41.   No local government has ever sued the company, he said.

42.   Sources say federal, state governments to sue Microsoft.

43.   The alliance could pose dramatic new competition for Microsoft, whose own business tactics against Netscape are so aggressive that the federal government sued it for alleged antitrust violations.

44.   The debate began after the government sued an American scholar for libel over an article he wrote in October while working for the national university here.

45.   The government has sued two newspapers it previously had intended to shut down for alleged defamation, the Information Ministry announced Tuesday.

46.   The federal government has sued the meatpacker IBP Inc., accusing it of polluting the air and water surrounding its Dakota City plant.

47.   The federal government is suing Target Corp., alleging the retailer discriminates against black applicants seeking management jobs in Wisconsin.

48.   The federal government sued Hill after he refused to clean up the gasoline spill.

49.   The government is suing Wal-Mart for failing to report dozens of injuries caused by some home exercise equipment sold in its stores.

50.   The government sued only after efforts to negotiate failed, the newspaper said.