The Straban Township supervisors have authorized their solicitor to declare eminent domain if their engineering firm cannot get rights of way for two remaining properties in a sewer-expansion project on Route 30.
The key oversight agency for Internet addresses is reviewing the way it oversees businesses that sell domain names in the wake of financial and operational problems that left customers of one company nameless.
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. is suing a pair of domain name companies, accusing them of improperly registering more than 40 Internet addresses that resemble the department store chain's trademarks.
The city is planning a bigger - and some said "better" - downtown Austin to the north as The Domain debuts. The goal of the development is to keep people in town and cut down on traffic, because the city's population is expected to double in the next 20 to 30 years.
Faced with an outcry against the creation of a dedicated ".xxx" suffix for prography Web sites, leaders of ICANN are set to vote Friday on whether to launch the initiative.
District officials are proceeding with their plan to acquire a locksmith shop at the corner of Ninth and L streets NW to make way for a convention center hotel, according to D.C. officials and the owner of the shop.
