1.   After those deals, First Union, which would have fallen to be the fourth-biggest bank in Virginia, approached Signet with the unusually rich merger offer.

2.   Keeping the dollar from falling were expectations Japanese will continue to invest in the U.S. to take advantage of higher returns, traders said.

3.   The leaflets, which fell from the sky without a plane being heard overhead, had different texts, pictures of Milosevic and a NATO symbol on them.

4.   There have been reports of instances where passengers have fallen off buses due to reckless driving, and cases of drivers being rude or abusive of passengers.