1.  Already, the law has stymied federal efforts to corner criminals in Oregon.

2.  And an April report by the General Accounting Office concluded that federal regulatory efforts in food safety are inconsistent and unreliable.

3.  And as such, it should be the focus of a coordinated interagency federal effort.

4.  Aside from the federal effort, a growing number of state and local governments have moved to require filters, a trend that librarians have joined forces to combat.

5.  Before the address, Bush toured the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, which has been key in the federal efforts to fight the anthrax infections.

6.  Bilonick had resisted federal efforts to secure his testimony until the deal was made, May said.

7.  A Colorado Springs resident who opposes federal efforts to limit indecent speech on the Internet, attended Supreme Court hearings on the issue today.

8.  A federal effort that poured millions of dollars into the development of a safer cigarette failed.

9.  A proposal by Daley opposing federal efforts to ban local and state taxes on business conducted over the Internet also was approved.

10.  A look at these renegades, and the federal effort to fight back and save threatened and endangered species.