11.   The fund-raiser was organized by Hsia and John Huang, a former DNC fund-raiser who since has pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge.

12.   The lawsuit alleges the tobacco industry has violated federal mail and wire fraud statutes, federal racketeering laws and federal conspiracy laws.

13.   US District Judge Ernest C. Torres is expected to rule, possibly next Wednesday, on a motion to acquit Cianci of the federal racketeering conspiracy conviction.

14.   Yet those abductions could be incorporated into a federal case in Brooklyn because of the wider latitude of federal conspiracy laws.

15.   A co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, was sentenced to life in prison on federal conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter charges for the bombing.

16.   Efroim Stein and Jacob Bronner pleaded guilty in February to federal conspiracy charges.

17.   Eight Klansmen went to prison on federal conspiracy charges, but the state never brought murder charges.

18.   Last month, Hackney pleaded guilty to similar charges in Tennessee and to federal conspiracy and money laundering charges in Connecticut.

19.   Last month, Hackney pleaded guilty to similar charges in Tennessee and in August to federal conspiracy and money laundering charges in Connecticut.

20.   Negotiations have broken down and federal conspiracy charges against the bid leaders could be imminent, he said.