71.   Owen and other Big Ten Conference defensive backs no doubt perked up in December when they heard reports about Dayne leaving early for the NFL draft.

72.   Others who heard his report on the status of talks with management lawyers suggested that there indeed were problems.

73.   Others may have deemed the journey too risky after having heard reports of the hundreds of immigrants who drowned or died of exposure last year.

74.   Plainclothes Boston police officers officers Mark Assad and Garrett Mitchell were on a routine patrol when they heard a report of the heist over the police radio.

75.   Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said later Tuesday that he also had heard reports of a smaller second plane, but could not confirm it.

76.   Quincy police were hearing similar reports.

77.   Putin acted hours after he met with the prosecutor general, Vladimir Ustinov, and senior defense officials in the Kremlin to hear a report about the Kursk disaster.

78.   Rheal Cormier heard a report on ESPN Monday that said Bret Saberhagen was coming to the Red Sox, and then he went to lunch in suburban Detroit.

79.   Sarah Levinson heard reports that nervous Napster users had been going on a downloading binge.

80.   Security Council members heard a report in a closed-door meeting about the problems the Bosnian government troops are causing for United Nations peacekeeping commanders in the demilitarized area.