Some coordinators suggest that rising crime rates might be driving up the number of tips.
Ms. Randall, who calls herself a "life acceleration coach," offered her a number of tips to make travel easier.
"We have had a large number of tips as well," the officer said in an e-mail message.
Again, Christophe passes on a number of tips, including his ardent assertion that summer savory is the best herb for lamb in any situation, never mint.
The number of tips from Iraqis grew from 400 last March to more than 4,000 in December, said Mr Bush.
Not only have the number of tips increased, several program coordinators said, but people are also more diligent about calling back to find out if and when they can collect.
The AOL-owned site has not responded directly to the criticism, but claimed it had been told that police "got a number of tips from people who saw it and that led to [the suspect's] capture".
This is the newest squad, created in July to handle the increasing number of tips and leads that are coming in every day, said Joseph Billy Jr., the F.B.I. special agent in charge of the Newark office.
And Jamie Jensen's "Road Trip USA" (Avalon Travel Publishing, 2002) offered a number of tips about roadside attractions along some of the nation's better long-distance two-lane highways.
In a recent series of seminars conducted for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Sidney Kess, a New York tax lawyer and accountant, offered a number of tips for saving on taxes.
Following the implosion of Enron last winter, the agency received a record number of tips from corporate insiders and investors about accounting and financial reporting violations at other companies.
