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Kaine Vetoes 8 Bills, Bringing His Tally to 15 (Washington Post) - RICHMOND, May 19 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) announced Friday that he has vetoed eight bills passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, including measures dealing with gun rights and the consolidation of the state's two residential schools for deaf and blind children.

Kaine signs 19 bills from reconvened session, vetoes eight (WAVY 10) - (AP) -- Governor Tim Kaine signed 19 bills into law today that were amended by the General Assembly in its reconvened session, and vetoed eight others.

Why It's Time to Pay Bills Online (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance) - Points out the convenience and time-saving benefits of paying bills online. Notes that many financial institutions and bill-paying services have reduced or eliminated the fees for customers.

Heating Bills (Kiplinger Magazine via Yahoo! Finance) - Discusses how fuel costs, the weather and the possibility of war with Iraq might affect heating bills this winter.

Pakistani c.bank buys 15.7 bln rupees of T-bills (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, May 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank bought back 15.7 billion rupees ($262 million) of Treasury bills on Saturday in a six-day reverse repo at 8.90 percent to inject liquidity into a tight money market.

Who shoulders cost of beaten inmate's medical bills? (The Monterey County Herald) - The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said Friday it would try to find ways to help a severely beaten jail inmate pay for medical costs, two days after he was abruptly released from custody so the department could avoid paying his medical bills.

Bills on disabled schools are killed (Daily Press) - RICHMOND -- The future remains unsettled at the Hampton state school for disabled children, as Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Friday vetoed bills aimed at making the campus part of a regional operation.

EBay offer of boxes of bills smells like a scam (The Wichita Eagle) - Matt Goolsby and his father collect old $100 bills as a hobby and unusual savings plan. A former mayoral and Wichita City Council candidate, Goolsby went to eBay recently to see whether any of his $100 bills had increased in value. Several auctions on eBay caught his eye. A member was selling "mystery cash" boxes and envelopes.

Counterfeiter arrested with bills (The Jakarta Post) - City police detectives arrested Thursday an alleged producer of counterfeit money at his rented house, where they found "bills" totaling Rp 3 billion (about US$315,789.

Property tax bills arrive in mail (Beloit Daily News) - ROCKFORD - It's the time of year all property owners dislike. Property tax bills for Winnebago County are arriving in mailboxes. Tax bills were sent out earlier this week, according to Winnebago County Treasurer Susan Goral. The bills include taxes due for 2005, and can be paid in two payments.