1.   But as the trial opened, she changed her plea and admitted shooting Staudinger last December, at his Manhattan apartment.

2.   The trial opens in Gaza of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yaseen.

3.   And while usually defendants are expected to attend status conferences in New Mexico, he said Kodikian may not have to return to the West until the trial opens.

4.   Before the trial opened, Hijazi briefly spoke with reporters from inside a spare black-iron cage used for defendants in high-security cases.

5.   Both trials opened in a national spotlight.

6.   But as the trial opened, the atmosphere seemed more like a French Woodstock than a Seattle.

7.   But for SNET, the trial is opening a new window into Connecticut homes as interactive video demonstrates its two-way potential.

8.   Coffey told the jury when the trial opened last week that Andersen had not called any of the former employees who were quoted in the New Times articles.

9.   Garcia admitted when the trial opened that Burnett had thrown Leo, but said the dog had bitten him first.

10.   In Rwanda, the first such domestic trial opened last week.