1.   A federal grand jury is probing charges of widespread fraud in minority contracting.

2.   But a Harshbarger aide brushed aside her request for an investigation and insisted his office still maintains the right to probe fraud charges.

3.   She has, after all, already authorized no less than seven independent counsels to probe charges against the president, Cabinet officers and other high-ranking officials.

4.   Police were probing the charges, it said.

5.   He had been held for the maximum two-year pretrial period while investigators probed charges of bribe-taking.

6.   In the past, he has placated her on several issues, including transferring officials probing corruption charges against her.

7.   Swiss federal prosecutors announced last month that they were probing charges of espionage and illegal export of materials and technology to the program.

8.   They demanded setting up of a commission of superior judges to probe charges of corruption against elected representatives.

9.   Let anybody probe the charges against me.

10.   Last Thursday, the congressional panel probing the charges finished its investigation and moved to deliberation.