11.   Telecom shares dropped on Friday after Cascade Communications Corp., another telecom equipment maker, reported slower revenue growth along with surprisingly strong earnings.

12.   The broader market regained momentum after dropping on Friday.

13.   The bombs dropped on what NATO pilots thought were Serbian army sites may reflect a shift of emphasis in the war.

14.   The Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini did drop out on Monday.

15.   The riders who dropped out on Monday face four big climbs on Tuesday and four more on Wednesday.

16.   The Sutter Power Plant in Yuba City, Calif., is owned by Calpine, whose shares also dropped on Monday.

17.   Then there was the previously undependable J.J. Stokes, scoring a touchdown on a pass he would have dropped on any other Sunday.

18.   Until it dropped mirostipen on Monday, Human Genome had four drugs developed using genomics in clinical trials with a fifth about to start.

19.   Usually, they drop by on Saturday afternoon.

20.   A charge of perverting the course of justice against a third man was dropped on Friday, Crown prosecutor Colin McPherson told Judge John Williams.