1.   Although local officials are handling the investigation, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm have provided technical assistance.

2.   And he suggested that racing officials handle the draw in the future.

3.   But Anthony Carnevale, spokesman for the Department of Correction Monday insisted officials handled the Salvi case properly.

4.   But he said that in the end the long-term stability and success of Japan were dependent on how Japanese officials handled the crisis.

5.   But he would like officials to handle those cases administratively rather than have Congress amend the act.

6.   Florida state law says only election officials may handle the ballots.

7.   Had that law been in effect earlier, Thompson said, church officials would have handled the case differently.

8.   Instead, they questioned whether emergency officials had handled matters properly, or had underplayed the situation.

9.   Ms. Moye-Clarke said she refused because she felt the local officials were handling the situation responsibly.

10.   Only elections officials could handle ballots.