1.   Amid heightened security, officials closed local courthouses and post offices, closed airports, evacuated LAX and sent home all non-essential employees from the Federal Building.

2.   Anxious residents stripped supermarket shelves of essentials, and hunkered down in their homes, while government officials closed the San Juan airport and ordered people off beaches.

3.   As a result, city officials on Monday closed sections of Rockaway Beach.

4.   As local and state health workers attempted to identify the illness and its source, university officials closed a second restaurant that serves two dormitories for women.

5.   At Logan, officials closed and sealed off the aiport early Tuesday afternoon.

6.   At times, Yugoslav officials have closed the border and forced thousands of refugees back into Kosovo with no explanation.

7.   Because hydrofluoric acid is so caustic, officials closed the highway and rerouted traffic.

8.   After the breach, airport officials closed the airport, forcing AirTran and other airlines operating at Hartsfield to ground airplanes and cancel and divert flights.

9.   Bush also has selected a justice on the Texas Supreme Court, Alberto Gonzales, to be his White House counsel, officials close to the process said.

10.   By late Sunday afternoon, officials closed access to the area and said the normally bustling island was a virtual ghost town.