41.   The exercise the election officials are conducting in Florida may provide a persuasive answer to skeptics who wonder about the value of a single vote.

42.   The increase in funds has also allowed immigration officials to conduct more investigations than it had in the past.

43.   The material was discovered as conservation commission officials conducted a routine walk through of the site to review safety procedures, Garcia said.

44.   The settlement comes as federal and state officials are conducting fraud investigations at thousands of hospitals and other health-care facilities nationwide.

45.   U.S. military officials also are conducting an investigation into what caused apparently friendly Afghans to be captured in a military raid in eastern Afghanistan.

46.   White House officials also conducted inadequate searches for documents and failed to make timely production of documents, including relevant e-mails, in their possession.

47.   Wrapped bodies could be seen near the destruction as law enforcement officials conducted an investigation.

48.   Prison officials were conducting a recount to confirm the exact number of escapees.

49.   A delegation of Oil Ministry officials conducted an inspection tour shortly after the pipeline cracked but have not returned since.

50.   Also Friday, Nevada state officials conducted tests on a suspicious letter sent from Malaysia to a Microsoft office in Reno.