1.   There was no apparent motive for the shooting, the Washington Post said.

2.   Add racial hatred as the apparent motive for the ghastly crime and Lowe must have felt the thrill of a once-in-a lifetime opportunity.

3.   He said the lack of any apparent motive has stymied detectives who are not accustomed to handling such bizarre investigations.

4.   In West Paducah, Ky., three girls were killed and five other students wounded in a shooting with no apparent motive.

5.   Police subsequently learned that Timothy Sorrell had an apparent motive for the murders.

6.   Robbery was the apparent motive.

7.   Some violence is occurring without apparent motive.

8.   The apparent motive was robbery.

9.   The apparent motive, Roberts said, was that the reporter had written stories unfavorable to Marley that may have cost Marley a seat on the Arizona Racing Commission.

10.   The apparent motive is to protect Chinese companies that find themselves competing with lower-cost imports from neighboring countries, where currencies have been devalued.