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<item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster collects $50,000 from Florida telemarketer who violated no-call law]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Florida_telemarketer_violates_No_Call_and_pays/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Florida_telemarketer_violates_No_Call_and_pays/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster said today his office has collected $50,000 and reached an agreement with a Florida telemarketer who violated Missouri’s no-call law by calling residents who had previously placed their names on the no-call list.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecution Bark Alert: Missouri cracks down on substandard breeding facilities and unlicensed breeders]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_and_Dep_of_Agriculture_team_to_fight_puppy_mills/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_and_Dep_of_Agriculture_team_to_fight_puppy_mills/</link><description><![CDATA[Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Jon Hagler and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster today announced phase two of Operation Bark Alert - a crackdown on unlicensed breeders in Missouri.  Phase two of the program, "Prosecution Bark Alert," is being launched using the top law enforcement authority of Missouri to stop unlicensed and substandard dog breeders from operating in the state.  Operation Bark Alert was initiated in February and has thus far located more than 200 unlicensed breeders across Missouri and rescued nearly 1900 dogs.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:31:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster tells FedEx Ground to classify workers properly]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_agrees_FedEx_needs_to_follow_employee_classification_laws/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_agrees_FedEx_needs_to_follow_employee_classification_laws/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster is joining seven other Attorneys General from across the country to spearhead an effort to bring FedEx Ground in line with state employee classification laws.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster announces multi-state settlement with the TJX Companies, Inc., over massive data breach]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/TJX_settles_with_Missouris_and_other_states/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/TJX_settles_with_Missouris_and_other_states/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced a settlement between Missouri and 39 other states, and the TJX Companies, Inc., resolving an investigation concerning TJX's data-security practices and whether they adequately protected customers’ financial information and sufficiently guarded against a massive data breach that placed thousands of consumers’ personal data at risk.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:55:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster demands changes to proposed GM bankruptcy agreement]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_calls_for_changes_in_GM_bankruptcy_deal/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_calls_for_changes_in_GM_bankruptcy_deal/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today said Missouri consumers and car dealerships will lose important protections if the current agreement in the General Motors bankruptcy proceedings is allowed to stand.  Koster is calling on the judge overseeing the bankruptcy to ensure critical changes are made to the agreement to make sure protections in Missouri laws are maintained.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:56:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files suit against St. Louis man for violating order to stay out of home-remodeling business]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_sues_Wolfson_for_violations/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_sues_Wolfson_for_violations/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today filed a motion for criminal and civil contempt against a St. Louis man who has engaged in the home-remodeling business despite being barred in 1999 from having any responsibilities for a business that engages in home-remodeling activities or from owning or acting in a supervisory role in the home repair/remodeling business.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:06:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster says 373 sex offenders pulled from MySpace]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/MO_AG_asks_HP_to_review_sex_offenders_on_MySpace/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/MO_AG_asks_HP_to_review_sex_offenders_on_MySpace/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today forwarded to the Highway Patrol the names of 373 Missourians who have been removed from MySpace because their profiles appear to match those of registered sex offenders.  The Attorney General is asking the Patrol to review the information to determine if any of the individuals are violating parole by using a computer or attempting to contact minors.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:27:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files criminal charges against Jasper County man for prevailing wage violations]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Neosho_man_sued_for_violating_prevailing_wage_law/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Neosho_man_sued_for_violating_prevailing_wage_law/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster has filed criminal charges against Michael B. Robin of Neosho for violating Missouri’s prevailing wage laws.  Koster filed six counts of failure to pay prevailing wage and one count of rebating a worker’s wage.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:43:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster seeks execution date for neo-Nazi mass-murderer]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_seeks_execution/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_seeks_execution/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today asked the Missouri Supreme Court to set an execution date for Joseph Franklin. Franklin was convicted in 1997 for shooting and killing Gerald Gordon, who was standing in the parking lot of a St. Louis area synagogue after a bar mitzvah]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster issues statement on resignation of Dent County Prosecutor]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Dent_County_Prosecutor_resigns/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Dent_County_Prosecutor_resigns/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today issued the following statement on the resignation of Dent County's Prosecutor]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:51:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster gets agreement with Cole County couple to stop violating Missouri's solid waste and open burning laws]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_says_stops_improper_disposal_of_solid_wastes/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Koster_says_stops_improper_disposal_of_solid_wastes/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced an agreement with a Cole County couple that they will stop improperly disposing of solid wastes, including open burning.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Louis City man committed as sexually violent predator]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Farmington_man_convicted_as_SVP/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/Farmington_man_convicted_as_SVP/</link><description><![CDATA[A St. Louis County jury has found Lujuan D. Tucker to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) and he has been committed to the Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center in Farmington, Attorney General Chris Koster announced.  The judgment and commitment order was signed by Circuit Court Judge Gary M. Gaertner, Jr.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:06:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster to collect $50,000 from telemarketer who violated no-call law]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_No_Call_THVHoldings/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_No_Call_THVHoldings/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today announced an agreement with a telemarketer who will pay the state $50,000 for violating Missouri’s no-call law by calling residents who had previously placed their names on the no-call list.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:35:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster sues to stop Texas telemarketer from calling Missourians on the No-call list]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_pursues_No_Call_violator/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_pursues_No_Call_violator/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster today filed suit to stop a telemarketing company in Corpus Christi, Texas, from calling and soliciting donations from Missourians who had previously placed their names on the state's No-Call List.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:14:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Koster files suit against St. Louis man for unregistered dam in Washington County]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/King_Arthurs_Dam_owner_sued/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/King_Arthurs_Dam_owner_sued/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Chris Koster has filed a lawsuit against a St. Louis man who owns a dam that is not properly registered with the state of Missouri.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:42:47 GMT</pubDate></item>	

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