1.   Cellphones are fast becoming the preferred first alert to trouble on the ground.

2.   It seems cellphones are fast becoming the preferred first alert on the ground.

3.   Now the border guards are on their first alert since the Gulf War.

4.   The first alert for contenders.

5.   The first alert was announced in a press release posted on the FBI web site, leading to questions about why officials did make such an important statement publicly.

6.   The widespread, nationwide scam has generated hundreds of consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, which issued its first alert on the issue Thursday.

7.   Air-raid sirens sounded the first daytime alert Saturday since NATO started bombing the Yugoslav capital.

8.   Boston declared its first heat alert of the summer as temperatures soared for the third consecutive day.

9.   Boston declared its first heat alert of the summer.

10.   First degree security alerts were said to have been imposed in Rangoon, Mandalay, Sittwe and two other cities.