In its filings with the bankruptcy court, the Dodgers' dire financial state is laid bare.

WSJ: Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Files for Team's Bankruptcy

But aid has been frozen for a year and the state coffers are bare.

ECONOMIST: C?te d��Ivoire

The critics point out that Honduras, like several other Central American countries, fails to raise enough tax revenue to pay for even the bare bones of a modern state.

ECONOMIST: Between the IMF and another Bolivia

He'll launch a bare-bones insurgent effort, traveling the state on his Straight Talk Express bus and numerous holding town hall meetings.

NPR: McCain Nearly Broke, but Stays Course

While the party could again embrace Rick Lazio, the former congressman defeated by Mr. Paladino in the gubernatorial primary, or Harry Wilson, who lost a close race for state comptroller, the Republican bench looks bare.

WSJ: Paladino's Influence in Question

The mission -- carried out aboard helicopters owned by the U.S. State Department and with support of Drug Enforcement Administration agents -- laid bare the reach of U.S. involvement in Honduran security missions, as well as its associated risks.

CNN: Honduran, US relations overcome deadly drug raid

If Penn State officials or Pennsylvania politicians had any guts, they would strip the university bare of anything adorned with the name Joe Paterno.

CNN: Joe Paterno was a coward