1.   And in a move that stunned township officials, DiFrancesco sided with his relatives.

2.   In the ensuing months, the DiFrancescos proposed a residential development and brought in Hovnanian representatives to help persuade township officials to grant a different zoning change.

3.   The reception from dogs, their owners and township officials alike has been ecstatic.

4.   Township officials said they were disappointed with the decision and planned to explore whether legislation could be drafted specifically to permit sharpshooting as a wildlife management tool.

5.   Township officials insisted that their action should not be interpreted as anti-ice cream.

6.   Animal rights activists have said township officials should consider alternate ways of controlling the deer herds, such as installing roadside reflectors to keep deer away from roads.

7.   Lax safety enforcement is especially common in mines run by private owners or township officials, the China Daily quoted Yu Shengde of the Mine Safety Department as saying.

8.   The AP reviewed thousands of pages of Illinois audits and public records and interviewed scores of township officials, taxpayers and experts.

9.   The bridge spanned a reservoir and the seven who died all drowned, said a local township official.

10.   The bridge spanned a reservoir and the seven who died all drowned, said a local township official who gave her name as Ms. Rao.