1.   Authorities are checking the facility for signs of anthrax spores.

2.   Egyptian journalist Ahmed Youssef saw several of the dead while authorities checked their passports.

3.   Federal authorities are checking thousands of tips called into a toll-free hotline.

4.   News crews were kept away from the wreck for about three hours while authorities checked for hazardous materials.

5.   Mueller did not recognize the name, however, and said authorities are checking to see whether it was an alias.

6.   The authorities are also checking shelters for the homeless to see whether residents have records of sexual assaults.

7.   Turkish maritime authorities can check ships for sanitary conditions and safety, but cannot stop their passage.

8.   Railroad authorities were still checking Friday morning to see whether any of the electronic switching equipment had been destroyed.

9.   Rasmusson said that the German maritime authorities would check the ferry to determine the damage.

10.   A van used by the missing two was found abandoned in a Colorado Springs motel parking lot Tuesday, and authorities checked hotels for the men.