1.   David Ashworth was being brought back to Merseyside for interview after inquiries led murder squad detectives to Newcastle-on-Tyne.

2.   A congressional inquiry led nowhere and the Coast Guard does not investigate incidents on the high seas.

3.   After Nelson was acquitted of murder, many Hasidic Jews and elected officials demanded a federal investigation, and that inquiry eventually led to the current trial.

4.   But law enforcement officials said that the criminal inquiry led into a succession of dead ends.

5.   His inquiries led him to examine the subject of bioavailability, the rate at which a substance enters the bloodstream and becomes available to the body.

6.   No one can say for sure where the inquiry will lead.

7.   Republicans appeared confident that if the Justice Department inquiry leads to the appointment of an independent counsel, the counsel would have the authority to broaden the investigation.

8.   Some Internal Affairs investigators say the inquiry might have led to other police supervisors had a leak to The Daily News not prompted the department to end it Thursday.

9.   Some investigators say the inquiry might have led to other supervisors had a leak to the press not prompted the department to end it on Thursday.