11.   But Friday morning, the authorities said, the source of those weapons was finally stanched.

12.   But Munns said the authority to set price guidelines and other rules must be reserved to the states.

13.   But this time, local authorities said, enough is enough.

14.   Conde once pleaded guilty to drug charges in the United States, the authorities said.

15.   Detectives are still searching for several more youths who the suspects said were involved in the attack, the authorities said.

16.   Drega fled in the police car, which had its windows blown out, driving into Vermont, the authorities said.

17.   Earlier this month, authorities said they were investigating two Nomura managing directors for trading through an illegal account.

18.   Ecopetrol president Antonio Jose Urdinola threatened to declare illegal any strike by oil workers and said authorities would adopt contingency plans to ensure the flow of oil.

19.   Even people who say the authorities had no choice but to end the siege have acknowledged that the trooper assault was poorly conceived and executed.

20.   Feeling he bore a resemblance to a composite police sketch of the killer, authorities said, officers working the area approached him.