1.   The authorities have urged people to stock up on fuel.

2.   The authorities have urged people to stock up on fuel in case hostilities break out.

3.   Authorities also urged people to continue phoning in tips on the man believed responsible for five murders in Texas, two in Illinois and one in Kentucky.

4.   Authorities are urging residents to get tetanus shots, drink bottled water and diligently wash their hands with bleach or other disinfectants as they clean up.

5.   Again, authorities urge patience.

6.   But no anthrax cases have been discovered in Los Angeles County, and authorities urged the public to remain calm but vigilant.

7.   By late January, Canadian authorities urged anyone who found fragments from a meteorite not to handle the rocks.

8.   City authorities in Frankfurt an der Oder urged residents to turn out and help in the effort to reinforce sodden dikes and dams with sandbags.

9.   Despite those observations, probation authorities urged against prison time.

10.   Interstate highways through Arkansas began to clear at mid-day, although bridges and overpasses remained treacherous and authorities urged travel only if necessary.