111.   --Trials begin next month in Texas and Minnesota, as those states press their suits to recover health care costs from the tobacco companies.

112.   Twenty-four state attorneys general are suing to recover health care costs for tobacco-related illnesses.

113.   U.S. cigarette makers agreed to the payout to settle lawsuits by states seeking to recover the costs of treating sick smokers.

114.   Under Butterworth, it was one of the first states to sue cigarette makers to recover the costs of treating smokers.

115.   US West Communications Group is looking for a way to recover the cost of letting customers keep the same telephone number when they switch to another local phone company.

116.   U.S. cigarette makers agreed to the payout to settle lawsuits by states seeking to recover costs of treating sick smokers.

117.   Utilities say they have to recover these costs to compete effectively.

118.   Utility companies in Connecticut opposed this bill, saying it introduces competition too quickly and does not allow them to recover certain costs.

119.   Utility officials previously have said that substantial changes in the staff recommendations on recovering merger costs could scuttle the deal.

120.   Utilities have threatened to sue if they are not allowed to recover costs they claim they incurred operating in a regulated environment.