11.   As an example, our states are doing a better job on toxic waste.

12.   At stake in all this as well is what the state of Indiana might do following the Maryland sentencing.

13.   Assistant District Attorney Mike Elliott, the lead prosecutor in the case, said the state would do the same thing again.

14.   Beyond that, states can do almost anything they choose.

15.   A bipartisan law bars federal recognition of gay or lesbian partnerships as marriages, and lets states do the same.

16.   A strengthened U.S. relationship with the U.N. does not imply complete agreement with everything U.N. member states do.

17.   Abortion clinic officials say the state did a poor job alerting them to the new licensing requirement.

18.   About a dozen states have already done that, and if existing rules are overturned, they will probably press their case.

19.   All other states would do best under the new formula.

20.   Bush expressed a willingness to see if the state can do something to help the tracks.