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'Porn' domain name sells for $9 million (Asheville Citizen-Times)

A Detroit-based Internet media and investment firm has acquired the domain name pr.com for $9.5 million.

Governor signs bill limiting eminent domain authority (Billings Gazette)

HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer signed a bill Thursday that aims to limit the eminent domain power of government in Montana.

York, Staton Spar Over Eminent Domain; Information Distributed In Sugarland Run Called "Alarmist" (Leesburg Today)

Information sent to people living in the Sugarland Run community in a homeowners association newsletter suggests plans are afoot by the Loudoun Board of Supervisors "to use its right of eminent domain to buy your home, bulldoze your community, and replace it with a densely-populated high-rise one."

Supes take rare stance, approve eminent domain for Stadium Road (The Commercial Dispatch)

At the request of District 3 Supervisor Mike Smith, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted 3-2 to take a portion of a county resident's land by eminent domain.

Council approves eminent domain for roundabout (Douglas County News Press)

For the second time this year, Castle Rock Town Council exercised its power of eminent domain for a construction project.

Governor signs bill limiting eminent domain authority (KPAX Missoula)

Associated Press - May 17, 2007 4:04 PM ET Governor Schweitzer signed a bill today attempting to limit the eminent domain power of government in Montana.