1.   Although placing the burden of proof on prosecutors is a cornerstone of US constitutional law, legal authorities said there are certain exceptions even in the United States.

2.   An article Tuesday in The New York Times quoted U.S. officials as saying Colombian authorities were doing nothing about planes loaded with cocaine taking off from Colombian territory.

3.   An hour after the Tel Aviv bombing, Israeli settlers opened fire on a group of Palestinian men sitting in an east Jerusalem restaurant, authorities said.

4.   An unidentified man dropped off the Dutch paintings at a New York auction house last week, authorities said Wednesday.

5.   As many as eight women and a baby linked to John Edward Robinson Sr. could be dead, authorities said Wednesday.

6.   A Los Angeles police officer was hailed as a hero after he was injured in a bloody gunbattle and pulled his wounded partner to safety, authorities said.

7.   After Fleming made it to the back door and screamed, authorities said, LaRette yanked her swimsuit top up around her neck and stabbed her in the chest.

8.   After exposure to the bacteria, flulike symptoms can be felt within an hour, authorities said.

9.   After the planes landed in Culiacan, traces of cocaine were found inside, authorities said.

10.   But he left empty-handed, saying the authorities had ignored the families.