...treatment of debt and equity; Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on unauthorized charges on telephone bills; House Budget Committee hearing on Social Security and Medicare, with actuaries from each programTHURSDAY: Labor...

...Officials say 80 percent of the work will be paid for through the E-Rate fund, which is supplied through a charge on telephone bills. It's made available for schools based on their eligible free and reduced lunch percentage -- which is 72 percent...

...but they learned to be patient, he said. They decided to open a North Augusta location to save money on their telephone bill. "We had customers from Georgia, and every time we called to Augusta, it was long distance from where we were...

...top-level skaters in America, go home at night and figure out how they're going to pay their electric bill and telephone bill and go to practice the next day and pay for everything else they need to pay for. "Right now, there just isn't...

...for the Internet. E-rate provides as much as $2 billion a year nationally from fees paid by consumers on their telephone bills. The newspaper found that from 1998 to 2002, the Atlanta schools received more E-rate money on a per-pupil basis...

...billed to various county government departments. County Treasurer Moye L. Daniel said department heads approve all telephone bills, "especially long distance calls," before they are submitted to his office for payment.

...seniors across the country were thankful for anything. "It's something. It's going to pay for probably the telephone bill," said Murray Levine, 86, as he maneuvered a shopping cart full of groceries in downtown Philadelphia. That sentiment...

...then, a county publication has stated that there would be a "pass through" of about 3 percent on natural gas and telephone bills. It would appear that this fee would be in lieu of the millage increase, but still would be extracted from the citizens...

...Ms. Lincoln had used the Visa account number of a 62-year-old man to pay her Florida mother's electric and telephone bills, he said. Investigator McDaniel said Ms. Lincoln had charged $450 to the account. Woman reports abuse of pit...

...a long-distance cell phone call. Beginning April 1, the federal "universal service" fee that appears on all telephone bills will double for most wireless customers. The fee - which helps subsidize communication services for rural areas...