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		<title>SPARTAN ( 09V433000 )</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dated: OCT 27, 2009 SPARTAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008 AND 2009 FIRE APPARATUS AND AMBULANCE CAB/CHASSIS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JUNE 2, 2008 AND SEPTEMBER 2, 2009, EQUIPPED WITH CUMMINS ISC CM2150 AND ISL CM2150 &#8230;
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		<title>Mississippi Man Indicted for Stealing $10 Million from Tennessee Employer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walter Thomas Williams, III, of Hernando, Mississippi, was indicted in connection with allegedly diverting in excess of $10 million from his Memphis employer&#39;s bank account to three separate personal accounts he opened in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/mississippi-man-indicted-for-stealing-10-million-from-tennessee-employer.html</link>
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		<title>Former New York City Police Commissioner Pleads Guilty to Eight Felonies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bernard B. Kerik, former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department and the Department of Corrections, pled guilty in White Plains federal court to eight felonies, two of which were separately charged in an indictment in the District of Columbia.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/former-new-york-city-police-commissioner-pleads-guilty-to-eight-felonies.html</link>
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		<title>Georgia Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to $20 Million Fraud Schemes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mortgage broker Edward William Farley, of Hoschton, Georgia, pled guilty to committing a mortgage fraud scheme, a real estate investment Ponzi scheme involving over 150 victims, a check-kiting scheme and a bankruptcy fraud scheme.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/georgia-mortgage-broker-pleads-guilty-to-20-million-fraud-schemes.html</link>
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		<title>Georgia Attorney Sentenced for Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Ponzi Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former attorney Steven H. Ballard, of McDonough, Georgia, was sentenced to serve over five years in federal prison on a wire fraud charge involving a real estate investment scam that lasted over five years and defrauded a dozen victims in Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/georgia-attorney-sentenced-for-multi-million-dollar-real-estate-ponzi-scheme.html</link>
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		<title>Fourteen Wall Street Professionals Charged with $20 Million in Insider Trading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen Wall Street professionals and attorneys were charged in an ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms. The charged defendants include hedge fund managers and trading firm executives, lawyers, and corporate insiders. The defendants collectively are charged with allegedly participating in insider trading schemes that generated more than $20 million [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/fourteen-wall-street-professionals-charged-with-20-million-in-insider-trading.html</link>
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		<title>New Jersey Bank Employee Sentenced for Scheme to Steal $2.5 Million from Customers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carlos Pinho, of Clark, New Jersey, was sentenced to 76 months in federal prison for his scheme to defraud customers of two banks where he had been employed of more than $2.5 million.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/new-jersey-bank-employee-sentenced-for-scheme-to-steal-25-million-from-customers.html</link>
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		<title>Fugitive GM Exec Returns to U.S., Pleads Guilty to Fraud, $6.5 Million Kickback Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel J. Bealko, a former General Motors Corp. executive who was a fugitive abroad for more than a year, returned to the United States yesterday and pled guilty to federal charges relating to a kickback and fraud scheme involving GM&#39;s sale of bulk aluminum to third parties.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/fugitive-gm-exec-returns-to-us-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-65-million-kickback-scheme.html</link>
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		<title>Two Sentenced in Texas for Roles in Counterfeit Pipe Coupling Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hayden B. Greene, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and James Robert Roy, of Tomball, Texas, were sentenced to 30 months and 15 months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to manufacture and sell counterfeit pipe couplings.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/two-sentenced-in-texas-for-roles-in-counterfeit-pipe-coupling-scheme.html</link>
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		<title>Texas Men Sentenced for Armed Bank Robbery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Antwaine Joseph Alexander and Jerry Anthony Ramsey, both of the Houston, Texas area, who wore masks and carried firearms during the January 14, 2009 robbery of the Guaranty Bank branch in Bellaire, have been sentenced to more than 16 years each in federal prison.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/texas-men-sentenced-for-armed-bank-robbery.html</link>
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		<title>Florida Man Sentenced in Mortgage Fraud Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Juan Carlos Gonzalez, of Jacksonville, Florida, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire and bank fraud in connection with a more than $6 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/law/florida-man-sentenced-in-mortgage-fraud-scheme.html</link>
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		<title>Written agreement with Desert Hills Capital Corp.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written agreement with Desert Hills Capital Corp.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/finance/written-agreement-with-desert-hills-capital-corp.html</link>
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		<title>Written agreement with Citizens First State Bank of Walnut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written agreement with Citizens First State Bank of Walnut
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/finance/written-agreement-with-citizens-first-state-bank-of-walnut.html</link>
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		<title>Written agreement with Appalachian Bancshares</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written agreement with Appalachian Bancshares
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/finance/written-agreement-with-appalachian-bancshares.html</link>
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		<title>Written agreement with Hanmi Financial Corporation and Hanmi Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written agreement with Hanmi Financial Corporation and Hanmi Bank
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/finance/written-agreement-with-hanmi-financial-corporation-and-hanmi-bank.html</link>
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		<title>Stiff Nights - product contains undeclared drug ingredient</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers warned that product sold as a dietary supplement contains sulfoaildenafil.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/health/stiff-nights-product-contains-undeclared-drug-ingredient.html</link>
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		<title>FDA and FSIS Collaborate To Improve Tracing of Unsafe Food Products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A joint public meeting focused on improving the system for tracing of food products and ingredients that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of consumers was announced today by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food Safety and Inspection [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/health/fda-and-fsis-collaborate-to-improve-tracing-of-unsafe-food-products.html</link>
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		<title>FDA Warns Consumers on Sexual Enhancement Products</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that Stiff Nights, a product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure and is illegal.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/health/fda-warns-consumers-on-sexual-enhancement-products.html</link>
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		<title>Researchers Discover Mutations in Two Genes that Cause Early-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An international team including researchers with the National Institutes of Health has discovered that mutations in either of two related genes cause a severe and rare form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in young children.
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		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/health/researchers-discover-mutations-in-two-genes-that-cause-early-onset-inflammatory-bowel-disease.html</link>
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		<title>FDA  Health Alert for Certain Pet Treats Made by Pet Carousel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing this health alert to warn consumers not to use Pig Ears and Beef Hooves pet treats manufactured by Pet Carousel because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed nationwide in both bulk and retail packaging for sale in pet food and retail chain [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.preferredconsumer.com/recalls/fda-health-alert-for-certain-pet-treats-made-by-pet-carousel.html</link>
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