41.   With Pippen hampered by a bad back, and Dennis Rodman suspended with a bad attitude, Jordan again showed why he is the baddest player on the planet.

42.   Pat Milich, a district spokeswoman, on Sunday said Matthew has been suspended with pay.

43.   A fourth-division Italian soccer game was suspended with five minutes remaining Sunday after homemade bomb exploded on the field.

44.   And the team will be without star midfielder Michael Ballack, suspended with two yellow cards.

45.   Australian Sports Commission executive director Jim Ferguson said Wednesday that Touretski has been suspended with pay pending further talks on his future.

46.   Authorities feared the slayings could signal the beginning of a Mafia war, or represent the settling of old accounts suspended with the recent arrests of top mob bosses.

47.   Beijing has suspended contacts with Danish officials in fury that the small country would dare spearhead the U.N. resolution, and warned of further reprisals.

48.   Both have been suspended with pay pending developments in investigations by police and the school board.

49.   Chile was without three starters, suspended with two yellow cards.

50.   Commissioner Francis Forbes said the four officers from Montego Bay have been suspended with a one-quarter pay cut.