1.   In the more recent cases, police credited quick-thinking by the two boys, and one of their friends, for thwarting the attempted abductions.

2.   Lenexa police credited calls to the TIPS Hotline with helping them make the arrest.

3.   The police credit the drop to Operation Condor, an antinarcotics program begun in late January.

4.   The police are crediting the arrests to a call they received Saturday to the Crime Stoppers telephone line.

5.   Police credit the airtight drum for preserving clues decades after the death of the woman, who was nine months pregnant.

6.   Luken said police credited the curfew with allowing them to regain control of the city and it probably would continue until Easter Sunday.

7.   Mayor Charles Luken said police credited the ban on being in the streets with allowing them to regain control of the city and probably would continue until Easter Sunday.

8.   Police credited the fast action of parishioner Gerard Denk, a former Vietnam Marine veteran, with helping capture Troy.

9.   Three days of protests coinciding with the GOP convention have remained peaceful with just a few arrests, and police credit their decision to communicate with demonstrators.