21.   Meanwhile, a white companion came in later, who also had an unlisted phone number, and her check was accepted, Bradley said.

22.   Merchants and banks need to be more careful about what checks they accept.

23.   No other payment site accepts checks.

24.   One business, Advance America, says it provides payday loans but does not accept post-dated checks, the past practice for payday lenders.

25.   Owner Rick Ueable says the new system is the only reason his stores are accepting checks again after a two-year hiatus.

26.   Shannon Jones, spokeswoman for Bank of America, said that for legal reasons the bank cannot accept checks directly through its bank address.

27.   Some big businesses have taken extraordinary steps like demanding cash on delivery and refusing to accept checks written on accounts at banks rumored to be weak.

28.   Some business owners said they had stopped accepting checks from her.

29.   Some stores accept checks, with usual identification.

30.   The actual trading cards have pictures of Al Gore partying with Buddhist monks, and accepting their checks.