81.   Only the Harbor Island Beach in Mamaroneck, which has been shut down all season, will remain closed, said department spokeswoman Valerie Goldstein.

82.   Scientists at Hong Kong University were testing dogs, cats and rats to see if any had picked up the virus from chickens, an agriculture department spokeswoman said.

83.   She is a former department spokeswoman.

84.   Six Education Department workers, who were not further identified, have been suspended without pay indefinitely, said Erica Lepping, a department spokeswoman.

85.   State Department and congressional experts are negotiating an extension, said department spokeswoman Julia Arrighetti.

86.   The already-budgeted money is available to be spent this year, a department spokeswoman said.

87.   The agency typically removes all children from a home even if only one has been abused, said Andy Boisseau, another department spokeswoman.

88.   That money is coming from federal welfare funds, said Mary Lou Murphy, treasury department spokeswoman.

89.   The envelope moved through the regular U.S. mail system, and officials assumed that it had been irradiated, said Lynn Cassel, a department spokeswoman.

90.   The envelope moved through the regular U.S. mail system and officials assumed that it had been irradiated, said Lynn Cassel, a department spokeswoman.