Our position is that we are very committed to getting the retainer contracts on stream. We have been working on a number of documents, the collective agreement, the Memorandum of Understanding, the Code of Conduct, the match tour contracts and that sort of thing.

We would have preferred not to have had to deal with such a situation.

Before we dealt with things in an ad hoc manner and now we have measures in place for the betterment of all concerned.We stand ready to support the board and new captain Brian Lara, and we will be looking to move the game forward with all our best efforts.

She is feeling that she is not guilty. She is firmly committed to that position.

The culprit is the position of the jet stream and the inability of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, therefore, to get over the central interior. And if there's no moisture, there's no rain.

The Justice Department is committed to prosecuting those who abuse a position of trust to mistreat those in custody. Such unlawful behavior undermines the tireless efforts of the vast majority of law enforcement officers throughout our nation who do a tough job with professionalism and courage.