71.   At the same time, federal prosecutors in Manhattan are also moving to scrutinize the contract, investigators said.

72.   At the hearing, federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge Charles Richey to order the defense to declare immediately whether Duran will assert an insanity defense.

73.   At least Giuliani, perhaps because of his background as a federal prosecutor, has declined to discuss the investigation into the crash or the search for bodies.

74.   At this stage, federal prosecutors may be best able to deliver that result.

75.   At that point, the firm had begun cooperating with federal prosecutors to protect itself.

76.   Attorney General John Ashcroft could appoint a special counsel to conduct an investigation he felt could not be handled by federal prosecutors because of a conflict of interest.

77.   Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday that the FBI and federal prosecutors were working with local authorities to decide whether to proceed with a state or federal prosecution.

78.   At the same time, two teams of federal prosecutors issued subpoenas and began grand jury investigations into the contract.

79.   At the time, it was the biggest international cartel ever uncovered by federal prosecutors.

80.   Barnes denied allegations by federal prosecutors that he was kicking back a third of his wages to a former Gtech national sales manager.