81.   Top Justice officials approved offering the companies a plea bargain of reduced charges in return for guilty pleas, but no deal could be reached, the officials said.

82.   Top Justice officials have approved offering the companies a plea bargain of reduced charges in return for guilty pleas.

83.   Top Justice officials have approved offering the companies a plea bargain of reduced charges in return for guilty pleas, according to a source familiar with the case.

84.   University of Arkansas football player Lawrence Richardson and former teammate Lee Hayes pleaded guilty Thursday to a reduced charge of misdemeanor shoplifting.

85.   Although initially accused of espionage, the defendants are standing trial on reduced charges of misdemeanors.

86.   Three other attorneys pleaded guilty to reduced charges before the indictment.