31.   In that, then, the Walsh account has added one more layer of contentious ambiguity to a case filled with conflicting accounts.

32.   Investigators are trying to reconcile the conflicting accounts, but believe that the witness version saying there were some words makes it impossible to rule out robbery.

33.   It is a tale of irreconcilably conflicting accounts and affidavits, broken friendships and parents siding against parents.

34.   It has been identified as either a brick or, in a conflicting account Wednesday, a concrete cinder block.

35.   Judge Loretta Preska of U.S. District Court in Manhattan has been sifting through the conflicting accounts but so far has upheld the trusteeship.

36.   Jurors said that their decision came easily, that Steele was credible and that defendants gave conflicting accounts of what transpired.

37.   Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp continued at a secret location amid conflicting accounts of progress towards agreement by Thursday on the merger of their steel units.

38.   Lopez said Rosen has provided conflicting accounts of who brought the rock into the U.S. and the investigation continues.

39.   Los Angeles police and federal officials offered conflicting accounts of whether the youngster was under arrest.

40.   Media reports about her testimony have varied widely, with conflicting accounts of whether the two agreed to lie about an affair.