1.  Birch did gain regulatory approval in Kansas, Missouri and later seven other states.

2.  Iowa did much better, but still was behind seven other states.

3.  Kentucky and Oklahoma have also enacted state-wide moratoria, and seven other states are considering it.

4.  Kentucky, Oklahoma and North Carolina have enacted state-wide moratoria on new and expanded animal feeding operations and seven other states are considering similar limits.

5.  Nineteen states were spending more than they had budgeted, with Medicaid the primary expense, and seven other states predicted that overspending was likely.

6.  Pre-emption measures have been defeated or withdrawn in Illinois, Minnesota and West Virginia in recent weeks, but remain on the legislative agenda in seven other states.

7.  Seven other states have since enacted similar measures.

8.  Seven other states either have or plan to put similar restrictions in place, officials said.

9.  Seven other states let a judge determine the sentence in a capital case.

10.  Seven other states use the electric chair or another method, usually lethal injection.