11.   Bankruptcy law permits Kmart to continue the contract as written.

12.   -- The justices signaled that they may enter into a brewing controversy about whether federal law permits sexual harassment lawsuits involving a supervisor or co-worker of the same gender.

13.   A California federal appeals court said the law only permits private lawsuits aimed at toughening, rather than easing, government habitat protections.

14.   A new law permits his office to make exceptions for journalists, but Urbanek said nothing had changed as far as his department was concerned.

15.   After several months of review, Ms. Reno has concluded that the federal law does not permit prosecution of a doctor who complies with the Oregon law.

16.   Ah yes, the only people in your life permitted by law to tell you the painful truth supposedly for your own good.

17.   British law does not permit a civil case of murder so the most severe charge available to the Lawrences would be assault and battery.

18.   Brazilian law permits murder charges in an arson case only if the fire was set to kill someone.

19.   British law permits members of Parliament to represent districts they do not live in, unlike state residency requirements in the United States.

20.   But Grove wrote a correction in a subsequent column noting that even though federal law permitted the payments, the Clintons had chosen not to accept it.