The scary news somewhat overshadowed the good news: that the wide receiver has an outside shot at returning by the end of the regular season.

The news we had brought, a thousand years old, overshadowed aught else.

But the news overshadowed Labour attempts to make the economy the centrepiece of their conference attacks on the government.

It was a somber year - a period when bad news clearly overshadowed the few bright signs suggesting that economic hard times might not last forever.

The news of the injury shocked all of Norway and overshadowed all the football-related events around the country.

The good news on durable goods overshadowed reports from auto makers that sales of domestically built cars and light trucks fell 10.2 percent in mid-August.

Perhaps a summer ago, definitely two, the Knicks' news would have overshadowed the Nets'.

But news of a brief flirtation with Citigroup overshadowed the optimistic outlook.

And the bad news on confidence overshadowed a Commerce Department report yesterday that home construction had risen sharply in January.

"There's no question that the news, especially because it was the first anniversary, overshadowed almost everything else," Mr. Bruno said.