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<item><title><![CDATA[Nixon seeking thousands of dollars in consumer restitution in lawsuit against Springfield roofer]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Nixon_seeking_thousands_of_dollars_in_consumer_restitution_in_lawsuit_against_Springfield_roofer/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Nixon_seeking_thousands_of_dollars_in_consumer_restitution_in_lawsuit_against_Springfield_roofer/</link><description><![CDATA[A Springfield man whose shoddy work in installing roofing and siding caused thousands of dollars in damages to consumers’ homes and then failed to honor warranties to redo the substandard work is facing a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Nixon filed the lawsuit against David Harlow, who did business as Harlow Roofing and Siding, on Wednesday (May 7) in Greene County Circuit Court, seeking injunctive relief, restitution for consumers and civil penalties.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:37:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook reaches nationwide agreement with Nixon, 49 other AGs to help protect children from online predators]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Facebook_reaches_nationwide_agreement_with_Nixon_49_other_AGs_to_help_protect_children_from_online_predators/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Facebook_reaches_nationwide_agreement_with_Nixon_49_other_AGs_to_help_protect_children_from_online_predators/</link><description><![CDATA[The popular social networking site Facebook will initiate significant new safeguards and continue existing ones to help protect children from online predators, under an agreement announced today by Attorney General Jay Nixon and the Attorneys General from 48 other states and the District of Columbia.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 17:40:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon warns of misleading solicitations that appear to come from consumers' banks]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AGO_says_deceptive_letters_are_not_from_mortgage_lenders/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AGO_says_deceptive_letters_are_not_from_mortgage_lenders/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon says Missourians are receiving letters in the mail offering mortgage insurance, refinancing and other services. He says while many of those solicitations are designed to look like they come from a consumer’s mortgage lender, they actually come from a separate, unrelated company.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:22:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon urges Kansas City-area residents to watch for scams after high winds cause widespread damage]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_warns_Kansas_City_area_con_artists_target_storm_damage_victims/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_warns_Kansas_City_area_con_artists_target_storm_damage_victims/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is warning residents of the Kansas City metropolitan area who are dealing with damage from high winds on May 1-2 to watch out for con artists.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:05:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon obtains court order to stop Texas-based Web site from selling personal information of Missourians]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_obtains_restraining_order_against_A1Peoplesearch/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_obtains_restraining_order_against_A1Peoplesearch/</link><description><![CDATA[A Web site that permits anyone with a credit card to purchase detailed personal information about consumers – including Social Security numbers – has been prohibited from selling such information about Missourians or allowing consumers to search its database using Missourians’ Social Security numbers under a temporary restraining order obtained by Attorney General Jay Nixon. Jackson County Circuit Judge Sandra Midkiff signed the order today against A1Peoplesearch, LLC of Granbury, Texas, which does business as www.a1peoplesearch.com.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:52:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon invites consumers to fight ID theft, shred unneeded documents at St. Louis Galleria this Saturday]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AGO_to_sponsor_May_3_Shred_Day_in_Brentwood/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AGO_to_sponsor_May_3_Shred_Day_in_Brentwood/</link><description><![CDATA[St. Louis-area residents will have an opportunity to fight identity theft by shredding their unneeded confidential documents free of charge this Saturday, May 3. Attorney General Jay Nixon invites consumers to participate in the annual Shred Day at the St. Louis Galleria in Brentwood between 8 a.m. and noon.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:20:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon obtains order against California Internet business that put unauthorized charges on consumers' phone bills]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_seeks_to_stop_INC21_and_GlobalVP_from_adding_charges_to_phone_bills/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_seeks_to_stop_INC21_and_GlobalVP_from_adding_charges_to_phone_bills/</link><description><![CDATA[A San Francisco-based Internet business that placed unauthorized charges on the telephone bills of Missouri consumers must cease the practice, issue refunds to all consumers who submit valid complaints within one year, and pay $10,000 in costs and penalties under a consent judgment and permanent injunction obtained by Attorney General Jay Nixon. The court order against INC21 and GlobalYP.net was filed today in Cole County Circuit Court.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:56:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon warns Missouri seniors not to fall for the "grandparents scam"]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Nixon_calls_grandparents_scam_cruel/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Nixon_calls_grandparents_scam_cruel/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon says a central Missouri man was almost conned out of $8,000 this week by someone claiming to be his grandson. The man was prepared to wire the money to the caller, but he was warned by an employee at the wire transfer office that it could be a scam.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web site operators who misrepresented that they run a tax-exempt charity to help military veterans to pay $21,851 in judgment won by Nixon]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Court_order_against_RCT_Development_Association_Chris_Ann_McPherson_Russell_Rose_Timothy_Divers_Helping_Our_Heroes/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Court_order_against_RCT_Development_Association_Chris_Ann_McPherson_Russell_Rose_Timothy_Divers_Helping_Our_Heroes/</link><description><![CDATA[A Independence organization will permanently stop representing that it operates a tax-exempt charity to help military veterans and its operators will jointly pay $21,851 in restitution, costs and penalties under a court order obtained today by Attorney General Jay Nixon. The court order against RCT Development Association and its operators Chris Ann McPherson, Russell Rose and Timothy Divers, who operated the organization Helping Our Heroes, was filed today in Jackson County Circuit Court.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:59:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local public officials invited to free conference on Ethics in Government, sponsored by Attorney General's Office]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AG_encourages_public_officials_to_attend_ethics_conference/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AG_encourages_public_officials_to_attend_ethics_conference/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is encouraging public officials from across Missouri to attend a one-day conference on Ethics in Government in Jefferson City on July 10. The seminar is being offered at no charge by Nixon's office. Almost 400 public officials attended the last ethics conference Nixon held in January 2007.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:22:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Louis home repairman who defrauded homeowners sentenced to four years on charge prosecuted by Nixon]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/St_Louis_home_repairman_who_defrauded_homeowners_sentenced_to_four_years_on_charge_prosecuted_by_Nixon/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/St_Louis_home_repairman_who_defrauded_homeowners_sentenced_to_four_years_on_charge_prosecuted_by_Nixon/</link><description><![CDATA[A St. Louis County man who defrauded homeowners in the sale and installation of hardwood and tile flooring and carpeting was sentenced today to four years in prison. Robert Ciralsky (DOB – 10/9/65), owner of Tile Town, also paid the last of the $15,000 in restitution to his five victims in the case today, after which Circuit Judge John Ross suspended his prison sentence and placed him on five years probation.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:58:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nixon sues Texas-based Web site to stop venue from selling the personal information of Missouri consumers]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AG_Nixon_seeks_A1_Peoplesearch_web_site_shut_down/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/AG_Nixon_seeks_A1_Peoplesearch_web_site_shut_down/</link><description><![CDATA[Attorney General Jay Nixon is seeking to shut down a Web site that permits anyone with a credit card to purchase detailed personal information about Missouri consumers – including Social Security numbers – and have its operator fined a significant sum for each violation of state consumer protection laws. Nixon today filed a lawsuit in Jackson County Circuit Court against A1 Peoplesearch, LLC of Granbury, TX, which does business as www.a1peoplesearch.com.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:59:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General's Office part of tonight's Internet Safety Night, with Lange Middle School in Columbia hosting  national event by videoconference]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Columbia_as_the_national_videoconference_host_for_Internet_Safety_Night/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/Columbia_as_the_national_videoconference_host_for_Internet_Safety_Night/</link><description><![CDATA[Internet Safety Night, with Columbia as the national videoconference host; 37 remote sites in Missouri and five remote sites in Arkansas, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia also will be participating.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:45:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Earth Day, Attorney General Nixon rolls out new environmental features for Missourians on his Web site]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/On_Earth_Day_Attorney_General_Nixon_rolls_out_new_environmental_features_for_Missourians_on_his_Web_site/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/On_Earth_Day_Attorney_General_Nixon_rolls_out_new_environmental_features_for_Missourians_on_his_Web_site/</link><description><![CDATA[As Missourians celebrate Earth Day, Attorney General Jay Nixon today added several new environmental features to his Web site.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manipulation of grain futures market by speculators hurts both farmers and consumers, Nixon tells federal agency]]></title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_states_farmers_not_helped_from_higher_grain_prices/</guid><link>http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/MO_AG_states_farmers_not_helped_from_higher_grain_prices/</link><description><![CDATA[The influence on commodities markets by Wall Street speculators is hurting both Missouri farmers who aren’t benefiting from higher grain prices and Missouri consumers who are paying more for food at the grocery store, Attorney General Jay Nixon said today. Nixon is urging the federal agency that regulates futures markets, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to take action to protect consumers and farmers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:00:41 GMT</pubDate></item>	

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