1.   Even more troubling is his proposal to cap local school budgets and require two-thirds of the voters to approve going above those state-imposed limits.

2.   The amount of the loans the IMF approves to go ahead with is expected to be an important signal to investors.

3.   The Fernandez administration has expressed support for tougher money-laundering legislation and streamlined extradition procedures, which Congress would have to approve to go into effect.

4.   The engineer, John J. DeCurtis, passed that test, and was approved to go back to work.