1.   But Nettles had more serious problems on his mind than the mysterious e-mail when he called Birck with more alarming news on the Friday before Labor Day.

2.   Erik said the week before the slayings began with alarming news from his father.

3.   In New York, a reporter caught up with some Mets at a bowling alley and heard the alarming news.

4.   One of the things this column prides itself on is the diligence with which it keeps readers up to date on alarming news from the monkey front.

5.   The Elizabeth Arden Co. received some alarming news earlier this year when it heard the results of a study of consumer attitudes about its company and the beauty industry.

6.   Chief prosecutor Libor Grygarek told Czech television the initiators of the leaflet scheme could face charges of spreading alarming news, punishable with up to three years in prison.

7.   He could now face up to three years in jail if tried and convicted on charges of spreading alarming news.