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Oil firms get new request to help pay winter bills (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - Another Republican lawmaker urged the oil industry on Friday to donate some of its record profits to help poor American families pay winter heating bills, a proposal the Bush administration has rejected as too much like a tax.

PSC: Gas bills will rise for Aquila's Missouri customers (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Aquila Inc.'s Missouri natural gas customers will see their winter heating bills increase as much as 39 percent because of rising wholesale natural gas prices, the Missouri Public Service Commission said.

Oil firms get new request to help pay winter bills (RedNova) - By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Another Republican lawmaker urged the oil industry on Friday to donate some of its record profits to help poor American families pay winter heating bills, a proposal the Bush administration has rejected as too much like a tax. A growing number of Republicans in Congress fear a backlash when consumers start receiving sharply higher bills for heating oil and

SAVE 20% ON YOUR ENERGY BILLS (KPVI-TV) - As the temperature outside begins to fall, there's no doubt energy bills will be on the rise. Tammy Scardino spoke with a local expert who says you can save up to 20% on your energy bill each month by following a few simple guidelines.

Bills CB Thomas Likely Out for Season (AP via Yahoo! News) - Buffalo Bills reserve cornerback Kevin Thomas will likely miss the rest of the season with an injured right knee.

State House OKs cut to homestead millage rate for Detroit residents; bills would cut rate to 52 mills from 67 (Crain's Detroit Business) - The state House on Thursday unanimously approved three bills amending the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act to allow Detroit and other Michigan communities to cut taxes for qualifying residents.

PENNYWISE ADVICE FOR THE WALLET: Avoid more pain: Check hospital bills (The Charlotte Observer) - Hospital bills can sometimes appear so dense and unintelligible that many Americans simply pay them without bothering to carefully check the details.

Police: Counterfeit bills floating around Benton (Benton Courier) - Benton police advise local businesses to be aware of counterfeit bills. Since August, Detective Patrick Baker said, police have received 14 reports of counterfeit bills.

First half of tax bills are due this week (El Defensor Chieftain) - According to County Treasurer Genevie Baca, her office began mailing out tax bills to residents the week of Nov. 1. There were 36,165 tax bills generated. The county expects to collect $5.5 million in taxes this tax year.

Missing Bryant water bills delivered (Benton Courier) - It seems the check really was in the mail. A ”large number“ of water bills payments mailed to the City of Bryant found their way to the city's offices - 15 days later.