1.   Jim gave the liturgy planning team his tentative approval and waited to see how the community and the archdiocese would react.

2.   Amtrak officials have given their tentative approval for the new train.

3.   A bill introduced by Sen. Chris Cummiskey, D-Phoenix, to require state oversight and raise minimum operating standards received tentative Senate approval this week.

4.   A constitutional amendment aimed at selecting appellate justices on merit received tentative approval but was a vote short of the four-fifths majority needed for final passage.

5.   A half-dozen companies have received tentative federal approval to produce low-cost generic copies of Cipro after its patent expires.

6.   A new attempt to restrict abortion in Kansas won tentative approval Thursday from the Kansas House.

7.   But after Andrew Cuomo became HUD secretary last year, he withdrew the tentative approval, citing the deal as a bad investment for the government.

8.   Continental Airlines Inc. won tentative approval to begin seven new weekly flights between Newark, New Jersey and Santiago, Chile, the U.S. Department of Transportation said today.

9.   Council Speaker Peter Vallone has given his tentative approval to the fish market initiative.

10.   Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, Trans World Airlines, and Hawaiian Airlines also won tentative approval for new US-Japan routes next fall.