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			<title><![CDATA[Tax man wants 'action!' from Hollywood star]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Detroit native Vondie Curtis-Hall and his production company owe $357,117 in state and federal taxes, public records show.
 Curtis-Hall is a former Broadway star and award-winning actor/director who was nominated for an Emmy in 1995 for his guest-starring role on "ER." He has starred as a fawning]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bing campaign guru addresses debts]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dave Bing's campaign manager Charles Beckham, a former city of Detroit Public Lighting Director, owes $147,773.95 in state and federal taxes, records show.
Beckham, 61, served two years in federal prison after being convicted in 1984 of racketeering and bribery charges involving a sludge-hauling]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:04 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[American Coney Island blames economy, construction for tax debts]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Landmark diner American Coney Island owes $111,840 in state and federal taxes, records show.
The restaurant is perhaps the oldest family-owned and operated businesses in Detroit. It's a no-frills place where waiters bark out orders in booming voices from diners that include celebrities, CEOs and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:24 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayoral foe's tax woes]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Detroit resident Duane Montgomery owes $34,697.23 in state and federal taxes, public records show.
Montgomery has launched a multi-pronged, and so far unsuccessful, effort to dethrone new Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel. On Friday, 36th District Judge Ronald Giles told Montgomery he'd need to pay a $2]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Debts dog Detroit Club eatery]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The historic Detroit Club in downtown Detroit owes $32,909.85 in state and property taxes, records show.
When former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick dined and dashed from the club last week without paying a $126 bill -- a story confirmed by Detroit Club Director John L. Booth II -- he deprived the elite]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fresh tax woes for former NBA star Robert Traylor]]></title>
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			<author>(Robert Snell)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Former U-M and NBA basketball player Robert "Tractor" Traylor owes $241,662.11, public records show.
Thirteen months after a federal judge sentenced Traylor, 31, to three years of probation for preparing a false tax return, the West Bloomfield resident is still coping with tax issues, according to]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRS calls foul on 'Bad Boy' Rick Mahorn]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former Detroit Pistons star Rick Mahorn owes $179,019 in delinquent taxes, according to public records.
The 50-year-old Rochester Hills resident, whose birth name is Derrick Mahorn, played 18 years in the NBA and starred during the Pistons' "Bad Boys" era on teams known for their physical play. He]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:49 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bernard Kilpatrick's ex-girlfriend and business associate owes IRS]]></title>
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			<author>(Robert Snell)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Detroiter Akunna Olumba owes $64,980, according to public records.
Olumba, 32, is a close business associate of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick. She drew public attention in July when public records showed she partnered with John Runco's Capital Waste Inc. to land a city of]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRS to ex-Foreigner singer Lou Gramm: 'We want to know where our money is']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rock star Lou Gramm owes $51,285, according to the IRS.
Gramm, real name Louis A. Grammatico, is a singer/songwriter who has performed on 20 Top 40 hits and is the former lead singer of the band Foreigner, known for tunes such as "I Want to Know What Love Is." The 58-year-old New York native is]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Businessman linked to FBI's City Hall probe owes $219k]]></title>
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			<author>(Robert Snell)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Paul Egan, a colleague on The Detroit News' federal court beat, reported today about new names surfacing in the federal investigation into alleged City Hall corruption.
One of the new names is Joseph Caretti of Washington Township, the former Detroit area representative for AA Capital Partners]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 7:21 PM</pubDate>
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