1.   Also telling, say detectives, is that the three key defectors are southerners, although Sands is originally from Belfast.

2.   Because the suicide clauses had expired, the companies had to pay unless they had another reason to withhold payment, detectives said.

3.   But he said detectives and arson investigators had not determined yet whether the fire was a crime or an accident.

4.   Click said detectives from his department and FBI agents interviewed Kodikian again Friday morning.

5.   He fired once at the officers with the shotgun but missed and the officers returned fire, hitting him four times in the torso, detectives said.

6.   Lewis was arrested Monday afternoon after he telephoned Atlanta police upon learning a warrant had been issued for his arrest, detectives said Tuesday.

7.   Ochoa said detectives intimidated into a confession by threatening him with the death penalty, showing him photos of death row and how lethal injections were done.

8.   One of the men put his arm into the softball-size hole, grabbed what he could and handed the plunder to his accomplices, the detective said.

9.   This was not a random act of violence, detectives said.

10.   Al-Watan said the detectives who arrested her found evidence at her home that she has been in contact with Iraqi intelligence.