1.   The council postponed reading of an ordinance to increase traffic fines in Grand Forks until the new council takes office.

2.   A spokesman said McClintock believes setting traffic fines should be a local perogative.

3.   But most of the prisoners -- some had been consigned to swelter in the desert for nonpayment of traffic fines -- appeared resigned to their lot.

4.   Like other cities, San Diego pays Lockheed Martin IMS a portion of each traffic fine.

5.   Lou Piccinnetti, a security guard, told a local newspaper he thought traffic fines should be reduced for low-income residents before money was lavished on foreigners.

6.   Political tradition dictates that whoever is elected makes his first decree an amnesty on traffic fines.

7.   Some county residents are even invoking the Uniform Commercial Code to resist paying traffic fines.

8.   The city wanted to rescind license plates from those envoys who do not pay traffic fines, but the State Department backed away from some elements of that plan.

9.   To try and rejuvenate the economy, Kovrov used the proceeds from traffic fines and phone calls to start a local bank.

10.   Alencar says armed police will return to city streets only after Rio Mayor Luiz Paulo Conde signs a formal agreement, giving the state a percentage of traffic fines.