61.   Police suspected the couple of conspiring with a government contractor in a kickback scheme, illegally keeping gifts, and obstructing justice.

62.   A private contractor the government hired had overlooked the materials and is making copies for delivery Wednesday, Bradford said.

63.   Also Saturday, an independent watchdog group announced that both candidates had received hundreds of thousands of dollars from various government contractors.

64.   Among the rejected suitors was defense giant Lockheed Martin, which had operated an enrichment plant as a government contractor.

65.   Business interests and a leading Republican congressman are lobbying the Bush administration to roll back broad regulations aimed at banning government contractors who have broken various laws.

66.   Despite that, the government contractor he had worked for denied that Harding was exposed to excessive radiation and denied that his medical problems were caused by radiation.

67.   Global Associates, a government contractor based in Irvine, Calif., denied the allegation but declined to discuss why the employees were fired.

68.   He allegedly participated in the scheme through a government contractor, World Learning Systems, which he headed with his wife, Victoria Vargas.

69.   He also used his executive powers last week to commit the United States to an absolute ban on nuclear testing and to tighten environmental rules on government contractors.

70.   In one case cited in the report, a government contractor was even given ownership of all the information collected from a Web site.