1.   Ashcroft notified federal prosecutors of that switch last November.

2.   Instead police are required to notify a prosecutor.

3.   On Wednesday, state Attorney General Deborah Poritz notified prosecutors about the ruling, but was prohibited from announcing it publicly, a spokesman for her office said.

4.   Prosecutors were notified by the Archdiocese of Boston of the allegations against Spagnolia on Friday.

5.   Then she notified prosecutors, and provided them with memos, financial records and canceled checks.

6.   Area prosecutors were notified of the new policy on Tuesday.

7.   But she said she felt no compulsion to notify prosecutors about the interviews because the tapes do not directly exonerate Simpson.

8.   Cardinal Edward Egan has already agreed to notify area prosecutors of sex abuse allegations before conducting an internal review.

9.   The case came to light after Stomel notified prosecutors and agreed to secretly record conversations with Caruso.

10.   The bill would allow the police to investigate a suspect for three months before notifying a prosecutor.