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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Richard Guse says he has a half-dozen contracts to sell corn to VeraSun Energy Corp., and he hands to lose a lot of money if the struggling ethanol maker breaks them.

"I'm going to say my potential loss is $200,000 to $300,000," the southern Minnesota farmer said.

VeraSun has built two ethanol plants in southern Minnesota, near Janesville and Welcome. Neither has produced a gallon of ethanol.

But in the months before the Sioux Falls, S.D.-based company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing Oct. 31, VeraSun laid the groundwork for starting production by contracting with local farmers for millions of bushels of corn.

VeraSun's financial woes stem from betting wrong in the commodities markets because

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) _ The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Match 6 Lotto" game were:

4-10-12-26-40-48.

(four, ten, twelve, twenty-six, forty, forty-eight).