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Evacuees Might Get Extensions for Hotel Bills (Los Angeles Times) - HOUSTON — Federal officials tried to ease fears Thursday that thousands of Louisiana hurricane evacuees in Texas would be left homeless again after Dec. 1, the date the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said it will stop paying their hotel and motel bills.

Italians Accept Higher Bills Rather Than Let Enel Burn Coal (Bloomberg.com) - Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Enel SpA, Italy's largest utility, plans to burn more coal instead of oil and natural gas to reduce the highest electricity bills in Europe. Ratepayers say they'd rather pay than damage the environment.

Tax bills stun many Johnson Countians (Kansas City Star) - Property tax bills have been arriving in Johnson County mailboxes this week, and if you’re like Ed Peterson, you may be a bit glum. Blame the biggest tax increase since 2000 on higher property values and increased school spending, especially in the northeast part of the county.

Bills' Holcomb misses second straight practice (NFL.com) - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (Nov. 17, 2005) -- Kelly Holcomb felt much better Nov. 17 but not good enough to be medically cleared for practice. The Buffalo quarterback missed his second straight practice since suffering a concussion last weekend and remains listed as questionable for the Bills' game at San Diego.

Bills filed for next House session (Myrtle Beach Online) - COLUMBIA - House bills prefiled this week for the upcoming legislative session include proposals to limit tuition increases, raise penalties for child molesters and legally allow residents to kill intruders.

Paroubek regards passage of 20 bills as priorities -- press (Czech Happenings) - PRAGUE- The list describing absolute priorities of Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek contains twenty bills that the ruling Social Democrats (CSSD) want to be passed before the mid-2006 elections, daily Hospodarske noviny writes.

Court rules medical lab unfairly bills patients (Palm Beach Post) - A Palm Beach County Court judge has issued a stinging retribution against the nation's largest diagnostic laboratory company, finding that the way it bills customers is "unfair and deceptive" and ordering that the practice stop.

West Tisbury Voters Veto Legal Bills in Tax Case, Reject Town Hall Funds (Vineyard Gazette) - An overflow crowd of West Tisbury voters this week delivered a stinging mandate to town officials, rejecting a $1.8 million cost overrun on the town hall renovation project and $250,000 in legal bills for the ongoing tax case between town assessors and resident William W. Graham.

Bills quarterback Holcomb misses practice (Boston Globe) - Buffalo Bills quarterback Kelly Holcomb throws during the game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday Nov. 13, 2005. Kelly Holcomb missed practice Wednesday, still recovering from the after effects of a concussion, leaving the quarterback questionable for Buffalo's game at San Diego on Sunday.

House members prefile bills for 2006 session (WIS-TV Columbia) - (Columbia-AP) Nov. 17, 2005 - Members of the state House of Representatives have prefiled 36 bills for the upcoming legislative session. Some of those proposals include a bill that would limit tuition hikes at universities while another would increase penalties for child molesters.