31.   Health Maintenance Organizations won as the new laws allow them to cover more Medicare and Medicaid patients, the group said.

32.   He said his group and others are pressing for a state law to make it illegal for minors to enter Arizona with alcohol in their bodies.

33.   He said one group of actors who appear frequently in mob films refer to themselves jokingly as the Gangsters Actors Guild.

34.   Human rights organizations say rebel groups in African and Latin countries such as Sierra Leone and Colombia use diamonds to pay for vicious wars.

35.   In a letter to the SEC, New York Comptroller Alan Hevesi said a group of shareholders and corporate representatives already crafted more realistic recommendations.

36.   In some cases, gang members posing as representatives of the loan groups have gone to people holding loans and demanded repayment on the spot, the groups said.

37.   In the regional effort to clean up Long Island Sound, Connecticut is doing the most, while Long Island communities are lagging, an environmental group said Thursday.

38.   Industry executives say Italian groups keen on acquisitions, like Gucci and Prada, could also be interested.

39.   It is also, say several groups of foreign observers, because the campaign has been less than fair.

40.   Joge said her group and others are planning to demonstrate outside the Capitol when the amendment comes up for a vote.