51.   Crude prices soared to a three-year high on Tuesday after the first round of oil-sale talks ended without an agreement.

52.   Crude prices soared to a three-year high on Tuesday after the first round of talks ended without agreement.

53.   Everything still could have ended without incident.

54.   For a change, the day ended without the Woods charge.

55.   Federal probes into crimes by two PRI state governors ended without appropriate punishments.

56.   Gargano is chairman of the Empire State Development Corp., which was the subject of a two-year criminal investigation that ended without charges.

57.   German unions called for expanded warning strikes and protests of proposed government budget cuts and deregulatory measures, after the latest public sector wage talks ended without result.

58.   Half the investigations have ended without indictments.

59.   He has said many times that he would not consider his career incomplete if it ends without a major championship.

60.   He was expected to present ideas to bridge the gaps, officials said, but the meeting ended without any apparent breakthrough.