31.   The sports authority this week asked for new site proposals as a backup plan.

32.   Those same authorities asked that their own town not be judged guilty by association.

33.   Thursday, New Hampshire authorities asked for the video surveillance tapes of the two teenagers inside their jail cells in Indiana.

34.   Three days later a friend told Buckley that Wenatchee authorities were asking about him.

35.   Wednesday, Stern declined to say whether authorities had asked for more proof and were rebuffed.

36.   While the Yugoslav authorities are asking ethnic Albanians to return to their homes, it is less clear where all of them would now be expected to live.

37.   Peruvian authorities in February asked Japanese authorities to question Fujimori, he said.

38.   A government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said local authorities in Zepa asked Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic Thursday if they could negotiate with the Bosnian Serbs.

39.   A U.S. Justice Department spokesman said Tuesday that no charges were filed against Abul Abbas in the United States and therefore federal authorities could not ask for his extradition.

40.   Afterward, Saudi authorities asked the pilgrims to fill out applications, a move that signals Saudi authorities may let them in.