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Earmarks Persist in Spending Bills for 2009 Despite Calls for a Slowdown (New York Times) - New information shows that both the number and amount of earmarks have increased in several spending bills now making their way through Congress.

Bills' Lynch set to plead guilty to traffic violation (USA Today) - Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is scheduled to plead guilty to a traffic violation Friday, settling a month-long investigation into the hit-and-run accident involving his SUV.

Bills RB Lynch scheduled to plead guilty to traffic violation Friday (NFL.com) - Bills running back Marshawn Lynch is scheduled to plead guilty to a traffic violation Friday, settling a monthlong investigation into the hit-and-run accident involving his SUV.

GOP bills aimed at oil-shale use (Deseret Morning News) - House and Senate Republicans picked up on President Bush's request to open up oil shale exploration in Utah and other domestic oil production options with two bills introduced Thursday.

Pakistani c.bank 20 bln rupees of T-bills (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) - KARACHI, June 27 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank sold 20 billion rupees ($294.76 million) of Treasury bills on Friday under three-day repo contract at 9.95 percent to inject mop up liquidity from money market.

Electric bills to increase (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) - Georgia Power customers will see a slight increase in their electric bills this month due to increased fuel costs.

Local legislators have bills signed into law (News Banner) - Each year legislative sessions typically produce controversial bills such as lawmakers’ pay raises that dominate headlines and talk radio station content.

Senate votes on bills, some resurrected (Tucson Citizen) - PHOENIX - While it waited for the House to take action on the state budget Thursday, the Senate voted on a handful of bills still hanging around, including some that were resurrections of bills that had died earlier in the session.

2 months to audit Vita’s bills (Times Leader) - A state audit of Frank Vita’s psychological evaluation bills should take about two months to complete, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Executive Deputy Secretary Ted Dallas said Thursday.

Bills to pay for low-carbon economy (Guardian Unlimited) - Household gas bills could rise by 37% and electricity by 13% as consumers pay for green revolution