1.   Although the criteria have remained the same, Reckford said regulators had clarified the rules on evidence since he left.

2.   A House-passed bill awaiting consideration in the Senate would loosen and clarify the rules on importing drugs.

3.   A way to clarify the rules for U.S. companies that wanted to sell shares to non-U.S. investors.

4.   But he said he would immediately clarify the rules.

5.   During the period when the new rule was being clarified, elected city officials continued to collect lobbyist contributions.

6.   He said he opposed the settlement not because of any personal beliefs about affirmative action, but because he wanted the Supreme Court to clarify the rules.

7.   In other news, the competition committee clarified a rule to ban players froming using any part of the helmet to tackle.

8.   In the end, clarifying the rules of legal behavior for powerful companies in the modern economy could well be the lasting legacy of the Microsoft case.

9.   Instead, it would only be clarifying the rules of the game for selecting the two federal officials elected by a whole nation.

10.   It would also clarify valuation rules for property on which creditors have a lien, a change that bankruptcy lawyers said is likely to favor debtors.