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Feds: Send Hecker to Jail Now

Prosecutors accuse Hecker of committing additional crimes since being indicted-grounds for sending him to jail while he awaits his trial.

Angeion Names 2 of 3 New Board Directors

Mark W. Sheffert, chairman and CEO of Manchester Companies, Inc., and Robert Munzenrider-who has held top positions at St. Jude Medical, Inc., and Apogee, Inc.-will join the reconstituted board; meanwhile, K. James Ehlen, Paula R. Skjefte, and John C. Penn have resigned their seats.

Petters Whistleblower Coleman Gets One Year

Deanna Coleman, who faced a maximum of five years in prison for her involvement in Tom Petters' Ponzi scheme, has been sentenced to just one year-a light sentence that awarded Coleman for her crucial role in bringing the fraud scheme to an end.

U of M, Met Council Settle Light-Rail Lawsuit

The agreement, reached Wednesday, calls for a plan to protect university research facilities from vibration and electromagnetic interference related to the Central Corridor light-rail transit project.