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Investors Snap Up T-Bills at Record Pace (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - No broker would ever tout Treasury bills as a way to get rich quick, but these days the investment is turning more of a profit than you'd expect.

Pakistan sells 6.55 bln rupees of T-bills in repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, June 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank sold 6.55 billion rupees ($108.8 million) of Treasury bills on Wednesday in an eight-day repo operation at 7.95 percent to mop up funds from the money market.

Pakistani c.bank to sell T-bills in 8-day repo (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - KARACHI, June 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank said it would sell Treasury bills to commercial banks on Wednesday in an eight-day repo operation to mop up funds from the money market.

Investors Snap Up T-Bills at Record Pace (KiplingerForecasts.com) - No broker would ever tout Treasury bills as a way to get rich quick, but these days the investment is turning more of a profit than you'd expect. Once considered just a flight to safety, T-bills were mostly used to park assets during times of market turbulence.

Bush defends limiting effect of bills (Akron Beacon Journal) - The White House on Tuesday defended President Bush's use of special statements that claim authority to limit the effects of the bills he signs, saying the statements help him uphold the Constitution and defend national security.

AIP FYI #85: Science Education in House Appropriations Bills (SpaceRef) - Funding for selected science and math education initiatives at NSF and at the Department of Education would increase under two appropriations bills recently passed by the House Appropriations Committee.

Mayors lead fight against labor bills (Observer-Dispatch) - ALBANY — Mayors and school-board members from around the state are being urged to write to Gov. George Pataki and tell him to veto two bills that some officials say could cost taxpayers "hundreds of millions of dollars" by forcing governments to grant 1 percent raises during union-contract stalemates.

Legislature to consider slate of vetoed bills today (New Hampshire Union Leader) - The Legislature convenes today to take up vetoes Gov. John Lynch issued on four bills, and to consider new ethics guidelines under a bill passed earlier this year.

Leisure trust's energy bills plea (BBC News) - A sport and leisure trust seeks funding aid to meet spiralling energy bills for its premises.

Michigan Legislature sends governor self-defense bills (WOOD TV 8) - LANSING, Mich. The Michigan House has signed off on legislation aimed at fortifying and clarifying self-defense rights in Michigan. The bills allow people to use...