1.   The Presidential ruling allows plants to exceed their existing emissions limit without prior public notification.

2.   And the ruling allows police to check voluntarily whether a person is fit to buy a handgun.

3.   Bell Atlantic Corp. criticized a proposal today by New Jersey regulators aimed at increasing local phone market competition, saying the ruling allows long-distance companies a competitive advantage.

4.   Beyond this case, she said the ruling will allow boyfriends, brothers and others to jump in and claim fatherhood rights.

5.   A Supreme Court ruling will allow disabled golfer Casey Martin to ride a cart while competing on the PGA Tour.

6.   Brodyaga said she has been inundated with phone calls from people who want to know if the Supreme Court ruling will allow them to return.

7.   But he said he fears the ruling may allow those who disobey safety rules to go unpunished.

8.   Carpinello said the ruling allows the state to draw up less restrictive standards, but also gains Bad Frog immediate access to New York markets.

9.   Defense lawyers say the rulings improperly allow murder convictions without proof of intent to kill.