1.   The group also filed a proposed district map and request for a petition to begin gathering signatures.

2.   An animal rights group filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Sadie, a dog that was beaten and burned by her owner.

3.   An environmental group filed suit Thursday to overturn a permit granted to Duke Energy Co. to expand a major power plant south of Santa Cruz.

4.   And several anti-tobacco groups have filed a petition with the FDA calling on the agency to regulate nicotine water as a drug.

5.   And on Tuesday, civil rights groups filed a complaint in a state circuit court in Tallahassee to block the plan.

6.   Another group may file a class-action suit to stop the deal.

7.   Another group may file suit to stop the deal.

8.   As a first step, he said, the group may file a request for information under the law with the expectation of being denied.

9.   At the end of January, group of citizens filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the legislation that mandated the taxes.

10.   At the same time, several groups filed suit charging the line-item veto represents an unconstitutional shift of power from the Congress to the president.