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Marshawn Lynch making early impact for Bills (USA Today) - Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is in USA TODAY's Rookie Focus this week. The No. 12 overall pick has become the team's starter and averaged 3.8 yards per carry during his first four games with the Bills.

In focus: Lee Evans, Bills WR (Dallas Morning News) - He is the Bills' best wide receiver, especially on long-pass plays. He led the Bills in receptions (82), yards (1,292) and touchdown catches (eight) last season. Evans became the first NFL receiver to catch two 83-yard passes in one quarter.

$5.8M in LIHEAP help for utility bills coming to state (The Daily Reporter) - WASHINGTON — With local agencies in Branch County out of money to help the poor and working poor with utility bills, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will release $5.8 million to Michigan under LIHEAP, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

Bush renews promises to veto spending bills (The Hill) - President Bush, at an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with congressional Republican leaders, reiterated his promise that he will veto any spending bills over the initial White House requests, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said.

Two Bills Support Disclosure On University Salaries (KCRA 3 Sacramento) - The decision to grant nearly 12 percent raises to CSU executives is stirring discord at the state Capitol, where two bills await the governor's signature, calling for greater disclosure.

Bills game pushes "Dancing With the Stars" back several hours (The Buffalo News) - Monday night's Buffalo Bills game against the Dallas Cowboys will bump ABC's wildly popular "Dancing With the Stars" until the middle of the night.

EPA: Competing bills achieve same goal (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) - Three competing Senate proposals calling for limits on greenhouse gases would have roughly identical success in curbing global warming, but only if other nations also significantly cut heat-trapping emissions, a government analysis says. The Environmental Protection Agency examined the long-term impact of three climate change bills being considered in the Senate, each of which would cap carbon ...

Rates mixed on short-term T-bills (Pioneer Press) - WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with three-month bills rising to the highest level in two weeks while six-month bills were unchanged.

Leo & Sal: Are Bills on right track? (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - Can one win get the Bills on the right track?

11 arrests made at, near Bills game (The Buffalo News) - All the ingredients for a relatively well-behaved Buffalo Bills crowd were on display Sunday in Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park: