61.   A murder charge was dismissed in Washington.

62.   A simple majority is needed to dismiss the charges.

63.   A Mississippi circuit court dismissed the charges.

64.   A spokesman for the Federal Security Service, the successor to the Soviet KGB and the target of the accusations, dismissed the charges Tuesday as polemics.

65.   A second charge was dismissed this month after a judge ruled the statute of limitations had expired, but a third is pending.

66.   A state judicial conduct commission dismissed those charges, but cautioned Murphy about having failed to adequately supervise his subordinates.

67.   A Superior Court judge dismissed the charges, saying officers did not have just cause to detain her, and an appeals court agreed.

68.   A state juvenile-court judge later dismissed the charges.

69.   A U.S. magistrate in Laredo initially dismissed the charges for insufficient evidence but the defendant was recharged and remains in jail in the South Texas city.

70.   After six months, the charge was dismissed and the case record was sealed.