21.   One death was blamed on the outage.

22.   Only one death was blamed on the outage, an elderly woman who was struck and killed at an intersection where the traffic signal was not working.

23.   Outraged relatives blame the deaths on these munitions, a link the Pentagon hotly disputes.

24.   Russian leaders have denied firing rockets at the market and have blamed the deaths on a shootout among rival Chechen factions.

25.   She blames his death not on guns but on his failure to follow safety precautions.

26.   She blames his death on post-traumatic stress disorder.

27.   She blames the deaths on the stress created by the blast.

28.   Skeptics blame the deaths on nibbling mice or lightning strikes.

29.   The Church blamed the death of Jesus on Jews and poured oil on the flames of anti-Semitism that were to burn for centuries.

30.   The government had blamed the death of the woman on North Korean agents when, in fact, her husband later confessed to killing her.