101.   In a letter to the upper house of parliament where states are represented, deputy Environment Minister Rainer Baake said the ministry rejected a compromise offered by the states.

102.   Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin represents a state with a Democratic governor.

103.   Lieberman, a Connecticut native, also represents the state in the Senate.

104.   Lockyer hired Brendan Sullivan, a top trial attorney, to represent the states in future hearings.

105.   Many lawmakers representing farm states have sought to knock down the trade embargo.

106.   McCann, who was not the prosecutor at the trial but represented the state during the appeals, said she was upset by the DNA findings.

107.   Mona Lee Locke, a former television reporter, will represent the state at the Paris Air Show and at a major wine exposition.

108.   On the first morning, public prosecutor Pierre Morlet argued a Belgian court could take on such a case despite the objections of lawyers representing the state of Israel.

109.   On Friday, the upper house of parliament, where the states are represented, urged the government to investigate whether Scientology could be banned.

110.   Represented his state in the Bee the past two years.