11.   The ruling was a devastating blow to the defense lawyers, who had expressed optimism on Wednesday that the courts would delay the execution.

12.   Then, she said, her return home was delayed by court appearances related to the car accident, and she missed two days of work.

13.   We were going to kill him Wednesday, but a court has delayed it again.

14.   A Belgian court on Wednesday delayed a ruling on a war crimes investigation against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

15.   A court delayed the execution of convicted killer Robert Clarke on Tuesday, just three hours he was scheduled to hang.

16.   A federal appeals court had delayed the imposition of sentencing for the previous conviction pending appeal.

17.   A state appeals court delayed the execution of convicted killer Napoleon Beazley hours before he was scheduled to die Wednesday.

18.   A Texas state appeals court delayed the execution of convicted killer Napoleon Beazley hours before he was scheduled to die Wednesday.

19.   An appeals court should not delay in pursuing penalties against Microsoft, because dragging the case out would disrupt the computer market, the Justice Department said Friday.

20.   But later the court delayed it to consider his appeal on the constitutionality of lethal injections.