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$1? $20? Only USA makes bills hard for blind to use (USA Today) - Of the more than 180 nations that issue paper currency, the United States is the only one whose bills don't have features making them recognizable to the visually impaired.

Bills' sack-happy Schobel bears rare grin (SportingNews.com) - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Aaron Schobel's scowl is so familiar to the Buffalo Bills that even team owner...

Pakistani c.bank to sell T-bills in repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said it would sell Treasury bills to commercial banks on Thursday in a one-week repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.

Bills to upgrade Japan's security posture pass upper house panel (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ A set of bills to upgrade Japan's low-profile Defense Agency to a ministry and make the Self-Defense Forces' overseas missions their main duty passed a House of Councillors committee Thursday, clearing the way for its enactment through parliament on Friday.

Don't expect energy bills to fall before next summer, industry says (The Scotsman) - ENERGY bills are unlikely to fall until at least next summer despite hopes that a mild autumn and falling wholesale costs would trigger price cuts, the trade body for gas and electricity suppliers has warned.

Man gets 10 years for holding fake P100 bills (Mindanao Times) - By Romeo R. Braceros Jr. THE REGIONAL Trial Court convicted a man to 11 years imprisonment for possessing 11 pieces of counterfeited P100 bills at a mall along Bajada, Davao City last year.

Extra £200m to help cut council tax bills (The Scotsman) - SCOTLAND'S 2.3 million households will see below-inflation rises in their council tax bills next year after the Executive found more than £200 million of extra funding for local authorities.

Legislator: Domain Bills Coming (RedNova) - By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Dec. 13--Expect several bills in the 2007 General Assembly designed to reel in government's use of eminent-domain powers, says Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, R-Fairfax. It will be a do-over for Virginia lawmakers.

Bills' Peters hurt; TV blackout still looms (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle) - Bills left tackle Jason Peters missed practice today and is questionable for Sunday's game. And there are still 5,500 tickets to sell, to prevent a TV blackout.

Check phone bills for fraud, attorney general warns (The Des Moines Register) - State officials warned Iowans today to check telephone bills for unauthorized long distance charges from Buzz Telecom Corp. of Merrillville,...