81.   The federal probe would focus instead on possible criminal wrongdoing stemming from the contributions.

82.   The federal probe could settle the voting dispute if the Department of Labor makes a judgment about the validity of a rerun election, The Hollywood Reporter reported Wednesday.

83.   The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission initiated a federal probe into the claims, said San Francisco attorney Brad Yamauchi.

84.   The pardon is now subject to U.S. Congressional hearings and a federal probe.

85.   The school will not comment further because of the ongoing federal probe, he said.

86.   The surprise plea deal closes a chapter in a three-year federal probe that has rattled Poughkeepsie and resulted in five previous convictions.

87.   Tyson called off the deal in March, saying IBP failed to notify it of a federal accounting probe.

88.   Verniero was adamant that he would not allow a federal probe and planned to visit the agency to make amends, Fahy said.

89.   Former home minister Buta Singh, also a Sikh, demanded a federal probe into the incident.

90.   Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda ordered a federal probe on Monday into reports of a telephone-tapping scandal which has threatened to undermine his fragile coalition government.