1.   Hearst, Chronicle and the Fangs deny the conspiracy claim.

2.   Pasha Grishuk and Yevgeny Platov soared above the storm of judging complaints and conspiracy claims, becoming the first couple ever to repeat as Olympic ice dance champions.

3.   But prosecutors later backed off the conspiracy claim, saying they had found no evidence.

4.   Critics described the trial as a hodgepodge of vague conspiracy claims and unsupported testimony.

5.   He wrote that the evidence did not support conspiracy claims.

6.   There has been no elaboration from the defense on the conspiracy claim.

7.   He ruled that secret military documents on which prosecutors based their conspiracy claims showed that none of the military officers had envisaged an unlawful element to Operation Marion.