1.   Before the jury was seated Tuesday morning, prosecutor Schindler urged Judge Roger Strand to force Dowd to disclose the factual basis for the questions asked Friday.

2.   His refusal to take down the biblical instructions and his insistence on seating his juries with a prayer has drawn the wrath of the American Civil Liberties Union.

3.   In court Monday, lawyers attempted to seat a jury of eight and one alternate.

4.   In the procedure, a jury is seated and a real judge presides, while both sides present summaries of their evidence.

5.   It could be days before a jury is seated.

6.   Krischer rejected the plea deal, saying that all offers were off the table once the jury was seated.

7.   Nothing about the trial was quick, until a jury was seated.

8.   Observers think the jury could be seated, and testimony could begin by the end of the week.

9.   On Tuesday morning, prosecutors and lawyers for the defendant, Timothy McVeigh, will begin using peremptory challenges to winnow the panelists until a jury is seated.

10.   Once those are gone, the jury will be seated.