1.   A bill increasing federal authority in church arsons was introduced in Congress on Thursday.

2.   Counties throughout Tennessee would receive federal money to hire additional police or take other measures to prevent and solve church arsons, under a plan announced by President Clinton.

3.   Federal and South Carolina civil rights officials now concede that most of the recent rash of church arson fires were not racially motivated.

4.   In a letter to the town sheriff, Coby spills the beans on the church arson.

5.   Investigators told the lawmakers that church arson cases posed several challenges.

6.   It authorizes funding for the Treasury and Justice Departments to train local law enforcement agencies in investigating church arsons, but does not provide new funding.

7.   It investigates hate crimes, church arsons and vandalism of synagogues.

8.   Last week, the House unanimously passed a bill that would make it easier to pursue cases of church arson.

9.   Several months ago, President Clinton spoke about the church arson fires during the NAACP swearing-in ceremony for Mfume.

10.   She also announced that Patrick would oversee a new church arson task force to oversee the investigations into the fires.