1.   Because the state never filed murder charges, the prosecutor still has an option to do so, though Turner has not decided whether to seek indictments.

2.   A few days later, the state filed its own complaint against Smithfield, knowing that this usually pre-empted any federal action.

3.   A spokesman for Eliot Spitzer, the state attorney general, said the state would file its appeal by August.

4.   A spokesman for Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker said the state has not filed a response in court.

5.   All across the country, states are filing suits like this.

6.   All across the country, he told me, states are filing suits like this.

7.   Casinos would be legalized, too, under a proposed constitutional amendment filed by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.

8.   Connecticut was the only state to file suit Thursday against all three companies, though the other states may file additional suits in coming months.

9.   Depending on what regulators find, the state may file criminal or civil lawsuits against some brokerage firms, Kandel said.

10.   Despite hundreds of thousands of consumer complaints to state agencies, only Washington state has filed a lawsuit based on anti-spam legislation.