11.   Republic declined to specify what that charge involved, but analysts said the language suggested losses on derivatives.

12.   Serious charges involve safety violations that could result in loss of life.

13.   That the charges involve crossing state lines in the commission of kidnapping and murder provides a clear opening for claiming federal jurisdiction.

14.   The charges involve bidding on specialized securities known as forward supply contracts.

15.   The charges involve counts of mail fraud and conspiracy.

16.   The charges essentially involve payments that prosecutors say were bribes made to doctors by hospital executives in return for referrals of Medicare patients.

17.   The charge involved a phone call that McKinney made to one of his accusers, a conversation Army investigators secretly taped.

18.   The charges all involve use of false documents to obtain hazardous-material transport licenses.

19.   The charges involved Chris, his brother and another teen-ager from church.

20.   The charges involved disputed payments by government programs, not the quality of patient care.