11.   League officials suddenly shut down its franchise in Long Beach, which reached the finals last season, and dissolved the Atlanta franchise because of poor support.

12.   Officials shut down an affected well after the finding.

13.   Still, Utah environmental officials have shut down Tooele -- its fifth such closure in four years -- until the Army puts new safeguards in place.

14.   To prevent cars from overheating in traffic, city officials shut down some highway construction.

15.   Transit officials shut down the entire subway system for several hours.

16.   With PRI candidate Carlos Salinas de Gortari trailing in early returns, officials had shut down public access to the computerized vote count.

17.   After the epidemic was detected, hospital officials shut down the neonatal unit and began plans to remodel it.

18.   After Yugoslav officials shut down the sixth independent broadcaster in just over a week, Serbian opposition parties and media called for action Friday to halt the media crackdown.

19.   But Wu Shulin of the State Council said Chinese officials shut down the factories that violated the laws and were watching all of the others.

20.   But officials also shut down two newspapers critical of Milosevic, reinforcing suspicions the Yugoslav president is using the crisis to strengthen his grip on power.