81.   The dollar remained near the five-week high it reached against the yen Friday, when a top Japanese Finance Ministry official suggested it would rise.

82.   The index has fallen for three days on concern interest rates will remain near six-year highs.

83.   The Kings are unbeaten in their past five games but remain near the bottom of the Western Conference.

84.   The National Weather Service said it would remain near that level before gradually receding.

85.   The Mets remain near the top of the NL East to the surprise of one of the additions that was supposed to put them there.

86.   The Nimitz will remain near Taiwan for several days of exercises, the official added.

87.   The number of mature cod in Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine remain near record lows, and two other groundfish species are severly depleted.

88.   The signs are that EU prices are likely to remain near world prices amid increasing reluctance of EU authorities to export grain, analysts said.

89.   The task will be all the more complicated because Europe will be moving to restrain economic growth even while unemployment rates remain at near record levels.

90.   They remain near the top of an Eastern Conference that could be won by any of a number of teams.