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Rising heating bills spur big demand for wood, pellet stoves (Provo Daily Herald) - No way was Ginger Rice going to put up with another year of $300-a-month heating bills. So when she heard natural gas prices would climb even higher this season, Rice did the only thing she thought would spare her bank account: She bought a wood-pellet stove.

New air conditioning standards will lower energy bills with more expensive systems (Waco Tribune-Herald) - Less than two weeks before Thanksgiving may seem like an odd time to think about summer cooling bills, but it may be worth your time and money.

County to discuss a penalty for late tax bills (Victoria Advocate) - Victoria County commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. Monday at the county courthouse, 115 N. Bridge St., to consider adding a 15-percent penalty to delinquent tax bills.

Medical bills could hex retirement (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) - Does planning for retirement sound about as much fun as cleaning your bathroom or paying bills? If you answered yes, then you've got company. A new survey by the Financial Planning Association and insurance provider Aetna says nearly one-third of the participants surveyed prefer scrubbing the porcelain throne or paying the garbage collector to pulling out a calculator and estimating financial

Npower Customers Facing a GBP95 Rise in Bills (RedNova) - By DAMIEN HENDERSON TENS of thousands of Scots households face a 14.5-per cent increase in their gas bills after supplier Npower yesterday announced the steepest in a series of recent energy price rises.

Bills brace for run-happy Chiefs (Kansas City Star) - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - All the Buffalo Bills need to do to learn what the run-happy Kansas City Chiefs are like without Priest Holmes is look at last weekend.

Bills hold 8-0 record (The Buffalo News) - The Buffalo Bills may have only a 3-5 record at the halfway point of the season, but they've registered a perfect 8 on another front. They're 8-0 on the all-important pregame coin toss that determines who gets the ball first.

Lawmakers Propose Bills To Assist Veterans (KUTV.com) - SALT LAKE CITY Two bills proposed for the 2006 Legislature would assist Utah's veterans, including one to pay a $500,000 death benefit to each family of fallen National Guard soldiers.

Welsh Water uses profits to cut bills (Financial Times) - Customers of Welsh Water will receive £18 off their bills as the company returns this year's profits to them. The water supplier is unusual in being a company limited by guarantee that has no shareholders and distributes its profits among customers.

Some lower bills without turning thermostats down (The Cincinnati Enquirer) - There will be no unpleasant surprises or scrounging for change when Paul Hietapelto opens his heating bills this winter. Unlike most Americans,he knows exactly how much he will pay for natural gas, and it won't be a penny more than the year before.