1.   At the heart of the dispute is whether Mexican and U.S. state laws, which favor local companies, are superseded by international regulations under NAFTA.

2.   A police spokesman, Deputy Inspector Michael Collins, said that constituted prostitution under state law.

3.   According to state election law, because he voted in the Democratic primary, he cannot run for his own seat as a Republican in November.

4.   But contrary to state law, she advised there was no need to report it because the boys were less than four years apart in age.

5.   But state law, as in the case of Florida, can be even stricter than the new federal law.

6.   It is both a nod to animal protectionists and a response to state law.

7.   It issued a series of analyses to support its claim and even persuaded the Rhode Island Legislature to change state law to make a takeover attempt more difficult.

8.   It issued a series of antitrust analyses to support its claim and even persuaded the Rhode Island Legislature to change state law to make a takeover attempt more difficult.

9.   Officials attribute the delay to state privacy laws.

10.   Or lenient state laws.