21.   The Los Angeles Times sent a reporter to New Orleans to cover a federal appeals court hearing on a screwy Texas case.

22.   The Patriots were first aware of the chronic depression at the time of the drug appeal hearing.

23.   The petition will be discussed by a committee of the Law Lords, who will decide whether to have a full appeal hearing.

24.   They were reinstated a month later, when no one from the state appeared at her appeal hearing.

25.   Under French law, he was required to turn himself in for one night in jail before his appeal hearing, scheduled for Thursday, could begin.

26.   We are attempting to have the NCAA hold an appeal hearing early next week.

27.   A date for the appeal hearing was not set, and the group planned to leave Greece by early Saturday.

28.   All were in court Tuesday, the first day of their week-long appeal hearing.

29.   An appeal hearing by Roma and two of its players against fines and suspensions imposed earlier by UEFA opened Thursday and will continue Friday.

30.   An American neo-Nazi arrested in Denmark upon German request will face a second appeals court hearing Thursday, his defense attorney said Wednesday.