1.   Agnes Brye said she had asked authorities a few years ago to issue the restraining order before they finally did so.

2.   The Federation of Small Businesses is asking local authorities to use the discretion available to them to offer rates relief to businesses found to be suffering hardship.

3.   Among the fugitives Los Angeles police have asked Mexican authorities to look for is Jose Rodriguez, who detectives say was recently spotted in a Mexican town.

4.   Andres Menanteau, an outside spokesman for Entel, said the company asked authorities for an immediate inspection.

5.   Auditors also reported long delays when they asked the authority to supply records for their review of the program.

6.   But Constantine denied that the DEA ever asked Ecuadoran authorities to arrest Williams.

7.   Car owners are held responsible for paying the fine, although they can ask authorities to assign responsibility to the driver.

8.   Canadian officials are also reaching across the Pacific, asking Chinese authorities to help.

9.   Devaud, who indicted three others related to the case in June, also asked Pakistani authorities last month to indict Zardari on similar charges.

10.   Gov. Lawton Chiles is expected to formally ask federal authorities this week to declare the affected regions federal disasters areas.