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Bills Team Report (SportingNews.com) - The Bills didn't draft a cornerback, leaving them with only four -- Terrence McGee, Kiwaukee Thoma...

Customers face rising sewer bills (BBC News) - Householders in the South West could end up with higher water bills if Government plans to change the ownership of sewerage systems go ahead.

Upper house to start deliberations on education reform bills (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News) - _ The House of Councillors on Monday will start deliberating a set of three education reform bills that were passed last week by the lower house.

New Bills: Rights in Restaurants, Banning Markers (Gotham Gazette) - At each of the City Council's stated meetings, council members introduce bills. Most of them never become laws, but some do. (For the process by which bills become laws, click here ). As a regular feature, Gotham Gazette discusses some of the legislation proposed at each meeting.

Texting Teens Generating OMG Phone Bills (Slashdot) - theodp writes "Last month, Washington high school junior Sofia Rubenstein used 6,807 text messages, which, at a rate of 15 cents apiece for most of them, pushed her family's Verizon Wireless bill over $1,100. She and other teens are finding themselves in hot water after their families get blindsided with huge phone bills thanks to hefty a la carte text messaging charges." Use of SMS in the US ...

Govt borrows Tk 8.00b thru' treasury bills (Financial Express) - The government borrowed Tk 8.00 billion (800 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 8.00 billion from the market in the week.

Lawmakers ready trade bills as U.S., China talk (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - U.S. lawmakers frustrated over the mounting trade deficit with China will be looking for concrete action this week when the Bush administration hosts Chinese officials for high-level talks.

Annexation bills languish (The Fayetteville Observer) - RALEIGH — More than 70 annexation bills have been filed this session by the General Assembly, and most have been left by themselves, quietly gathering dust.

New plan for water bills floats with me (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) - The prospect of higher water bills coming to Waukesha homeowners sent me to the Water Utility with a request for our...

Bills that failed in the Missouri Legislature (Jefferson City News Tribune) - The Missouri Legislature adjourned its regular session Friday. Here's a look at some of the bills that failed. An attempt to pre-empt local health and zoning ordinances restricting concentrated animal feeding operations. Stripped from a bill in the Senate. SB364 and HB570.