11.   With the jury out of the courtroom, Judge Michael B. Mukasey took the bench and, clearly annoyed, announced that a problem had arisen.

12.   Libyan Ambassador Hamed al-Hedderi entered the high security courtroom an hour before the judges were due to take the bench.

13.   No action was taken by the judge after the sidebar or when he took the bench Thursday.

14.   Seventeen days after her surgery, Ginsburg took the bench with her colleagues for the opening of the current court term.

15.   Shortly after taking the bench, Ingargiola briefly suspended the session so the prosecution could submit additional documents.

16.   Superior Court Judge Lance Ito took the bench on Thursday without mentioning his inquiry into reported problems among jurors and some of their guards.

17.   The trial of country singers Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney was interrupted Thursday when the presiding judge suffered an apparent heart attack minutes before taking the bench.