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<item><title><![CDATA[Nixon takes legal action against developers of subdivision near Hartsburg for erosion runoff]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Lawsuit_filed_against_Dana_and_Elizabeth_Austin_re_Hart_Creek/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Lawsuit_filed_against_Dana_and_Elizabeth_Austin_re_Hart_Creek/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is seeking civil penalties and a court order because of erosion and sediment from a residential subdivision near Hartsburg that threatens to pollute a nearby stream. Nixon today filed a lawsuit in Boone County against Dana and Elizabeth Austin, the developers of the Ridge at Hart Creek, a 121-acre residential development site on Christian School Road.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former bookkeeper at Poplar Bluff nursing home pleads guilty; ordered to repay more than $47,000]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Tammy_Lynn_Dudley_convicted/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Tammy_Lynn_Dudley_convicted/</link><description><![CDATA[A Poplar Bluff woman was convicted today on criminal charges that she forged checks in order to steal money from the resident trust fund account of the nursing home where she was the bookkeeper. Tammy Lynn Dudley (DOB – 3/20/71) pleaded guilty to one count each of forgery, stealing by deceit, and abuse of a person receiving health care by taking of funds. The victims were Medicaid recipients who were residents at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:16:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon: settlement with MoneyGram will help fight wire transfer fraud through $1.1 million consumer awareness program]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AVC_with_MoneyGram/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AVC_with_MoneyGram/</link><description><![CDATA[A Minnesota company that provides money transfer services to hundreds of thousands of locations around the world will fund a $1.1 million national consumer awareness program  under a multi-state agreement with Attorney General Jay Nixon, 43 other states and the District of Columbia. Missouri is part of the assurance of voluntary compliance with MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., reached in response to concerns about the use of the company’s wire transfer services by fraudulent telemarketers. The agreement was filed today in Cole County Circuit Court.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criminal charges filed in alleged Kansas City trucking investment scam; information on defendant's whereabouts sought]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Steve_Brownell_charged_with_securities_fraud/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Steve_Brownell_charged_with_securities_fraud/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon has filed nine felony securities fraud charges against a Kansas City man who allegedly defrauded three investors out of approximately $574,000 in a trucking investment scheme. The charges against Steve Brownell (DOB – 4/29/57) were filed on May 28 in Jackson County Circuit Court, and the defendant has yet to turn himself in to authorities.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon sues Blue Springs home improvement business for taking thousands of dollars from consumers for work never completed]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_seeks_permanent_injuction_against_Complete_Custom_Home_Concepts/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_seeks_permanent_injuction_against_Complete_Custom_Home_Concepts/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is seeking a permanent injunction, full restitution for consumers and civil penalties in a lawsuit filed today against a Blue Springs home improvement business that accepted thousands of dollars in down payments from customers but never completed the projects. Nixon filed the petition against Steven C. Schonfeldt and his business, Complete Custom Home Concepts (CCHC), today in Jackson County Circuit Court.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:07:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kansas City roofer arrested, charged by Attorney General Nixon with taking payment for work not done]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Richard_Tallen_arrested_on_home_repair_charges/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Richard_Tallen_arrested_on_home_repair_charges/</link><description><![CDATA[A Kansas City roofer with a previous conviction of home repair fraud was arrested today by Independence police on new charges filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Richard “Gus” Tallen II (DOB – 7-1-73), a.k.a. Joe Carbone, faces seven felony counts of unlawful merchandising practices that allege he took down payments of as much as $5,600 from roofing customers during 2006 and 2007 but did not do the work or provide refunds.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:49:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon says 370 more profiles of Missouri registered sex offenders have been pulled from MySpace]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_and_MySpace_remove_sex_offender_profiles/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_and_MySpace_remove_sex_offender_profiles/</link><description><![CDATA[The social network MySpace has removed the online profiles of an additional 370 registered sex offenders from Missouri over the past four months, Attorney General Jay Nixon said today.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:44:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Supreme Court sets July 30 execution date for 1995 drug-related murders in Mercer County]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Middleton_execution_date_set/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Middleton_execution_date_set/</link><description><![CDATA[The Missouri Supreme Court today set a July 30 execution date for John Middleton (DOB - 11/2/59). Middleton was sentenced to die for the June 1995 murders of Randy Hamilton and Stacey Hodge in rural Mercer County. The office of Attorney General Jay Nixon prosecuted the case and has represented the state in opposing Middleton's appeals.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:06:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon announces drywall contractor is bound over for trial on tax charges involving undocumented workers]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/H_and_H_Drywall_Specialties_bound_on_undocumented_workers_charges/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/H_and_H_Drywall_Specialties_bound_on_undocumented_workers_charges/</link><description><![CDATA[A drywall contractor working on the Southernside Apartment building project in O’Fallon was bound over for trial on Thursday (June 26) on eight criminal counts brought by Attorney General Jay Nixon and St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney Jack Banas. H&H Drywall Specialties, of Tulsa, Okla., was charged last December with failing to withhold payroll taxes from its construction workers and remit those payroll taxes to the State of Missouri.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:16:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon's statement on today's U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment decision in D.C. v. Heller]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Attorney_General_Jay_Nixon_statement_regarding_the_U_S_Supreme_Court_decision_in_D_C_v_Heller/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Attorney_General_Jay_Nixon_statement_regarding_the_U_S_Supreme_Court_decision_in_D_C_v_Heller/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in D.C. v. Heller:]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon reaches settlement with broker selling Branson timeshares; Festiva to pay $324,393 restitution, $15,000 in penalties and costs]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Agreement_with_Festiva_Resorts_LLC/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Agreement_with_Festiva_Resorts_LLC/</link><description><![CDATA[A North Carolina business that allegedly used false and misleading sales tactics in selling timeshares at the Cabins at Green Mountain near Branson will pay $324,393 in restitution to consumers, $5,000 in civil penalties and $10,000 to the state in costs under an agreement announced today by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon's assurance of voluntary compliance with Festiva Resorts LLC of Asheville, N.C., filed today in Cole County Circuit Court, also stipulates that the business stop violating Missouri state consumer protection laws by utilizing such sales tactics.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:30:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cole County jury commits Jefferson City man as sexually violent predator]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Chance_Tyree_found_guilty_as_sexually_violent_predator/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Chance_Tyree_found_guilty_as_sexually_violent_predator/</link><description><![CDATA[A jury in Cole County on Thursday (June 19) found Chance Tyree to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) and committed him to the state treatment center in Farmington. Circuit Judge Jon Beetem signed the judgment and commitment order.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon: Some Missourians are paying for veterans benefits they could be getting for free]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Do_not_pay_for_veterans_benefits_you_can_get_for_free/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Do_not_pay_for_veterans_benefits_you_can_get_for_free/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon says some Missouri veterans or their widows may be paying fees to help them access veterans benefits, when that assistance is free from several government agencies and non-profit organizations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon cautions eastern Missourians to watch for scams during flood preparation and recovery]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Consumer_alert_regarding_Mississippi_River_flooding_in_June_2008/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Consumer_alert_regarding_Mississippi_River_flooding_in_June_2008/</link><description><![CDATA[As residents in Missouri towns along the Mississippi River work furiously to protect their communities from flooding, Attorney General Jay Nixon is reminding consumers to watch out for con artists. Nixon says thieves often target hard-hit areas claiming to offer home-repair services. The Attorney General says these scam artists often go door-to-door, offering quick services for consumers who may be in urgent need of repairs and supplies, whether it's a new roof, windows, generators or other services.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon reminds families of their rights when seeking financial aid for college]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Consumer_alert_about_student_loans/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Consumer_alert_about_student_loans/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is urging parents and students to remember their rights as borrowers when applying for student loans for the coming college year. Families applying for aid are likely to encounter numerous advertisements for lenders in the mail, at the college office, on the Internet and in many other places.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item>	

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