1.   McFarlane pleaded guilty to four federal misdemeanor charges that he had lied to Congress.

2.   Mr Watt pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge.

3.   A case in point is students in New York State who faced criminal misdemeanor charges for possessing and selling advance copies of state Regents examinations.

4.   Also pending are misdemeanor assault charges against stemming from an auto accident in August.

5.   Also still up in the air is whether authorities will bring misdemeanor charges against Masters for carrying a concealed weapon.

6.   Although prosecutors said Oliver had beaten Ms. Komar and threatened her over the phone and at knifepoint, they could bring only misdemeanor charges.

7.   Although prosecutors said that Oliver had beaten Ms. Komar and threatened her over the phone and at knifepoint, they could bring only misdemeanor charges.

8.   An ambulance took the baby, and the Suffolk County police arrested Shanta Clark on a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child.

9.   An Oakland judge has dismissed misdemeanor traffic charges against Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell.

10.   Another football player, fighting a virus and concerned with four misdemeanor charges hanging over him, might have stayed on the sideline.