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Accounts Payable

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Yellow Corporation and Subsidiaries Accounts Payable Items classified as accounts payable consisted of the following at December 31: (in thousands)   2002     2001   Checks outstanding in excess of bank balances $ 63,685   $ 51,104   Accounts payable   51,304     46,424   Accounts payable     $ 114,989         $ 97,528

Accounts Payable