11.   But Finchem said the federal probe has nothing to do with that challenge.

12.   But legal experts agree that a federal criminal probe of a proxy contest involving a corporate merger is uncommon.

13.   CBOE pulled out of the merger two months ago, citing delays caused by a federal antitrust probe.

14.   DeBartolo removed himself from team management in December after becoming the subject of a federal probe into gambling in Louisiana.

15.   DeBartolo still faces indictment in a federal probe of his Louisiana riverboat gambling venture.

16.   Federal probes into crimes by two PRI state governors ended without appropriate punishments.

17.   Former Massachusetts House Speaker Charles F. Flaherty was practically tried in the press as leaks about the federal probe of his conduct frequently found their way into the media.

18.   Goldberg is appealing a tax fraud conviction, a byproduct of the federal probe into former House Speaker Charles F. Flaherty.

19.   His name also is in a FBI file on Brownlee and the Mercedes is part of the federal probe, according to published reports.

20.   ICI officials said other companies seem likely to be implicated in the federal probe.