1.   By June, however, Dominican authorities had already confiscated the vehicles.

2.   Medina was arrested with three other men, who have not been identified by Dominican authorities, The Associated Press reported.

3.   A suspected drug gang of four Puerto Ricans and five Dominicans were arrested on charges of trying to smuggle cocaine into the United States, Dominican authorities said Thursday.

4.   American and French aid arrived Friday in the Dominican Republic, including search and rescue teams, to help overwhelmed Dominican authorities.

5.   Dominican authorities met with officials from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board to begin the investigation.

6.   Dominican authorities have arrested a doctor sought by U.S. authorities for defrauding the Medicare system for millions of dollars while practicing in New York.

7.   Dominican authorities have cited technicalities in refusing to send Grullone back to New York for trial, Buonanno said.

8.   Dominican authorities were on alert, and boat owners were urged to keep their vessels in port, said Eugenio Cabral, director of the national civil defense agency.

9.   Dominican authorities acted on the new law immediately.

10.   Dominican authorities are investigating the deaths of two women other than Vargas who were patients at the clinic.