1.   A judge refused last week a request by rival insurers to remove the Pennsylvania regulator from ruling on the case.

2.   A Justice Department official said there was no record of any formal request by Wynn for a pardon.

3.   Barker complied with the request by sending his son-in-law John Legatt.

4.   They denied a request by the hospital to repeat the study at their own expense.

5.   Troops have now sealed the valley, refusing requests by foreigners to inspect the site.

6.   It gave no indication whether Gorbachev had complied with requests by Turkey to raise with Zhivkov the matter of the Turkish exodus from Bulgaria, then at its height.

7.   That had followed a request by the accused to see a senior officer.

8.   Almost immediately, the judge granted a request by the prosecution to drop one specific charge of rape against Tadic.

9.   Also, the shooting incident revives a longtime request by the Secret Service to close the street in front of the White House.