1.   A researcher who claims widespread fraud involving military Decorations says he warned Adm.

2.   Widespread electoral fraud and intimidation already have been reported.

3.   And if Senate investigators find widespread voting fraud, the Senate could declare the seat vacant and call for a new election, or even vote to seat Jenkins.

4.   A federal grand jury is probing charges of widespread fraud in minority contracting.

5.   A separate report issued last week by the Atlanta-based Carter Center concluded that the chances for widespread fraud were slight.

6.   Allstate Insurance Co. on Thursday sued nine medical clinics in the Los Angeles area as part of a sweeping crackdown on what the carrier claims is widespread medical fraud.

7.   But government officials denied that there had been widespread fraud and urged people to accept the outcome of the election.

8.   But opposition parties contend that the vote count was distorted by widespread fraud.

9.   But widespread fraud, at least around these parts, is a thing of the past, and voting early and often is relatively rare.

10.   But with the Internet being increasingly used for commerce, the danger of widespread fraud is growing.