21.   Meanwhile, Los Angeles police said yesterday they are investigating allegations that the father of the boy who accused Jackson of molestation tried to blackmail the singer.

22.   Also, acting baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Friday the major leagues would investigate the allegations of domestic abuse against Cordero.

23.   And all allegations involving minors are reported to the Missouri Division of Family Services, because a social worker is a member of the team that investigates such allegations.

24.   And state officials are investigating allegations, first reported in The New York Observer, that two prisoners died after being denied proper treatment by St. Barnabas.

25.   And, yes, the Republican-controlled Congress is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in a Democratic Administration.

26.   Anthony Carnevale,a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Correction, said his department investigates each allegation of abuse made by Massachusetts prisoners in Dallas.

27.   Arbour said she was still investigating allegations of war crimes committed in all three locales.

28.   Archer Daniels Midland Co. said the European Commission is investigating allegations the company fixed prices for lysine, an animal feed additive.

29.   As FERC investigates those allegations, many states are reconsidering electricity deregulation and retail competition.