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        <title>Tom Petters from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>Minnesota Public Radio coverage of Tom Petters and Petters Group Worldwide.</description>
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			<title>Petters&#039; attorneys ordered to stay on the case</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Defense attorneys for Minnesota businessman Tom Petters have to stay on the case. The judge in the case this morning denied their request to quit.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/18/petters_attorneys/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Polaroid files for Chapter 11</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A spokeswoman for the company says the restructuring and the bankruptcy filing are the result of events pertaining to fraud at Petters Group Worldwide.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/19/polaroid_chapter_11_bankruptcy/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:47:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Sun Country restores employee wages</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Sun Country Airlines says it&#039;s restoring employee wages that were cut as much as 70 percent as the carrier fell into bankruptcy.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/04/suncountry/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:25:57 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Former investors watching Petters fraud case unfold</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Twin Cities businessman Tom Petters is now scheduled to go on trial in early February. Petters is facing charges that he  masterminded a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme.  Petters pleaded not guilty in a federal courtroom in St. Paul Tuesday.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/02/former_investors_watching_petters_fraud_case_unfold/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Judge sets trial date for Tom Petters</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal magistrate judge has set a date of Feb. 9, 2009, for the fraud trial of Twin Cities businessman Tom Petters.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/02/petters_trialdate/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:51:30 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Tom Petters indicted on new federal charges</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal grand jury has indicted Minnesota
businessman Tom Petters and two of his companies on fraud,
conspiracy and money laundering charges.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/01/tom_petters_indicted_on_new_federal_charges/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:13:54 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Judge rules Petters must stay in jail</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in St. Paul ruled today that Wayzata businessman Tom Petters will remain in jail through the end of his trial on fraud charges. The judge said Petters remains a flight risk.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/31/pettersbail/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:24:51 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Fourth defendant may plead guilty in Petters case</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A fourth defendant may plead guilty in the
Tom Petters case, which authorities describe as a $3 billion
investment fraud scheme.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/17/petters_4th/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:21:05 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Petters&#039; attorney: &#039;There&#039;s been rush to judgment&#039;</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The attorney for businessman Tom Petters says
there&#039;s been a rush to judgment against his client. Authorities say Petters masterminded a $3 billion fraud scheme over 14 years.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/15/petters_attorney/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:56:43 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Petters Group Worldwide files for Chap. 11</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Petters Group Worldwide and a subsidiary have
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/13/petters_bankruptcy/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:00:29 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Minnesota politicians getting rid of Petters donations</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Several of Minnesota&#039;s most prominent
politicians from both political parties are returning donations
from businessman Tom Petters or donating the money to charity.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/09/returning_donations/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:42:37 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Petters to remain in jail; associates plead guilty</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Minnesota businessman Tom Petters will remain in jail until he faces trial in what federal prosecutors say is a fraud scheme that took in more than $3 billion from investors.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/08/petters_folo/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:40:34 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Judge to decide whether to release Petters until trial</title>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal judge is expected to rule this morning if businessman Tom Petters should be released from jail until he stands trail for his alleged role in a huge fraud scheme.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/08/petters/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:02:13 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Petters asks for release; judge to decide tomorrow</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for Tom Petters argued for his release in court today, noting that although he faces charges of fraud, he is not a danger to the public and is not a flight risk.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/07/petters_court/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:10:43 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>Sun Country files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mendota-Heights Sun Country Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. The second largest airline serving the Twin Cities said it had no choice because of the legal and financial woes of its parent company, Petters Group Worldwide.]]></description>
			<link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/06/suncountry_bankruptcy/?refid=0</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:50:02 -0500</pubDate>
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