1.   ATLANTA- As fears of biological attacks rippled outward from the United States in the last week, thousands of anthrax scares have been reported across the globe.

2.   A high turnout of voters was reported across the country, with long lines at many polling places.

3.   But sporadic violence was reported across the country.

4.   Each year, about two dozen similar postal rescues are reported across the city, half of them in the San Fernando Valley, postal officials say.

5.   Gains were reported across the board, in gasoline, heating oil, jet fuel and heavy oils, API said.

6.   In the Northland, power outages were reported across southern Clay and Platte counties in Missouri.

7.   Many more gang slayings have been reported across Texas.

8.   Minor injuries and wind damage were reported across the region, but the only deaths occurred in Queens and Westchester.

9.   Mosques in Irving and Carrollton were vandalized Wednesday, and threats were reported across North Texas.

10.   Other possible cases of plague have been reported across a wide band of the country.