61.   Hours of talks ended without an agreement, and negotiations were to resume Sunday.

62.   His nomination was held up most of the last year as a result of federal ethics investigations that ended without any criminal charges.

63.   However, the first vote, which is conducted by secret ballot, ended without a city receiving a simple majority.

64.   If a motion to adjourn or censure the president succeeds, then the trial would end without a final vote on the impeachment charges.

65.   In Bethlehem, a second day of efforts to negotiate an end to the three-week siege at the Church of the Nativity ended without any agreement.

66.   Investigation of four other suspects in insider trading involving Krones shares has been ended without any charges, the securities office said.

67.   Investigations by a county grand jury, a federal grand jury and county and federal officials also ended without indictments or arrests.

68.   It is a rare day in New Orleans that ends without a murder.

69.   It is fortunate that the raid ended without bloodshed, and that there was not a confrontation with Cuban American supporters of the Miami relatives.

70.   It ended without any criminal charges being brought.