.  Derek Jeter, now just 25, hit .400 nearly the whole exhibition season.

29.  Despite Burroughs' enrollment of nearly 50 percent Latino students, dos Remedios said only five players on his team are Latino.

30.  Despite cholesterol-phobia, the number of hamburgers and cheeseburgers consumed in restaurants has jumped by nearly a fifth since 1990.